Bombus (Psithyrus) skorikovi (Popov)

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 : 16

29. Bombus (Psithyrus) skorikovi (Popov)

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Psithyrus skorikovi Popov, 1927a:267 , holotype female ZISP examined. China: Qinghai.

Psithyrus (Fernaldaepsithyrus) gansuensis Popov, 1931:202 , holotype male ZISP examined. Synonymy with Psithyrus skorikovi Popov suggested by Popov (1931), confirmed by Williams et al. (2009). China: Qinghai.

Psithyrus (Fernaldaepsithyrus) kuani Tkalců, 1961:362 , holotype female BT examined. Synonymised provisionally with Bombus skorikovi (Popov) by Williams (1998), confirmed by Williams et al. (2009). China: Qinghai.

Material examined. 1 female (PHW).

Distribution in Gansu. Rare at high elevations of the Qinghai-Tibetan plateau in the southwest ( Fig. 32 ); 1 locality between 3000 and 3700 m (PHW).

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

Forage plants. No records.

Figures

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