Bombus (Pyrobombus) lemniscatus Skorikov

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 : 17

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.204407
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5623013
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scientific name	Bombus (Pyrobombus) lemniscatus Skorikov
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31. Bombus (Pyrobombus) lemniscatus Skorikov View in CoL

( Fig. 34 View FIGURE 22 – 39 )

Bombus lemniscatus Skorikov, 1912:607 View in CoL , holotype queen ZISP examined. China: Qinghai.

Bombus nursei View in CoL var. flavopilosus Friese, 1918:84 , lectotype queen ( Williams, 1991:73) MNHU examined. Synonymised with Bombus lemniscatus Skorikov View in CoL by Williams (1991). Probably India.

Bombus (Lapidariobombus) peralpinus Richards, 1930:646 View in CoL , holotype queen BMNH examined. Synonymised with Pyrobombus lemniscatus (Skorikov) by Tkalců (1974b). China: Xizang.

Material examined. 13 workers (IAB).

Distribution in Gansu. Common at medium to high elevations of the western mountains and Qinghai-Tibetan plateau in the southwest ( Fig. 34 View FIGURE 22 – 39 ); 4 localities between 2835 and 3524 m (IAB).

Distribution in China. Yunnan, Gansu, Qinghai (IAB).

Forage plants. ASTERACEAE : Carduus crispus , Parasenecio roborowskii , Saussurea sp.; LAMIACEAE : Salvia przewalskii ; POLYGONACEAE : Polygonum viviparum ; RANUNCULACEAE : Aconitum gymnandrum ; SCROPHULARI- ACEAE: Veronica sp.