Bombus (Pyrobombus) lepidus 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

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scientific name	Bombus (Pyrobombus) lepidus Skorikov
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32. Bombus (Pyrobombus) lepidus Skorikov View in CoL

( Fig. 35 View FIGURE 22 – 39 )

Bombus lepidus Skorikov, 1912:606 View in CoL , syntype queen ZISP examined. China: Qinghai.

Bombus genitalis Friese, 1913:85 View in CoL , holotype male MNHU examined. Synonymised with Bombus lepidus Skorikov View in CoL by Williams (1991). China: ‘Tibet’,?Xizang.

Bombus nursei View in CoL var. tetrachromus Friese, 1918:85 (not of Cockerell, 1909:397 = B. kashmirensis Friese View in CoL ), lectotype queen ( Williams, 1991:75) MNHU examined. Synonymised with Bombus lepidus Skorikov View in CoL by Williams (1991). India.

Material examined. 2 queens 132 workers 20 males (IAB).

Distribution in Gansu. Abundant at medium to high elevations of the Qinghai-Tibetan plateau in the southwest and western mountains; rare at low to medium elevations of the southeastern mountains, eastern loess plateau and northwestern Qilianshan mountains ( Fig. 35 View FIGURE 22 – 39 ); 27 localities between 1049 and 3656 m (IAB).

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

Forage plants. ASTERACEAE : Carduus crispus , Cirsium setosum , Ligularia sp., Saussurea sp., Sinacalia tangutica ; CONVOLVULACEAE : Pharbitis nil ; FABACEAE : Astragalus bhotanensis , Astragalus sp., Hedysarum gmelini , Medicago sativa , Melilotus albus , M. officinalis , Oxytropis ochrocephala , Vicia unijuga ; GENTIANACEAE : Halenia elliptica ; LAMIACEAE : Caryopteris divaricata , Dracocephalum heterophyllum , Elsholtzia fruticosa , Lamium album , Nepeta prattii , Phlomis umbrosa , Salvia przewalskii , Salvia sp., Thymus mongolicus ; ONAGRACEAE : Epilobium angustifolium ; PAPAVERACEAE : Corydalis sp.; RANUNCULACEAE : Aconitum gymnandrum , A. leucostomum , Clematis tangutica , Delphinium grandiflorum ; ROSACEAE : Potentilla fruticosa ; SCROPHULARIACEAE : Euphrasia pectinata , Pedicularis kansuensis , P. s p i c a t a, Pedicularis sp.