40. Bombus (Bombus) hypocrita Pérez (Fig. 43) BOMBUS IGNITUS var. HYPOCRITA Pérez, 1905:30, type not seen. Japan (not Transbaikal). Material examined. 6 queens 232 workers 200males (IAB). Distribution in Gansu. Abundant at low to medium elevations of the southeastern mountains and eastern loess plateau (Fig. 43); 32 localities between 1057 and 2872 m (IAB). Distribution in China. Beijing, Hebei, Shanxi, Neimenggu, Liaoning, Jilin, Heilongjiang, Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia (IAB). Forage plants. ASTERACEAE: Cirsium monocephalum, Saussurea amara, Saussurea sp.; BUDDLEJACEAE: Buddleja officinalis; CLUSIACEAE: Hypericum perforatum; FABACEAE: Astragalus bhotanensis, Lespedeza bicolor, Melilotus albus, M. officinalis, Vicia cracca; LAMIACEAE: Caryopteris tangutica; Dracocephalum heterophyllum, Mentha haplocalyx, Phlomis umbrosa; RANUNCULACEAE: Aconitum gymnandrum, Anemone tomentosa, Clematis tangutica.

Published as part of An, Jiandong, Williams, Paul H., Zhou, Bingfeng, Miao, Zhengying & Qi, Wenzhong, 2011, The bumblebees of Gansu, Northwest China (Hymenoptera, Apidae), pp. 1-36 in Zootaxa 2865 on page 21, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.204407