Bombus silvarum (Linnaeus, 1761)

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

5. Bombus silvarum (Linnaeus, 1761)

Material: Talysh, Zuvand 14.06.1980, , leg. Effendi.

Distribution: West Palaearctic species occcurring in meadows and steppes. Distributed in South, Central and partly in North Europe, and in Crimea, South Ural, and on islands in the Mediterranean Sea ( Skorikov 1938, Panfilov 1957).

Remarks: In Azerbaijan it is found in the Lesser Caucasus in montane meadows and glades in oak-ash forests with admixed hawthorn ( Aliev 1984). In Talysh it is found in montane steppes. Nest above the ground.

Food plants: Carduus sp.