Bombus (Melanobombus) festivus 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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44. Bombus (Melanobombus) festivus Smith View in CoL

( Fig. 47 View FIGURE 40 – 54 )

Bombus festivus Smith, 1861:152 View in CoL , lectotype queen ( Tkalců, 1974b:342) BMNH examined. India.

BOMBUS ATROCINCTUS Smith, 1870 View in CoL :193, holotype male BMNH examined. Synonymised with Bombus festivus Smith View in CoL by Richards (1968). India.

BOMBUS View in CoL TERMINALIS Smith, 1870:193 , lectotype worker ( Williams et al., 2009) BMNH examined. Synonymised with Bombus atrocinctus Smith View in CoL by Richards (1930). Synonymised with Pyrobombus festivus (Smith) by Tkalců (1974b). India.

Bombus (Alpigenobombus) View in CoL handel-mazettii Pittioni, 1939:260, lectotype male ( Tkalců, 1974b:342) BMNH examined. Synonymised with Pyrobombus festivus (Smith) by Tkalců (1974b). China: Yunnan.

Material examined. 1 worker (IAB).

Distribution in Gansu. Rare at low elevations of the southern mountains ( Fig. 47 View FIGURE 40 – 54 ); 1 locality 719 m (IAB). Distribution in China. Chongqing, Sichuan, Yunnan, Shaanxi, Gansu (IAB). Forage plants. LAMIACEAE : Vitex negundo .