List of bumblebee species
{{Short description|Genus of bees}}
The list presented here is a checklist of global bumblebee{{cite journal | last1 = Williams | first1 = P. H. | year = 1998 | title = An annotated checklist of bumble bees with an analysis of patterns of description (Hymenoptera: Apidae, Bombini) | journal = Bulletin of the Natural History Museum, Entomology Series | volume = 67 | pages = 79–152 |url=http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/projects/bombus/}} species (Tribe Bombini) based on the Bombus phylogeny presented by Cameron et al (2007){{cite journal | last1 = Cameron | first1 = S. A. | last2 = Hines | first2 = H. M. | last3 = Williams | first3 = P. H. | year = 2007 | title = A comprehensive phylogeny of the bumble bees (Bombus) | journal = Biological Journal of the Linnean Society | volume = 91 | pages = 161–188 | doi=10.1111/j.1095-8312.2007.00784.x| doi-access = free }} and grouped by subgenus following the revision of Williams et al (2008).{{cite journal | last1 = Williams | first1 = P. H. | last2 = Cameron | first2 = S. A. | last3 = Hines | first3 = H. M. | last4 = Cederberg | first4 = B. | last5 = Rasmont | first5 = P. | year = 2008 | title = A simplified subgeneric classification of the bumblebees (genus Bombus) | doi = 10.1051/apido:2007052 | journal = Apidologie | volume = 39 | pages = 1–29 | s2cid = 3489618 | url = https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00891940/file/hal-00891940.pdf }} 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).
Genus ''Bombus''
=Subgenus ''[[Alpigenobombus]]''=
=Subgenus ''[[Alpinobombus]]''=
- Bombus alpinus
- Bombus balteatus – golden-belted bumble bee
- Bombus hyperboreus
- Bombus kirbiellus
- Bombus kluanensis
- [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Jasonthebugguy/sandbox&oldid=1257993306 Bombus natvigi]
- Bombus neoboreus
- Bombus polaris
- Bombus pyrrhopygus
=Subgenus ''Bombias''=
File:Bombus nevadensis 080115.jpg]]
- Bombus auricomus – black-and-gold bumble bee
- Bombus confusus
- Bombus nevadensis – Nevada bumble bee
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=Subgenus ''Bombus (sensu stricto)''=
File:Bombus cryptarum - Solidago virgaurea - Keila.jpg]]
File:Bombus lucorum - Centaurea scabiosa - Keila.JPG]]
- Bombus affinis – rusty-patched bumble bee
- Bombus cryptarum – cryptic bumble bee
- Bombus franklini – Franklin's bumblebee (extremely rare or possibly extinct)
- Bombus hypocrita
- Bombus ignitus
- Bombus jacobsoni
- Bombus lantschouensis
- Bombus longipennis
- Bombus lucorum – white-tailed bumblebee
- Bombus magnus – northern white-tailed bumblebee
- Bombus minshanicus
- Bombus occidentalisBombus occidentalis and Bombus terricola are sometimes considered the same species. – western yellow-banded bumble bee
- Bombus patagiatus
- Bombus sporadicus
- Bombus terrestris – buff-tailed bumblebee or large earth bumblebee
- Bombus terricola – yellow-banded bumble bee
- Bombus tunicatus
=Subgenus ''Cullumanobombus''=
- Bombus baeri
- Bombus brachycephalus
- Bombus coccineus – scarlet-tailed bumble bee
- Bombus crotchii – Crotch's bumble bee
- Bombus cullumanus – Cullum's humble-bee or Cullum's bumblebee
- Bombus ecuadorius
- Bombus fraternus – southern plains bumble bee
- Bombus funebris – mourning bee
- Bombus griseocollis – brown-belted bumble bee
- Bombus handlirschi
- Bombus haueri
- Bombus hortulanus
- Bombus macgregori
- Bombus melaleucus
- Bombus morrisoni – Morrison's bumblebee
