Bombus (Melanobombus) rufofasciatus Smith

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 : 23

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45. Bombus (Melanobombus) rufofasciatus Smith View in CoL

( Fig. 48 View FIGURE 40 – 54 )

Bombus View in CoL rufo-fasciatus Smith, 1852b:48, lectotype queen ( Tkalců, 1974b:340) BMNH examined. India.

Bombus Prshewalskyi Morawitz, 1880:342 View in CoL , type not seen. Regarded as conspecific with Bombus rufofasciatus Smith View in CoL by Richards (1930). China: ‘Gan-su’, probably Qinghai.

Bombus rufocinctus Morawitz, 1880:343 View in CoL (not of Cresson, 1863:106 = B. rufocinctus Cresson View in CoL ), syntype queen ZISP examined. Synonymised with Bombus rufofasciatus Smith View in CoL by Handlirsch (1888). China: ‘Gan-su’, probably Qinghai.

Bombus chinensis Dalla Torre, 1890 View in CoL [June 25]:139, replacement name for rufocinctus Morawitz, 1880:343 View in CoL (not of Morawitz, 1890 [April 30]:352 = B. chinensis (Morawitz)) View in CoL . Synonymised with Bombus rufofasciatus Smith View in CoL by Richards (1930).

Material examined. 2 queens 224 workers 34 males (IAB).

Distribution in Gansu. Abundant at medium to high elevations of the Qinghai-Tibetan plateau in the southwest and northwestern Qilianshan mountains ( Fig. 48 View FIGURE 40 – 54 ); 21 localities between 2148 and 4011 m (IAB).

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

Forage plants. ALLIACEAE : Allium cyaneum ; ASTERACEAE : Carduus crispus , Cirsium japonicum , Ligularia przewalskii , Olgaea tangutica , Saussurea gossypiphora , S. purpurascens , Saussurea sp., Taraxacum mongolicum ; CRASSULACEAE : Sedum sp.; FABACEAE : Hedysarum gmelini , Oxytropis sp.; GENTIANACEAE : Gentiana aristata , G. straminea , Halenia elliptica ; GERANIACEAE : Geranium pratense ; LAMIACEAE : Dracocephalum heterophyllum , Salvia przewalskii , Salvia sp., Thymus mongolicus ; POLYGONACEAE : Polygonum macrophyllum , P. viviparum ; RANUNCULACEAE : Aconitum gymnandrum , Clematis tangutica , Delphinium grandiflorum ; ROSACEAE : Potentilla fruticosa ; SCROPHULARIACEAE : Euphrasia pectinata , Pedicularis kansuensis , P. t o r t a, P. s p i c a t a, Pedicularis sp., Veronica sp.