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Bombus (Psithyrus) tibetanus Morawitz

Description

22. Bombus (Psithyrus) tibetanus (Morawitz)

(Fig. 25)

Apathus tibetanus Morawitz, 1887:202, lectotype female (Pesenko, 2000:20) ZISP examined. China: ‘Bassin des gelben Flusses,’ probably Qinghai.

Material examined. 1 female (PHW).

Distribution in Gansu. Rare at high elevations of the Qinghai-Tibetan plateau in the southwest (Fig. 25); 1 locality between 3000 and 3700 m (PHW).

Distribution in China. Gansu, Qinghai (IAB).

Forage plants. No records.

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 13, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.204407

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Additional details

Biodiversity

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

References

  • Morawitz, F. F. (1887) Insecta in itinere cl. N. Przewalskii in Asia centrali novissime lecta. I. Apidae. Trudy Russkago entomologicheskago obshchestva, 20 (1886) (3 / 4), 195 - 229.
  • Pesenko, Y. A. (2000) A catalogue of type specimens at the collection of the Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences. Hymenopterous insects. No. 1. Superfamily Apoidea: genera Psithyrus LEPELETIER, 1832 and Apis LINNAEUS, 1758. Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St Petersburg, 25 pp.