Bombus (Psithyrus) bohemicus Seidl

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), Zootaxa 3830 (1), pp. 1-89 : 51

44. Bombus (Psithyrus) bohemicus Seidl

( Figs 90, 91 )

Bombus bohemicus Seidl, 1837:73 .

Psithyrus (Ashtonipsithyrus) chinganicus Reinig, 1936:8 .

Psithyrus (Ashtonipsithyrus) distinctus ssp. hedini Bischoff, 1936:26 (not of Bischoff, 1936:15 = B. hedini Bischoff ).

Material examined. 2 females, 9 males (IAB).

Distribution in North China. Rare at low to medium elevations of the Bashang plateau in northern Hebei, at medium elevations of the Lvliangshan mountains in Shanxi, at low elevations of the Hulunberi grasslands and at medium elevation of the Huangguangliang forest park in northeastern Neimenggu, at medium elevation of the Qilianshan nature reserve, and at high elevations of the Zhgana nature reserve of the Qinghai-Tibetan plateau in Gansu. 8 localities ( Fig. 90 ) between 613–3524 m (IAB).

Distribution in China. Hebei, Shanxi, Neimenggu, Jilin, Heilongjiang, Sichuan, Xizang, Gansu, Qinghai, Xinjiang (IAB).

Forage plants. ASTERACEAE : Carduus acanthoides , Helianthus annuus , Stemmacantha uniflora .

Figures

FIGURES 90 – 91. 90. Map showing the distribution of B. bohemicus in North China with records as black spots, the province boundaries in dark grey, and all sites with records of all bumblebee species in light grey. 91. B. bohemicus female visiting Stemmacantha uniflora (Asteraceae) in Hebei.