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 34. Bombus ( Thoracobombus ) atripes Smith ( Figs 70, 71 ) Bombus atripes Smith, 1852a :44 . Material examined. 11 workers (IAB). Distribution in North China . Only in the Qin-Ba mountains in southern Shaanxi. Rare at low to medium elevations of the Changqing nature reserve of the Qinling mountains, and at low elevations of the Micangshan mountains in southern Shaanxi. 7 localities ( Fig. 70 ) between 272–1137 m (IAB). Similar species in North China . This species is similar in its brown colour pattern to B. pascuorum , schrencki , B. hedini and B. tricornis (see the key; Figs 55 , 57 , 59, 69, 71). Distribution in China . Chongqing, Shaanxi (IAB). Forage plants. ARALIACEAE : Aralia chinensis ; LYTHRACEAE : Lagerstroemia indica ; SAXIFRAGACEAE : Astilbe chinensis .