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of global
bumblebee 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 ...
species (Tribe
Bombini The Bombini are a tribe of large bristly apid bees which feed on pollen or nectar. Many species are social, forming nests of up to a few hundred individuals; other species, formerly classified as ''Psithyrus'' cuckoo bees, are brood parasites of ...
) based on the ''
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 ...
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presented by Cameron ''et al'' (2007) and grouped by
subgenus In biology, a subgenus ( subgenera) is a taxonomic rank directly below genus. In the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, a subgeneric name can be used independently or included in a species name, in parentheses, placed between the ge ...
following the revision of Williams ''et al'' (2008). The bumblebee fossil record extends back to the
Late Eocene The Priabonian is, in the International Commission on Stratigraphy, ICS's geologic timescale, the latest age (geology), age or the upper stage (stratigraphy), stage of the Eocene epoch (geology), Epoch or series (stratigraphy), Series. It spans ...
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''

*'' Bombus angustus'' *'' Bombus breviceps'' *'' Bombus genalis'' *'' Bombus grahami'' *'' Bombus kashmirensis'' *'' Bombus nobilis'' *'' Bombus wurflenii''


Subgenus '' Alpinobombus''

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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 ...
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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 bumble bee *''
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 ...
'' *'' Bombus kirbiellus'' *''
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 ...
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Bombus natvigi
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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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Subgenus ''Bombias''

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Bombus auricomus ''Bombus auricomus'' is a species of bumblebee known by the common name black and gold bumblebee. It is native to eastern North America, including Ontario in Canada and much of the eastern United States, as far west as the Great Plains. This sp ...
'' – black-and-gold bumble bee *''
Bombus confusus ''Bombus confusus'' is a species of bumblebee found in Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Lithuania, Latvia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, and Switzerland Switzerland, officially the Swiss Conf ...
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Bombus nevadensis ''Bombus nevadensis'', the Nevada bumblebee, is a species of bumblebee. It is native to North America, where it occurs from Alaska to California in the west, and east to Wisconsin, and in Arizona, New Mexico, and Mexico. Description A bumblebe ...
'' – Nevada bumble bee


Subgenus ''Bombus (sensu stricto)''