- †Bombus pristinus – Middle- Late Miocene, Kumi Formation, Euboea, Greece
- † Bombus randeckensis{{cite journal |last1=Dehon |first1=M. |last2=Engel |first2=M. |last3=Gérard |first3=M. |last4=Aytekin |first4=A. |last5=Ghisbain |first5=G. |last6=Williams |first6=P. |last7=Rasmont |first7=P. |last8=Michez |first8=D. |year=2019 |title=Morphometric analysis of fossil bumble bees (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Bombini) reveals their taxonomic affinities |journal=ZooKeys |issue=891 |pages=71–118 |doi=10.3897/zookeys.891.32056 |doi-broken-date=1 November 2024 |doi-access=free}}
- Bombus robustus
- Bombus rohweri
- Bombus rubicundus
- Bombus rufocinctus – red-belted bumble bee
- Bombus semenoviellus
- †Bombus trophonius{{Cite journal|last1=Prokop |first1=J. |last2=Dehon |first2=M. |last3=Michez |first3=D. |last4=Engel |first4=M. S. |year=2017 |title=An Early Miocene bumble bee from northern Bohemia (Hymenoptera, Apidae) |journal=ZooKeys |issue=710 |pages=43–63 |doi=10.3897/zookeys.710.14714 |pmc=5674177 |pmid=29118643 |bibcode=2017ZooK..710...43P |doi-access=free }}
- Bombus tucumanus
- Bombus unicus
- Bombus vogti
=Subgenus ''[[Kallobombus]]''=
File:Bombus soroeensis - Centaurea scabiosa - Keila.jpg
- Bombus soroeensis – broken-belted bumblebee
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=Subgenus ''Megabombus''=
File:Bombus consobrinus lamium tongue.jpg]]
- 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''=
File:Plos One 108865 Fig 4 A Bombus cerdanyensis.png
holotype]]
File:Bombus lapidarius - Arctium tomentosum - Keila.jpg]]
- Bombus alagesianus{{cite journal |last1=Williams |first1=P. |last2=Altanchimeg |first2=D. |last3=Byvaltsev |first3=A. |last4=De Jonghe |first4=R. |last5=Jaffar |first5=S. |last6=Japoshvili |first6=G. |last7=Kahono |first7=S. |last8=Liang |first8=H. |last9=Mei |first9=M. |last10=Monfared |first10=A. |last11=Nidup |first11=T. |last12=Raina |first12=R. |last13=Ren |first13=Z. |last14=Thanoosing |first14=C. |last15=Zhao |first15=Y. |last16=Orr |first16=M. |year=2020 |title=Widespread polytypic species or complexes of local species? Revising bumblebees of the subgenus Melanobombus world-wide (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Bombus) |journal=European Journal of Taxonomy |issue=719 |pages=1–120 |doi=10.5852/ejt.2020.719.1107|s2cid=224964830 |doi-access=free }}
- †Bombus cerdanyensis - Late Miocene, Bellver de Cerdanya, Spain{{cite journal|last1=Dehon |first1= M. |last2=Michez |first2=D. |last3=Nel |first3=A. |last4=Engel |first4=M. S. |last5=De Meulemeester |first5=T. |year=2014 |title=Wing Shape of Four New Bee Fossils (Hymenoptera: Anthophila) Provides Insights to Bee Evolution |journal=PLOS ONE |volume=9 |issue=10 |pages=1–16 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0108865 |pmid=25354170 |pmc=4212905|bibcode= 2014PLoSO...9j8865D |doi-access= free }}
- Bombus erzurumensis{{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|publisher=Université de Mons}}
- Bombus eurythorax
- Bombus eximius
- Bombus festivus
- Bombus formosellus
- Bombus friseanus
- Bombus incertoides
- Bombus incertus
- Bombus keriensis
- Bombus ladakhensis
- Bombus lapidarius – red-tailed bumblebee
- Bombus miniatus
- Bombus prshewalskyi
- Bombus pyrosoma
- Bombus qilianensis
- Bombus richardsiellus
- Bombus rufipes
- Bombus rufofasciatus
- Bombus semenovianus
- Bombus sichelii
- Bombus simillimus
- Bombus tanguticus
- Bombus tibeticus
=Subgenus ''Mendacibombus''=
=Subgenus ''Orientalibombus''=
