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 (Hong-Fu Chu, 1949)	Taiwan	1130323[5]
Bombus breviceps	Bombus breviceps[5] (Frederick Smith, 1852)	East Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia	714879[5]
Bombus genalis	Bombus genalis[5] (Heinrich Friese, 1918)	Himalayas	714913[5]
Bombus grahami	Bombus grahami[5] (Theodore Frison, 1933)	South Asia, East Asia	714915[5]
Bombus kashmirensis	Bombus kashmirensis[5] (Heinrich Friese, 1909)	East Asia, South Asia	714936[5]
Bombus nobilis	Bombus nobilis[5] (Heinrich Friese, 1905)	South Asia, East Asia	714967[5]
Bombus wurflenii	Bombus wurflenii[5] (Oktawiusz Radoszkowski, 1860)	Europe	715043[5]

Subgenus Alpinobombus

Name	Taxon name	Distribution	ITIS TSN	Image
Bombus alpinus	Bombus alpinus[5] (Carl Linnaeus, 1758)	Europe	714857[5]
Bombus balteatus	Bombus balteatus[5] (1832)	North America, Europe	714786[5]
Bombus hyperboreus	Bombus hyperboreus[5] (Carl Johan Schönherr, 1809)	Canada, Greenland, Russia, Scandinavia	714811[5]
Bombus kirbiellus	Bombus kirbiellus[6]	United States, Canada	1128121[5]
Bombus kluanensis	Bombus kluanensis (Paul H. Williams & Sydney Graham Cannings, 2016)	North America	1129722
High Arctic Bumble Bee	Bombus natvigi (Owain Richards, 1931)	Canada, Alaska	1129726[5]
Bombus neoboreus	Bombus neoboreus[5] (Percy Sladen, 1919)	Canada, Alaska	714825[5]
Bombus polaris	Bombus polaris[5] (John Curtis, 1835)	Arctic	714831[5]
Bombus pyrrhopygus	Bombus pyrrhopygus	Europe, North Asia	1129727[5]

Subgenus Bombias

Name	Taxon name	Distribution	ITIS TSN	Image
Black and gold bumblebee	Bombus auricomus[5]	Michigan	714785[5]
Bombus confusus	Bombus confusus[5] (Adolf Schenck, 1859)	Luxembourg	714886[5]
Nevada bumble bee	Bombus nevadensis[5] (1874)	North America	714826[5]

Subgenus Bombus (sensu stricto)

Name	Taxon name	Distribution	ITIS TSN	Image
Rusty patched bumble bee	Bombus affinis[5] (1863)	Michigan	714782[5]
Cryptic bumblebee	Bombus cryptarum (Johan Fabricius, 1775)	Luxembourg	1126452[5]
Franklin's bumblebee	Bombus franklini[5] (Theodore Frison, 1921)		714804[5]
Short-tongued bumblebee	Bombus hypocrita[5] (Theodosio De Stefani Perez, 1905)		714927[5]
Bombus ignitus	Bombus ignitus[5] (Frederick Smith, 1869)		714928[5]
Bombus jacobsoni	Bombus jacobsoni (Alexander Stepanovich Skorikov, 1912)		1126453[5]
Bombus lantschouensis	Bombus lantschouensis[7] (Oskar Vogt, 1908)		1126454[5]
Bombus longipennis	Bombus longipennis (Heinrich Friese, 1918)		1126455[5]
White-tailed bumblebee	Bombus lucorum[5] (Carl Linnaeus, 1761)	Luxembourg	714816[5]
Northern white-tailed bumblebee	Bombus magnus (Oskar Vogt, 1911)		1126456[5]
Bombus minshanicus	Bombus minshanicus (Hans Bischoff, 1936)		1126457
Western bumble bee	Bombus occidentalis[5] (Edward Lee Greene, 1858)[a]		714827[5]
Bombus patagiatus	Bombus patagiatus[5] (William Nylander, 1848)		714977[5]
Bombus sporadicus	Bombus sporadicus[5] (William Nylander, 1848)		715016[5]
Buff-tailed bumblebee	Bombus terrestris[5][8] (Carl Linnaeus, 1758)	Morocco, Lebanon, Luxembourg	714842[5]
Yellow-banded bumble bee	Bombus terricola[5] (William Kirby, 1837)[a]	Michigan	714843[5]
Bombus tunicatus	Bombus tunicatus[5] (Frederick Smith, 1852)		715033[5]

