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Bombus (Bombus) patagiatus Nylander, s. l.

Description

39. Bombus (Bombus) patagiatus Nylander s. l.

(Fig. 42)

Bombus patagiatus Nylander, 1848:234, type not found (Tkalců, 1967). Russia: ‘E Sibiria’.

Bombus terrestris var. patagiatus Nylander; Morawitz, 1890:349. China: ‘Sse-tschuan’, probably Qinghai.

Bombus lucorum var. lan-tschouensis Vogt, 1908:101, syntype queen ZMA examined. Regarded as conspecific with Bombus patagiatus Nylander by Tkalců (1967). China: Gansu.

Bombus vasilievi Skorikov, 1913:172, type not seen. Regarded as conspecific with Bombus patagiatus Nylander by Tkalců (1967). China: Gansu and Heilongjiang.

Bombus lucorum ssp. beickianus Bischoff, 1936:2, type not seen. Regarded as conspecific with Bombus patagiatus Nylander by Tkalců (1967). China: Gansu.

Bombus lucorum ssp. pseudosporadicus Bischoff, 1936:2, type not seen. Regarded as conspecific with Bombus patagiatus Nylander by Tkalců (1967). China: Gansu.

Bombus (Bombus) patagiatus ssp. minshanensis Bischoff, 1936:3, type not seen. China: Gansu.

Material examined. 2 queens 132 workers 61 males (IAB).

Distribution in Gansu. Abundant at low to high elevations of the eastern loess plateau, Qinghai-Tibetan plateau in the southwest, western mountains and northwestern Qilianshan mountains (Fig. 42); 31 localities between 1193 and 3963 m (IAB).

Distribution in China. Beijing, Hebei, Shanxi, Neimenggu, Jilin, Heilongjiang, Sichuan, Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia (IAB).

Forage plants. ASTERACEAE: Carduus crispus, Cirsium japonicum, C. setosum, Ligularia sagitta, Ligularia sp., Olgaea tangutica, Saussurea amara, Saussurea sp., Stemmacantha uniflora; BORAGINACEAE: Symphytum officinale; CRASSULACEAE: Sedum sp.; FABACEAE: Astragalus adsurgens, Hedysarum gmelini, Medicago sativa, Melilotus albus, M. officinalis; LAMIACEAE: Dracocephalum heterophyllum, Elsholtzia densa, E. fruticosa, Salvia sp., Thymus mongolicus; ONAGRACEAE: Epilobium angustifolium; ROSACEAE: Potentilla fruticosa; SCROPHULARI- ACEAE: Euphrasia pectinata.

Notes

Published as part of An, Jiandong, Williams, Paul H., Zhou, Bingfeng, Miao, Zhengying & Qi, Wenzhong, 2011, The bumblebees of Gansu, Northwest China (Hymenoptera, Apidae), pp. 1-36 in Zootaxa 2865 on page 20, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.204407

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Apidae
Genus
Bombus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Hymenoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Nylander
Species
patagiatus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Bombus (Bombus) patagiatus An, 2011

References

  • Nylander, W. (1848) Adnotationes in expositionem monographicam apum borealium. Meddelanden af Societatis pro fauna et flora fennica, 1, 165 - 282.
  • Tkalcu, B. (1967) Sur deux especes de bourdons decrites par William Nylander (Hymenoptera, Apoidea: Bombus). Bulletin de la Societe entomologique de Mulhouse, 1967, 41 - 58.
  • Morawitz, F. F. (1890) Insecta a cl. G. N. Potanin in China et in Mongolia novissime lecta. XIV. Hymenoptera Aculeata. II). III. Apidae. Trudy Russkago entomologicheskago obshchestva, 24 (3 / 4), 349 - 385.
  • Vogt, O. (1908) Bombi (Hummeln). In: Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse von Expedition Filchner nach China und Tibet 1903 - 1905, X. Band - I. Teil, 1. Abschnitt: Zoologische Sammlungen, Berlin, pp. 100 - 101.
  • Skorikov, A. S. (1913) Neue Hummelformen (Hymenoptera, Bombidae). V. Russkoe entomologicheskoe Obozrenie, 13 (1), 171 - 175.
  • Bischoff, H. (1936) Schwedisch-chinesische wissenschaftliche Expedition nach den nordwestlichen Provinzen Chinas, unter Leitung von Dr. Sven Hedin und Prof. Su Ping-chang. Insekten gesammelt vom schwedischen Arzt der Expedition Dr. David Hummel 1927 - 1930. 56. Hymenoptera. 10. Bombinae. Arkiv for zoologi, 27 A (38), 1 - 27.