Bombus simulatilis Radoszkowski, 1888

Aliev, Halid A., 2005, On the ecology of bumble bees of the Talysh Region, Azerbaijan (Hymenoptera, Apoidea, Bombus), Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology 55 (2), pp. 279-288 : 282

6. Bombus simulatilis Radoszkowski, 1888

Material: Qzerb. SSR, Lerik, Gilidara 27.07.1976, 2 , leg. H. Aliev.

Distribution: Caucasian sub-endemic. Reported from Transcaucasia and north-eastern Turkey ( Skorikov 1938, Reinig 1974, Aliev 1984).

Remarks: Mainly in mountain steppes and meadows. In Azerbaijan it is found in the Lesser Caucasus in montane steppe meadows and in open oak-ash forests mixed with hawthorn and christs-thorn, as well as in subalpine meadows ( Aliev 1984). In Talysh it is found in montane steppes. Nest above the ground.

Food plants: Eryngium nigromontanum , Salvia sp. , Teucrium parviflorum , Echinops sp. , Carduus thoermeri .