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 6. Bombus simulatilis Radoszkowski, 1888 Material: Qzerb. SSR, Lerik , Gilidara 27.07.1976 , 2 , leg. H. Aliev. Distribution: Caucasian sub-endemic. Reported from Transcaucasia and north-eastern Turkey ( Skorikov 1938 , Reinig 1974 , Aliev 1984 ). Remarks: Mainly in mountain steppes and meadows. In Azerbaijan it is found in the Lesser Caucasus in montane steppe meadows and in open oak-ash forests mixed with hawthorn and christs-thorn, as well as in subalpine meadows ( Aliev 1984 ). In Talysh it is found in montane steppes. Nest above the ground. Food plants: Eryngium nigromontanum , Salvia sp. , Teucrium parviflorum , Echinops sp. , Carduus thoermeri .