''Alpinobombus'' is a subgenus of bees within the bumblebee genus, ''

Bombus A bumblebee (or bumble bee, bumble-bee, or humble-bee) is any of over 250 species in the genus ''Bombus'', part of Apidae, one of the bee families. This genus is the only Extant taxon, extant group in the tribe Bombini, though a few extinct r ...

''. It is found from Northern Spain and Norway, east to the Himalayas and China.

Species

There are nine currently recognized ''Alpinobombus'' species: *''

Bombus alpinus ''Bombus alpinus'' is a species of bumblebee. It is native to Europe and Eurasia, where it occurs in Austria, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Norway, Romania, Russia, Sweden, and Switzerland. This bee occurs in tundra habitats and alpine climat ...

'' – alpine bumblebee *''

Bombus balteatus ''Bombus balteatus'', the golden-belted bumble bee, is a species of bumblebee with a boreal and high altitude distribution in northern Eurasia and North America. Range and distribution This species is found in Finland, northern Sweden, Norway ...

'' – golden-belted bumblebee *''

Bombus hyperboreus ''Bombus hyperboreus'' is a species of Arctic bumblebee with a circumpolar distribution. The species is primarily found in the arctic areas of Greenland, northern Scandinavia, and Russia. In 2015 the nearctic species, ''Bombus natvigi'', was sepa ...

'' – high Arctic bumblebee *'' Bombus kirbiellus'' – high country (or golden-belted) bumblebee *''

Bombus kluanensis A bumblebee (or bumble bee, bumble-bee, or humble-bee) is any of over 250 species in the genus ''Bombus'', part of Apidae, one of the bee families. This genus is the only extant group in the tribe Bombini, though a few extinct related genera ...

'' – Kluane bumblebee *'' Bombus natvigi'' – high Nearctic bumblebee *''

Bombus neoboreus ''Bombus neoboreus'', the active bumble bee, is a species of bumblebee. It is native to Canada, its distribution extending west into Alaska. It is an arctic The Arctic (; . ) is the polar regions of Earth, polar region of Earth that surro ...

'' – active bumblebee *''

Bombus polaris ''Bombus polaris'' is a common Arctic bumblebee species. ''B. polaris'' is one of two bumblebees that live above the Arctic Circle. The other is its social parasite ''Bombus hyperboreus''. ''B. polaris'' is a social bee that can survive at near f ...

'' – polar bumblebee *''

Bombus pyrrhopygus A bumblebee (or bumble bee, bumble-bee, or humble-bee) is any of over 250 species in the genus ''Bombus'', part of Apidae, one of the bee families. This genus is the only extant group in the tribe Bombini, though a few extinct related genera ...

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