The bumblebees of North China（Apidae,Bombus Latreille）
作者单位：Key Laboratory for Insect-Pollinator Biology of the Ministry of AgricultureInstitute of ApicultureChinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences Institute of HorticultureShanxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences Gansu Institute of Apiculture Ningxia Guyuan Apicultural Experiment Station Department of Life SciencesThe Natural History Museum
会议名称：《二十一世纪第二届全国蜂业科技与蜂产业发展大会》
会议日期：2016年
学科分类：090504[农学-特种经济动物饲养（含：蚕、蜂等）] 0905[农学-畜牧学] 09[农学]
关 键 词：fauna biogeography distribution richness abundance pollinator food plants key to species
摘 要：Bumblebees are important pollinators for wild flowers and agricultural *** China is a region of varied geomor-phology and vegetation,with plateaus,plains,mountains and deserts,and is part of the greatest hotspot of bumblebee diversity *** report on a field survey of the bumblebees of North China made between 2005-2012.A sample of 21,636 bumblebee specimens are assigned to 76 *** older specimen held in London added one more species to this ***,these 77 species represent 10 subgenera of the genus *** species are recorded from North China for the first time:B.（St.） distinguendus,B.（Th.） anachoreta,B.（Th.） pseudobaicalensis,B.（Th.） exil,B.（Ps.） campestris,B.（Pr.） infirmus and B.（Ag.）*** provide identification keys for both males and females,photographs of the common colour patterns,and distribution maps for all *** describe variation in local species richness and abundance,and list the food plants used by bumblebees in North *** most abundant 10 bumblebee species are:B.（Ml.）pyrosoma,B.（Bo.） lantschouensis,B.（Bo.） patagiatus,B.（St.） melanurus,B.（Sb.） sibiricus,B.（Bo.） ignitus,B.（Th.） hedini,B.（Pr.） picipes,B.（Mg.） trifasciatus and B.（Mg.） *** are distributed widely within North China,from low elevations near the edge of the North-China plain to high elevations at the edge of the east Qinghai-Tibetan plateau（65-4011 m）.The highest species richness is found in meadows of the high elevation east Qinghai-Tibetan plateau and in forests of the Qilianshan mountains in southwestern ***337 food plant species recorded here belong to 49 families,showing that bumblebees play an important role in interconnecting agricultural and natural ecosystems in North China.