Bombus (Melanobombus) keriensis Morawitz, 1886, 1887

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 : 264

4. Bombus (Melanobombus) keriensis Morawitz, 1886 ( Figure 6)

B. separandus Vogt, 1909: 58 .

B. kohli Vogt, 1909: 41 .

B. kohli var. postzonatus Vogt, 1909: 61 .

B. kazlovi Skorikov, 1910: 413 .

B. lapidaries var. tenellus Friese, 1913: 86 .

Material examined: INDIA: Lokut Bangus (Small Bangus valley), 9 ♂♂, 16 ♀♀, 24.ix.2020, N 34°22′48.6″, E 074°21′44.3″, Alt. 2700 m- Coll. Parrey & Imran, NZC Regd. No. 10651/A; Peer Baba 3 ♂, 13 ♀♀, 23.ix,2020, N 34°22′48.5″, E 074°21′43.9″, Alt. 2683 m respectively- Coll. Parrey & Imran, NZC Regd. No. 10652/A .

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

Distribution worldwide: Oriental region, Palaearctic region, India, Nepal, Pakistan, China (including Tibet), Afghanistan, Bhutan, Mongolia, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkey, Iran- ( Williams, 1991, 2004).

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

Host plants: Cicerbita alpine L., Taraxacum officinale Weber , Trifolium repens L., Carduus sp. , Pedicularis pectinata Wall, P.