Bombus fragrans (Pallas, 1771)

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 : 285

14. Bombus fragrans (Pallas, 1771)

Material: Qzerbaijan, Lerik, mt. Kemirkei 2400 m. 12.07.1983, , leg. H. Aliev.

Distribution: Widespread in the south-west Palaearctic: south-east Europe, Transcaucasia, Asia Minor, Kazakhstan, mountains of Central Asia (Kirgizia), the South of West Siberia, western part of China and northern Mongolia ( Skorikov 1923, Skorikov 1938).

Remarks: Steppe species. In Azerbaijan occurs in mountain steppes of the Lesser Caucasus up to 3000 m. In Talysh it is found up to the height of 2400 m. in mountain steppes.

Food plants: Scrophularia sp. , Trifolium ambiguum .