Bombus (Psithyrus) cornutus (Frison)

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 : 15

23. Bombus (Psithyrus) cornutus (Frison)

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Psithyrus (Psithyrus) cornutus Frison, 1933:338 , type not seen. India.

Psithyrus (Psithyrus) pyramideus Maa, 1948:19 , paratype male IZB examined. Regarded as conspecific with Psithyrus cornutus Frison by Tkalců (1989). China: Fujian.

Psithyrus (Psithyrus) acutisquameus Maa, 1948:21 , holotype male IZB examined. Synonymised with Psithyrus cornutus ssp. pyramideus Maa by Tkalců (1989). China: Anhui.

Psithyrus (Ceratopsithyrus) klapperichi Pittioni, 1949:273 (not of Pittioni, 1949:266 = B. picipes Richards ), paratype female BMNH examined. Synonymised with Psithyrus cornutus ssp. pyramideus Maa by Tkalců (1989). China: Fujian.

Psithyrus (Eopsithyrus) cornutus ssp. canus Tkalců, 1989:42 (not of Schmiedeknecht, 1883:359 = B. pomorum (Panzer) , paratype female MNHU examined. China: Yunnan.

Material examined. 1 female 3 males (IAB).

Distribution in Gansu. Common at medium elevations of the southeastern mountains ( Fig. 26 ); 3 localities between 1705 and 1770 m (IAB).

Distribution in China. Shanxi, Anhui, Fujian, Chongqing, Yunnan, Gansu (IAB).

Forage plants. ASTERACEAE : Cirsium monocephalum .

24. Bombus (Psithyrus) expolitus (Tkalc ů) ( Fig. 27 )

Psithyrus (Eopsithyrus) expolitus Tkalců, 1989:44 , holotype female MNHU examined. ‘Turkestan Kashgar,’ believed incorrect.

Material examined. 3 females (IAB).

Distribution in Gansu. Rare at high elevations of the Qinghai-Tibetan plateau in the southwest ( Fig. 27 ); 1 locality 3524 m (IAB).

Distribution in China. Gansu, Qinghai (IAB).

Forage plants. ASTERACEAE : Carduus crispus .

Figures

FIGURE 22 – 39. Maps of Gansu showing the recorded presences of the species as black spots with county boundaries shown in grey.