Bombus vorticosus Gerstaecker, 1872

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 vorticosus Gerstaecker, 1872
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18. Bombus vorticosus Gerstaecker, 1872 View in CoL

Material: Azerb. SSR, Lerik, Gilidara 26.07.1976, 3 , leg. H. Aliev ; Az. SSR, Lerik, Gosmolyan 24.07.1976, , leg. H. Aliev ; Same locality 24.05.1979, , leg. P. Kazaryan ; Same locality 23.07.1978, 3 , leg. H. Aliev ; Talysh, Zuvand 20.05.1980, , leg. R. Effendi .

Distribution: Balkan Peninsula, Asia Minor, Iran, Caucasus and Turkmenia (Kopetdag) ( Skorikov 1938, Reinig 1974).

Remarks: Habitats are mountain steppes and meadows. In Azerbaijan it is found in montane steppe meadows, montane steppes and subalpine meadows of the Lesser Caucasus ( Aliev 1984). In Talysh occurs in montane steppes. Nest above the ground.

Food plants: Padus racemosa , Trifolium sp. , Eryngium campestre , E. nigromontanum , Senecio orientalis .

References

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.

REINIG, W. F. 1974: Faunistische und zoogeographische Studien in Kleinasien. 5. Auf Hummelfang im Taurus. - Nachrichtenblatt der Bayrischen Entomologen, Munich 4: 67 - 80.

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.