Linnaeus, 1761 :425
Bombus (Bombus) terrestris
Bischoff, 1936 :2
Bombus lucorum (Linnaeus)
The bumblebees of Gansu, Northwest China (Hymenoptera, Apidae)
An, Jiandong
Williams, Paul H.
Zhou, Bingfeng
Miao, Zhengying
Qi, Wenzhong
Zootaxa
2011
2865
1
36
MFNK
Linnaeus
Linnaeus
[195,672,151,177]
Insecta
Apidae
Bombus
Animalia
Hymenoptera
19
20
Arthropoda
species
lato
lucorum
Bombus
( Fig. 41)
APIS lucorum Linnaeus, 1761:425, lectotypemale ( Day, 1979:66) LSL examined. Sweden. Bombus (Bombus) terrestrisssp. minshanicola Bischoff, 1936:2, typenot seen. Regarded as conspecific with Bombus lucorum(Linnaeus)by Krüger (1951). China: Gansu. Taxonomy: this is a complex of morphologically very similar taxa that cannot at present be diagnosed reliably for all individuals ( Williams et al., 2009).
Material examined.6 queens 84 workers 69 males(IAB).
Distribution in Gansu.Abundant at medium to high elevations of the western mountains and Qinghai-Tibetan plateau in the southwest, common at medium elevations of the southeastern mountains ( Fig. 41); 20 localities between 1506 and 4011 m(IAB). Distribution in China.Hebei, Shanxi, Neimenggu, Sichuan, Yunnan, Xizang, Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia, Xinjiang (IAB). Forage plants. ALLIACEAE: Allium senescens; APIACEAE: Angelicasp.; ASTERACEAE: Anaphalis lactea, Aster farreri, Carduus crispus, Cirsium japonicum, Cosmos bipinnatus, Helianthus annuus, Ligularia przewalskii, Ligulariasp., Parasenecio roborowskii, Picris hieracioides, Saussurea gossypiphora, S. purpurascens, Saussureasp., Stemmacantha uniflora; BUDDLEJACEAE: Buddleja officinalis; CRASSULACEAE: Sedumsp.; FABACEAE: Astragalussp., Lathyrus pratensis, Oxytropis kansuensis, O. ochrocephala, Oxytropissp.; GENTIANACEAE: Gentiana straminea; LAMIACEAE: Nepeta prattii, Phlomis umbrosa, Salvia przewalskii, Thymus mongolicus; MALVACEAE: Althaea rosea; ONAGRACEAE: Epilobium angustifolium; POLYGONACEAE: Polygonum macrophyllum, P. viviparum; RANUNCULACEAE: Anemone rivularis; ROSACEAE: Sorbaria arborea; SCROPHULARIACEAE: Pedicularis kansuensis, P. t or t a, Pedicularissp., Veronicasp.