Bombus (Thoracobombus) anachoreta (Skorikov)

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 : 36

22. Bombus (Thoracobombus) anachoreta (Skorikov)

( Figs 46, 47 )

Agrobombus anachoreta Skorikov, 1914:121 .

Material examined. 7 workers, 5 males (IAB).

Distribution in North China. Common at low elevations on the edge of the farmland of the Nenjiang river valley in northeastern Neimenggu. 2 localities ( Fig. 46 ) between 215–240 m (IAB).

Similar species in North China. This species is similar in its yellow colour pattern to some yellow B. amurensis , B. distinguendus , B. laesus and B. filchnerae , (see the key; Figs 15 , 19 , 41 , 43 , 47 ).

Distribution in China. Neimenggu, Heilongjiang (IAB).

Forage plants. ASTERACEAE : Cosmos bipinnatus .

Figures

FIGURES 46 – 47. 46. Map showing the distribution of B. anachoreta 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. 47. B. anachoreta worker from Neimenggu.

FIGURES 14 – 15. 14. Map showing the distribution of B. amurensis 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. 15. B. amurensis worker from Hebei.

FIGURES 18 – 19. 18. Map showing the distribution of B. distinguendus 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. 19. B. distinguendus worker form Neimenggu.

FIGURES 40 – 41. 40. Map showing the distribution of B. laesus 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. 41. B. laesus worker from Neimenggu.

FIGURES 42 – 43. 42. Map showing the distribution of B. filchnerae 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. 43. B. filchnerae worker from Ningxia.