Bombus (Melanobombus) simillimus Smith, 1852

Raina, Rifat H., Parrey, Aejaz H., Chandra, Kailash & Khan, Sajad A., 2021, New distributional records of Bumblebees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) from Bangus Valley in North Kashmir of Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, India, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 121 (2), pp. 261-267 : 265-266

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https://doi.org/ 10.26515/rzsi/v121/i2/2021/157851

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scientific name

Bombus (Melanobombus) simillimus Smith, 1852
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6. Bombus (Melanobombus) simillimus Smith, 1852 View in CoL ( Figure 8 View Figure 8 )

B. similis Smith, 1854: 3 View in CoL .

B. tonsus Skorikov, 1922: 160 View in CoL .

B. terrestris var. grossiventris Friese, 1931: 303 View in CoL .

Material examined: INDIA: Boud Bangus (Big Bangus valley), 9 ♂♂, 23.ix.2020, N 34°22′46.6″, E 074°21′45.0″ GoogleMaps ,

7. Bombus (Bombus) tunicatus Smith, 1852 ( Figure 9 View Figure 9 ) B. vallestris Smith, 1878: 168 .

B. gilgitensis Cockerell, 1905: 223 View in CoL .

B. terrestris var. simlaensis Friese, 1909: 674 View in CoL .

B. terrestris var. fulvocinctus Friese, 1909: 674 View in CoL .

Material examined: INDIA: Boud Bangus (Big Bangus valley), 3 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀, 24.ix.2020, N 34°22′46.6″, E 074°21′45.0″, Alt. 3000 m- Coll. Parrey & Imran, NZC Regd. No. 10640/A; Peer Baba 7 ♂, 6 ♀♀, 23.ix,2020, N 34°22′48.5″, E 074°21′43.9″, Alt. 2683 m respectively- Coll. Parrey & Imran, NZC Regd. No. 10637/A GoogleMaps .

Distribution within India: Himachal Pradesh, Sikkim, West Bengal, Uttarakhand, Kashmir and Ladakh- ( Williams, 1991; Saini et al., 2015)

Distribution worldwide: India, Nepal, Afghanistan and Pakistan- ( Williams, 2004; Williams et al., 2010).

New Distribution: First time recorded from Bangus valley (Kupwara).

Host plants: Trifolium pretense L., Carduus edelbergii Rech.f.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Apidae

Genus

Bombus

Loc

Bombus (Melanobombus) simillimus Smith, 1852

Raina, Rifat H., Parrey, Aejaz H., Chandra, Kailash & Khan, Sajad A. 2021
2021
Loc

B. terrestris var. grossiventris

Friese, H. 1931: 303
1931
Loc

B. tonsus

Skorikov, A. S. 1922: 160
1922
Loc

B. terrestris var. simlaensis

Friese, H. 1909: 674
1909
Loc

B. terrestris var. fulvocinctus

Friese, H. 1909: 674
1909
Loc

B. gilgitensis

Cockerell, T. D. A. 1905: 223
1905
Loc

B. similis

Smith, F. 1854: 3
1854
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