Bombus (Pyrobombus) wangae Williams et al.

57. Bombus ( Pyrobombus ) wangae Williams et al. (Figs 116, 117) Bombus (Pyrobombus) wangae Williams et al ., 2009: 159. Material examined. 1 queen, 24 workers, 88 males (IAB). Distribution in North China. Primarily at the edge of the east Qinghai-Tibetan plateau in Gansu. Common at medium elevation...

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Main Authors: An, Jiandong, Huang, Jiaxing, Shao, Youquan, Zhang, Shiwen, Wang, Biao, Liu, Xinyu, Wu, Jie, Williams, Paul H.
Format: Text
Language:unknown
Published: Zenodo 2014
Subjects:
Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Apidae
Bombus
Bombus wangae
Polygonum viviparum
Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6136777
https://zenodo.org/record/6136777
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Summary:57. Bombus ( Pyrobombus ) wangae Williams et al. (Figs 116, 117) Bombus (Pyrobombus) wangae Williams et al ., 2009: 159. Material examined. 1 queen, 24 workers, 88 males (IAB). Distribution in North China. Primarily at the edge of the east Qinghai-Tibetan plateau in Gansu. Common at medium elevations of the Liancheng nature reserve, the Xinglongshan nature reserve and the Lianhuashan nature reserve in Gansu. Rare at medium to high elevations of the Zhagana nature reserve, at medium elevations of the Xiaolongshan nature reserve and the Baishuijiang natural reserve in Gansu, and at medium elevations of the Taibai nature reserve of the Qinling mountains in Shaanxi. 17 localities (Fig. 116) between 1218–3050 m (IAB). Similar species in North China . This species is similar in its yellow-grey colour pattern to some B. remotus , B. picipes , B. infrequens and B. modestus (see the key; Figs 63, 109, 111, 115, 117). Distribution in China. Sichuan, Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai (IAB). Forage plants. APIACEAE: Angelica sp.; ASTERACEAE: Carduus acanthoides , Cirsium japonicum , Ligularia sp., Parasenecio roborowskii , Saussurea sp., Sinacalia tangutica LAMIACEAE: Dracocephalum heterophyllum , D . isabellae , Lamium barbatum , Nepeta prattii , Salvia przewalskii , Thymus mongolicus MALVACEAE: Alcea rosea , Malva cathayensis ONAGRACEAE: Chamerion angustifolium POLYGONACEAE: Polygonum viviparum RANUNCULACEAE: Aconitum gymnandrum SCROPHULARIACEAE: Euphrasia pectinata , Pedicularis spicata . : 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 59-60, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3830.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/286560

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