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Bombus (Mendacibombus) waltoni Cockerell

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2. Bombus (Mendacibombus) waltoni Cockerell

(Figs 6, 7)

Bombus mendax ssp. chinensis Skorikov, 1910a:330 (not of Morawitz, 1890:352 = B. chinensis (Morawitz). Bombus waltoni Cockerell, 1910:239.

Bombus rufitarsus Friese, 1913:85.

Bombus asellus Friese, 1924:438.

Material examined. 336 workers, 3 males (IAB).

Distribution in North China. Only on the edge of the east and northeast Qinghai-Tibetan plateau. Common at high elevations of the Qilianshan nature reserve and the Zhagana nature reserve in Gansu. 8 localities (Fig. 6) between 2604–3524 m (IAB).

Distribution in China. Sichuan, Xizang, Gansu, Qinghai (IAB).

Forage plants. ALLIACEAE: Allium cyaneum; ASTERACEAE: Carduus acanthoides, Olgaea tangutica, Saussurea sp.; GERANIACEAE: Geranium pratense; LAMIACEAE: Salvia przewalskii; RANUNCULACEAE: Aconitum gymnandrum; SCROPHULARIACEAE: Pedicularis kansuensis, 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 21-22, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3830.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/286560

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http://treatment.plazi.org/id/039A5F66DD200440D787FC52F9A1A777

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Figure: 10.5281/zenodo.286565 (DOI)
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Journal article: 10.11646/zootaxa.3830.1.1 (DOI)
Journal article: http://zenodo.org/record/286560 (URL)
Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/FFA3271EDD340455D710FF87FA48A66B (URL)
Journal article: http://zoobank.org/D1B92849-3D00-4C27-809E-15A3B50ECF19 (URL)
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https://biodiversitypmc.sibils.org/collections/plazi/039A5F66DD200440D787FC52F9A1A777 (URL)
https://www.gbif.org/species/127668779 (URL)
https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/36819/taxon/039A5F66DD200440D787FC52F9A1A777.taxon (URL)

Biodiversity

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

References

  • Morawitz, F. F. (1890) Insecta a cl. G. N. Potanin in China et in Mongolia novissime lecta. XIV. Hymenoptera Aculeata. II). III. Apidae. Trudy Russkago entomologicheskago obshchestva, 24 (3 / 4), 349 - 385.
  • Cockerell, T. D. A. (1910) Some bees from high altitudes in the Himalaya mountains. Entomologist, 43, 238 - 239.
  • Friese, H. (1913) Uber einige neue Apiden (Hym.). Archiv fur Naturgeschichte, 78, 85 - 89.
  • Friese, H. (1924) Uber auffallende Hummelformen. (Hym. Apid.). Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift, 1924 (5), 437 - 439.