Bombus (Alpigenobombus) kashmirensis Friese

42. Bombus ( Alpigenobombus ) kashmirensis Friese (Fig. 45) Bombus mastrucatus var. kashmirensis Friese, 1909 [September, Tkalců, 1974b]:673, lectotype queen (Tkalců, 1974b:327) MNHU examined. India. Bombus mastrucatus var. stramineus Friese, 1909 [September, Tkalců, 1974b]:673, type not found (Tkal...

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Main Authors: An, Jiandong, Williams, Paul H., Zhou, Bingfeng, Miao, Zhengying, Qi, Wenzhong
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Summary:42. Bombus ( Alpigenobombus ) kashmirensis Friese (Fig. 45) Bombus mastrucatus var. kashmirensis Friese, 1909 [September, Tkalců, 1974b]:673, lectotype queen (Tkalců, 1974b:327) MNHU examined. India. Bombus mastrucatus var. stramineus Friese, 1909 [September, Tkalců, 1974b]:673, type not found (Tkalců, 1974b:327). Synonymised with Alpigenobombus kashmirensis (Friese) by Tkalců (1974b). India. Bombus tetrachromus Cockerell, 1909 [November, Tkalců, 1974b]:397, holotype queen BMNH examined. Synonymised with Alpigenobombus kashmirensis (Friese) by Tkalců (1974b). Pakistan. Alpigenobombus pulcherrimus Skorikov, 1914:128, type not seen. Synonymised with Bombus tetrachromus Cockerell by Richards (1930). Synonymised with Alpigenobombus kashmirensis (Friese) by Tkalců (1974b). India. Alpigenobombus beresovskii Skorikov, 1933a: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, ...