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Bombus Latreille, 1802
Taxonomic Serial No.: 154397

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Taxonomy and Nomenclature


	Kingdom:	Animalia
	Taxonomic Rank:	Genus
	Synonym(s):	Psithyrus Lepeletier, 1833
	Common Name(s):	Bumblebees [English]
		Bumble Bees [English]

	Taxonomic Status:
	Current Standing:	valid

	Data Quality Indicators:
	Record Credibility Rating:	verified - standards met
	Global Species Completeness:	complete
	Latest Record Review:	2021

Taxonomic Hierarchy


	Kingdom	Animalia – Animal, animaux, animals
	Subkingdom	Bilateria – triploblasts
	Infrakingdom	Protostomia
	Superphylum	Ecdysozoa
	Phylum	Arthropoda – Artrópode, arthropodes, arthropods
	Subphylum	Hexapoda – hexapods
	Class	Insecta – insects, hexapoda, inseto, insectes
	Subclass	Pterygota – insects ailés, winged insects
	Infraclass	Neoptera – modern, wing-folding insects
	Superorder	Holometabola
	Order	Hymenoptera – abelha, formiga, vespa, ants, bees, wasps
	Suborder	Apocrita – abeilles, fourmis, guępes véritables, narrow-waisted hymenopterans, ants, bees, true wasps
	Infraorder	Aculeata
	Superfamily	Apoidea – bees, sphecoid wasps, apoid wasps
	Family	Apidae – euglossine, euglossines, honey bees, stingless bees
	Subfamily	Apinae
	Tribe	Bombini
	Genus	Bombus Latreille, 1802 – Bumblebees, Bumble Bees
		Direct Children:
	Species	Bombus abnormis (Tkalcu, 1968)
	Species	Bombus affinis Cresson, 1863 – Rusty-patched bumble bee
	Species	Bombus alagesianus Reinig, 1930
	Species	Bombus alpinus (Linnaeus, 1758)
	Species	Bombus amurensis Radoszkowski, 1862
	Species	Bombus anachoreta (Skorikov, 1914)
	Species	Bombus angustus Chiu, 1949
	Species	Bombus appositus Cresson, 1879 – White-shouldered Bumble Bee
	Species	Bombus ardens Smith, 1879
	Species	Bombus argillaceus (Scopoli, 1763)
	Species	Bombus armeniacus Radoszkowski, 1877
	Species	Bombus ashtoni (Cresson, 1864) – Ashton's cuckoo bumble bee
	Species	Bombus asiaticus Morawitz, 1875
	Species	Bombus atripes Smith, 1852
	Species	Bombus auricomus (Robertson, 1903) – Black and gold bumble bee
	Species	Bombus avanus (Skorikov, 1938)
	Species	Bombus avinoviellus (Skorikov, 1914)
	Species	Bombus baeri Vachal, 1904
	Species	Bombus bahiensis Santos Júnior and Silveira, 2015
	Species	Bombus balteatus Dahlbom, 1832 – High Country Bumble Bee
	Species	Bombus barbutellus (Kirby, 1802) – Barbut's Cuckoo-bee
	Species	Bombus beaticola (Tkalcu, 1968)
	Species	Bombus bellardii (Gribodo, 1892)
	Species	Bombus bellicosus Smith, 1879
	Species	Bombus bicoloratus Smith, 1879
	Species	Bombus bifarius Cresson, 1879 – Two form Bumble Bee, Black-notched Bumble Bee
	Species	Bombus bimaculatus Cresson, 1863 – Two-spotted Bumble bee
	Species	Bombus biroi Vogt, 1911
	Species	Bombus bohemicus Seidl, 1838
	Species	Bombus borealis Kirby, 1837 – Northern amber bumble bee
	Species	Bombus braccatus Friese, 1905
	Species	Bombus brachycephalus Handlirsch, 1888
