Bombus (Subterraneobombus) melanurus Lepeletier, 1835

Ghisbain, Guillaume, Williams, Paul H., Michez, Denis, Branstetter, Michael G. & Rasmont, Pierre, 2020, Contribution to the knowledge of the bumblebee fauna of Afghanistan (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Bombus Latreille), ZooKeys 973, pp. 69-87 : 69

Bombus (Subterraneobombus) melanurus Lepeletier, 1835 Figure 2

Published data.

Reinig 1940; Richards 1951; Tkalců 1968.

Material examined.

C-Afghanistan, Prov. Ghor, Kotal-e-Asgharat E-Ste., 9.vii.1976, 3200 m, leg. C. Naumann (6☿☿) (UMONS) [1]; C-Afghanistan, Prov. Ghor, Kotal-e-Narges, West-Ste; D.-e-Godar, 09.vii.76, 3100-3200 m, leg. C. Naumann (1☿) (UMONS) [2]; E-Afghanistan, Dar-e-Pandjshir, Kotal-e-tal, 30.vii.73, 3800 m, M. N. Khoram (1♀, 3♂♂) (UMONS) [19]; Ghilzai, 05.viii.48, 1780 m, N. Haarlov (3♂♂) (NHMUK) [?]; Grosser Pamir, Issiktal, Frostbodenflur, 24.viii.75, 4100-4350 m, leg. H. Huss, (1♂) (UMONS) [possibly close to 13]; Grosser Pamir, Issiktal, Quellflur in Artemisia-Chenopodiensteppe, 16.viii.75 (1♀, 4☿☿), 17.viii.75 (1☿), 22.viii.75 (3☿☿, 6♂♂), 23.viii.75 (11☿☿, 2♂♂), 25.viii.75 (1♀, 5☿☿, 3♂♂), 3500 m, leg. H. Huss, 37°02'N, 73°20'E (UMONS) [13]; Grosser Pamir, Ptukh, 30.vii.75, leg. H. Huss (1♀) (UMONS) [14]; Hazaradjat, Koh-i-Baba, Pandjao-Umg., 26.vii.61, 2500 m, leg. G. Ebert (1☿) (UMONS) [reference coordinates of the Koh-i-Baba 34.64N, 67.62E]; Hazaradjat, Koh-i-Baba, Shah-tu-Kotal, 20-21.vi.1961, 4000m, leg. G. Ebert (1♀, 2☿☿) (UMONS) [reference coordinates of the Koh-i-Baba 34.64N, 67.62E]; Hindu Kush, 06.viii.68, 2290 m, leg. M. Tong (1☿) (NHMUK) [sampling site not possible to locate, given that the Hindu Kush is - 800 km long]; Hindu Kush, nr Kamdesh confluence of R. Suingal and R. Shkurigal, viii.1977, 11000 ft., P.H. Ryley, 35°45'N, 71°15'E (1♀) (NHMUK) [17]; Tarest Mts., 01.ix.67, 3250 m, leg. D.K. Mardon (1☿); Z-Afghanistan, Koh-i-Baba, S-Seite, Shah-tu-Pass, 17-19.vii.1966, 3000 m, leg. G. Ebert (1♀, 2☿☿, 5♂♂) (UMONS) [reference coordinates of the Koh-i-Baba 34.64N, 67.62E].

Global distribution.

Palaearctic and Oriental regions.

Figures

Figure 2. Some of the Afghan bumblebee taxa examined as part of this study. A Bombus (Subterraneobombus) melanurus B B. (Sibiricobombus) morawitzi C B. (Melanobombus) semenovianus D B. (Melanobombus) keriensis s. s. E B. (Sibiricobombus) obtusus F B. (Sibiricobombus) asiaticus. Photograph credits P. Rasmont.