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Bombus affinis ''Bombus affinis'', commonly known as the rusty patched bumble bee, is a species of bumblebee endemic to North America. Its historical range in North America has been throughout the east and upper Midwest of the United States, north to Ontario, ...
'' – rusty-patched bumble bee *''
Bombus cryptarum ''Bombus cryptarum'' is a species of bumblebee. It is native to the northern hemisphere, where it is "one of the most widespread bumblebees in the world."NatureServe. 2015''Bombus cryptarum''.NatureServe Explorer Version 7.1. Accessed 8 March 201 ...
'' – cryptic bumble bee *''
Bombus franklini Franklin's bumblebee (''Bombus franklini'') is one of the most narrowly distributed bumblebee species, making it a critically endangered bee of the western United States. It lives only in a area in southern Oregon and northern California, betwee ...
'' – Franklin's bumblebee (extremely rare or possibly extinct) *'' Bombus hypocrita'' *''
Bombus ignitus ''Bombus ignitus'' is a species of bumblebee in the family Apidae. It is mainly distributed in Eastern Asia, commonly found in China, Japan and Korea. It is used in China and Japan commercially as a pollinator. ''B. ignitus'' is a eusocial insect ...
'' *'' Bombus jacobsoni'' *'' Bombus lantschouensis'' *'' Bombus longipennis'' *''
Bombus lucorum ''Bombus lucorum'', the white-tailed bumblebee, is a species of bumblebee, widespread and common throughout Europe. This name has been widely used for a range of nearly identical-looking or cryptic species of bumblebees. In 1983, Scholl and Obre ...
'' – white-tailed bumblebee *''
Bombus magnus ''Bombus magnus'' is a species of bumblebee. It is native to Europe.Rasmont, P., et al. 2015''Bombus magnus''.The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 08 March 2016. It is known by the common name northern white-tailed bumblebee. S ...
'' – northern white-tailed bumblebee *'' Bombus minshanicus'' *''
Bombus occidentalis ''Bombus occidentalis'', the western bumble bee, is one of around 30 bumblebee, bumble bee species present in the western United States and western Canada.''Bombus occidentalis'' and ''Bombus terricola'' are sometimes considered the same species. – western yellow-banded bumble bee *'' Bombus patagiatus'' *'' Bombus sporadicus'' *''
Bombus terrestris ''Bombus terrestris'', the buff-tailed bumblebee or large earth bumblebee, is one of the most numerous bumblebee species in Europe. It is one of the main species used in greenhouse pollination, and so can be found in many countries and areas wher ...
'' – buff-tailed bumblebee or large earth bumblebee *''
Bombus terricola ''Bombus terricola'', the yellow-banded bumble bee, is a species of bee in the genus ''Bombus''. It is native to southern Canada and the east and midwest of the United States. It possesses complex behavioral traits, such as the ability to adapt ...
'' – 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 ''Bombus fraternus'' is an endangered species of bumblebee known commonly as the Southern Plains bumblebee.NatureServe. 2015''Bombus fraternus''.NatureServe Explorer Version 7.1. Accessed 4 March 2016. It is native to the United States east of th ...
