Bombus (Bombus) patagiatus Nylander

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 : 20

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.204407
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5623027
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treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Bombus (Bombus) patagiatus Nylander
status	s. l.

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39. Bombus (Bombus) patagiatus Nylander View in CoL s. l.

( Fig. 42 View FIGURE 40 – 54 )

Bombus patagiatus Nylander, 1848:234 View in CoL , type not found ( Tkalců, 1967). Russia: ‘E Sibiria’.

Bombus terrestris View in CoL var. patagiatus Nylander ; Morawitz, 1890:349. China: ‘Sse-tschuan’, probably Qinghai.

Bombus lucorum View in CoL var. lan-tschouensis Vogt, 1908:101, syntype queen ZMA examined. Regarded as conspecific with Bombus patagiatus Nylander View in CoL by Tkalců (1967). China: Gansu.

Bombus vasilievi Skorikov, 1913:172 View in CoL , type not seen. Regarded as conspecific with Bombus patagiatus Nylander View in CoL by Tkalců (1967). China: Gansu and Heilongjiang.

Bombus lucorum View in CoL ssp. beickianus Bischoff, 1936:2, type not seen. Regarded as conspecific with Bombus patagiatus Nylander View in CoL by Tkalců (1967). China: Gansu.

Bombus lucorum View in CoL ssp. pseudosporadicus Bischoff, 1936:2, type not seen. Regarded as conspecific with Bombus patagiatus Nylander View in CoL by Tkalců (1967). China: Gansu.

Bombus (Bombus) patagiatus View in CoL ssp. minshanensis Bischoff, 1936:3, type not seen. China: Gansu.

Material examined. 2 queens 132 workers 61 males (IAB).

Distribution in Gansu. Abundant at low to high elevations of the eastern loess plateau, Qinghai-Tibetan plateau in the southwest, western mountains and northwestern Qilianshan mountains ( Fig. 42 View FIGURE 40 – 54 ); 31 localities between 1193 and 3963 m (IAB).

Distribution in China. Beijing, Hebei, Shanxi, Neimenggu, Jilin, Heilongjiang, Sichuan, Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia (IAB).

Forage plants. ASTERACEAE : Carduus crispus , Cirsium japonicum , C. setosum , Ligularia sagitta , Ligularia sp., Olgaea tangutica , Saussurea amara , Saussurea sp., Stemmacantha uniflora ; BORAGINACEAE : Symphytum officinale ; CRASSULACEAE : Sedum sp.; FABACEAE : Astragalus adsurgens , Hedysarum gmelini , Medicago sativa , Melilotus albus , M. officinalis ; LAMIACEAE : Dracocephalum heterophyllum , Elsholtzia densa , E. fruticosa , Salvia sp., Thymus mongolicus ; ONAGRACEAE : Epilobium angustifolium ; ROSACEAE : Potentilla fruticosa ; SCROPHULARI- ACEAE: Euphrasia pectinata .