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Bombus (Mendacibombus) convexus Wang

Description

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.

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 20-21, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3830.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/286560

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Additional details

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.