Bombus argillaceus (Scopoli, 1763)

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 : 283

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.21248/contrib.entomol.55.2.279-288
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scientific name	Bombus argillaceus (Scopoli, 1763)
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9. Bombus argillaceus (Scopoli, 1763) View in CoL

Material: Az. SSR, Lerik, Chokara 27.07.1976, 1, 1, 1, leg. H. Aliev ; Azerb. SSR, Talysh, Zuvand , Gosmolyan 23.05.1979, , leg. P. Kazarjan ; Az. SSR, Lerik, Gilidara 27.07.1976,  and 17 , leg. H. Aliev ; Az. SSR, Talysh, Zuvand 28.07.1978, , leg. R. Effendi; Azerbaijan, Lerik, Galabyn 6.05.1983, , leg. H. Aliev.

Distribution: Mediterranean steppe species. South-western Palaearctic: in South and partly Central Europe, Asia Minor, North Iran, Transcaucasia, and mountains of Turkmenia ( Skorikov 1938, Reinig 1974).

Remarks: In Azerbaijan it is found in foothill steppes, low mountain oak-ash forests and montane steppes ( Aliev 1984). In Talysh occurs in montane steppe meadows up to 2000 m. Nest on the ground.

Food plants: Prunella sp. , Lamium album, Urtica sp., Filipendula vulgaris , Melilotus albus , Lotus caucasicus , Coronilla varia , Onobrychis cornuta , Anchus italica , Veronica officinalis , Betonica orientalis , Carduus sp. , Echinops sphaerocephalus .