Bombus (Bombus) lucorum (Linnaeus)

An, Jiandong, Williams, Paul H., Zhou, Bingfeng, Miao, Zhengying & Qi, Wenzhong, 2011, The bumblebees of Gansu, Northwest China (Hymenoptera, Apidae), Zootaxa 2865, pp. 1-36 : 20

38. Bombus (Bombus) lucorum (Linnaeus) s. l.

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APIS lucorum Linnaeus, 1761:425 , lectotype male ( Day, 1979:66) LSL examined. Sweden. Bombus (Bombus) terrestris ssp. minshanicola Bischoff, 1936:2, type not seen. Regarded as conspecific with Bombus lucorum (Linnaeus) by Krüger (1951). China: Gansu.

Taxonomy: this is a complex of morphologically very similar taxa that cannot at present be diagnosed reliably for all individuals ( Williams et al., 2009).

Material examined. 6 queens 84 workers 69 males (IAB).

Distribution in Gansu. Abundant at medium to high elevations of the western mountains and Qinghai-Tibetan plateau in the southwest, common at medium elevations of the southeastern mountains ( Fig. 41 ); 20 localities between 1506 and 4011 m (IAB).

Distribution in China. Hebei, Shanxi, Neimenggu, Sichuan, Yunnan, Xizang, Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia, Xinjiang (IAB).

Forage plants. ALLIACEAE : Allium senescens ; APIACEAE : Angelica sp.; ASTERACEAE : Anaphalis lactea , Aster farreri , Carduus crispus , Cirsium japonicum , Cosmos bipinnatus , Helianthus annuus , Ligularia przewalskii , Ligularia sp., Parasenecio roborowskii , Picris hieracioides , Saussurea gossypiphora , S. purpurascens , Saussurea sp., Stemmacantha uniflora ; BUDDLEJACEAE : Buddleja officinalis ; CRASSULACEAE : Sedum sp.; FABACEAE : Astragalus sp., Lathyrus pratensis , Oxytropis kansuensis , O. ochrocephala , Oxytropis sp.; GENTIANACEAE : Gentiana straminea ; LAMIACEAE : Nepeta prattii , Phlomis umbrosa , Salvia przewalskii , Thymus mongolicus ; MALVACEAE : Althaea rosea ; ONAGRACEAE : Epilobium angustifolium ; POLYGONACEAE : Polygonum macrophyllum , P. viviparum ; RANUNCULACEAE : Anemone rivularis ; ROSACEAE : Sorbaria arborea ; SCROPHULARIACEAE : Pedicularis kansuensis , P. t or t a, Pedicularis sp., Veronica sp.

Figures

FIGURE 40 – 54. Maps of Gansu showing the recorded presences of the species as black spots with county boundaries shown in grey.