Bombus (Mendacibombus) waltoni Cockerell

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 : 21-22

2. Bombus (Mendacibombus) waltoni Cockerell

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Bombus mendax ssp. chinensis Skorikov, 1910a:330 (not of Morawitz, 1890:352 = B. chinensis (Morawitz) . Bombus waltoni Cockerell, 1910:239 .

Bombus rufitarsus Friese, 1913:85 .

Bombus asellus Friese, 1924:438 .

Material examined. 336 workers, 3 males (IAB).

Distribution in North China. Only on the edge of the east and northeast Qinghai-Tibetan plateau. Common at high elevations of the Qilianshan nature reserve and the Zhagana nature reserve in Gansu. 8 localities ( Fig. 6 ) between 2604–3524 m (IAB).

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

Forage plants. ALLIACEAE : Allium cyaneum ; ASTERACEAE : Carduus acanthoides , Olgaea tangutica , Saussurea sp.; GERANIACEAE : Geranium pratense ; LAMIACEAE : Salvia przewalskii ; RANUNCULACEAE : Aconitum gymnandrum ; SCROPHULARIACEAE : Pedicularis kansuensis , Pedicularis sp.

Figures

FIGURES 6 – 7. 6. Map showing the distribution of B. waltoni 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. 7. B. waltoni male from Gansu (PW).