Bombus (Subterraneobombus) personatus Smith

An, Jiandong, Williams, Paul H., Zhou, Bingfeng, Miao, Zhengying & Qi, Wenzhong, 2011, The bumblebees of Gansu, Northwest China (Hymenoptera, Apidae), Zootaxa 2865, pp. 1-36 : 6

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3. Bombus (Subterraneobombus) personatus Smith View in CoL

( Fig. 6 View FIGURE 4 – 21 )

Bombus personatus Smith, 1879:132 View in CoL , lectotype queen ( Richards, 1930:656) BMNH examined. India. Bombus Roborowskyi Morawitz, 1887:197 View in CoL , syntype queen ZISP examined. Synonymised with Bombus personatus Smith View in CoL by Williams (1991). China: Qinghai.

Material examined. 11 workers 2 males (IAB).

Distribution in Gansu. Common at medium to high altitudes of the northwestern Qilianshan mountains and the Qinghai-Tibetan plateau in the southwest ( Fig. 6 View FIGURE 4 – 21 ); 5 localities between 2753 and 3656 m (IAB).

Distribution in China. Gansu, Qinghai (IAB).

Forage plants. ASTERACEAE : Saussurea sp.; CAMPANULACEAE : Adenophora polyantha ; FABACEAE : Hedysarum tanguticum , Oxytropis ochrocephala ; GERANIACEAE : Geranium pylzowianum ; LAMIACEAE : Caryopteris mongholica .; ROSACEAE : Rubus sp.; SCROPHULARIACEAE : Pedicularis chinensis , P. kansuensis .