Bombus (Bombus) sporadicus Nylander

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 : 60-61

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3830.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6136779
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scientific name	Bombus (Bombus) sporadicus Nylander
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58. Bombus (Bombus) sporadicus Nylander View in CoL

(Figs 118, 119)

Bombus sporadicus Nylander, 1848:233 View in CoL .

Bombus (Terrestribombus) terrestris czerskianus Vogt, 1911:56 View in CoL .

Taxonomy. Revised by Williams et al. (2012b).

Material examined. 5 workers, 3 males (IAB).

Distribution in North China. Rare at low elevations of the northernmost Great Khingan mountains in northeastern Neimenggu. 4 localities (Fig. 118) between 621–776 m (IAB).

Similar species in North China. This species is similar in its yellow-banded colour pattern to B. lantschouensis (see the key; Figs 119, 127).

Distribution in China. Neimenggu, Jilin, Heilongjiang (IAB).

Forage plants. ASTERACEAE : Hieracium umbellatum , Serratula coronata ; ONAGRACEAE : Chamerion angustifolium ; RANUNCULACEAE : Aconitum kusnezoffii ; ROSACEAE : Spiraea salicifolia .