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Bombus (Pyrobombus) lemniscatus Skorikov

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31. Bombus (Pyrobombus) lemniscatus Skorikov

(Fig. 34)

Bombus lemniscatus Skorikov, 1912:607, holotype queen ZISP examined. China: Qinghai.

Bombus nursei var. flavopilosus Friese, 1918:84, lectotype queen (Williams, 1991:73) MNHU examined. Synonymised with Bombus lemniscatus Skorikov by Williams (1991). Probably India.

Bombus (Lapidariobombus) peralpinus Richards, 1930:646, holotype queen BMNH examined. Synonymised with Pyrobombus lemniscatus (Skorikov) by Tkalců (1974b). China: Xizang.

Material examined. 13 workers (IAB).

Distribution in Gansu. Common at medium to high elevations of the western mountains and Qinghai-Tibetan plateau in the southwest (Fig. 34); 4 localities between 2835 and 3524 m (IAB).

Distribution in China. Yunnan, Gansu, Qinghai (IAB).

Forage plants. ASTERACEAE: Carduus crispus, Parasenecio roborowskii, Saussurea sp.; LAMIACEAE: Salvia przewalskii; POLYGONACEAE: Polygonum viviparum; RANUNCULACEAE: Aconitum gymnandrum; SCROPHULARI- ACEAE: Veronica sp.

Notes

Published as part of An, Jiandong, Williams, Paul H., Zhou, Bingfeng, Miao, Zhengying & Qi, Wenzhong, 2011, The bumblebees of Gansu, Northwest China (Hymenoptera, Apidae), pp. 1-36 in Zootaxa 2865 on page 17, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.204407

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Biodiversity

Family
Apidae
Genus
Bombus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Hymenoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Skorikov
Species
lemniscatus
Taxon rank
species

References

  • Skorikov, A. S. (1912) Neue Hummelformen (Hymenoptera, Bombidae). IV. Russkoe entomologicheskoe Obozrenie, 12 (3), 606 - 610.
  • Friese, H. (1918) Uber Hummelformen aus dem Himalaja. Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift, 1918, 81 - 86.
  • Williams, P. H. (1991) The bumble bees of the Kashmir Himalaya (Hymenoptera: Apidae, Bombini). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology), 60, 1 - 204.
  • Richards, O. W. (1930) The humble-bees captured on the expeditions to Mt. Everest (Hymenoptera, Bombidae). Annals and Magazine of Natural History (10), 5, 633 - 658.
  • Tkalcu, B. (1974 b) Eine Hummel-Ausbeute aus dem Nepal-Himalaya (Insecta, Hymenoptera, Apoidea, Bombinae). Senckenbergiana biologica, 55, 311 - 349.