Bombus ( Thoracobombus ) muscorum (Linnaeus)

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 : 35-36

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3830.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6136686
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scientific name	Bombus ( Thoracobombus ) muscorum (Linnaeus)
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21. Bombus ( Thoracobombus) muscorum (Linnaeus) View in CoL

( Figs 44, 45 View FIGURES 44 – 45. 44 )

Apis Mucorum View in CoL [ muscorum ] Linnaeus, 1758:579 View Cited Treatment .

Material examined. 1 worker, 2 males (IAB).

Distribution in North China. Rare at low elevations of the Hulunbeir grasslands and the Nenjiang river valley in northeastern Neimenggu. 3 localities ( Fig. 44 View FIGURES 44 – 45. 44 ) between 315–678 m (IAB).

Similar species in North China. This species is very similar in its orange-brown colour pattern to some B. laesus , B. tricornis and B. atripes (see the key; Figs 41 View FIGURES 40 – 41. 40 , 45 View FIGURES 44 – 45. 44 , 69 View FIGURES 68 – 69. 68 , 71 View FIGURES 70 – 71. 70 )