List of world 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]

Contents

Alpigenobombus

Alpinobombus

Bombias

Bombus sensu stricto

Cullumanobombus

Kallobombus

Megabombus

Melanobombus

Mendacibombus

Orientalibombus

Psithyrus

Pyrobombus

Sibiricobombus

Subterraneobombus

Thoracobombus

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].