Subgenus Cullumanobombus

Name	Taxon name	Distribution	ITIS TSN	Image
Bombus baeri	Bombus baeri[5]		714868[5]
Bombus brachycephalus	Bombus brachycephalus[5]		714790[5]
Scarlet-tailed bumble bee	Bombus coccineus[5] (Heinrich Friese, 1903)	Peru	714885[5]
Crotch's bumble bee	Bombus crotchii[5] (Ezra Cresson, 1878)		714796[5]
Cullum's bumblebee	Bombus cullumanus[5] (William Kirby, 1802)		714891[5]
Bombus ecuadorius	Bombus ecuadorius[5] (1890)		714897[5]
Southern Plains bumblebee	Bombus fraternus[5][9] (Frederick Smith, 1854)	Michigan	714805[5]
Mourning bee	Bombus funebris[5] (1854)		714911[5]
Brown-belted bumblebee	Bombus griseocollis[5][9] (Charles De Geer, 1773)	Michigan	714807[5]
Bombus handlirschi	Bombus handlirschi[5]		714918[5]
Bombus haueri	Bombus haueri[5] (Anton Handlirsch, 1888)		714809[5]
Bombus hortulanus	Bombus hortulanus[5] (1904)		714924[5]
Bombus macgregori	Bombus macgregori[5] (Juan Manuel Labougle & Ricardo Ayala)		714817[5]
Bombus melaleucus	Bombus melaleucus[5]		714819[5]
Morrison bumblebee	Bombus morrisoni[5] (1878)		714823[5]
Bombus pristinus[4]	Bombus pristinus (Franz Unger, 1867) †
Bombus randeckensis[4]	Bombus randeckensis †
Bombus robustus	Bombus robustus[5] (1854)		714993[5]
Bombus rohweri	Bombus rohweri[5] (Theodore Frison, 1925)		714994[5]
Bombus rubicundus	Bombus rubicundus[5]		714996[5]
Red-belted bumblebee	Bombus rufocinctus[5] (1863)	Michigan	714833[5]
Bombus semenoviellus	Bombus semenoviellus[5]		715007[5]
Bombus trophonius[10]	Bombus trophonius[11] (Jakub Prokop & Manuel Dehon & Denis Michez & Michael Scott Engel, 2017)
Bombus tucumanus	Bombus tucumanus[5]		715032[5]
Bombus unicus	Bombus unicus[5]		715036[5]
Bombus vogti	Bombus vogti[5]		715041[5]

Subgenus Kallobombus

Name	Taxon name	Distribution	ITIS TSN	Image
Broken-belted bumblebee	Bombus soroeensis[5] (Johan Fabricius, 1777)	Luxembourg	715015[5]

Subgenus Megabombus

Name	Taxon name	Distribution	ITIS TSN	Image
Bombus argillaceus	Bombus argillaceus[5][9] (Giovanni Antonio Scopoli, 1763)	Lebanon	714861[5]
Bombus bicoloratus	Bombus bicoloratus[5] (1879)		714873[5]
Bombus consobrinus	Bombus consobrinus[5] (Anders Gustaf Dahlbom, 1832)		714887[5]
Bombus czerskii	Bombus czerskii[5]		714892[5]
Bombus diversus	Bombus diversus[5]		714896[5]
Bombus gerstaeckeri	Bombus gerstaeckeri[5] (1881), megabombus gerstaeckeri		714914[5]
Garden bumblebee	Bombus hortorum[5] (Carl Linnaeus, 1761)	Luxembourg	714923[5]
Bombus irisanensis	Bombus irisanensis[5][9] (Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell, 1910)		714935[5]
Bombus koreanus	Bombus koreanus[5]		714938[5]
Bombus longipes	Bombus longipes[5]		714946[5]
Bombus melanopoda	Bombus melanopoda[5] (1910)		714951[5]
Bombus portchinsky	Bombus portchinsky[5] (Oktawiusz Radoszkowski, 1883)		714983[5]
Bombus religiosus	Bombus religiosus[5]		714990[5]
Large garden bumblebee	Bombus ruderatus[5][8] (Johan Fabricius, 1775)	Morocco	714999[5]
Bombus saltuarius	Bombus saltuarius[5] (1923)		715003[5]
Bombus securus	Bombus securus[5] (1935)		715005[5]
Bombus senex	Bombus senex[5]		715008[5]
Bombus supremus	Bombus supremus[5]		715021[5]
Bombus sushkini	Bombus sushkini[5] (1931)		715022[5]
Bombus tichenkoi	Bombus tichenkoi[5]		715027[5]
Bombus trifasciatus	Bombus trifasciatus[5]		715030[5]
Bombus ussurensis	Bombus ussurensis[5] (1877)		715037[5]

