The bumblebees of North China (Apidae, Bombus Latreille)
Author
An, Jiandong
Author
Huang, Jiaxing
Author
Shao, Youquan
Author
Zhang, Shiwen
Author
Wang, Biao
Author
Liu, Xinyu
Author
Wu, Jie
Author
Williams, Paul H.
text
Zootaxa
2014
3830
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.3830.1.1
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21.
Bombus
(
Thoracobombus
)
muscorum
(Linnaeus)
(
Figs 44, 45
)
Apis Mucorum
[
muscorum
]
Linnaeus, 1758
:579
.
Material examined.
1 worker
,
2 males
(IAB).
FIGURES 44–45. 44.
Map showing the distribution of
B. muscorum
in North China with records as black spots, the province boundaries in dark grey, and all sites with records of all bumblebee species in light grey.
45
.
B
.
muscorum
worker visiting
Onobrychis pulchella
(Fabaceae)
in Xinjiang.
Distribution in North
China
.
Rare at low elevations of the Hulunbeir grasslands and the Nenjiang river valley in northeastern Neimenggu. 3 localities (
Fig. 44
) between
315–678 m
(IAB).
Similar species in North
China
. This species is very similar in its orange-brown colour pattern to some
B. laesus
,
B. tricornis
and
B. atripes
(see the key;
Figs 41
,
45
,
69
,
71
)
Distribution in
China
.
Neimenggu, Heilongjiang, Xinjiang (IAB).
Forage plants.
ASTERACEAE
:
Helianthus annuus
;
ONAGRACEAE
:
Chamerion angustifolium
.