Bombus (Megabombus) sushkini (Skorikov)

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 : 31

publication ID

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

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:D1B92849-3D00-4C27-809E-15A3B50ECF19

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6136672

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039A5F66-DD2A-044B-D787-FA0EFE54A1A7

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scientific name

Bombus (Megabombus) sushkini (Skorikov)
status

s. l.

16. Bombus (Megabombus) sushkini (Skorikov) View in CoL s. l.

( Figs 34, 35 View FIGURES 34 – 35. 34 )

Hortobombus sushkini Skorikov, 1931:235 .

Taxonomy. For a discussion of the taxonomy of this species see Williams et al. (2009).

Material examined. 19 queens, 47 workers, 7 males (IAB).

Distribution in North China. Primarily on the edge of the northeast Qinghai-Tibetan plateau. Common at medium to high elevations of the Qilianshan nature reserve and the Lianhuashan nature reserve in Gansu. Rare at medium elevations of the Liancheng nature reserve, at high elevations of the Gahai nature reserve in Gansu, and at medium elevations of the Yueliangshan mountain in Xiji, Ningxia. 22 localities ( Fig. 34 View FIGURES 34 – 35. 34 ) between 2148–3490 m (IAB).

Similar species in North China. This species is similar in its yellow-banded colour pattern to B. religiosus and B. czerskii (see the key; Figs 31 View FIGURES 30 – 31. 30 , 33 View FIGURES 32 – 33. 32 , 35 View FIGURES 34 – 35. 34 ).

Distribution in China. Sichuan, Xizang, Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia (IAB).

Forage plants. ASTERACEAE : Arctium lappa , Saussurea sp.; FABACEAE : Oxytropis ochrocephala ; LAMIACEAE : Caryopteris incana , Dracocephalum heterophyllum ; RANUNCULACEAE : Aconitum flavum , A. gymnandrum , Clematis tangutica ; SCROPHULARIACEAE : Pedicularis kansuensis .

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Apidae

Genus

Bombus

SubGenus

MEGABOMBUS

Loc

Bombus (Megabombus) sushkini (Skorikov)

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

Hortobombus sushkini

Skorikov 1931: 235
1931
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