List of bumblebee species

The list presented here is a list of global bumblebee[1] species (Tribe Bombini) based on the Bombus phylogeny presented by Cameron et al (2007)[2] and grouped by subgenus following the revision of Williams et al (2008).[3] The bumblebee fossil record extends back to the Late Eocene in North America and England with the most diversity of fossils found during the Miocene. The fossil species were discussed and revised by Dehon et al (2019).[4]

Subgenus Alpigenobombus

Name Taxon name Distribution ITIS TSN Image
Bombus angustus Bombus angustus Chu, 1949Taiwan1130323[5]
Bombus breviceps Bombus breviceps Smith, 1852East Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia714879[5]
Bombus genalis Bombus genalis Friese, 1918Himalayas714913[5]
Bombus grahami Bombus grahami Frison, 1933South Asia, East Asia714915[5]
Bombus kashmirensis Bombus kashmirensis Friese, 1909East Asia, South Asia714936[5]
Bombus nobilis Bombus nobilis Friese, 1905South Asia, East Asia714967[5]
Bombus wurflenii Bombus wurflenii Radoszkowski, 1860Europe715043[5]

Subgenus Alpinobombus

Name Taxon name Distribution ITIS TSN Image
Bombus alpinus Bombus alpinus Linnaeus, 1758Europe714857[5]
Bombus balteatus Bombus balteatus Dahlbom, 1832North America, Europe714786[5]
Bombus hyperboreus Bombus hyperboreus Schönherr, 1809Canada, Greenland, Russia, Scandinavia714811[5]
Bombus kirbiellus Bombus kirbiellus Curtis, 1835United States, Canada1128121[5]
Bombus kluanensis Bombus kluanensis Williams, Cannings, 2016North America1129722
High Arctic Bumble Bee Bombus natvigi Richards, 1931Canada, Alaska1129726[5]
Bombus neoboreus Bombus neoboreus Sladen, 1919Canada, Alaska714825[5]
Bombus polaris Bombus polaris Curtis, 1835Arctic714831[5]
Bombus pyrrhopygus Bombus pyrrhopygus Friese, 1902Europe, North Asia1129727[5]

Subgenus Bombias

Name Taxon name Distribution ITIS TSN Image
Black and gold bumblebee Bombus auricomus (Robertson, 1903)Michigan714785[5]
Bombus confusus Bombus confusus Schenck, 1859Luxembourg714886[5]
Nevada bumble bee Bombus nevadensis Cresson, 1874North America714826[5]

Subgenus Bombus (sensu stricto)

Name Taxon name Distribution ITIS TSN Image
Rusty patched bumble bee Bombus affinis Cresson, 1863Michigan714782[5]
Cryptic bumblebee Bombus cryptarum Fabricius, 1775Luxembourg1126452[5]
Franklin's bumblebee Bombus franklini Frison, 1921714804[5]
Short-tongued bumblebee Bombus hypocrita Perez, 1905714927[5]
Bombus ignitus Bombus ignitus Smith, 1869714928[5]
Bombus jacobsoni Bombus jacobsoni Skorikov, 19121126453[5]
Bombus lantschouensis Bombus lantschouensis Vogt, 19081126454[5]
Bombus longipennis Bombus longipennis Friese, 19181126455[5]
White-tailed bumblebee Bombus lucorum Linnaeus, 1761Luxembourg714816[5]
Northern white-tailed bumblebee Bombus magnus Vogt, 19111126456[5]
Bombus minshanicus Bombus minshanicus Bischoff, 19361126457
Western bumble bee Bombus occidentalis Greene, 1858714827[5]
Bombus patagiatus Bombus patagiatus Nylander, 1848714977[5]
Bombus sporadicus Bombus sporadicus Nylander, 1848715016[5]
Bombus terrestris Bombus terrestris Linnaeus, 1758Morocco, Lebanon, Luxembourg714842[5]
Yellow-banded bumble bee Bombus terricola Kirby, 1837Michigan714843[5]
Bombus tunicatus Bombus tunicatus Smith, 1852715033[5]

