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.