Bombus (Psithyrus) cornutus (Frison)

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 : 46

36. Bombus (Psithyrus) cornutus (Frison)

(Figs 74, 75)

Psithyrus (Psithyrus) cornutus Frison, 1933:338 .

Psithyrus (Psithyrus) pyramideus Maa, 1948:19 .

Psithyrus (Psithyrus) acutisquameus Maa, 1948:21 .

Psithyrus (Ceratopsithyrus) klapperichi Pittioni, 1949:273 (not of Pittioni, 1949:266 = B. picipes Richards ). Psithyrus (Eopsithyrus) cornutus ssp. canus Tkalců, 1989:42 (not of Schmiedeknecht, 1883:359 = B. pomorum (Panzer)) .

Material examined. 3 females, 10 males (IAB).

Distribution in North China. Primarily in the Qinling mountains. Rare at medium elevations of the Lishan nature reserve in southern Shanxi, the Maijishan forest park and the Baishuijiang nature reserve in southern Gansu, the Taibai nature reserve, the Niubeiliang nature reserve, and the Huashan park in southern Shaanxi, and the Liupanshan nature reserve in southern Ningxia. 9 localities (Fig. 74) between 1379–2601 m (IAB). Distribution in China. Shanxi, Anhui, Fujian, Chongqing, Yunnan, Shaanxi, Gansu, Ningxia (IAB). Forage plants. ASTERACEAE : Cirsium monocephalum ; BUDDLEJACEAE : Buddleja officinalis .