Bombus (Mendacibombus) convexus Wang

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 : 20-21

1. Bombus (Mendacibombus) convexus Wang

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Bombus lugubris Morawitz, 1880:339 (not of Kriechbaumer, 1870:159 = B. barbutellus (Kirby)) . Bombus (Mendacibombus) convexus Wang, 1979:190 .

Material examined. 2 queens, 73 workers, 31 males (IAB).

Distribution in North China. Only on the edge of the east Qinghai-Tibetan plateau. Common at medium to high elevations of the Zhagana nature reserve, the Liancheng nature reserve, and the Lianhuashan nature reserve in Gansu. 18 localities ( Fig. 4 ) between 2196–3524 m (IAB).

Distribution in China. Sichuan, Xizang, Gansu (IAB).

Forage plants. ASTERACEAE : Carduus acanthoides , Ligularia sp., Saussurea purpurascens , Saussurea sp., Senecio jacobaea ; LAMIACEAE : Nepeta prattii , Salvia przewalskii , Thymus mongolicus ; RANUNCULACEAE : Aconitum flavum , A. gymnandrum , A. leucostomum , Aconitum sp., Clematis tangutica ; SCROPHULARIACEAE : Pedicularis spicata , P. torta , Pedicularis sp.

Figures

FIGURES 4 – 5. 4. Map showing the distribution of B. convexus in North China with records as black spots, the province boundaries in dark grey, and all sites with records of all bumblebee species in light grey. 5. B. convexus worker visiting Carduus acanthoides (Asteraceae) in Gansu.