Bombus ( Melanobombus ) simillimus Smith, 1852

Raina, Rifat H., Parrey, Aejaz H., Chandra, Kailash & Khan, Sajad A., 2021, New distributional records of Bumblebees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) from Bangus Valley in North Kashmir of Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, India, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 121 (2), pp. 261-267 : 265-266

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v121/i2/2021/157851
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scientific name	Bombus ( Melanobombus ) simillimus Smith, 1852
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6. Bombus ( Melanobombus) simillimus Smith, 1852 View in CoL ( Figure 8 View Figure 8 )

B. similis Smith, 1854: 3 View in CoL .

B. tonsus Skorikov, 1922: 160 View in CoL .

B. terrestris var. grossiventris Friese, 1931: 303 View in CoL .

Material examined: INDIA: Boud Bangus ( Big Bangus valley), 9 ♂♂, 23.ix.2020, N 34°22′46.6″, E 074°21′45.0″ GoogleMaps ,

7. Bombus ( Bombus) tunicatus Smith, 1852 ( Figure 9 View Figure 9 ) B. vallestris Smith, 1878: 168 .

B. gilgitensis Cockerell, 1905: 223 View in CoL .

B. terrestris var. simlaensis Friese, 1909: 674 View in CoL .

B. terrestris var. fulvocinctus Friese, 1909: 674 View in CoL .

Material examined: INDIA: Boud Bangus ( Big Bangus valley), 3 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀, 24.ix.2020, N 34°22′46.6″, E 074°21′45.0″, Alt. 3000 m- Coll. Parrey & Imran, NZC Regd. No. 10640/A; Peer Baba 7 ♂, 6 ♀♀, 23.ix,2020, N 34°22′48.5″, E 074°21′43.9″, Alt. 2683 m respectively- Coll. Parrey & Imran, NZC Regd. No. 10637/A GoogleMaps .

Distribution within India: Himachal Pradesh, Sikkim, West Bengal, Uttarakhand, Kashmir and Ladakh- ( Williams, 1991; Saini et al., 2015)

Distribution worldwide: India, Nepal, Afghanistan and Pakistan- ( Williams, 2004; Williams et al., 2010).

New Distribution: First time recorded from Bangus valley (Kupwara).

Host plants: Trifolium pretense L., Carduus edelbergii Rech.f.

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Hymenoptera
Family	Apidae
Genus	Bombus