Bombus (Melanobombus) keriensis Morawitz

An, Jiandong, Williams, Paul H., Zhou, Bingfeng, Miao, Zhengying & Qi, Wenzhong, 2011, The bumblebees of Gansu, Northwest China (Hymenoptera, Apidae), Zootaxa 2865, pp. 1-36 : 25

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scientific name	Bombus (Melanobombus) keriensis Morawitz
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48. Bombus (Melanobombus) keriensis Morawitz View in CoL

( Fig. 51 View FIGURE 40 – 54 )

Bombus keriensis Morawitz, 1887:199 View in CoL , syntype queen ZISP examined. China: Xinjiang.

Bombus separandus Vogt, 1909:61 View in CoL , lectotype queen ( Williams, 1991:96) ZMA examined. Regarded as conspecific with Bombus keriensis Morawitz View in CoL by Reinig (1935). China: Xinjiang.

Bombus kohli Vogt, 1909:61 View in CoL (not of Cockerell, 1906:75 = B. morio (Swederus)) View in CoL , 3 syntype workers ZMA examined. Synonymised with Bombus keriensis Morawitz View in CoL by Williams (1991). Mongolia.

Bombus kozlovi Skorikov, 1910b:413 View in CoL , replacement name for kohli Vogt, 1909:61 View in CoL .

Bombus lapidarius View in CoL var. tenellus Friese, 1913:86 , type not seen. Synonymised provisionally with Bombus keriensis Morawitz View in CoL by Williams (1991). Russia: Zapadnyy Sayan.

Bombus (Lapidariobombus) keriensis View in CoL f. richardsi Reinig, 1935:341 (not of Frison, 1930:6 = B. rufipes Lepeletier View in CoL ), holotype queen ZMA examined. Pakistan.

Bombus (Melanobombus) tenellus View in CoL ssp. tibetensis Wang, 1982:439, replacement name for richardsi Reinig, 1935:341.

Bombus (Melanobombus) trilineatus Wang, 1982:441 View in CoL , holotype queen IZB examined. Synonymised with Bombus keriensis Morawitz View in CoL by Williams (1998). China: Xizang.

Material examined. 12 queens 109 workers 3 males (IAB).

Distribution in Gansu. Abundant at medium to high elevations of the northwestern Qilianshan mountains, rare at medium to high elevations of western mountains and Qinghai-Tibetan plateau in the southwest ( Fig. 51 View FIGURE 40 – 54 ); 13 localities between 2148 and 3656 m (IAB).

Distribution in China. Sichuan, Xizang, Gansu, Qinghai, Xinjiang (IAB).

Forage plants. ALLIACEAE : Allium senescens ; ASTERACEAE : Cosmos bipinnatus , Ixeridium gracile ; GENTIAN- ACEAE: Gentiana algida ; FABACEAE : Astragalus adsurgens , Hedysarum tanguticum ; LAMIACEAE : Caryopteris mongholica ; ROSACEAE : Rubus sp.; SCROPHULARIACEAE : Pedicularis kansuensis .