6. Bombus (Subterraneobombus) amurensis Radoszkowski (Figs 14, 15) Bombus Amurensis Radoszkowski, 1862:590. Bombus fragrans ssp. mongol Skorikov, 1912:607. Bombus (Subterraneobombus) chaharensis Yasumatsu, 1940:94. Taxonomy. Revised by Williams et al. (2011). Material examined. 5 queens, 47 workers, 5 males (IAB). Distribution in North China. Common at medium elevations of the transition zone between the Yanshan mountains in Hebei and the Neimenggu plateau, and rare at low elevations of the Hulunbeir grassland in northeastern Neimenggu. 9 localities (Fig. 14) between 712–1498 m (IAB). Similar species in North China. This species is similar in its yellow colour pattern to some yellow B. distinguendus, B. laesus, B. filchnerae and B. anachoreta (see the key; Figs 15, 19, 41, 43, 47). Distribution in China. Hebei, Neimenggu (IAB). Forage plants. ASTERACEAE: Cosmos bipinnatus, Helianthus annuus; FABACEAE: Astragalus dahuricus, Vicia amoena, V. cracca; LAMIACEAE: Leonurus sibiricus.

Published as part of 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), pp. 1-89 in Zootaxa 3830 (1) on pages 24-25, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3830.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/286560