Bombus (Thoracobombus) opulentus 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 : 11

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scientific name	Bombus (Thoracobombus) opulentus Smith
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16. Bombus (Thoracobombus) opulentus Smith View in CoL

( Fig. 19 View FIGURE 4 – 21 )

Bombus opulentus Smith, 1861:153 View in CoL , holotype queen BMNH examined. China ‘North’.

Material examined. 2 queens 92 workers (IAB).

Distribution in Gansu. Common at low to medium elevations of the southeastern mountains and eastern loess plateau, rare at low elevations of the southern mountain, rare at high elevations of the Qinghai-Tibetan plateau in the southwest ( Fig. 19 View FIGURE 4 – 21 ); 19 localities between 890 and 3432 m (IAB).

Distribution in China. Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Gansu, Ningxia (IAB).

Forage plants. ASTERACEAE : Arctium lappa , Helianthus annuus ; CUCURBITACEAE : Thladiantha dubia ; FABACEAE : Melilotus albus , Vicia cracca ; LAMIACEAE : Leonurus Artemisia , Phlomis umbrosa , Vitex negundo ; SOLANACEAE : Solanum septemlobum .