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Bombus (Megabombus) religiosus Frison

Description

14. Bombus (Megabombus) religiosus (Frison)

(Figs 30, 31)

Bremus (Hortobombus) religiosus Frison, 1935:344.

Material examined. 6 workers (IAB).

Distribution in North China. Rare at medium elevations of the east Qinghai-Tibetan plateau, Hezuo, Gansu; the Liupanshan nature reserver of the the loess plateau in Ningxia, and the Taibai natural seserve of the Qinling mountains in Shaanxi. 3 localities (Fig. 30) between 1303–2524 m (IAB).

Similar species in North China. This species is similar in its yellow-banded colour pattern to B. czerskii and B. sushkini (see the key; Figs 31, 33, 35).

Distribution in China. Sichuan, Yunnan, Xizang, Shaanxi, Gansu, Ningxia (IAB).

Forage plants. LAMIACEAE: Caryopteris incana.

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

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Additional details

Biodiversity

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

References

  • Frison, T. H. (1935) Records, notes and descriptions of Bremus from Asia (Bremidae: Hymenoptera). Record of the Indian Museum, 37, 339 - 363.