Bombus persicus Radoszkowski, 1881

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 : 281

1. Bombus persicus Radoszkowski, 1881

Material: Qzerbaijan, Lerik, Zuvand Kemyrkei Mt. 12.07.1987, 2 , leg. H. Aliev.

Distribution: Caucasian sub-endemic. Occurs in Greater Caucasus, Transcaucausia, north-eastern Turkey and northern Iran ( Skorikov 1938, Aliev 1984, Baker 1996).

Remarks: Inhabits subalpine and alpine meadows ( Aliev 1984). In Talysh it is found in the subalpine belt at 2300 m a. s. l. Nest underground.

Food plants: Trifolium canescens , Vicia balansae , Veronica kurdica , Betonica grandiflora, Thymus sp., Salvia sp. , Lamium album , Cirsium arvense , Echinops sp.