	Species	Bombus branickii (Radoszkowski, 1893)
	Species	Bombus brasiliensis Lepeletier, 1836
	Species	Bombus breviceps Smith, 1852
	Species	Bombus brevivillus Franklin, 1913
	Species	Bombus brodmannicus Vogt, 1909
	Species	Bombus butteli Friese, 1903
	Species	Bombus californicus Smith, 1854 – California bumble bee
	Species	Bombus caliginosus (Frison, 1927) – Obscure bumble bee
	Species	Bombus campestris (Panzer, 1801) – Field Cuckoo-Bee
	Species	Bombus centralis Cresson, 1864 – Central bumble bee
	Species	Bombus chinensis (Morawitz, 1890)
	Species	Bombus cingulatus Wahlberg, 1855
	Species	Bombus citrinus (Smith, 1854) – Lemon cuckoo bumble bee
	Species	Bombus coccineus Friese, 1903
	Species	Bombus cockerelli Franklin, 1913
	Species	Bombus confusus Schenck, 1861
	Species	Bombus consobrinus Dahlbom, 1832
	Species	Bombus convexus Wang, 1979
	Species	Bombus coreanus (Yasumatsu, 1934)
	Species	Bombus cornutus (Frison, 1933)
	Species	Bombus crotchii Cresson, 1879 – Crotch bumble bee
	Species	Bombus cryptarum (Fabricius, 1775)
	Species	Bombus cullumanus (Kirby, 1802) – Cullum's Humble Bee
	Species	Bombus czerskianus Vogt, 1911
	Species	Bombus czerskii Skorikov, 1910
	Species	Bombus dahlbomii Guérin-Méneville, 1835
	Species	Bombus defector Skorikov, 1910
	Species	Bombus deuteronymus Schulz, 1906
	Species	Bombus difficillimus Skorikov, 1912
	Species	Bombus digressus (Milliron, 1962)
	Species	Bombus diligens Smith, 1861
	Species	Bombus distinguendus Morawitz, 1869 – Great Yellow Humble-bee
	Species	Bombus diversus Smith, 1869
	Species	Bombus ecuadorius Meunier, 1890
	Species	Bombus elegans Seidl, 1838
	Species	Bombus ephippiatus Say, 1837
	Species	Bombus eriophorus Klug, 1807
	Species	Bombus eurythorax Wang, 1982
	Species	Bombus excellens Smith, 1879
	Species	Bombus exil (Skorikov, 1922)
	Species	Bombus eximius Smith, 1852
	Species	Bombus expolitus (Tkalcu, 1989)
	Species	Bombus fedtschenkoi Morawitz, 1875
	Species	Bombus ferganicus (Radoszkowski, 1893)
	Species	Bombus fernaldae (Franklin, 1911) – Fernald cuckoo bumble bee
	Species	Bombus fervidus (Fabricius, 1798) – Yellow bumble bee
	Species	Bombus festivus Smith, 1861
	Species	Bombus filchnerae Vogt, 1908
	Species	Bombus flavescens Smith, 1852
	Species	Bombus flavidus Eversmann, 1852
	Species	Bombus flavifrons Cresson, 1863 – Yellow head bumble bee
	Species	Bombus formosellus (Frison, 1934)
	Species	Bombus fragrans (Pallas, 1771)
	Species	Bombus franklini (Frison, 1921) – Franklin bumble bee
	Species	Bombus fraternus (Smith, 1854) – Southern plains bumble bee
	Species	Bombus frigidus Smith, 1854
	Species	Bombus friseanus Skorikov, 1933
	Species	Bombus funebris Smith, 1854
	Species	Bombus funerarius Smith, 1852
	Species	Bombus ganjsuensis Skorikov, 1913
	Species	Bombus genalis Friese, 1918
	Species	Bombus gerstaeckeri Morawitz, 1881
	Species	Bombus glacialis Friese, 1902
	Species	Bombus grahami (Frison, 1933)
