taxonID	type	description	language	source
03C38781FFD09B384371FBA7FA82F781.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. 1 ♂, INDIA: Jammu and Kashmir: Bandipora: Gurez Valley: Sheikhpora, 07 - ix- 2022, 34 ° 35 ' 06.37 " N, 75 ° 00 ' 03.11 " E, Alt. 2634 m, Coll. Rifat Raina & party, NZC Regd. No. 13286 / A.; 5 ♂♂, INDIA: Jammu and Kashmir: Bandipora: Gurez Valley: Purana Tualil, 04 - ix- 2022, 34 ° 35 ' 14.97 " N, 75 ° 00 ' 06.84 " E, Alt. 2678 m, Coll. Rifat Raina & party, NZC Regd. No. 13287 / A.; 4 ♂♂, INDIA: Ladakh: Leh: Panimik, 19 - ix- 2022, 34 ° 47 ' 33.83 " N, 77 ° 31 ' 58.51 " E, Alt. 3256 m, Coll. Rifat Raina & party, NZC Regd. No. 13288 / A.; Altitudinal range: 2600 – 3500 m AMSL.	en	Raina, Rifat Hussain, Kumar, Keshav, Parrey, Aejaz Hussain, Sharma, Indu, Uniyal, Virendra Prasad, Saini, Malkiat Singh (2024): Bombus cryptarum (Fabricius, 1775), a rare bumblebee species (Hymenoptera, Apidae) new to India. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 10 (1): 51-58, DOI: 10.61186/jibs.10.1.51, URL: https://doi.org/10.61186/jibs.10.1.51
03C38781FFD09B384371FBA7FA82F781.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis (Male). Size of the bumblebee ranges from 13 – 14 mm in length. Thoracic dorsum and T 2 lemon yellow without black hairs (Fig. 2 C). T 3 completely black and colour of scutellar hairs yellow. The black band between the wing bases with some yellow hairs intermixed (Fig. 3 A). Genitalia with penis valve greatly broadened and flared outward to form half of a funnel (Fig. 3 C). Volsella shows strongly sclerotised and forms an anterior apical corner (Fig. 3 D). Gonostylus with the anterior apical process with long hairs.	en	Raina, Rifat Hussain, Kumar, Keshav, Parrey, Aejaz Hussain, Sharma, Indu, Uniyal, Virendra Prasad, Saini, Malkiat Singh (2024): Bombus cryptarum (Fabricius, 1775), a rare bumblebee species (Hymenoptera, Apidae) new to India. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 10 (1): 51-58, DOI: 10.61186/jibs.10.1.51, URL: https://doi.org/10.61186/jibs.10.1.51
03C38781FFD09B384371FBA7FA82F781.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Worldwide: Northern Pakistan, Afghanistan, Central Asia, Mongolia, northern Palaearctic, and Nearctic regions (Williams, 2022); India: Kashmir and Ladakh (First record from this region).	en	Raina, Rifat Hussain, Kumar, Keshav, Parrey, Aejaz Hussain, Sharma, Indu, Uniyal, Virendra Prasad, Saini, Malkiat Singh (2024): Bombus cryptarum (Fabricius, 1775), a rare bumblebee species (Hymenoptera, Apidae) new to India. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 10 (1): 51-58, DOI: 10.61186/jibs.10.1.51, URL: https://doi.org/10.61186/jibs.10.1.51
03C38781FFD09B384371FBA7FA82F781.taxon	discussion	Remarks. The addition of Bombus cryptarum to the genus subgenus Bombus s. str. completes the full distribution of all five species B. tunicatus Smith, 1852, B. longipennis Friese, 1918, B. reinigi Tkalcu, 1974, B. jacobsoni Skorikov, 1912 (Williams, 2022) represented by this subgenus in the Indian Himalayan region. This species was recorded in Northern Pakistan, Afghanistan, Central Asia, Mongolia, and northern Palaearctic and Nearctic regions. In India, the first record of this species is recorded from Kashmir and Ladakh with an elevation ranging from 2600 – 3500 m AMSL. The registration numbers are similar for B. cryptarum as the specimens were collected from a single locality. The colour pattern and the identification keys are matched by using the literature (Williams et al., 2011; Williams, 2022). This species was observed to feed on the flowers of Thymus linearis Benth (Himalayan thyme) and Cirsium arvense (L.) Scop. (creeping thistle) in the Himalayan landscape and are the efficient pollinators of various medicinal plants, especially the Lamiaceae and Asteraceae families at high land ecosystems.	en	Raina, Rifat Hussain, Kumar, Keshav, Parrey, Aejaz Hussain, Sharma, Indu, Uniyal, Virendra Prasad, Saini, Malkiat Singh (2024): Bombus cryptarum (Fabricius, 1775), a rare bumblebee species (Hymenoptera, Apidae) new to India. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 10 (1): 51-58, DOI: 10.61186/jibs.10.1.51, URL: https://doi.org/10.61186/jibs.10.1.51
