Bombus (Alpigenobombus) kashmirensis Friese

• Main Authors: An, Jiandong, Williams, Paul H., Zhou, Bingfeng, Miao, Zhengying, Qi, Wenzhong
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2011
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Insecta; Hymenoptera; Apidae; Bombus; Bombus kashmirensis; Hummel; Stella; Polygonum viviparum
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5623033; https://zenodo.org/record/5623033

42. Bombus ( Alpigenobombus ) kashmirensis Friese (Fig. 45) Bombus mastrucatus var. kashmirensis Friese, 1909 [September, Tkalců, 1974 b]: 673, lectotype queen (Tkalců, 1974 b: 327) MNHU examined. India. Bombus mastrucatus var. stramineus Friese, 1909 [September, Tkalců, 1974 b]: 673, type not found (Tkalců, 1974 b: 327). Synonymised with Alpigenobombus kashmirensis (Friese) by Tkalců (1974 b). India. Bombus tetrachromus Cockerell, 1909 [November, Tkalců, 1974 b]: 397, holotype queen BMNH examined. Synonymised with Alpigenobombus kashmirensis (Friese) by Tkalců (1974 b). Pakistan. Alpigenobombus pulcherrimus Skorikov, 1914: 128, type not seen. Synonymised with Bombus tetrachromus Cockerell by Richards (1930). Synonymised with Alpigenobombus kashmirensis (Friese) by Tkalců (1974 b). India. Alpigenobombus beresovskii Skorikov, 1933 a: 248, syntype queen ZISP examined. Synonymised with Bombus kashmirensis Friese by Williams (1991). China: Sichuan. Material examined. 3 queens 75 workers 4 males (IAB). Distribution in Gansu. Common at medium to high elevations of the Qinghai-Tibetan plateau in the southwest and northwestern Qilianshan mountains (Fig. 45); 17 localities between 2272 and 4011 m (IAB). Distribution in China. Sichuan. Gansu, Qinghai (IAB). Forage plants. ALLIACEAE: Allium cyaneum ASTERACEAE: Carduus crispus , Cirsium japonicum , Cosmos bipinnatus , Saussurea stella , Saussurea sp.; CAMPANULACEAE: Adenophora sp.; FABACEAE: Hedysarum gmelini , H. tanguticum , Medicago sativa , Melilotus albus , M. officinalis GENTIANACEAE Gentiana algida , Gentiana sp.; GERANIACEAE Geranium pratense LAMIACEAE: Elsholtzia fruticosa , Salvia przewalskii POLYGONACEAE: Polygonum viviparum RANUNCULACEAE: Aconitum gymnandrumm , Clematis tangutica ROSACEAE: Rubus sp.; SCROPHULARIACEAE: Pedicularis kansuensis , P. s p i c a t a , Pedicularis sp., Veronica sp.; TAMARICACEAE: Myricaria germanica . : Published as part of An, Jiandong, Williams, Paul H., Zhou, Bingfeng, Miao, Zhengying & Qi, Wenzhong, 2011, The bumblebees of Gansu, Northwest China (Hymenoptera, Apidae), pp. 1-36 in Zootaxa 2865 on page 21, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.204407 : {"references": ["Friese, H. (1909) Neue Varietaten von Bombus (Hym.). Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift, 1909, 673 - 676.", "Tkalcu, B. (1974 b) Eine Hummel-Ausbeute aus dem Nepal-Himalaya (Insecta, Hymenoptera, Apoidea, Bombinae). Senckenbergiana biologica, 55, 311 - 349.", "Cockerell, T. D. A. (1909) Descriptions and records of bees. - XXIII. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8), 4, 393 - 404.", "Skorikov, A. S. (1914) Les formes nouvelles des bourdons (Hymenoptera, Bombidae). VI. Russkoe entomologicheskoe Obozrenie, 14 (1), 119 - 129.", "Richards, O. W. (1930) The humble-bees captured on the expeditions to Mt. Everest (Hymenoptera, Bombidae). Annals and Magazine of Natural History (10), 5, 633 - 658.", "Skorikov, A. S. (1933 a) Zur Fauna und Zoogeographie der Hummeln des Himalaya. Doklady Akademii nauk SSSR, 1933 (5), 243 - 248.", "Williams, P. H. (1991) The bumble bees of the Kashmir Himalaya (Hymenoptera: Apidae, Bombini). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology), 60, 1 - 204."]}