Bombus (Megabombus) consobrinus Dahlbom

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 : 10

13. Bombus (Megabombus) consobrinus Dahlbom

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Bombus consobrinus Dahlbom, 1832:49 , type not seen. Sweden.

Material examined. 37 workers 8 males (IAB).

Distribution in Gansu. Common at medium to high elevations of the Qinghai-Tibetan plateau in the southwest, rare at medium elevations of the western mountains ( Fig. 16 ); 16 localities between 1659 and 3279 m (IAB). Distribution in China. Beijing, Hebei, Shanxi, Neimenggu, Jilin, Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia (IAB). Forage plants. ASTERACEAE : Carduus crispus , Cirsium setosum , Saussurea sp.; LAMIACEAE : Dracocephalum heterophyllum , Elsholtzia fruticosa , Salvia sp.; RANUNCULACEAE : Clematis tangutica .

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FIGURE 4 – 21. Maps of Gansu showing the recorded presences of the species as black spots with county boundaries shown in grey.