Bombus (Melanobombus) rufofasciatus Smith, 1852

Raina, Rifat H., Parrey, Aejaz H., Chandra, Kailash & Khan, Sajad A., 2021, New distributional records of Bumblebees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) from Bangus Valley in North Kashmir of Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, India, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 121 (2), pp. 261-267 : 265

5. Bombus (Melanobombus) rufofasciatus Smith, 1852 ( Figure 7 )

B. prshewalskyi Morawitz, 1880: 342 .

B. rufocinctus Morawitz, 1880: 343 .

B. chinensis Dalla Torre, 1890: 139 .

Material examined: INDIA: Boud Bangus (Big Bangus valley), 3 ♂♂, 4 ♀♀, 23.ix.2020, N 34°22′46.4″, E 074°21′45.8″, Alt. 2900 m- coll. Parrey & Imran, NZC Regd. No. 10650/A; Peer Baba, 4 ♂♂, 23 ♀♀, 26.ix.2020, N 34°22′44.3″, E 074°21′42.9″, Alt. 2683 m respectively- Coll. Parrey & Imran, NZC Regd. No. 10643/A .

Distribution within India: Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Sikkim, Kashmir, Ladakh (Kargil), and Arunachal Pradesh- ( Williams, 1991, 2004; Saini et al., 2015).

Alt. 3000 m- Coll. Parrey & Imran, NZC Regd. No. 10648/A; Peer Baba, 5 ♀♀, 26.ix.2020, N 34°02′04.5″, E 074°21′42.9″, Alt. 2683 m- Coll. Parrey & Imran, NZC Regd. No. 10639/A .

Distribution within India: Himachal Pradesh, Kashmir and Uttarakhand- ( Williams, 1991; Saini et al., 2015)

Distribution worldwide: India and Pakistan - ( Williams, 1991, 2004).

New Distribution: First time recorded from Bangus valley (Kupwara).

Host plants: Trifolium pretense L., Carduus edelbergii Rech. f, Taraxacum officinale Weber , Cicerbita alpine L.

Distribution worldwide: India, Nepal, Pakistan, Bhutan, China (including Tibet), Myanmar- ( Williams, 2004; Williams et al., 2010).

New Distribution: First time recorded from Bangus valley (Kupwara).

Host plants: Trifolium repens L., Myosotis arvensis L., Hyoscyamus niger L., Carduus edelbergii Rech. f.

Figures

Figure 7. Bombus rufofasciatus (Smith, 1852) ♀.