'' – 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 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 ...
'' – Middle- Late Miocene, Kumi Formation, Euboea, Greece *† ''
Bombus randeckensis ''Bombus randeckensis'' is an extinct bumblebee from the Miocene rocks of the Randeck Maar in southwestern Germany. It was discovered in 2012, and initially placed in the subgenus ''Bombus'', however, review of the Bombini The Bombini are a t ...
'' *'' Bombus robustus'' *'' Bombus rohweri'' *'' Bombus rubicundus'' *''
Bombus rufocinctus ''Bombus rufocinctus'' is a species of bumblebee known commonly as the "red-belted bumblebee".NatureServe. 2015''Bombus rufocinctus''.NatureServe Explorer Version 7.1. Accessed 10 March 2016. It is native to North America where it has a wide dis ...
'' – red-belted bumble bee *'' Bombus semenoviellus'' * †''
Bombus trophonius ''Bombus trophonius'' is an extinct species of bumble bee known from a Miocene fossil found in Europe. It belongs to the ''Bombus'' subgenus ''Cullumanobombus'' and is considered most similar to the living species ''Bombus rufocinctus'' of North ...
'' *'' Bombus tucumanus'' *'' Bombus unicus'' *'' Bombus vogti''


Subgenus '' Kallobombus''

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Bombus soroeensis The broken-belted bumblebee or Ilfracombe bumblebee (''Bombus soroeensis'') is a species of bumblebee present in most of Europe and parts of Asia. Description This relatively small bumblebee has a rather oblong face and a proboscis of medium ...
'' – broken-belted bumblebee


Subgenus ''Megabombus''

*'' Bombus argillaceus'' *'' Bombus bicoloratus'' *''
Bombus consobrinus ''Bombus consobrinus'' is a species of bumblebee found in northern Europe, Siberia, Kamchatka, Mongolia, Northeast China, Korea, and Japan. It is associated with taiga. Description The bumblebee is large, with the thorax and anterior part of th ...
'' *'' Bombus czerskii'' *'' Bombus diversus'' *''
Bombus gerstaeckeri 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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Bombus hortorum ''Bombus hortorum'', the garden bumblebee or small garden bumblebee, is a species of bumblebee found in most of Europe north to 70°N, as well as parts of Asia and New Zealand. It is distinguished from most other bumblebees by its long tongue ...
'' – (small) garden bumblebee *'' Bombus irisanensis'' *'' Bombus koreanus'' *'' Bombus longipes'' *'' Bombus melanopoda'' (extremely rare or possibly extinct) *'' Bombus portchinsky'' *'' Bombus religiosus'' *''
Bombus ruderatus ''Bombus ruderatus'', the large garden bumblebee or ruderal bumblebee, is a species of long-tongued bumblebee found in Europe and in some parts of northern Africa. This species is the largest bumblebee in Britain and it uses its long face and to ...
'' – large garden bumblebee *'' Bombus saltuarius'' *'' Bombus securus'' *'' Bombus senex'' *'' Bombus supremus'' *'' Bombus sushkini'' *'' Bombus tichenkoi'' *'' Bombus trifasciatus'' *'' Bombus ussurensis''


