Bombus (Psithyrus) chinensis (Morawitz)

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 : 48

39. Bombus (Psithyrus) chinensis (Morawitz)

( Figs 80, 81 )

Apathus rupestris var. chinensis Morawitz, 1890 [April 30]:352 (not of Dalla Torre, 1890 [June 25]:139 = B. rufofasciatus Smith ).

Psithyrus morawitzi Friese, 1905:516 (not of Radoszkowski, 1876:101 = B. morawitzi Radoszkowski ). Psithyrus (Psithyrus) chinensis ssp. hönei Bischoff, 1936:26 (not of Bischoff, 1936:10 = B. friseanus Skorikov ).

Material examined. 3 females, 18 males (IAB).

Distribution in North China. Common at medium elevations of the Liupanshan nature reserve in southern Ningxia. Rare at medium elevations of the Liancheng nature reserve and the Qilianshan nature reserve in western Gansu. 9 localities ( Fig. 80 ) between 2020–2952 m (IAB).

Distribution in China. Yunan, Xizang, Gansu, Ningxia (IAB).

Forage plants. APIACEAE : Angelica sp.; ASTERACEAE : Ligularia sp.; LAMIACEAE : Dracocephalum heterophyllum .

Figures

FIGURES 80 – 81. 80. Map showing the distribution of B. chinensis 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. 81. B. chinensis female from Gansu.