Bombus (Mendacibombus) waltoni Cockerell

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 : 6

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.204407
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5622959
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scientific name	Bombus (Mendacibombus) waltoni Cockerell
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2. Bombus (Mendacibombus) waltoni Cockerell View in CoL

( Fig. 5 View FIGURE 4 – 21 )

Bombus mendax View in CoL ssp. chinensis Skorikov, 1910a:330 View in CoL (not of Morawitz, 1890:352 = B. chinensis (Morawitz)) View in CoL , holotype queen ZISP examined. China: Qinghai.

Bombus waltoni Cockerell, 1910:239 View in CoL , holotype queen BMNH examined. Synonymised with Bombus mendax View in CoL ssp. chinensis Skorikov View in CoL by Skorikov in Cockerell (1911). India.

Bombus rufitarsus Friese, 1913:85 , type not seen. Synonymised with Bombus waltoni Cockerell View in CoL by Skorikov (1914). ‘Zentralasien’, believed incorrect.

Bombus asellus Friese, 1924:438 View in CoL , type not seen. Regarded as conspecific with Bombus waltoni Cockerell View in CoL by Bischoff (1936). ‘ Mongolei bei Tippeti’, believed incorrect.

Material examined. 33 workers 1 male (IAB).

Distribution in Gansu. Common at high altitudes of the Qinghai-Tibetan plateau in the southwest and northwestern Qilianshan mountains, rare at medium altitudes of the western mountains ( Fig. 5 View FIGURE 4 – 21 ); 6 localities between 2604 and 3524 m (IAB).

Distribution in China. Gansu, Qinghai (IAB).

Forage plants. ALLIACEAE : Allium cyaneum ; ASTERACEAE : Carduus crispus , Olgaea tangutica , Saussurea sp.; GERANIACEAE : Geranium pratense ; LAMIACEAE : Salvia przewalskii ; SCROPHULARIACEAE : Pedicularis kansuensis , Pedicularis sp.