List of bumblebee species

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The list presented here is a checklist 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]

Genus Bombus

Subgenus Alpigenobombus

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Bombus wurflenii

Subgenus Alpinobombus

Subgenus Bombias

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Bombus nevadensis

Subgenus Bombus (sensu stricto)

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Bombus cryptarum
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Bombus lucorum

Subgenus Cullumanobombus

Subgenus Kallobombus

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Bombus soroeensis subsp. proteus

Subgenus Megabombus

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Bombus consobrinus
  • Bombus argillaceus
  • Bombus bicoloratus
  • Bombus consobrinus
  • Bombus czerskii
  • Bombus diversus
  • Bombus gerstaeckeri
  • Bombus hortorum – (small) garden bumblebee
  • Bombus irisanensis
  • Bombus koreanus
  • Bombus longipes
  • Bombus melanopoda (extremely rare or possibly extinct)
  • Bombus portchinsky
  • Bombus religiosus
  • Bombus ruderatus – large garden bumblebee
  • Bombus saltuarius
  • Bombus securus
  • Bombus senex
  • Bombus supremus
  • Bombus sushkini
  • Bombus tichenkoi
  • Bombus trifasciatus
  • Bombus ussurensis

Subgenus Melanobombus

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Bombus cerdanyensis
holotype
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Bombus lapidarius

Subgenus Mendacibombus

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Bombus beskonakensis fossil
  • 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

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

Subgenus Psithyrus

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Bombus barbutellus
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Bombus campestris
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Bombus rupestris

Subgenus Pyrobombus

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Bombus pratorum (male)
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Bombus jonellus

Subgenus Sibiricobombus

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Bombus niveatus

Subgenus Subterraneobombus

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Bombus pascuorum

Subgenus Thoracobombus

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Bombus schrencki
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Bombus sylvarum
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Bombus veteranus
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Bombus vetustus
holotype male
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Calyptapis florissantensis
paratype female
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Oligobombus cuspidatus
holotype forewing

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

References

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