Bombus (Thoracobombus) remotus (Tkalců), Tkalcu

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 : 42-43

publication ID

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

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:D1B92849-3D00-4C27-809E-15A3B50ECF19

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6136711

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039A5F66-DD1D-047F-D787-FCF3FE24A754

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Bombus (Thoracobombus) remotus (Tkalců)
status

 

30. Bombus (Thoracobombus) remotus (Tkalců) View in CoL

( Figs 62, 63 View FIGURES 62 – 63. 62 )

Megabombus (Agrobombus) remotus Tkalců, 1968:45 View in CoL .

Material examined. 6 queens, 444 workers, 61 males (IAB).

Distribution in North China. Primarily on the southern loess plateau, the Qin-Ba mountains in southern Gansu and southern Shaanxi. Abundant at medium elevations of the Maijishan forest park, the Xiaolongshan nature reserve and the Baishuijiang nature reserve in southern Gansu. Common at medium elevations of the Liupanshan nature reserve in southern Ningxia and the Qinling mountains in southern Shaanxi. Rare at medium elevations of the Taihangshan mountains in Shanxi, the Dabashan mountains in Shaanxi, and the Zhagana nature reserve of the edge of the east Qinghai-Tibetan plateau in Gansu. 49 localities ( Fig. 62 View FIGURES 62 – 63. 62 ) between 885–2766 m (IAB).

Similar species in North China. This species is similar in its yellow-grey colour pattern to some, B. picipes , B. infrequens and B. wangae (see the key; Figs 63 View FIGURES 62 – 63. 62 , 109 View FIGURES 108 – 109. 108 , 111 View FIGURES 110 – 111. 110 , 117 View FIGURES 116 – 117. 116 ).

Distribution in China. Shanxi, Chongqing, Sichuan, Yunnan, Shaanxi, Gansu, Ningxia (IAB).

Forage plants. ASTERACEAE : Arctium lappa , Cirsium leo , C. monocephalum , Erigeron annuus , Tagetes patula ; BUDDLEJACEAE : Buddleja officinalis ; CLUSIACEAE : Hypericum perforatum ; FABACEAE : Campylotropis macrocarpa , Lespedeza bicolor , Melilotus albus , Trifolium pratense , T. repens , Vicia cracca ; LAMIACEAE : Nepeta cataria , Phlomis umbrosa , Verbena officinalis ; RANUNCULACEAE : Anemone tomentosa .

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Apidae

Genus

Bombus

Loc

Bombus (Thoracobombus) remotus (Tkalců)

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

Megabombus (Agrobombus) remotus Tkalců, 1968 :45

Tkalcu 1968: 45
1968
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