44. Bombus (Melanobombus) festivus Smith

(Fig. 47)

Bombus festivus Smith, 1861:152, lectotype queen (Tkalců, 1974b:342) BMNH examined. India.

BOMBUS ATROCINCTUS Smith, 1870:193, holotype male BMNH examined. Synonymised with Bombus festivus Smith by Richards (1968). India.

BOMBUS TERMINALIS Smith, 1870:193, lectotype worker (Williams et al., 2009) BMNH examined. Synonymised with Bombus atrocinctus Smith by Richards (1930). Synonymised with Pyrobombus festivus (Smith) by Tkalců (1974b). India.

Bombus (Alpigenobombus) handel-mazettii Pittioni, 1939:260, lectotype male (Tkalců, 1974b:342) BMNH examined. Synonymised with Pyrobombus festivus (Smith) by Tkalců (1974b). China: Yunnan.

Material examined. 1 worker (IAB).

Distribution in Gansu. Rare at low elevations of the southern mountains (Fig. 47); 1 locality 719 m (IAB). Distribution in China. Chongqing, Sichuan, Yunnan, Shaanxi, Gansu (IAB). Forage plants. LAMIACEAE: Vitex negundo .