42. Bombus (Alpigenobombus) kashmirensis Friese

(Fig. 45)

Bombus mastrucatus var. kashmirensis Friese, 1909 [September, Tkalců, 1974b]:673, lectotype queen (Tkalců, 1974b:327) MNHU examined. India.

Bombus mastrucatus var. stramineus Friese, 1909 [September, Tkalců, 1974b]:673, type not found (Tkalců, 1974b:327). Synonymised with Alpigenobombus kashmirensis (Friese) by Tkalců (1974b). India.

Bombus tetrachromus Cockerell, 1909 [November, Tkalců, 1974b]:397, holotype queen BMNH examined. Synonymised with Alpigenobombus kashmirensis (Friese) by Tkalců (1974b). Pakistan.

Alpigenobombus pulcherrimus Skorikov, 1914:128, type not seen. Synonymised with Bombus tetrachromus Cockerell by Richards (1930). Synonymised with Alpigenobombus kashmirensis (Friese) by Tkalců (1974b). India.

Alpigenobombus beresovskii Skorikov, 1933a:248, syntype queen ZISP examined. Synonymised with Bombus kashmirensis Friese by Williams (1991). China: Sichuan.

Material examined. 3 queens 75 workers 4 males (IAB).

Distribution in Gansu. Common at medium to high elevations of the Qinghai-Tibetan plateau in the southwest and northwestern Qilianshan mountains (Fig. 45); 17 localities between 2272 and 4011 m (IAB).

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

Forage plants. ALLIACEAE: Allium cyaneum; ASTERACEAE: Carduus crispus, Cirsium japonicum, Cosmos bipinnatus, Saussurea stella, Saussurea sp.; CAMPANULACEAE: Adenophora sp.; FABACEAE: Hedysarum gmelini, H. tanguticum, Medicago sativa, Melilotus albus, M. officinalis; GENTIANACEAE Gentiana algida, Gentiana sp.; GERANIACEAE Geranium pratense; LAMIACEAE: Elsholtzia fruticosa, Salvia przewalskii; POLYGONACEAE: Polygonum viviparum; RANUNCULACEAE: Aconitum gymnandrumm, Clematis tangutica; ROSACEAE: Rubus sp.; SCROPHULARIACEAE: Pedicularis kansuensis, P. s p i c a t a, Pedicularis sp., Veronica sp.; TAMARICACEAE: Myricaria germanica .