Bombus (Megabombus) supremus Morawitz

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 : 9

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scientific name	Bombus (Megabombus) supremus Morawitz
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9. Bombus (Megabombus) supremus Morawitz View in CoL

( Fig. 12 View FIGURE 4 – 21 )

Bombus supremus Morawitz, 1887:196 View in CoL , holotype queen ZISP not found ( Y. Pesenko, in litt.). China: Qinghai.

Bombus linguarius Morawitz, 1890:351 View in CoL , holotype worker ZISP examined. Synonymised provisionally with Bombus supremus Morawitz View in CoL by Williams (1998), confirmed by Williams et al. (2009). China: ‘Kan-ssu’, probably Qinghai.

Material examined. 7 workers (IAB).

Distribution in Gansu. Common at medium to high elevations of the Qinghai-Tibetan plateau in the southwest and northwestern Qilianshan mountains ( Fig. 12 View FIGURE 4 – 21 ); 4 localities between 2874 and 3386 m (IAB).

Distribution in China. Gansu, Qinghai (IAB).

Forage plants. ALLIACEAE : Allium cyaneum ; GERANIACEAE : Geranium pratense ; RANUNCULACEAE : Aconitum gymnandrum , Delphinium grandiflorum ; SCROPHULARIACEAE : Pedicularis kansuensis .