Bombus (Mendacibombus) convexus Wang
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1. Bombus (Mendacibombus) convexus Wang
(Figs 4, 5)
Bombus lugubris Morawitz, 1880:339 (not of Kriechbaumer, 1870:159 = B. barbutellus (Kirby)). Bombus (Mendacibombus) convexus Wang, 1979:190.
Material examined. 2 queens, 73 workers, 31 males (IAB).
Distribution in North China. Only on the edge of the east Qinghai-Tibetan plateau. Common at medium to high elevations of the Zhagana nature reserve, the Liancheng nature reserve, and the Lianhuashan nature reserve in Gansu. 18 localities (Fig. 4) between 2196–3524 m (IAB).
Distribution in China. Sichuan, Xizang, Gansu (IAB).
Forage plants. ASTERACEAE: Carduus acanthoides, Ligularia sp., Saussurea purpurascens, Saussurea sp., Senecio jacobaea; LAMIACEAE: Nepeta prattii, Salvia przewalskii, Thymus mongolicus; RANUNCULACEAE: Aconitum flavum, A. gymnandrum, A. leucostomum, Aconitum sp., Clematis tangutica; SCROPHULARIACEAE: Pedicularis spicata, P. torta, Pedicularis sp.
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Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Wang
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Hymenoptera
- Family
- Apidae
- Genus
- Bombus
- Species
- convexus
- Taxon rank
- species
References
- Morawitz, F. F. (1880) Ein Beitrag zur Bienen-Fauna mittel-Asiens. Izvestiya Imperatorskoi akademii nauk, 26 (22 / 36), 337 - 379.
- Kriechbaumer, J. (1870) Vier neue Hummelarten. Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 20, 157 - 160.
- Wang, S. - F. (1979) Three new species of bomble [sic] bees from Tibet. Acta entomologica sinica, 22 (2), 188 - 191.