Bombus argillaceus
Bombus argillaceus is a bumblebee species of the subgenus Megabombus, distributed from south and south-eastern Europe to western Asia.
Description
A large bumblebee, the queen has a body length of with a long proboscis, a very oblong head and dark wings. The males and workers are considerably smaller than the queen. The thorax is yellow with a broad, median, black band. The abdomen of the queen is completely black, while the males and workers have the first tergite and the centre of the second yellow, the middle part black and the tail white, except the last tergite, which is black.Ecology
In Turkey, it lives in the mountains, usually at heights between above sea level. It has, however, been found as high as.Its major food sources are flowering plants from the Boraginaceae, Asteraceae, Lamiaceae, and Fabaceae.