Bombus erzurumensis
{{Short description|Species of bee}}
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| genus = Bombus
| parent = Bombus (Melanobombus)
| species = erzurumensis
| authority = (Özbek, 1990){{ITIS|id=714891|taxon=Bombus erzurumensis (Özbek, 1990)|accessdate=January 20, 2013}}
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Bombus erzurumensis is a species of bumblebee found in Turkey (north-eastern Anatolia) and northern Iran.{{cite web |url=http://www.zoologie.umh.ac.be/hymenoptera/pagetaxon.asp?tx_id=1334 |title=Bombus (Melanobombus) erzurumensis (Özbek, 1990) |author=Pierre Rasmont |author2=A. Murat Aytekin |author3=Osman Kaftanoglu |author4=Didier Flagothier |name-list-style=amp |accessdate=21 January 2013 |publisher=Université de Mons |archive-date=24 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160324201852/http://zoologie.umh.ac.be/hymenoptera/pagetaxon.asp?tx_id=1334 |url-status=dead }}
Description
The thorax is whitish with a black band between the wings. The two first terga (abdominal segments) are white, followed by a black band; the rest of the abdomen is red. Variation in the pattern is considerable, but the form B. erzurumensis f. oezbeki (earlier considered a separate species, B. oezbeki) has white fur on the face and the corbiculae (pollen basket) is covered with red hairs.
Ecology
Bombus erzurumensis is a mountain species, living on alpine steppes between {{convert|1550|and|3000|m|abbr=on}} above sea level. It collects nectar and pollen from flowering plants, for example, Cephalaria, Campanula, Jurinea, and Nepeta species.
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Category:Insects described in 1990
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