Bombus (Thoracobombus) deuteronymus Schulz

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 : 37

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3830.1.1

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6136695

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scientific name

Bombus (Thoracobombus) deuteronymus Schulz
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24. Bombus (Thoracobombus) deuteronymus Schulz View in CoL

( Figs 50, 51 View FIGURE 51. B )

Bombus senilis Smith, 1879:131 View in CoL (not of Fabricius, 1775:382, = B. pascuorum (Scopoli)) View in CoL . Bombus deuteronymus Schulz, 1906:267 View in CoL , replacement name for senilis Smith, 1879:131 View in CoL . Agrobombus superequester Skorikov, 1926:116, by indication of Skorikov, 1914:405.

Material examined. 1 queen, 75 workers, 12 males (IAB).

Distribution in North China. Primarily on the Bashang plateau, the northeastern Neimenggu, and the edge of the east Qinghai-Tibetan plateau. Common at low to medium elevations of the Bashang plateau in northern Hebei, at low elevations of the Nenjiang river valley in northeastern Neimenggu, and at medium to high elevations of edge of the east Qinghai-Tibetan plateau in Gansu. Rare at medium elevations of the Taihangshan mountains in Hebei and Shanxi, at medium elevations of the Huanggangliang forest park of the southernmost of the Great Khingan mountains, at low elevations of the Hulunbeir grasslands in northeastern Neimenggu, and at medium elevations of the Maijishan forest park in Gansu. 24 localities ( Fig. 50) between 215–2872 m (IAB).

Similar species in North China. This species is very similar in its grey colour pattern to B. humilis and B. pseudobaicalensis (see the key; Figs 51 View FIGURE 51. B , 53 View FIGURES 52 – 53. 52 , 61 View FIGURES 60 – 61. 60 ).

Distribution in China. Hebei, Shanxi, Neimenggu, Heilongjiang, Gansu, Qinghai (IAB).

Forage plants. ASTERACEAE : Cirsium leo , Helianthus annuus , Saussurea sp., Sinacalia tangutica ; CAMPANULACEAE : Adenophora potaninii ; FABACEAE : Astragalus bhotanensis , Lespedeza bicolor , L. floribunda , Melilotus officinalis ; LAMIACEAE : Caryopteris tangutica , Dracocephalum heterophyllum ; RANUNCULACEAE : Aconitum gymnandrum ; SCROPHULARIACEAE : Pedicularis semitorta .

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Apidae

Genus

Bombus

Loc

Bombus (Thoracobombus) deuteronymus Schulz

An, Jiandong, Huang, Jiaxing, Shao, Youquan, Zhang, Shiwen, Wang, Biao, Liu, Xinyu, Wu, Jie & Williams, Paul H. 2014
2014
Loc

Bombus senilis

Skorikov 1926: 116
Skorikov 1914: 405
Schulz 1906: 267
Smith 1879: 131
Smith 1879: 131
Fabricius 1775: 382
1879
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