Bombus (Thoracobombus) filchnerae Vogt

An, Jiandong, Huang, Jiaxing, Shao, Youquan, Zhang, Shiwen, Wang, Biao, Liu, Xinyu, Wu, Jie & Williams, Paul H., 2014, The bumblebees of North China (Apidae, Bombus Latreille), Zootaxa 3830 (1), pp. 1-89 : 34-35

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3830.1.1

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6136682

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Bombus (Thoracobombus) filchnerae Vogt
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20. Bombus (Thoracobombus) filchnerae Vogt View in CoL

( Figs 42, 43 View FIGURES 42 – 43. 42 )

Bombus Filchnerae Vogt, 1908:100 View in CoL .

Agrabombus adventor Skorikov, 1914:119. Bombus (Agrobombus) lii Tkalců, 1961:355 View in CoL .

Material examined. 21 queens, 179 workers, 24 males (IAB).

Distribution in North China. Primarily on the edge of the northeast Qinghai-Tibetan plateau, the Liupanshan mountains, the Bashang plateau and the Hulunbeir grasslands. Common at medium elevations of the Qilianshan nature reserve in Gansu, at medium elevations of the Liupanshan nature reserve in southern Ningxia, at medium elevations of the loess plateau in eastern Gansu, and at low elevations of the Hulunbeir grasslands in northeastern Neimenggu. Rare at medium elevations of the Bashang plateau in northern Hebei, at medium elevations of the Taihangshan mountains in northern Shanxi, and at medium elevations of the sandy grasslands of the edge of the southern Neimenggu plateau. 44 localities ( Fig. 42 View FIGURES 42 – 43. 42 ) between 602–2659 m (IAB).

Similar species in North China. This species is similar in its yellow colour pattern to some yellow B. amurensis , B. distinguendus , B. laesus and B. anachoreta (see the key; Figs 15 View FIGURES 14 – 15. 14 , 19 View FIGURES 18 – 19. 18 , 41 View FIGURES 40 – 41. 40 , 43 View FIGURES 42 – 43. 42 , 47 View FIGURES 46 – 47. 46 ).

Distribution in China. Hebei, Shanxi, Neimenggu, Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia, Xinjiang (IAB).

Forage plants. ASTERACEAE : Cirsium leo , Helianthus annuus , Ligularia sagitta , Olgaea tangutica ; FABACEAE : Medicago sativa , LAMIACEAE : Leonurus sibiricus , Salvia japonica .

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Apidae

Genus

Bombus

Loc

Bombus (Thoracobombus) filchnerae Vogt

An, Jiandong, Huang, Jiaxing, Shao, Youquan, Zhang, Shiwen, Wang, Biao, Liu, Xinyu, Wu, Jie & Williams, Paul H. 2014
2014
Loc

Bombus Filchnerae Vogt, 1908 :100

Vogt 1908: 100
1908
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