Bombus (Alpigenobombus) kashmirensis Friese

An, Jiandong, Williams, Paul H., Zhou, Bingfeng, Miao, Zhengying & Qi, Wenzhong, 2011, The bumblebees of Gansu, Northwest China (Hymenoptera, Apidae), Zootaxa 2865, pp. 1-36 : 21

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scientific name	Bombus (Alpigenobombus) kashmirensis Friese
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42. Bombus (Alpigenobombus) kashmirensis Friese View in CoL

( Fig. 45 View FIGURE 40 – 54 )

Bombus mastrucatus View in CoL var. kashmirensis Friese, 1909 [September, Tkalců, 1974b]:673, lectotype queen ( Tkalců, 1974b:327) MNHU examined. India.

Bombus mastrucatus View in CoL var. stramineus Friese, 1909 [September, Tkalců, 1974b]:673, type not found ( Tkalců, 1974b:327). Synonymised with Alpigenobombus kashmirensis (Friese) by Tkalců (1974b). India.

Bombus tetrachromus Cockerell, 1909 View in CoL [November, Tkalců, 1974b]:397, holotype queen BMNH examined. Synonymised with Alpigenobombus kashmirensis (Friese) by Tkalců (1974b). Pakistan.

Alpigenobombus pulcherrimus Skorikov, 1914:128 , type not seen. Synonymised with Bombus tetrachromus Cockerell View in CoL by Richards (1930). Synonymised with Alpigenobombus kashmirensis (Friese) by Tkalců (1974b). India.

Alpigenobombus beresovskii Skorikov, 1933a:248, syntype queen ZISP examined. Synonymised with Bombus kashmirensis Friese View in CoL by Williams (1991). China: Sichuan.

Material examined. 3 queens 75 workers 4 males (IAB).

Distribution in Gansu. Common at medium to high elevations of the Qinghai-Tibetan plateau in the southwest and northwestern Qilianshan mountains ( Fig. 45 View FIGURE 40 – 54 ); 17 localities between 2272 and 4011 m (IAB).

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

Forage plants. ALLIACEAE : Allium cyaneum ; ASTERACEAE : Carduus crispus , Cirsium japonicum , Cosmos bipinnatus , Saussurea stella , Saussurea sp.; CAMPANULACEAE : Adenophora sp.; FABACEAE : Hedysarum gmelini , H. tanguticum , Medicago sativa , Melilotus albus , M. officinalis ; GENTIANACEAE Gentiana algida , Gentiana sp.; GERANIACEAE Geranium pratense ; LAMIACEAE : Elsholtzia fruticosa , Salvia przewalskii ; POLYGONACEAE : Polygonum viviparum ; RANUNCULACEAE : Aconitum gymnandrumm , Clematis tangutica ; ROSACEAE : Rubus sp.; SCROPHULARIACEAE : Pedicularis kansuensis , P. s p i c a t a, Pedicularis sp., Veronica sp.; TAMARICACEAE : Myricaria germanica .