=Subgenus †''Paraelectrobombus''=
File:Dehon et al 2019 Zookeys Fig1-D Bombus (Paraelectrobombus) patriciae.jpg holotype]]
- †Bombus patriciae - Late Oligocene/Early Miocene, BesKonak paleolake, Ankara, Turkey
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=Subgenus ''[[Psithyrus]]''=
File:Bombus barbutellus - Centaurea scabiosa - Keila.jpg
File:Bombus campestris - Succisa pratensis - Keila2.jpg
File:Bombus rupestris - Centaurea scabiosa - Keila.jpg
- 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]]''=
File:Bombus pratorum (male) - Knautia arvensis - Keila.jpg
File:Bombus (male) - Succisa pratensis - Keila.jpg
- 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 centralisBombus centralis and Bombus flavifrons are sometimes considered the same species. – Great Basin bumble bee
- Bombus cingulatus – small tree bumble bee
- Bombus cockerelli – Cockerell's bumble bee
- Bombus ephippiatus
- Bombus flavescens
- Bombus flavifrons – 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 melanopygusBombus melanopygus has two color forms, one of which was historically treated as a species: Bombus edwardsii. – 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
- Bombus picipes
- Bombus pratorum – early bumble bee
- Bombus pressus
- Bombus pyrenaeus
- Bombus rotundiceps
- Bombus sandersoni – Sanderson bumble beeMiller, Nathan G. (2010). The Bumble Bees of Algonquin Park: A Field Guide. Toronto: Toronto Entomologists' Association. pp.22.
- 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]]''=
=Subgenus ''Subterraneobombus''=
File:Bombus pascuorum (male) - Medicago x varia - Keila.jpg
- 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''=
File:Pedicularis sceptrum-carolinum - Bombus schrencki - Niitvälja bog.jpg
File:Bombus Sylvarum - Centaurea scabiosa - Keila1.jpg
File:Bombus veteranus - Cirsium vulgare - Keila1.jpg
- 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{{Cite journal|url = http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/research/projects/bombus/Cameron&Williams03_Fervidobombus.pdf|title = Phylogeny of bumble bees in the New World subgenus Fervidobombus (Hymenoptera: Apidae): congruence of molecular and morphological data|last1 = Cameron|first1 = S. A.|date = 24 July 2002|journal = Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution|volume = 28|issue = 3|pages = 552–563|doi = 10.1016/s1055-7903(03)00056-3 |pmid = 12927138|access-date = 5 November 2015|last2 = Williams|first2 = P. H.}}
- 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
File:Dehon et al 2019 Zookeys Fig2-C Bombus vetustus.jpg
holotype male]]
File:Dehon et al 2019 Zookeys Fig1-C Calyptapis florissantensis.jpg
paratype female]]
File:Dehon et al 2019 Zookeys Fig1-A Oligobombus cuspidatus.jpg
holotype forewing]]
=Subgenus ''[[incertae sedis]]''=
- †“Bombus” anacolus - Middle Miocene Shanwang Formation, Shandong Province, China
- †Bombus? crassipes - Late Miocene Krottensee deposits, Czech Republic
- †“Bombus” dilectus - Middle Miocene Shanwang Formation, Shandong Province, China
- †“Bombus” luianus - Middle Miocene Shanwang Formation, Shandong Province, China
- †Bombus proavus - Middle Miocene, Latah Formation, Washington, USA
- †Bombus vetustus - Late Miocene, Botchi Formation, Botchi River, Khabarovsk Krai, Russia
Genus †''Calyptapis''
- †Calyptapis florissantensis - Late Eocene, Florissant Formation, Colorado
Genus †''Oligobombus''
- †Oligobombus cuspidatus - Late Eocene, Bembridge Marls, Isle of Wight, UK