Bombus (Pyrobombus) lemniscatus Skorikov
Description
50. Bombus (Pyrobombus) lemniscatus Skorikov
(Figs 102, 103)
Bombus lemniscatus Skorikov, 1912:607.
Bombus nursei var. flavopilosus Friese, 1918:84.
Bombus (Lapidariobombus) peralpinus Richards, 1930:646.
Material examined. 16 workers, 2 males (IAB).
Distribution in North China. Primarily at the edge of the east Qinghai-Tibetan plateau. Common at medium elevations of the Liancheng nature reserve and high elevations of the Zhagana nature reserve of the east Qinghai- Tibetan plateau in Gansu. Rare at medium elevations of the Taibai nature reserve of the Qinliang mountains in southern Shaanxi. 7 localities (Fig. 102) between 1303–3524 m (IAB).
Similar species in North China. This species is often similar in its white- and yellow-banded colour pattern to B. rufofasciatus (see the key; Figs 103, 145).
Distribution in China. Sichuan, Yunnan, Xizang, Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai (IAB).
Forage plants. ASTERACEAE: Carduus acanthoides, Ligularia sp., Parasenecio roborowskii, Saussurea stella, Saussurea sp.; LAMIACEAE: Salvia przewalskii; POLYGONACEAE: Polygonum viviparum; RANUNCULACEAE: Aconitum gymnandrum; SCROPHULARIACEAE: Pseudolysimachion sp.
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Family
- Apidae
- Genus
- Bombus
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Hymenoptera
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Scientific name authorship
- Skorikov
- Species
- lemniscatus
- Taxon rank
- species
References
- Skorikov, A. S. (1912) Neue Hummelformen (Hymenoptera, Bombidae). IV. Russkoe entomologicheskoe Obozrenie, 12 (3), 606 - 610.
- Friese, H. (1918) Uber Hummelformen aus dem Himalaja. Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift, 1918, 81 - 86.
- Richards, O. W. (1930) The humble-bees captured on the expeditions to Mt. Everest (Hymenoptera, Bombidae). Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 10, 5, 633 - 658. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1080 / 00222933008673177