Bombus ( Mendacibombus ) convexus Wang

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 : 20-21

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1. Bombus ( Mendacibombus) convexus Wang View in CoL

( Figs 4, 5 View FIGURES 4 – 5. 4 )

Bombus lugubris Morawitz, 1880:339 View in CoL (not of Kriechbaumer, 1870:159 = B. barbutellus (Kirby)) View in CoL . Bombus (Mendacibombus) convexus Wang, 1979:190 View in CoL .

Material examined. 2 queens, 73 workers, 31 males (IAB).

Distribution in North China. Only on the edge of the east Qinghai-Tibetan plateau. Common at medium to high elevations of the Zhagana nature reserve, the Liancheng nature reserve, and the Lianhuashan nature reserve in Gansu. 18 localities ( Fig. 4 View FIGURES 4 – 5. 4 ) between 2196–3524 m (IAB).

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

Forage plants. ASTERACEAE : Carduus acanthoides , Ligularia sp., Saussurea purpurascens , Saussurea sp., Senecio jacobaea ; LAMIACEAE : Nepeta prattii , Salvia przewalskii , Thymus mongolicus ; RANUNCULACEAE : Aconitum flavum , A. gymnandrum , A. leucostomum , Aconitum sp., Clematis tangutica ; SCROPHULARIACEAE : Pedicularis spicata , P. torta , Pedicularis sp.