Bombus (Melanobombus) ladakhensis Richards

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 : 24

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scientific name	Bombus (Melanobombus) ladakhensis Richards
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47. Bombus (Melanobombus) ladakhensis Richards View in CoL

( Fig. 50 View FIGURE 40 – 54 )

Bombus (Lapidariobombus) rufofasciatus View in CoL var. ladakhensis Richards, 1928:336 , not infrasubspecific after Tkalců, 1974b:335, holotype queen BMNH examined. India.

Bombus (Lapidariobombus) rufofasciatus View in CoL var. phariensis Richards, 1930:642 , not infrasubspecific after Tkalců, 1974b:336, holotype queen BMNH examined. Regarded as conspecific with Pyrobombus ladakhensis (Richards) View in CoL by Tkalců (1974b). China: Xizang.

Bombus variopictus Skorikov, 1933a:248 View in CoL , syntype queen ZISP examined. Regarded as conspecific with Pyrobombus ladakhensis (Richards) View in CoL by Tkalců (1974b). China: Qinghai.

Bombus (Pratobombus) reticulatus Bischoff, 1936:7 View in CoL , paralectotype workers ( Tkalců, 1974b:336) MNHU examined. Regarded as conspecific with Pyrobombus ladakhensis (Richards) View in CoL by Tkalců (1974b). China: Gansu.

Material examined. 22 workers (IAB).

Distribution in Gansu. Common at medium to high elevations of the Qinghai-Tibetan plateau in the southwest and northwestern Qilianshan mountains ( Fig. 50 View FIGURE 40 – 54 ); 4 localities between 2524 and 4011 m (IAB).

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

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