Subgenus ''Melanobombus''

*'' Bombus alagesianus'' *†'' Bombus cerdanyensis'' - Late Miocene,
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, Spain *'' Bombus erzurumensis'' *'' Bombus eurythorax'' *'' Bombus eximius'' *'' Bombus festivus'' *'' Bombus formosellus'' *'' Bombus friseanus'' *'' Bombus incertoides'' *'' Bombus incertus'' *'' Bombus keriensis'' *'' Bombus ladakhensis'' *''
Bombus lapidarius ''Bombus lapidarius'' is a species of bumblebee in the subgenus ''Melanobombus''. Commonly known as the red-tailed bumblebee, ''B. lapidarius'' can be found throughout much of Central Europe. Known for its distinctive black and red body, this soc ...
'' – 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''

*'' Bombus avinoviellus'' *†''
Bombus beskonakensis ''Bombus (Mendacibombus) beskonakensis'', formerly ''Oligoapis beskonakensis'', is an extinct bumblebee from the Oligocene rocks of Beş Konak, Turkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia ...
'' (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'' - Late Oligocene/Early Miocene, BesKonak paleolake, Ankara, Turkey


Subgenus ''

Psithyrus Cuckoo bumblebees are members of the subgenus ''Psithyrus'' in the bumblebee genus '' Bombus''. Until the 1990s, ''Psithyrus'' was considered to constitute a separate genus.Williams, P.H. 1994. Phylogenetic relationships among bumblebees (''Bomb ...
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Bombus ashtoni ''Bombus ashtoni'' is a species of cuckoo bumblebee. This means that it parasitizes closely related species such as '' Bombus affinis'', '' Bombus terricola'', and '' Bombus fervidus'' by residing in the nests of these bumblebees and tricking t ...
'' – 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 ''Bombus citrinus'' is a species of bumblebee known commonly as the lemon cuckoo bumblebee due to its lemon-yellow color. It is native to eastern North America.Hatfield, R., et al. 2014''Bombus citrinus''.The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ...
'' – lemon cuckoo bumble bee *'' Bombus coreanus'' *'' Bombus cornutus'' *'' Bombus expolitus'' *'' Bombus ferganicus'' *''
Bombus fernaldae ''Bombus fernaldae'', the Fernald's cuckoo bumblebee, is a species of cuckoo bumblebee having only males and queens, but no worker bees. The females place their eggs in the nest of the confusing bumblebee ('' Bombus perplexus'') or the red-belte ...
'' – Fernald's cuckoo bumble bee *'' Bombus flavidus'' *''
Bombus insularis ''Bombus insularis'' is a species of bumblebee in the subgenus ''Psithyrus'', the cuckoo bumblebees. It is native to northern and western North America, where it occurs throughout Canada, Alaska, the northern United States, and some western stat ...
'' – indiscriminate cuckoo bumble bee *'' Bombus maxillosus'' *'' Bombus monozonus'' *'' Bombus morawitzianus'' *'' Bombus norvegicus'' *'' Bombus novus'' *'' Bombus perezi'' *'' Bombus quadricolor'' *'' Bombus rupestris'' *'' Bombus skorikovi'' *''
Bombus suckleyi ''Bombus suckleyi'' is a species of bumblebee known commonly as Suckley's cuckoo bumblebee, named after biologist George Suckley.NatureServe. 2015''Bombus suckleyi''.NatureServe Explorer Version 7.1. Accessed 10 March 2016. Suckley's bumble bee i ...
'' – Suckley's cuckoo bumble bee *''
Bombus sylvestris ''Bombus sylvestris'', known as the forest cuckoo bumblebee or four-coloured cuckoo bee, is a species of Psithyrus, cuckoo bumblebee, found in most of Europe and Russia. Its main hosts are ''Bombus pratorum'', ''Bombus jonellus'', and ''Bombus mo ...
'' – forest cuckoo bumble bee *'' Bombus tibetanus'' *'' Bombus turneri'' *''
Bombus variabilis ''Bombus variabilis'' is a critically endangered species of cuckoo bumblebee Cuckoo bumblebees are members of the subgenus ''Psithyrus'' in the bumblebee genus ''Bombus''. Until the 1990s, ''Psithyrus'' was considered to constitute a separate ...
'' – variable cuckoo bumble bee *'' Bombus vestalis'' – vestal cuckoo bumble bee


