New distributional records of Bumblebees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) from Bangus Valley in North Kashmir of Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, India
Author
Raina, Rifat H.
Desert Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Jodhpur - 342005, Rajasthan, India; Email: rifat 72001 @ rediffmail. com
Author
Parrey, Aejaz H.
Desert Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Jodhpur - 342005, Rajasthan, India; Email: rifat 72001 @ rediffmail. com
Author
Chandra, Kailash
Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipur, Kolkata - 700053, West Bengal, India
Author
Khan, Sajad A.
Department of Zoology School of Bioscience and Biotechnology, BGSB University, Rajouri - 185234, Jammu & Kashmir, India
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Records of the Zoological Survey of India
2021
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2
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journal article
10.26515/rzsi/v121/i2/2021/157851
2581-8686
13185221
6.
Bombus
(
Melanobombus
)
simillimus
Smith, 1852
(
Figure 8
)
B. similis
Smith,
1854
: 3
.
B. tonsus
Skorikov,
1922
: 160
.
B. terrestris var. grossiventris
Friese,
1931
: 303
.
Figure 8.
Bombus simillimus
(
Smith, 1852
)
♀.
Material examined
:
INDIA
:
Boud Bangus
(
Big Bangus valley
),
9 ♂♂
,
23.ix.2020
,
N 34°22′46.6″
,
E 074°21′45.0″
,
7.
Bombus
(
Bombus
)
tunicatus
Smith, 1852
(
Figure 9
)
B. vallestris
Smith,
1878
: 168
.
B. gilgitensis
Cockerell,
1905
: 223
.
B. terrestris var. simlaensis
Friese,
1909
: 674
.
B. terrestris var. fulvocinctus
Friese,
1909
: 674
.
Material examined
:
INDIA
:
Boud Bangus
(
Big Bangus valley
),
3 ♂♂
,
2 ♀♀
,
24.ix.2020
,
N 34°22′46.6″
,
E 074°21′45.0″
,
Alt.
3000 m-
Coll. Parrey
&
Imran
, NZC
Regd. No.
10640/A;
Peer Baba
7 ♂
,
6 ♀♀
, 23.ix,2020,
N 34°22′48.5″
,
E 074°21′43.9″
,
Alt.
2683 m
respectively-
Coll. Parrey
&
Imran
, NZC
Regd. No.
10637/A
.
Distribution within
India
:
Himachal Pradesh
,
Sikkim
,
West Bengal
,
Uttarakhand
, Kashmir and Ladakh- (
Williams, 1991
;
Saini
et al
., 2015
)
Distribution worldwide
:
India
,
Nepal
,
Afghanistan
and Pakistan- (
Williams, 2004
;
Williams
et al.,
2010
).
New Distribution
: First time recorded from Bangus valley (Kupwara).
Host
plants:
Trifolium pretense
L.,
Carduus edelbergii
Rech.f.