List of bumblebee species

The list presented here is derived from a checklist of world bumblebees[1] (discussing status of species) and used in the most recent Bombus phylogeny.[2] Species are grouped by subgenus following the most recent revision.[3] For some common names see BugGuide.[4]

Subgenus Alpigenobombus

Subgenus Alpinobombus

Subgenus Bombias

Subgenus Bombus sensu stricto

Bombus cryptarum
Bombus lucorum
Bombus terrestris

Subgenus Cullumanobombus

Subgenus Kallobombus

Bombus soroeensis subsp. proteus

Subgenus Fervidobombus[6]

Subgenus Megabombus

Subgenus Melanobombus

Bombus lapidarius

Subgenus Mendacibombus

Subgenus Orientalibombus

Subgenus Psithyrus

Bombus barbutellus
Bombus campestris
Bombus rupestris

Subgenus Pyrobombus

Bombus pratorum (male)
Bombus jonellus

Subgenus Sibiricobombus

Bombus schrencki

Subgenus Subterraneobombus

Bombus pascuorum

Subgenus Thoracobombus

Bombus sylvarum

Subgenus incertae sedis

References

  1. P. H. WILLIAMS. (1998) An annotated checklist of bumble bees with an analysis of patterns of description (Hymenoptera: Apidae, Bombini). Bulletin of The Natural History Museum (Entomology) 67: 79–152 [updated at http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/projects/bombus/].
  2. S. A. CAMERON, H. M. HINES, P. H. WILLIAMS. (2007) A comprehensive phylogeny of the bumble bees (Bombus). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 91, 161–188.
  3. P. H. WILLIAMS, S. A. CAMERON, H. M. HINES, B. CEDERBERG, P. RASMONT. (2008) A simplified subgeneric classification of the bumblebees (genus Bombus). Apidologie 39, [1–29].
  4. Bombus, BugGuide
  5. 1 2 Bombus occidentalis and Bombus terricola are sometimes considered the same species.
  6. Cameron, S. A.; Williams, P. H. (24 July 2002). "Phylogeny of bumble bees in the New World subgenus Fervidobombus (Hymenoptera: Apidae): congruence of molecular and morphological data" (PDF). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
  7. Bombus fervidus californicus is sometimes considered a unique species, Bombus californicus.
  8. Bombus pensylvanicus sonorus is sometimes considered a unique species, Bombus sonorus.
  9. 1 2 Bombus centralis and Bombus flavifrons are sometimes considered the same species.
  10. Bombus melanopygus has two color forms, one of which was historically treated as a species: Bombus edwardsii.
  11. 1 2 Miller, Nathan G. (2010). The Bumble Bees of Algonquin Park: A Field Guide. Toronto: Toronto Entomologists' Association. pp.22.
  12. Dehon, M.; Michez, D.; Nel, A.; Engel, M. S.; De Meulemeester, T. (2014). "Wing Shape of Four New Bee Fossils (Hymenoptera: Anthophila) Provides Insights to Bee Evolution". PLOS ONE 9 (10): 1–16. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0108865.
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