Subgenus ''

Pyrobombus ''Pyrobombus'' (also known as Fiery-tailed bees) is a subgenus of bumblebees, with its center of diversity, centres of diversity in Central Asia and north-western North America. Nearly a fifth of all ''Bombus'' species fall within ''Pyrobombus'' an ...
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*'' Bombus abnormis'' *'' Bombus ardens'' *'' Bombus avanus'' *'' Bombus beaticola'' *''
Bombus bifarius ''Bombus bifarius'', the two-form bumblebee, is a species of eusocial bumblebee of the subgenus ''Pyrobombus''. ''B. bifarius'' inhabits mountainous regions of western North America, primarily the states of Colorado and Utah. Its common name refe ...
'' – two-form bumble bee *''
Bombus bimaculatus The two-spotted bumble bee (''Bombus bimaculatus'') is a species of social bumble bee found in the eastern half of the United States and the adjacent south-eastern part of Canada. In older literature this bee is often referred to as ''Bremus bima ...
'' – two-spotted bumble bee *'' Bombus biroi'' *'' Bombus brodmannicus'' *'' Bombus caliginosus'' – obscure bumble bee *'' Bombus centralis''''Bombus 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 ''Bombus frigidus'', the frigid bumblebee, is a rare species of bumblebee largely found in Canada and parts of the United States. These bees have adapted to their cold environment by being able to keep their internal temperature within a certai ...
'' – frigid bumble bee *'' Bombus haematurus'' *'' Bombus huntii'' – Hunt's bumble bee *''
Bombus hypnorum The tree bumblebee or new garden bumblebee (''Bombus hypnorum'') is a species of bumblebee common nthe European continent and parts of Asia. Since the start of the twenty-first century, it has spread to Great Britain and Ireland. These bum ...
'' – tree bumble bee *''
Bombus impatiens ''Bombus impatiens'', the common eastern bumblebee, is the most commonly encountered bumblebee across much of eastern North America. They can be found in the Eastern temperate forest region of the eastern United States, southern Canada, and the e ...
'' – common eastern bumble bee *'' Bombus infirmus'' *'' Bombus infrequens'' *'' Bombus johanseni'' *''
Bombus jonellus The heath humble-bee or small heath bumblebee, ''Bombus jonellus'', is a species of bumblebee, widely distributed in Europe and northern Asia, as well as northern North America. Description A fairly small bumblebee, it has body lengths around ...
'' – small heath bumble bee *'' Bombus kotzschi'' *'' Bombus lapponicus'' *'' Bombus lemniscatus'' *'' Bombus lepidus'' *'' Bombus luteipes'' *'' Bombus melanopygus'' – black-tailed bumble bee *'' Bombus mirus'' *''
Bombus mixtus ''Bombus mixtus'' is a species of bumblebee. It is native to western North America, where it occurs in western Canada and the United States. It is also disjunct in the Great Lakes region.Hatfield, R., et al. 2014''Bombus mixtus''.The IUCN Red Li ...
'' – fuzzy-horned bumble bee *'' Bombus modestus'' *''
Bombus monticola ''Bombus monticola'', the bilberry bumblebee, blaeberry bumblebee or mountain bumblebee, is a species of bumblebee found in Europe. Description The bilberry bumblebee is rather small and compact, with a broad head and a short tongue. The quee ...
'' – bilberry bumble bee *'' Bombus oceanicus'' *'' Bombus parthenius'' *''
Bombus perplexus ''Bombus perplexus'' is a species of bumblebee known by the common name confusing bumblebee.Hatfield, R., et al. 2014''Bombus perplexus''.The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 09 March 2016.NatureServe. 2015''Bombus perplexus''.N ...
'' – perplexing bumble bee, confusing bumble bee *'' Bombus picipes'' *''
Bombus pratorum The early bumblebee or early-nesting bumblebee (''Bombus pratorum'') is a small bumblebee with a wide distribution in most of Europe and parts of Asia. It is very commonly found in the UK and emerges to begin its colony cycle as soon as Februar ...
'' – early bumble bee *'' Bombus pressus'' *'' Bombus pyrenaeus'' *'' Bombus rotundiceps'' *''
Bombus sandersoni ''Bombus sandersoni'' is a species of bumblebee known commonly as the Sanderson bumblebee.Hatfield, R., et al. 2015''Bombus sandersoni''.The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 10 March 2016.NatureServe. 2015''Bombus sandersoni''.N ...
'' – 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 ''Bombus sylvicola'' is a species of bumblebee native to North America. It occurs throughout most of Canada, its distribution extending into Alaska and the western contiguous United States.NatureServe. 2015''Bombus sylvicola''.NatureServe Explore ...
'' – forest bumble bee *''
Bombus ternarius ''Bombus ternarius'', commonly known as the orange-belted bumblebee or tricolored bumblebee, is a yellow, orange and black bumblebee. It is a ground-nesting Eusociality, social insect whose colony cycle lasts only one season, common throughout th ...
'' – tricolored bumble bee, orange-belted bumble bee *''
Bombus vagans The half-black bumblebee (''Bombus vagans'') is a small bumblebee with a wide distribution in North America, its range extending from Ontario to Nova Scotia and southward to Georgia. Description ''Bombus vagans'' is a common species of bumblebee ...
'' – half-black bumble bee *''
Bombus vancouverensis ''Bombus vancouverensis'', the Vancouver Island Bumblebee, is a common species of eusocial bumblebee of the subgenus ''Pyrobombus''. ''B. vancouverensis'' inhabits mountainous regions of western North America, where it has long been considered as ...
'' *'' Bombus vandykei'' – Van Dyke's bumble bee *''
Bombus vosnesenskii ''Bombus vosnesenskii'', the yellow-faced bumblebee, is a species of bumblebee native to the west coast of North America, where it is distributed from British Columbia to Baja California. It is the most abundant species of bee in this range, and ...
'' – yellow-faced bumble bee *'' Bombus wilmattae''


