Bombus ( Mendacibombus ) waltoni Cockerell

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 : 21-22

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3830.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6136640
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scientific name	Bombus ( Mendacibombus ) waltoni Cockerell
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2. Bombus ( Mendacibombus) waltoni Cockerell View in CoL

( Figs 6, 7 View FIGURES 6 – 7. 6 )

Bombus mendax View in CoL ssp. chinensis Skorikov, 1910a:330 View in CoL (not of Morawitz, 1890:352 = B. chinensis (Morawitz) View in CoL . Bombus waltoni Cockerell, 1910:239 View in CoL .

Bombus rufitarsus Friese, 1913:85 .

Bombus asellus Friese, 1924:438 View in CoL .

Material examined. 336 workers, 3 males (IAB).

Distribution in North China. Only on the edge of the east and northeast Qinghai-Tibetan plateau. Common at high elevations of the Qilianshan nature reserve and the Zhagana nature reserve in Gansu. 8 localities ( Fig. 6 View FIGURES 6 – 7. 6 ) between 2604–3524 m (IAB).

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

Forage plants. ALLIACEAE : Allium cyaneum ; ASTERACEAE : Carduus acanthoides , Olgaea tangutica , Saussurea sp.; GERANIACEAE : Geranium pratense ; LAMIACEAE : Salvia przewalskii ; RANUNCULACEAE : Aconitum gymnandrum ; SCROPHULARIACEAE : Pedicularis kansuensis , Pedicularis sp.