Bombus (Bombus) lucorum (Linnaeus)

An, Jiandong, Huang, Jiaxing, Shao, Youquan, Zhang, Shiwen, Wang, Biao, Liu, Xinyu, Wu, Jie & Williams, Paul H., 2014, The bumblebees of North China (Apidae, Bombus Latreille), Zootaxa 3830 (1), pp. 1-89 : 63

61. Bombus (Bombus) lucorum (Linnaeus)

( Figs 124, 125 )

APIS lucorum Linnaeus, 1761:425 .

Taxonomy. Revised by Williams et al. (2012b). This species has been much confused with B. cryptarum and B. longipennis . The species is difficult to distinguish reliably from B. cryptarum in particular except from COI barcodes.

Material examined. 2 workers (IAB).

Distribution in North China. Rare at low elevations of the Moerdaoga forest park, the transition zone between the Hulunbeir grassland and the Great Khingan mountains forests, and at low elevations of the Nenjiang river valley in the northeast of Neimenggu. 2 localities ( Fig. 124 ) between 419–649 m (IAB).

Similar species in North China. This species is very similar in its yellow-banded colour pattern to B. longipennis and B. cryptarum (see the key; Figs 123 , 125 , 133 ).

Distribution in China. Neimenggu, Xinjiang (IAB).

Forage plants. No records.

Figures

FIGURES 124 – 125. 124. Map showing the distribution of B. lucorum in North China with records as black spots, the province boundaries in dark grey, and all sites with records of all bumblebee species in light grey. 125. B. lucorum worker from Neimenggu.

FIGURES 122 – 123. 122. Map showing the distribution of B. longipennis in North China with records as black spots, the province boundaries in dark grey, and all sites with records of all bumblebee species in light grey. 123. B. longipennis worker visiting Anemone tomentosa (Ranunculaceae) in Gansu.

FIGURES 132 – 133. 132. Map showing the distribution of B. cryptarum in North China with records as black spots, the province boundaries in dark grey, and all sites with records of all bumblebee species in light grey. 133. B. cryptarum worker from Shanxi.