Bombus (Megabombus) albopleuralis Friese, 1916

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 : 263

1. Bombus (Megabombus) albopleuralis Friese, 1916 ( Figure 3 )

B. trifasciatus Smith, 1852: 45 .

B. montivagus Smith, 1878: 168 .

B. secundus Dalla Torre, 1890: 168 .

B. wilemani Cockerell, 1911: 100 .

Material examined: INDIA: Boud Bangus (Big Bangus valley), 2 ♂♂, 4 ♀♀, 24.ix.2020, N 34°22′46.6″, E 074°21′45.0″, Alt. 3000 m- Coll. Parrey & Imran, NZC Regd. No. 10644/A; Lokut Bangus (Small Bangus valley) ,

1 ♂, 2 ♀♀, 25.ix.2020, N 34°22′09.9″, E 074°22′54.6″, Alt. 2872 m respectively- Coll. Parrey & Imran, NZC Regd. No.10647/A.

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

Distribution worldwide: India, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bhutan, Nepal, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Laos, Vietnam, China (including Tibet), Taiwan- ( Williams, 2004; Williams et al., 2010).

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

Host plants: Trifolium repens L., T. pretense L., Cicerbita alpine L.

Figures

Figure 3. Bombus albopleuralis (Friese, 1916) ♂.