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Bombus (Psithyrus) norvegicus Sparre-Schneider

Description

47. Bombus (Psithyrus) norvegicus (Sparre-Schneider)

(Figs 96, 97)

Psithyrus norvegicus Sparre-Schneider, 1918:40 (not of Friese, 1911:571 = B. monticola Smith). Psithyrus norvegicus var. transbaicalicus Popov, 1927:269.

Nomenclature. For a discussion of nomenclatural problems see Williams et al. (2009). Material examined. 3 females, 4 males (IAB).

Distribution in North China. Rare at medium elevations of the Bashang plateau in northern Hebei, and the Baishuijiang nature reserve in southern Gansu. 2 localities (Fig. 96) between 1557–1992 m (IAB). Distribution in China. Hebei, Sichuan, Gansu, Xinjiang (IAB).

Forage plants. ASTERACEAE: Echinops sphaerocephalus; BUDDLEJACEAE: Buddleja officinalis.

Notes

Published as part of An, Jiandong, Huang, Jiaxing, Shao, Youquan, Zhang, Shiwen, Wang, Biao, Liu, Xinyu, Wu, Jie & Williams, Paul H., 2014, The bumblebees of North China (Apidae, Bombus Latreille), pp. 1-89 in Zootaxa 3830 (1) on pages 52-53, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3830.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/286560

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Apidae
Genus
Bombus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Hymenoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Sparre-Schneider
Species
norvegicus
Taxon rank
species

References

  • Sparre-Schneider, J. (1918) Die Hummeln der Kristiana-Gegend. Tromso museums arshefter, 40, 1 - 45.
  • Friese, H. (1911) Neue Varietaten von Bombus, III. Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift, 1911, 571 - 572.
  • Popov, V. B. (1927) New forms of the genus Psithyrus Lep. Konowia, 6 (4), 267 - 274.