Bombus (Thoracobombus) impetuosus Smith

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 : 43

publication ID

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

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6136715

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Bombus (Thoracobombus) impetuosus Smith
status

s. l.

31. Bombus (Thoracobombus) impetuosus Smith View in CoL s. l.

( Figs 64, 65 View FIGURES 64 – 65. 64 )

BOMBUS View in CoL IMPETUOSUS Smith, 1871 View in CoL :249.

Bombus View in CoL Potanini Morawitz, 1890:350 .

Bombus silvarum View in CoL var. subrufescens Friese, 1913:87 . Bombus (Agrobombus) yuennanensis Bischoff, 1936:14 View in CoL . Bombus (Agrobombus) combai Tkalců, 1961:357 View in CoL .

Taxonomy. For a discussion of the taxonomy of this species see Williams et al. (2009). Assessment of COI barcodes supports this interpretation.

Material examined. 3 queens, 169 workers, 14 males (IAB).

Distribution in North China. Only on the edge of the east Qinghai-Tibetan plateau and the southwest loess plateau. Common at high elevations of the Zhagana nature reserve, at medium elevations of the Lianhuashan nature reserve, the Xinglongshan nature reserve, the Liancheng nature reserve in southwestern Gansu, and at medium elevations of the Liupanshan nature reserve in southern Ningxia and eastern Gansu. Rare at medium elevations of the Baishuijiang nature reserve in southernmost Gansu. 45 localities ( Fig. 64 View FIGURES 64 – 65. 64 ) between 1716–3524 m (IAB).

Variation in North China. This species shows strong variation in the colour of the pale hair bands in China but shows little variation in North China ( Fig. 65 View FIGURES 64 – 65. 64 ).

Similar species in North China. This species is similar in its grey-banded colour pattern to B. lepidus (see the key; Fig. 65 View FIGURES 64 – 65. 64 , 105 View FIGURES 104 – 105. 104 ).

Distribution in China. Chongqing, Sichuan, Yunnan, Xizang, Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia (IAB).

Forage plants. ASTERACEAE : Arctium lappa , Cirsium leo , Saussurea pulchella , S. stella , Saussurea sp., Senecio jacobaea , Sinacalia tangutica ; BORAGINACEAE : Myosotis sp.; CAMPANULACEAE : Adenophora potaninii ; FABACEAE : Astragalus bhotanensis , Melilotus officinalis , Oxytropis kansuensis , O. ochrocephala ; GENTIANACEAE : Halenia elliptica ; LAMIACEAE : Caryopteris incana , Dracocephalum heterophyllum , D. isabellae , Nepeta prattii , Salvia przewalskii , Salvia sp., Thymus mongolicus ; PAPAVERACEAE : Corydalis sp.; RANUNCULACEAE : Aconitum carmichaelii , A. gymnandrum , A. leucostomum , Clematis tangutica ; SCROPHULARIACEAE : Euphrasia pectinata , Pedicularis kansuensis , P. spicata , Pedicularis sp.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Apidae

Genus

Bombus

Loc

Bombus (Thoracobombus) impetuosus Smith

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

Bombus silvarum

Tkalcu 1961: 357
Bischoff 1936: 14
Friese 1913: 87
1913
Loc

Bombus

Morawitz 1890: 350
1890
Loc

BOMBUS

Smith 1871: 249
1871
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