Bombus eriophorus caucasicus Radoszkowski, 1860

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 : 286

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scientific name

Bombus eriophorus caucasicus Radoszkowski, 1860
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19. Bombus eriophorus caucasicus Radoszkowski, 1860 View in CoL

Material: near Lenkoran, glade 10.06.1929, , leg. E. Selivanchik.

Distribution: Caucasian endemic, including boh northern Caucasus and Transcaucasia ( Skorikov 1938).

Remarks: In Azerbaijan occurs in low mountain steppe meadows, foothill steppes, middle montane open forests and meadows ( Aliev 1984). In Talysh it is found in lowland forests in the glades. Nest unknown.

Food plants: Trifolium sp. , Ranunculus sp.

ALIEV H. A. 1984: To the fauna and zoogeography of bumble bees of Caucasus Minor within the territory of Azerbaijan. - Bulletin of Moscow Society of Naturalists, biological branch, Moscow 89 (6): 35 - 40.

SKORIKOV, A. S. 1938: Zoogeographic patterns in the bumble bee faunas of the Caucasus, Iran and Anatolia (Hymenoptera, Bombinae). - Entomologicheskoye obozrenie, Leningrad 27 (3 / 4): 145 - 151.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Apidae

Genus

Bombus