Bombus ( Subterraneobombus ) personatus Smith

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 : 22

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scientific name	Bombus ( Subterraneobombus ) personatus Smith
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3. Bombus ( Subterraneobombus) personatus Smith View in CoL

( Figs 8, 9 View FIGURES 8 – 9. 8 )

Bombus personatus Smith, 1879:132 View in CoL .

Bombus Roborowskyi Morawitz, 1887:197 View in CoL .

Taxonomy. Revised by Williams et al. (2011).

Material examined. 13 workers, 2 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 rare at high elevations of the Gahai nature reserve in Gansu. 7 localities ( Fig. 8 View FIGURES 8 – 9. 8 ) between 2659–3656 m (IAB).

Similar species in North China. This species can be similar in its black- and yellow-banded colour pattern to B. difficillimus (see the key; Figs 9 View FIGURES 8 – 9. 8 , 13 View FIGURES 12 – 13. 12 ).

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

Forage plants. ASTERACEAE : Saussurea sp., Tephroseris pseudosonchus ; CAMPANULACEAE : Adenophora polyantha ; FABACEAE : Hedysarum tanguticum , Oxytropis ochrocephala ; GERANIACEAE : Geranium pylzowianum ; LAMIACEAE : Caryopteris mongholica .; ROSACEAE : Rubus sp.; SCROPHULARIACEAE : Pedicularis chinensis , P. kansuensis .