Bombus (Megabombus) longipes Friese

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 : 8

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.204407
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5622967
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scientific name	Bombus (Megabombus) longipes Friese
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6. Bombus (Megabombus) longipes Friese View in CoL

( Fig. 9 View FIGURE 4 – 21 )

Bombus longipes Friese, 1905:511 View in CoL , type not seen. China: Sichuan.

Bombus (Diversobombus) hummeli Bischoff, 1936:18 View in CoL , paralectotype male ( Tkalců, 1987:63) MNHU examined. Synonymised with Megabombus longipes (Friese) by Tkalců (1987). China: Gansu.

Material examined. 2 queens 131 workers 12 males (IAB).

Distribution in Gansu. Abundant at low to medium elevations of the southeastern mountains, rare at low to medium elevations of the eastern loess plateau and Qinghai-Tibetan plateau in the southwest ( Fig. 9 View FIGURE 4 – 21 ); 18 localities between 1011 and 2241 m (IAB).

Distribution in China. Beijing, Hebei, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia (IAB).

Forage plants. ASTERACEAE : Cirsium monocephalum , Helianthus annuus ; BUDDLEJACEAE : Buddleja officinalis ; FABACEAE : Campylotropis macrocarpa , Melilotus albus , Vicia cracca ; LAMIACEAE : Phlomis umbrosa , Phlomis sp., Salvia przewalskii , Salvia sp.; PAPAVERACEAE : Corydalis sp.; RANUNCULACEAE : Aconitum gymnandrum , Anemone tomentosa ; SCROPHULARIACEAE : Pedicularis torta .; SOLANACEAE : Solanum septemlobum ; THYMELAE- ACEAE: Wikstroemia chamaedaphne .