Bombus armeniacus Radoszkowski, 1877

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

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.21248/contrib.entomol.55.2.279-288
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scientific name	Bombus armeniacus Radoszkowski, 1877
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12. Bombus armeniacus Radoszkowski, 1877 View in CoL

Material: Az. SSR Lerik, Gilidara 18.05.1976, , leg. H. Aliev ; Same locality 27.07.1976, 7  and 2 , leg. H. Aliev ; Az. SSR Talysh, Zuvand 10.07.1979, 3 , leg. R. Effendi; Same locality 28.07.1978, , leg. R. Effendi ; Az. SSR Lerik, Galabyn 23.07.1976, 2 , leg. H. Aliev ; Same locality 6.07.1983, 4 , leg. H. Aliev ; Az. SSR, Lerik, Gosmolyan 23.07.1978, , leg. H. Aliev ; Azerbaijan, Lerik, Gilidara 1700 m. 26.05.1983, 6 , leg. H. Aliev.

Distribution: Distributed in steppes of Eurasia, from Transcaucasia through south European part of the former USSR and Kazakhstan to the mountains of Central Asia ( Panfilov et al. 1961, Reinig 1974).

Remarks: In Azerbaijan it occurs in montane steppes where Eryngium nigromontanum dominates ( Aliev 1984) in the Lesser Caucasus. In Talysh it is found in montane steppes from 1600-1900 m a. s. l. Nest underground.

Food plants: Eryngium nigromontanum , Satureja laxiflora , Mentha longifolia , Echinops sphaerocephalus, Cousinia sp., Carduus thoermeri, Onopordon sp., Sonchus oleraceus, Allium sp.