Subgenus '' Sibiricobombus''

*'' Bombus asiaticus'' *'' Bombus morawitzi'' *'' Bombus niveatus'' *'' Bombus oberti'' *'' Bombus obtusus'' *'' Bombus sibiricus'' *'' Bombus sulfureus''


Subgenus ''Subterraneobombus''

*'' Bombus amurensis'' *''
Bombus appositus ''Bombus appositus'' is a species of bumblebee known commonly as the white-shouldered bumblebee.Hatfield, R., et al. 2015''Bombus appositus''.The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 04 March 2016.NatureServe. 2015''Bombus appositus ...
'' – mountain bumble bee *'' Bombus borealis'' – northern amber bumble bee *'' Bombus difficillimus'' *''
Bombus distinguendus ''Bombus distinguendus'', the great yellow bumblebee, is a species of bumblebee found in Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Ireland, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Switzerland, ...
'' *'' Bombus fedtschenkoi'' *'' Bombus fragrans'' *'' Bombus melanurus'' *'' Bombus mongolensis'' *'' Bombus personatus'' *'' Bombus subterraneus'' – short-haired bumble bee


Subgenus ''Thoracobombus''

*'' Bombus anachoreta'' *'' Bombus armeniacus'' – Armenian bumble bee *'' Bombus atripes'' *'' Bombus bahiensis'' *'' Bombus bellicosus'' *'' Bombus brasiliensis'' *'' Bombus brevivillus'' *''
Bombus californicus ''Bombus californicus'', the California bumble bee, is a species of bumble bee in the family Apidae. ''Bombus californicus'' is in the subgenus ''Thoracobombus''. It is found in Central America and the western half of North America. ''Bombus cali ...
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Bombus dahlbomii ''Bombus dahlbomii'', also known as the moscardón, is a species of bumblebee endemism, endemic to southern South American temperate forests. ''B. dahlbomii'' is one of the largest bee species in the world, with matured queens growing up to long ...
'' *'' Bombus deuteronymus'' *'' Bombus digressus'' *'' Bombus diligens'' *'' Bombus excellens'' *'' Bombus exil'' *''
Bombus fervidus ''Bombus fervidus'', the golden northern bumble bee or yellow bumblebee, is a species of bumblebee native to North America. It has a yellow-colored abdomen and thorax. Its range includes the North American continent, excluding much of the souther ...
'' – yellow bumble bee, golden northern bumble bee *'' Bombus filchnerae'' *'' Bombus hedini'' *'' Bombus honshuensis'' *''
Bombus humilis The brown-banded carder bee (''Bombus humilis'') is a bumblebee found in most of Europe west of Russia, with the exception of Ireland and Iceland. It is also found in Turkey, on the Tibetan plateau, northern China, eastern and southern Mongolia, ...
'' – brown-banded carder bee *'' Bombus imitator'' *'' Bombus impetuosus'' *'' Bombus inexspectatus'' *'' Bombus laesus'' *'' Bombus medius'' *'' Bombus mesomelas'' *'' Bombus mexicanus'' *'' Bombus mlokosievitzii'' *''
Bombus morio ''Bombus morio'' is one of the few bumblebee species found in South America. These bees reside mainly in the forests of Brazil, nesting on the surface of the ground. They are one of the biggest species of bumblebee and are important pollinators. ...
'' *'' Bombus mucidus'' *''
Bombus muscorum ''Bombus muscorum'', commonly known as the large carder bee or moss carder bee, is a species of bumblebee in the family Apidae. The species is found throughout Eurasia in fragmented populations, but is most commonly found in the British Isles. '' ...
'' – large carder bee or moss carder bee *'' Bombus opifex'' *'' Bombus opulentus'' *''
Bombus pascuorum ''Bombus pascuorum'', the common carder bee, is a species of bumblebee present in most of Europe in a wide variety of habitats such as meadows, pastures, waste ground, ditches and embankments, roads, and field margins, as well as gardens and p ...
'' – common carder bee *''
Bombus pauloensis ''Bombus pauloensis'' is a neotropical bumblebee, formerly known as ''Bombus atratus'', that is found throughout regions of South America, including Colombia, Ecuador, Brazil, and Argentina. It lives in social colonies that include a founder que ...
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Bombus pensylvanicus ''Bombus pensylvanicus'', the American bumblebee, is a threatened species of bumblebee native to North America. It occurs in eastern Canada, throughout much of the Eastern United States, and much of Mexico.Hatfield, R., et al. 2015''Bombus pensyl ...
'' – American bumble bee *'' Bombus persicus'' *'' Bombus pomorum'' – apple humble-bee *'' Bombus pseudobaicalensis'' *'' Bombus pullatus'' *'' Bombus remotus'' *'' Bombus rubriventris'' (probably extinct) *''
Bombus ruderarius ''Bombus ruderarius'', commonly known as the red-shanked carder bee or red-shanked bumblebee, is a species of bumblebee found in Eurasia. Description Though sometimes mistaken for ''Bombus lapidarius'', ''Bombus ruderarius'' varies slightly in ...
'' – red-shanked carder bee or red-shanked bumble bee *'' Bombus schrencki'' *''
Bombus sonorus ''Bombus sonorus'', commonly known as the Sonoran bumble bee, is a species of bumble bee in the family Apidae. It is found in Mexico and southwestern North America. Although it has often been categorized as a subspecies of ''Bombus pensylvanicus' ...
'' – Sonoran bumble bee *'' Bombus steindachneri'' *''
Bombus sylvarum ''Bombus sylvarum'', the shrill carder bee or knapweed carder-bee, is a species of bumblebee with a wide distribution across Europe, east to the Ural Mountains, and north to Great Britain, Ireland, and southern Scandinavia. It is called the "shr ...
'' – shrill carder bee *''
Bombus transversalis ''Bombus transversalis'' is a bumblebee specifically native to the Amazon Basin. It is most notable for its surface-level colonies which are built by the workers on the rainforest floor. Unlike its relatives, ''B. transversalis'' is able to thriv ...
'' *'' Bombus tricornis'' *'' Bombus trinominatus'' *'' Bombus velox'' *'' Bombus weisi'' *'' Bombus veteranus'' *'' Bombus zonatus''


