Bombus (Thoracobombus) humilis Illiger

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 : 38-39

publication ID

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

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6136697

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scientific name

Bombus (Thoracobombus) humilis Illiger
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25. Bombus (Thoracobombus) humilis Illiger View in CoL

( Figs 52, 53 View FIGURES 52 – 53. 52 )

Apis fulve ∫cens [fulvescens] Schrank, 1802:367. Nomen oblitum (Williams et al., 2009). Bombus humilis Illiger, 1806:171 View in CoL . Nomen protectum (Williams et al., 2009).

Bombus (Agrobombus) helferanus View in CoL var. subbaicalensis Vogt, 1911:42 , 54.

Material examined. 3 queens, 137 workers, 12 males (IAB).

Distribution in North China. Primarily in northeastern Neimenggu, on the loess plateau and the west Qinling mountains. Common at low elevations of the Nenjiang river valley in northeastern Neimenggu, at medium elevations of the Kongdongshan nature reserve and the Maijishan forest park in Gansu, at medium elevations of the Liupanshan nature reserve in southern Ningxia, and the west Qinling mountains in Shaanxi. Rare at medium elevations of the Baihuashan nature reserve and the Lingshan nature reserve in Beijing, at medium elevations of the Xiaowutaishan nature reserve in Hebei, at medium elevations of the Taihangshan mountains and Lvlaingshan mountains in Shanxi, and at medium to high elevations on the edge of the east Qinghai-Tibetan plateau in Gansu. 51 localities ( Fig. 52 View FIGURES 52 – 53. 52 ) between 315–3130 m (IAB).

Variation in North China. This species shows strong variation in the colour pattern of the hair across its global distribution but shows little variation in North China ( Fig. 53 View FIGURES 52 – 53. 52 ).

Similar species in North China. This species is very similar in its grey colour pattern to B. deuteronymus and B. pseudobaicalensis (see the key; Figs 51 View FIGURE 51. B , 53 View FIGURES 52 – 53. 52 , 61 View FIGURES 60 – 61. 60 ).

Distribution in China. Beijing, Hebei, Shanxi, Neimenggu, Heilongjiang, Sichuan, Xizang, Shaanxi, Gansu, Ningxia, Xinjiang (IAB).

Forage plants. ASTERACEAE : Cirsium leo , C. monocephalum , C. setosum , Cosmos bipinnatus , Helianthus annuus ; CAMPANULACEAE : Adenophora divaricata ; CONVOLVULACEAE : Calystegia hederacea ; FABACEAE : Astragalus bhotanensis , Trifolium pratense , Trifolium repens ; LAMIACEAE : Caryopteris tangutica , Dracocephalum heterophyllum , Elsholtzia densa , Mentha canadensis ; MALVACEAE : Hibiscus trionum , RANUNCULACEAE : Clematis tangutica ; TILIACEAE : Grewia biloba .

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Apidae

Genus

Bombus

Loc

Bombus (Thoracobombus) humilis Illiger

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

Bombus (Agrobombus) helferanus

Vogt 1911: 42
1911
Loc

Apis fulve

Illiger 1806: 171
Schrank 1802: 367
1802
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