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Bombus (Megabombus) ussurensis Radoszkowski

Description

11. Bombus (Megabombus) ussurensis Radoszkowski

(Figs 24, 25)

Bombus Ussurensis Radoszkowski, 1877:196.

Material examined. 40 workers, 14 males (IAB).

Distribution in North China. Common at low elevations of the Bashang plateau in northern Hebei, and low elevations of the Nenjiang river valley within northeastern Neimenggu. Rare at low elevations of the transition zone from the south Taihangshan mountains to western Hebei plain, medium elevations of the Huangangliang forest park of the south Great Khingan mountains in Neimenggu, and low elevations of the east Hulunbeir grassland in Yakeshi, Neimenggu. 15 localities (Fig. 24) between 215–1779 m (IAB).

Distribution in China. Hebei, Neimenggu, Jilin, Heilongjiang (IAB).

Forage plants. ASTERACEAE: Cosmos bipinnatus, Helianthus annuus; LAMIACEAE: Leonurus sibiricus.

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 page 28, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3830.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/286560

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Additional details

Biodiversity

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

References

  • Radoszkowski, O. (1877) Essai d'une nouvelle methode pour faciliter la determination des especes appartenant au genre Bombus. Byulleten' Moskovskogo obshchestva ispytatelei prirody, 52 (2 / 4), 169 - 219.