Bombus melanurus Lepeletier, 1836

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 : 284

13. Bombus melanurus Lepeletier, 1836

Material: Qzerbaijan Lerik, Mt. Kemirkey 2400 m. 10.07.1983, , leg. H. Aliev.

Distribution: Southern part of Caucasian isthmus, northeastern Turkey, northern Iran, Syria, Lebanon, mountains of Central Asia, Afghanistan, Altai, Mongolia, China (East Tien-Shan, curve of Khuankhe River), Pakistan, Nepal, Sikkim, Tibet ( Williams 1991).

Remarks: In Azerbaijan it is found in the Lesser Caucasus, in highmountain and subalpine meadows with prevalence of Eryngium and Thymus ( Aliev 1984). In Talysh occurs in mountain steppe meadows up to 2400 m. Nest unknown.

Food plants: Eryngium nigromontanum .