On the ecology of bumble bees of the Talysh Region, Azerbaijan (Hymenoptera, Apoidea, Bombus) Author Aliev, Halid A. text Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology 2005 2005-12-27 55 2 279 288 https://www.contributions-to-entomology.org/article/view/1628 journal article 10.21248/contrib.entomol.55.2.279-288 0005-805X 4779168 9. Bombus argillaceus (Scopoli, 1763) 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 .