Bombus (Megabombus) trifasciatus Smith

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 : 9

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.204407
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5622969
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scientific name	Bombus (Megabombus) trifasciatus Smith
status	s. l.

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7. Bombus (Megabombus) trifasciatus Smith View in CoL s. l.

( Fig. 10 View FIGURE 4 – 21 )

Bombus trifasciatus Smith, 1852a:43 View in CoL , lectotype queen ( Williams, 1991:52) BMNH examined. China: Zhejiang. Bombus ningpoënsis Friese, 1909:676 View in CoL , type not seen. Synonymised with Bombus trifasciatus Smith View in CoL by Tkalců (1961). China: Zhejiang.

Bombus (Diversobombus) ningpoensis View in CoL ssp. minshanicus Bischoff, 1936:19, lectotype worker ( Williams, 1991:52) MNHU examined. Synonymised with Bombus trifasciatus Smith View in CoL by Williams (1991). China: Gansu. Taxonomy: see Williams et al. (2009).

Material examined. 104 workers (IAB).

Distribution in Gansu. Common at low to medium elevations of the southern and southeastern mountains ( Fig. 10 View FIGURE 4 – 21 ); 13 localities between 719 and 1770 m (IAB).

Distribution in China. Anhui, Fujian, Henan, Guangdong, Chongqing, Sichuan, Yunnan, Shaanxi, Gansu (IAB).

Forage plants. ASTERACEAE : Arctium lappa , Cosmos bipinnatus , Dahlia pinnata , Erigeron annuus , Helianthus annuus ; BUDDLEJACEAE : Buddleja officinalis ; CONVOLVULACEAE : Pharbitis nil ; CUCURBITACEAE : Cucumis sativus , Cucurbita moschata , Thladiantha dubia ; LAMIACEAE : Caryopteris divaricata , Leonurus artemisia , Vitex negundo ; MALVACEAE : Althaea rosea ; NYCTAGINACEAE : Mirabilis jalapa ; SOLANACEAE : Capsicum annuum , Solanum septemlobum .