Bombus (Pyrobombus) lemniscatus Skorikov

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 th...

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Main Authors: An, Jiandong, Huang, Jiaxing, Shao, Youquan, Zhang, Shiwen, Wang, Biao, Liu, Xinyu, Wu, Jie, Williams, Paul H.
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Summary: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. : 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 54-55, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3830.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/286560 : {"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"]}