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 text Records of the Zoological Survey of India 2021 121 2 261 267 journal article 10.26515/rzsi/v121/i2/2021/157851 2581-8686 13185221 4. Bombus ( Melanobombus ) keriensis Morawitz, 1886 ( Figure 6 ) B. separandus Vogt, 1909 : 58 . B. kohli Vogt, 1909 : 41 . B. kohli var. postzonatus Vogt, 1909 : 61 . B. kazlovi Skorikov, 1910 : 413 . B. lapidaries var. tenellus Friese, 1913 : 86 . Material examined : INDIA : Lokut Bangus ( Small Bangus valley ), 9 ♂♂ , 16 ♀♀ , 24.ix.2020 , N 34°22′48.6″ , E 074°21′44.3″ , Alt. 2700 m- Coll. Parrey & Imran , NZC Regd. No. 10651/A; Peer Baba 3 ♂ , 13 ♀♀ , 23.ix,2020, N 34°22′48.5″ , E 074°21′43.9″ , Alt. 2683 m respectively- Coll. Parrey & Imran , NZC Regd. No. 10652/A . Distribution within India : Himachal Pradesh , Uttarakhand , Sikkim , Kashmir and Ladakh (Kargil). Arunachal Pradesh- ( Williams 1991 , 2004 ; Saini et al ., 2015 ). Distribution worldwide : Oriental region, Palaearctic region, India , Nepal , Pakistan , China (including Tibet ), Afghanistan , Bhutan , Mongolia , Kyrgyzstan , Kazakhstan , Tajikistan , Turkey , Iran- ( Williams, 1991 , 2004 ). New Distribution : First time recorded from Bangus valley (Kupwara). Host plants : Cicerbita alpine L., Taraxacum officinale Weber , Trifolium repens L., Carduus sp. , Pedicularis pectinata Wall, P.