	Species	Bombus griseocollis (De Geer, 1773) – Brown-belted bumble bee
	Species	Bombus haematurus Kriechbaumer, 1870
	Species	Bombus haemorrhoidalis Smith, 1852
	Species	Bombus handlirschi Friese, 1903
	Species	Bombus handlirschianus Vogt, 1909
	Species	Bombus haueri Handlirsch, 1888
	Species	Bombus hedini Bischoff, 1936
	Species	Bombus himalayanus (Skorikov, 1914)
	Species	Bombus honshuensis (Tkalcu, 1968)
	Species	Bombus hortorum (Linnaeus, 1761) – Garden Bumblebee, Small Garden Humble-bee
	Species	Bombus hortulanus Friese, 1904
	Species	Bombus humilis Illiger, 1806 – Brown-banded Carder-bee
	Species	Bombus huntii Greene, 1860 – Hunt bumble bee
	Species	Bombus hyperboreus Schönherr, 1809
	Species	Bombus hypnorum (Linnaeus, 1758) – New Garden Bumblebee
	Species	Bombus hypocrita Pérez, 1905
	Species	Bombus ignitus Smith, 1869
	Species	Bombus imitator Pittioni, 1949
	Species	Bombus impatiens Cresson, 1863 – Common eastern bumble bee
	Species	Bombus impetuosus Smith, 1871
	Species	Bombus incertoides Vogt, 1911
	Species	Bombus incertus Morawitz, 1881
	Species	Bombus inexspectatus (Tkalcu, 1963)
	Species	Bombus infirmus (Tkalcu, 1968)
	Species	Bombus infrequens (Tkalcu, 1989)
	Species	Bombus insularis (Smith, 1861) – Indiscriminate cuckoo bumble bee
	Species	Bombus interacti Martinet, Brasero and Rasmont, 2019
	Species	Bombus irisanensis Cockerell, 1910
	Species	Bombus jacobsoni Skorikov, 1912
	Species	Bombus jonellus (Kirby, 1802) – Heath Humble-bee
	Species	Bombus kashmirensis Friese, 1909
	Species	Bombus keriensis Morawitz, 1887
	Species	Bombus kirbiellus Curtis, 1835
	Species	Bombus kluanensis Williams and Cannings, 2016
	Species	Bombus koreanus (Skorikov, 1933)
	Species	Bombus kotzschi Reinig, 1940
	Species	Bombus ladakhensis Richards, 1928
	Species	Bombus laesus Morawitz, 1875
	Species	Bombus lagubrunus Le, 2010
	Species	Bombus lantschouensis Vogt, 1908
	Species	Bombus lapidarius (Linnaeus, 1758) – Stone Humble-bee, Red tailed Bumblebee, Large Red-tailed Humble-bee
	Species	Bombus lapponicus (Fabricius, 1793)
	Species	Bombus laticinctus Franklin, 1913
	Species	Bombus lemniscatus Skorikov, 1912
	Species	Bombus lepidus Skorikov, 1912
	Species	Bombus longipennis Friese, 1918
	Species	Bombus longipes Friese, 1905
	Species	Bombus lucorum (Linnaeus, 1761) – White tailed Bumblebee, Small Earth Humble-bee, White-tailed Bumblebee
	Species	Bombus luteipes Richards, 1934
	Species	Bombus macgregori LaBougle and Ayala, 1985
	Species	Bombus magnus Vogt, 1911
	Species	Bombus maidli Pittioni, 1939
	Species	Bombus makarjini Skorikov, 1910
	Species	Bombus margreiteri Skorikov, 1910
	Species	Bombus marussinus Skorikov, 1910
	Species	Bombus mckayi Ashmead, 1902
	Species	Bombus medius Cresson, 1863
	Species	Bombus megacephalus Friese, 1931
	Species	Bombus melaleucus Handlirsch, 1888
	Species	Bombus melanopoda Cockerell, 1910
	Species	Bombus melanopygus Nylander, 1848 – Black tail bumble bee
