25. Bombus (Psithyrus) chinensis (Morawitz)

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Apathus rupestris var. chinensis Morawitz, 1890 [April 30]:352 (not of Dalla Torre, 1890 [June 25]:139 = B. rufofasciatus Smith), holotype female ZISP examined. China: ‘Kan-ssu’, probably Qinghai.

Psithyrus morawitzi Friese, 1905:516 (not of Radoszkowski, 1876:101 = B. morawitzi Radoszkowski), paralectotype female (Pesenko, 2000:14; see also Tkalců, 1987:59) MNHU examined. Regarded as conspecific with Psithyrus chinensis (Morawitz) by Tkalců (1987). China: Sichuan.

Psithyrus (Psithyrus) chinensis ssp. hönei Bischoff, 1936:26 (not of Bischoff, 1936:10 = B. friseanus Skorikov), lectotype female (Tkalců, 1987:59) MNHU examined. China: Yunnan.

Material examined. 3 males (IAB).

Distribution in Gansu. Rare at medium elevations of the western mountains (Fig. 28); 1 locality 2767 m (IAB).

Distribution in China. Gansu, Ningxia (IAB).

Forage plants. ASTERACEAE: Ligularia sp.