35. Bombus (Pyrobombus) flavescens Smith

(Fig. 38)

Bombus flavescens Smith, 1852a:45, holotype male BMNH examined. China: Zhejiang.

Bombus rufocaudatus Friese, 1905:510, type not seen. Synonymised with Pyrobombus flavescens (Smith) by Tkalců (1974b). China: Sichuan.

BOMBUS MEARNSI Ashmead, 1905:959, type not seen. Regarded as conspecific with Bombus flavescens Smith by Pittioni (1949). Philippines.

Bombus geei Cockerell, 1917:265, type not seen. Regarded as conspecific with Bremus mearnsi (Ashmead) by Frison (1934). Regarded as conspecific with Bombus flavescens Smith by Pittioni (1949). China: Jiangxi.

Bremus (Pratobombus) mearnsi var. dilutus Frison, 1934:174, holotype worker INHS examined. Regarded as conspecific with Bombus flavescens Smith by Pittioni (1949). China: Zhejiang.

Bombus (Pratobombus) mearnsi ssp. chekiangensis Bischoff, 1936:5, type not seen. Regarded as conspecific with Bombus flavescens Smith by Pittioni (1949). China: Zhejiang.

Bombus (Pratobombus) flavescens f. dilutior Pittioni, 1949:264, holotype male BMNH examined. China: Fujian.

Material examined. 2 workers (IAB).

Distribution in Gansu. Rare at low elevations of the southeastern mountains (Fig. 38); 2 localities between 1049 and 1118 m (IAB).

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

Forage plants. MALVACEAE: Althaea rosea .