Subgenus ''

incertae sedis or is a term used for a taxonomy (biology), taxonomic group where its broader relationships are unknown or undefined. Alternatively, such groups are frequently referred to as "enigmatic taxa". In the system of open nomenclature, uncertainty ...
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*†'' “Bombus” anacolus'' - Middle Miocene
Shanwang Formation The Shanwang National Geology Park () is located in central Shandong province, People's Republic of China, about from Linqu County. It has an area of about . The Park is well known for the fossil bearing Shanwang Formation diatomitic deposits, on ...
, Shandong Province, China *†'' Bombus? crassipes'' - Late Miocene Krottensee deposits, Czech Republic *†'' “Bombus” dilectus'' - Middle Miocene
Shanwang Formation The Shanwang National Geology Park () is located in central Shandong province, People's Republic of China, about from Linqu County. It has an area of about . The Park is well known for the fossil bearing Shanwang Formation diatomitic deposits, on ...
, Shandong Province, China *†'' “Bombus” luianus'' - Middle Miocene
Shanwang Formation The Shanwang National Geology Park () is located in central Shandong province, People's Republic of China, about from Linqu County. It has an area of about . The Park is well known for the fossil bearing Shanwang Formation diatomitic deposits, on ...
, Shandong Province, China *†'' Bombus proavus'' - Middle Miocene,
Latah Formation The Latah Formation is a series of Miocene, late Miocene Lake, lacustrine sedimentary deposits which outcrop in Washington (U.S. state), eastern Washington and Idaho, northwestern Idaho. The lake beds are interbedded with igneous rock of the Co ...
, Washington, USA *†'' Bombus vetustus'' - Late Miocene, Botchi Formation, Botchi River, Khabarovsk Krai, Russia


Genus †''Calyptapis''

*†'' Calyptapis florissantensis'' - Late Eocene,
Florissant Formation The Florissant Formation is a sedimentary geologic formation outcropping around Florissant, Teller County, Colorado. The formation is noted for the abundant and exceptionally preserved insect and plant fossils that are found in the mudstones an ...
, Colorado


Genus †''Oligobombus''

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Oligobombus cuspidatus ''Oligobombus'' is an extinct genus of bumblebee relatives in the tribe Bombini, containing the single species ''Oligobombus cuspidatus''. The genus and species were described by Antropov (2014) based on a single fore-wing from the Late Eocene ...
'' - Late Eocene,
Bembridge Marls The Bouldnor Formation is a geological formation in the Hampshire Basin of southern England. It is the youngest formation of the Solent Group and was deposited during the uppermost Eocene and lower Oligocene. Stratotype and occurrence The Bou ...
, Isle of Wight, UK


References

{{reflist List Bumblebee species
Bumblebees 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 ...