Bombus (Melanobombus) ladakhensis Richards

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 : 73-74

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3830.1.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:D1B92849-3D00-4C27-809E-15A3B50ECF19

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6136812

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039A5F66-DD7C-041C-D787-FCE5FEDDA69C

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Plazi

scientific name

Bombus (Melanobombus) ladakhensis Richards
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73. Bombus (Melanobombus) ladakhensis Richards View in CoL

( Figs 148, 149 View FIGURES 148 – 149. 148 )

Bombus (Lapidariobombus) rufofasciatus View in CoL var. ladakhensis Richards, 1928:336 . Bombus (Lapidariobombus) rufofasciatus View in CoL var. phariensis Richards, 1930:642 . Bombus variopictus Skorikov, 1933a:248 View in CoL .

Bombus (Pratobombus) reticulatus Bischoff, 1936:7 View in CoL .

Material examined. 26 workers (IAB).

Distribution in North China. Only on the edge of the northeast Qinghai-Tibetan plateau in Gansu. Common at high elevations of the Qilianshan nature reserve in Sunan. Rare at high elevations of the Qilianshan nature reserve in Tianzhu, the Zhagana nature reserve in Diebu, and the edge of east Qinghai-Tibetan plateau meadows in Hezuo. 7 localities ( Fig. 148 View FIGURES 148 – 149. 148 ) between 2524–4011 m (IAB).

Variation in North China. This species shows strong variation in the colour pattern of the hair across its global distribution ( Williams, 1991) but with much less variation within North China ( Fig. 149 View FIGURES 148 – 149. 148 ).

Similar species in North China. This species is often similar in its female white-banded colour pattern to B. kashmirensis (see the key; Figs 135 View FIGURES 134 – 135. 134 , 149 View FIGURES 148 – 149. 148 ).

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

Forage plants. ASTERACEAE : Saussurea purpurascens , S. stella ; LAMIACEAE : Caryopteris incana ; POLYGONACEAE : Polygonum macrophyllum ; SCROPHULARIACEAE : Pedicularis kansuensis .

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Apidae

Genus

Bombus

Loc

Bombus (Melanobombus) ladakhensis Richards

An, Jiandong, Huang, Jiaxing, Shao, Youquan, Zhang, Shiwen, Wang, Biao, Liu, Xinyu, Wu, Jie & Williams, Paul H. 2014
2014
Loc

Bombus (Pratobombus) reticulatus

Bischoff 1936: 7
1936
Loc

Bombus (Lapidariobombus) rufofasciatus

Skorikov 1933: 248
Richards 1930: 642
Richards 1928: 336
1928
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