Subgenus Melanobombus

†Bombus cerdanyensis
holotype

Bombus lapidarius

• Bombus alagesianus^[12]
• †Bombus cerdanyensis - Late Miocene, Bellver de Cerdanya, Spain^[13][4]
• Bombus erzurumensis^[14]
• Bombus eurythorax^[12]
• Bombus eximius
• Bombus festivus
• Bombus formosellus
• Bombus friseanus
• Bombus incertoides^[12]
• Bombus incertus
• Bombus keriensis
• Bombus ladakhensis
• Bombus lapidarius – red-tailed bumblebee
• Bombus miniatus
• Bombus prshewalskyi^[12]
• Bombus pyrosoma
• Bombus qilianensis^[12]
• Bombus richardsiellus
• Bombus rufipes
• Bombus rufofasciatus
• Bombus semenovianus
• Bombus sichelii
• Bombus simillimus
• Bombus tanguticus
• Bombus tibeticus^[12]

Subgenus Mendacibombus

†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

Bombus patriciae holotype

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

Subgenus Psithyrus

Bombus barbutellus

Bombus campestris

Bombus rupestris

• Bombus ashtoni – Ashton cuckoo bumble bee
• Bombus barbutellus – Barbut's cuckoo-bee
• Bombus bellardii
• Bombus bohemicus – Gypsy's cuckoo bumble bee
• Bombus branickii
• Bombus campestris
• Bombus chinensis
• Bombus citrinus – lemon cuckoo bumble bee
• Bombus coreanus
• Bombus cornutus
• Bombus expolitus
• Bombus ferganicus
• Bombus fernaldae – Fernald's cuckoo bumble bee
• Bombus flavidus
• Bombus insularis – indiscriminate cuckoo bumble bee
• Bombus maxillosus
• Bombus monozonus
• Bombus morawitzianus
• Bombus norvegicus
• Bombus novus
• Bombus perezi
• Bombus quadricolor
• Bombus rupestris
• Bombus skorikovi
• Bombus suckleyi – Suckley's cuckoo bumble bee
• Bombus sylvestris – forest cuckoo bumble bee
• Bombus tibetanus
• Bombus turneri
• Bombus variabilis – variable cuckoo bumble bee
• Bombus vestalis – vestal cuckoo bumble bee

Subgenus Pyrobombus

Bombus pratorum (male)

