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 1 1 89 journal article 36819 10.11646/zootaxa.3830.1.1 bee37b6c-7c93-4c85-a3e9-1733eb5acba8 1175-5326 286560 D1B92849-3D00-4C27-809E-15A3B50ECF19 57. Bombus ( Pyrobombus ) wangae Williams et al. ( Figs 116, 117 ) Bombus (Pyrobombus) wangae Williams et al ., 2009:159 . Material examined. 1 queen , 24 workers , 88 males (IAB). Distribution in North China . Primarily at the edge of the east Qinghai-Tibetan plateau in Gansu. Common at medium elevations of the Liancheng nature reserve, the Xinglongshan nature reserve and the Lianhuashan nature reserve in Gansu. Rare at medium to high elevations of the Zhagana nature reserve, at medium elevations of the Xiaolongshan nature reserve and the Baishuijiang natural reserve in Gansu, and at medium elevations of the Taibai nature reserve of the Qinling mountains in Shaanxi. 17 localities ( Fig. 116 ) between 1218–3050 m (IAB). Similar species in North China . This species is similar in its yellow-grey colour pattern to some B. remotus , B. picipes , B. infrequens and B. modestus (see the key; Figs 63 , 109 , 111 , 115 , 117 ). Distribution in China . Sichuan, Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai (IAB). Forage plants. APIACEAE : Angelica sp.; ASTERACEAE : Carduus acanthoides , Cirsium japonicum , Ligularia sp., Parasenecio roborowskii , Saussurea sp., Sinacalia tangutica ; LAMIACEAE : Dracocephalum heterophyllum , D . isabellae , Lamium barbatum , Nepeta prattii , Salvia przewalskii , Thymus mongolicus ; MALVACEAE : Alcea rosea , Malva cathayensis ; ONAGRACEAE : Chamerion angustifolium ; POLYGONACEAE : Polygonum viviparum ; RANUNCULACEAE : Aconitum gymnandrum ; SCROPHULARIACEAE : Euphrasia pectinata , Pedicularis spicata .