Subgenus Cullumanobombus

Name Taxon name Distribution ITIS TSN Image
Bombus baeri Bombus baeri Vachal, 1904714868[5]
Bombus brachycephalus Bombus brachycephalus Handlirsch, 1888714790[5]
Scarlet-tailed bumble bee Bombus coccineus Friese, 1903Peru714885[5]
Crotch's bumble bee Bombus crotchii Cresson, 1878714796[5]
Cullum's bumblebee Bombus cullumanus Kirby, 1802714891[5]
Bombus ecuadorius Bombus ecuadorius Meunier, 1890714897[5]
Southern Plains bumblebee Bombus fraternus Smith, 1854Michigan714805[5]
Mourning bee Bombus funebris Smith, 1854714911[5]
Brown-belted bumblebee Bombus griseocollis Geer, 1773Michigan714807[5]
Bombus handlirschi Bombus handlirschi Friese, 1903714918[5]
Bombus haueri Bombus haueri Handlirsch, 1888714809[5]
Bombus hortulanus Bombus hortulanus Friese, 1904714924[5]
Bombus macgregori Bombus macgregori Labougle, Ayala, 1985714817[5]
Bombus melaleucus Bombus melaleucus Handlirsch, 1888714819[5]
Morrison bumblebee Bombus morrisoni Cresson, 1878714823[5]
Bombus pristinus[4] Bombus pristinus Unger, 1867
Bombus randeckensis[4] Bombus randeckensis Wappler, Engel, 2012
Bombus robustus Bombus robustus Smith, 1854714993[5]
Bombus rohweri Bombus rohweri Frison, 1925714994[5]
Bombus rubicundus Bombus rubicundus Smith, 1854714996[5]
Red-belted bumblebee Bombus rufocinctus Cresson, 1863Michigan714833[5]
Bombus semenoviellus Bombus semenoviellus Skorikov, 1910715007[5]
Bombus trophonius[6] Bombus trophonius Prokop, Dehon, Michez, Engel, 2017
Bombus tucumanus Bombus tucumanus Vachal, 1904715032[5]
Bombus unicus Bombus unicus Morawitz, 1883715036[5]
Bombus vogti Bombus vogti Friese, 1903715041[5]

Subgenus Kallobombus

Name Taxon name Distribution ITIS TSN Image
Broken-belted bumblebee Bombus soroeensis Fabricius, 1777Luxembourg715015[5]

Subgenus Megabombus

Name Taxon name Distribution ITIS TSN Image
Bombus argillaceus Bombus argillaceus Scopoli, 1763Lebanon714861[5]
Bombus bicoloratus Bombus bicoloratus Smith, 1879714873[5]
Bombus consobrinus Bombus consobrinus Dahlbom, 1832714887[5]
Bombus czerskii Bombus czerskii Skorikov, 1910714892[5]
Bombus diversus Bombus diversus Smith, 1869714896[5]
Bombus gerstaeckeri Bombus gerstaeckeri Morawitz, 1881714914[5]
Garden bumblebee Bombus hortorum Linnaeus, 1761Luxembourg714923[5]
Bombus irisanensis Bombus irisanensis Cockerell, 1910714935[5]
Bombus koreanus Bombus koreanus (Skorikov, 1933)714938[5]
Bombus longipes Bombus longipes Friese, 1905714946[5]
Bombus melanopoda Bombus melanopoda Cockerell, 1910714951[5]
Bombus portchinsky Bombus portchinsky Radoszkowski, 1883714983[5]
Bombus religiosus Bombus religiosus (Frison, 1935)714990[5]
Large garden bumblebee Bombus ruderatus Fabricius, 1775Morocco714999[5]
Bombus saltuarius Bombus saltuarius (Skorikov, 1931)715003[5]
Bombus securus Bombus securus (Frison, 1935)715005[5]
Bombus senex Bombus senex Vollenhoven, 1873715008[5]
Bombus supremus Bombus supremus Morawitz, 1887715021[5]
Bombus sushkini Bombus sushkini (Skorikov, 1931)715022[5]
Bombus tichenkoi Bombus tichenkoi (Skorikov, 1926)715027[5]
Bombus trifasciatus Bombus trifasciatus Smith, 1852715030[5]
Bombus ussurensis Bombus ussurensis Rsdoszkowski, 1877715037[5]

Subgenus Melanobombus

Subgenus Mendacibombus

  • Bombus avinoviellus
  • †Bombus beskonakensis (Miocene, Bes Konak paleolake, Turkey)
  • Bombus convexus
  • Bombus handlirschianus
  • Bombus himalayanus
  • Bombus makarjini
  • Bombus margreiteri
  • Bombus marussinus
  • Bombus mendax
  • Bombus superbus
  • Bombus turkestanicus
  • Bombus waltoni

Subgenus Orientalibombus

  • Bombus braccatus
  • Bombus funerarius
  • Bombus haemorrhoidalis

Subgenus †Paraelectrobombus

  • †Bombus patriciae - Late Oligocene/Early Miocene, BesKonak paleolake, Ankara, Turkey[4]

Subgenus Psithyrus

Subgenus Pyrobombus

Subgenus Sibiricobombus

Subgenus Subterraneobombus

Subgenus Thoracobombus

Subgenus incertae sedis

  • †“Bombus” anacolus - Middle Miocene Shanwang Formation, Shandong Province, China[4]
  • †Bombus? crassipes - Late Miocene Krottensee deposits, Czech Republic[4]
  • †“Bombus” dilectus - Middle Miocene Shanwang Formation, Shandong Province, China[4]
  • †“Bombus” luianus - Middle Miocene Shanwang Formation, Shandong Province, China[4]
  • †Bombus proavus - Middle Miocene, Latah Formation, Washington, USA[4]
  • †Bombus vetustus - Late Miocene, Botchi Formation, Botchi River, Khabarovsk Krai, Russia[4]

Genus †Calyptapis

Genus †Oligobombus

Notes

  1. ^ a b Bombus occidentalis and Bombus terricola are sometimes considered the same species.

References

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  10. ^ a b Bombus centralis and Bombus flavifrons are sometimes considered the same species.
  11. ^ Bombus melanopygus has two color forms, one of which was historically treated as a species: Bombus edwardsii.
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