Bombus (Psithyrus) coreanus (Yasumatsu)

An, Jiandong, Huang, Jiaxing, Shao, Youquan, Zhang, Shiwen, Wang, Biao, Liu, Xinyu, Wu, Jie & Williams, Paul H., 2014, The bumblebees of North China (Apidae, Bombus Latreille), Zootaxa 3830 (1), pp. 1-89 : 50-51

43. Bombus (Psithyrus) coreanus (Yasumatsu)

( Figs 88, 89 )

Psithyrus (Ashtonipsithyrus) coreanus Yasumatsu, 1934:399 .

Material examined. 2 females, 5 males (IAB).

Distribution in North China. Rare at medium elevations of the Baihuashan nature reserve and the Baicaopan nature reserve in Beijing, the Wulingshan nature reserve in Hebei, the Heihe forest park and Huashan park in Shaanxi, and the Maijishan forest park and the Xiaolongshan nature reserve in Gansu. 7 localities ( Fig. 88 ) between 950–1992 m (IAB).

Distribution in China. Beijing, Hebei, Shaanxi, Gansu (IAB).

Forage plants. ASTERACEAE : Cirsium monocephalum , Ixeridium sonchifolium ; SCROPHULARIACEAE : Veronicastrum sibiricum .

Figures

FIGURES 88 – 89. 88. Map showing the distribution of B. coreanus in North China with records as black spots, the province boundaries in dark grey, and all sites with records of all bumblebee species in light grey. 89. B. coreanus male visiting Veronicastrum sibiricum (Scrophulariaceae) in Beijing.