Bombus jonellus

• Bombus abnormis
• Bombus ardens
• Bombus avanus
• Bombus beaticola
• Bombus bifarius – two-form bumble bee
• Bombus bimaculatus – two-spotted bumble bee
• Bombus biroi
• Bombus brodmannicus
• Bombus caliginosus – obscure bumble bee
• Bombus centralis^[15] – Great Basin bumble bee
• Bombus cingulatus – small tree bumble bee
• Bombus cockerelli – Cockerell's bumble bee
• Bombus ephippiatus
• Bombus flavescens
• Bombus flavifrons^[15] – yellow-fronted bumble bee
• Bombus frigidus – frigid bumble bee
• Bombus haematurus
• Bombus huntii – Hunt's bumble bee
• Bombus hypnorum – tree bumble bee
• Bombus impatiens – common eastern bumble bee
• Bombus infirmus
• Bombus infrequens
• Bombus johanseni
• Bombus jonellus – small heath bumble bee
• Bombus kotzschi
• Bombus lapponicus
• Bombus lemniscatus
• Bombus lepidus
• Bombus luteipes
• Bombus melanopygus^[16] – black-tailed bumble bee
• Bombus mirus
• Bombus mixtus – fuzzy-horned bumble bee
• Bombus modestus
• Bombus monticola – bilberry bumble bee
• Bombus oceanicus
• Bombus parthenius
• Bombus perplexus – perplexing bumble bee, confusing bumble bee^[17]
• Bombus picipes
• Bombus pratorum – early bumble bee
• Bombus pressus
• Bombus pyrenaeus
• Bombus rotundiceps
• Bombus sandersoni – Sanderson bumble bee^[17]
• Bombus sitkensis – Sitka bumble bee
• Bombus sonani
• Bombus subtypicus
• Bombus sylvicola – forest bumble bee
• Bombus ternarius – tricolored bumble bee, orange-belted bumble bee
• Bombus vagans – half-black bumble bee
• Bombus vancouverensis
• Bombus vandykei – Van Dyke's bumble bee
• Bombus vosnesenskii – yellow-faced bumble bee
• Bombus wilmattae

Subgenus Sibiricobombus

Bombus niveatus

• Bombus asiaticus
• Bombus morawitzi
• Bombus niveatus
• Bombus oberti
• Bombus obtusus
• Bombus sibiricus
• Bombus sulfureus

Subgenus Subterraneobombus

Bombus pascuorum

• Bombus amurensis
• Bombus appositus – mountain bumble bee
• Bombus borealis – northern amber bumble bee
• Bombus difficillimus
• Bombus distinguendus
• Bombus fedtschenkoi
• Bombus fragrans
• Bombus melanurus
• Bombus mongolensis
• Bombus personatus
• Bombus subterraneus – short-haired bumble bee

Subgenus Thoracobombus

Bombus schrencki

Bombus sylvarum

Bombus veteranus

• Bombus anachoreta
• Bombus armeniacus – Armenian bumble bee
• Bombus atripes
• Bombus bahiensis
• Bombus bellicosus
• Bombus brasiliensis
• Bombus brevivillus
• Bombus californicus
• Bombus dahlbomii
• Bombus deuteronymus
• Bombus digressus
• Bombus diligens
• Bombus excellens
• Bombus exil
• Bombus fervidus – yellow bumble bee, golden northern bumble bee
• Bombus filchnerae
• Bombus hedini
• Bombus honshuensis
• Bombus humilis – brown-banded carder bee
• Bombus imitator
• Bombus impetuosus
• Bombus inexspectatus
• Bombus laesus
• Bombus medius
• Bombus mesomelas
• Bombus mexicanus
• Bombus mlokosievitzii
• Bombus morio
• Bombus mucidus
• Bombus muscorum – large carder bee or moss carder bee
• Bombus opifex
• Bombus opulentus
• Bombus pascuorum – common carder bee
• Bombus pauloensis^[18]
• Bombus pensylvanicus – American bumble bee
• Bombus persicus
• Bombus pomorum – apple humble-bee
• Bombus pseudobaicalensis
• Bombus pullatus
• Bombus remotus
• Bombus rubriventris (probably extinct)
• Bombus ruderarius – red-shanked carder bee or red-shanked bumble bee
• Bombus schrencki
• Bombus sonorus – Sonoran bumble bee
• Bombus steindachneri
• Bombus sylvarum – shrill carder bee
• Bombus transversalis
• Bombus tricornis
• Bombus trinominatus
• Bombus velox
• Bombus weisi
• Bombus veteranus
• Bombus zonatus

Bombus vetustus
holotype male

Calyptapis florissantensis
paratype female

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

• †Calyptapis florissantensis - Late Eocene, Florissant Formation, Colorado

Genus †Oligobombus

• †Oligobombus cuspidatus - Late Eocene, Bembridge Marls, Isle of Wight, UK

Notes

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