Bombus (Alpigenobombus) kashmirensis Friese

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 : 67

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

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6136798

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scientific name

Bombus (Alpigenobombus) kashmirensis Friese
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66. Bombus (Alpigenobombus) kashmirensis Friese View in CoL

( Figs 134, 135 View FIGURES 134 – 135. 134 )

Bombus mastrucatus View in CoL var. kashmirensis Friese, 1909 [September, Tkalců, 1974b]:673. Bombus mastrucatus View in CoL var. stramineus Friese, 1909 [September, Tkalců, 1974b]:673. Bombus tetrachromus Cockerell, 1909 View in CoL [November, Tkalců, 1974b]:397. Alpigenobombus pulcherrimus Skorikov, 1914:128 .

Alpigenobombus beresovskii Skorikov, 1933a:248.

Material examined. 4 queens, 145 workers, 6 males (IAB).

Distribution in North China. Only on the edge of the northeast Qinghai-Tibetan plateau in Gansu. Common at high elevations of the Zhagana nature reserve in Diebu, at medium to high elevations of the Qilianshan nature reserve in Sunan and Tianzhu, and at medium elevatons of the Liancheng nature reserve in Yongdeng. Rare at medium to high elevations of the east Qinghai-Tibetan plateau meadows in Hezuo, Xiahe, Luqu and Lintan. 25 localities ( Fig. 134 View FIGURES 134 – 135. 134 ) between 2272–4011 m (IAB).

Variation in North China. This species shows strong variation in the colour pattern of the hair across its global distribution ( Williams, 1991) but with much less variation in North China ( Fig. 135 View FIGURES 134 – 135. 134 ).

Similar species in North China. This species is often similar in its white-banded colour pattern to female B. ladakhensis (see the key; Figs 135 View FIGURES 134 – 135. 134 , 149 View FIGURES 148 – 149. 148 ).

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

Forage plants. ALLIACEAE : Allium cyaneum , A. sikkimense ; ASTERACEAE : Anaphalis hancockii , Carduus acanthoides , Cirsium japonicum , Cosmos bipinnatus , Cremanthodium lineare , Leontopodium leontopodioides , Saussurea stella , Saussurea sp.; CAMPANULACEAE : Adenophora sp.; FABACEAE : Hedysarum gmelinii , H. tanguticum , Medicago sativa , Melilotus albus , M. officinalis ; GENTIANACEAE : Gentiana algida , Gentiana sp.; GERANIACEAE : Geranium pratense ; LAMIACEAE : Elsholtzia fruticosa , Salvia przewalskii ; POLYGONACEAE : Polygonum viviparum ; RANUNCULACEAE : Aconitum flavum , A. gymnandrumm , Clematis tangutica ; ROSACEAE : Rubus sp.; SCROPHULARIACEAE : Pedicularis kansuensis , P. spicata , Pedicularis sp., Pseudolysimachion sp.; TAMARICACEAE : Myricaria sp.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Apidae

Genus

Bombus

Loc

Bombus (Alpigenobombus) kashmirensis Friese

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

Alpigenobombus pulcherrimus

Skorikov 1914: 128
1914
Loc

var. kashmirensis

Friese 1909
1909
Loc

var. stramineus

Friese 1909
1909
Loc

Bombus tetrachromus

Cockerell 1909
1909
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