	Species	Bombus melanurus Lepeletier, 1836
	Species	Bombus mendax Gerstäcker, 1869
	Species	Bombus mesomelas Gerstäcker, 1869
	Species	Bombus mexicanus Cresson, 1879
	Species	Bombus miniatus Bingham, 1897
	Species	Bombus minshanensis Bischoff, 1936
	Species	Bombus minshanicola Bischoff, 1936
	Species	Bombus mirus (Tkalcu, 1968)
	Species	Bombus mixtus Cresson, 1879 – Fuzzy-horned bumble bee
	Species	Bombus mlokosievitzii Radoszkowski, 1877
	Species	Bombus modestus Eversmann, 1852
	Species	Bombus mongolensis Williams, 2011
	Species	Bombus monozonus (Friese, 1931)
	Species	Bombus monticola Smith, 1849 – Mountain Humble-bee, Bilberry Humble-bee
	Species	Bombus montivagus Smith, 1878
	Species	Bombus morawitzi Radoszkowski, 1876
	Species	Bombus morawitzianus (Popov, 1931)
	Species	Bombus morio (Swederus, 1787)
	Species	Bombus morrisoni Cresson, 1879 – Morrison Bumblebee
	Species	Bombus mucidus Gerstäcker, 1869
	Species	Bombus muscorum (Linnaeus, 1758) – Large Carder-bee, Moss Carder-bee
	Species	Bombus natvigi Richards, 1931
	Species	Bombus neoboreus Sladen, 1919
	Species	Bombus nevadensis Cresson, 1874 – Nevada Bumble Bee
	Species	Bombus niveatus Kriechbaumer, 1870
	Species	Bombus nobilis Friese, 1905
	Species	Bombus norvegicus (Sparre-Schneider, 1918)
	Species	Bombus novus (Frison, 1933)
	Species	Bombus oberti Morawitz, 1883
	Species	Bombus obtusus Richards, 1951
	Species	Bombus occidentalis Greene, 1858 – Western Bumble Bee
	Species	Bombus oceanicus Friese, 1910
	Species	Bombus opifex Smith, 1879
	Species	Bombus opulentus Smith, 1861
	Species	Bombus parthenius Richards, 1934
	Species	Bombus pascuorum (Scopoli, 1763) – Common Carder-Bee, Common Carder Bee, Common Carder Bumblebee
	Species	Bombus patagiatus Nylander, 1848
	Species	Bombus pauloensis Friese, 1912
	Species	Bombus pensylvanicus (De Geer, 1773) – bumble bee, American bumble bee
	Species	Bombus perezi (Schulthess, 1886)
	Species	Bombus perplexus Cresson, 1863 – Confusing bumble bee
	Species	Bombus persicus Radoszkowski, 1881
	Species	Bombus personatus Smith, 1879
	Species	Bombus picipes Richards, 1934
	Species	Bombus polaris Curtis, 1835
	Species	Bombus pomorum (Panzer, 1805) – Apple Humble-bee
	Species	Bombus portchinsky Radoszkowski, 1883
	Species	Bombus pratorum (Linnaeus, 1761) – Early-Nesting Humble-bee, Early Nesting Bumblebee, Early Humble-Bee
	Species	Bombus pressus (Frison, 1935)
	Species	Bombus prshewalskyi Morawitz, 1880
	Species	Bombus pseudobaicalensis Vogt, 1911
	Species	Bombus pullatus Franklin, 1913
	Species	Bombus pyrenaeus Pérez, 1879
	Species	Bombus pyrosoma Morawitz, 1889
	Species	Bombus pyrrhopygus Friese, 1902
	Species	Bombus qilianensis Williams, 2020
	Species	Bombus quadricolor (Lepeletier, 1832)
	Species	Bombus reinigi Tkalcu, 1974
	Species	Bombus religiosus (Frison, 1935)
	Species	Bombus remotus (Tkalcu, 1968)
	Species	Bombus richardsiellus (Tkalcu, 1968)
	Species	Bombus robustus Smith, 1854
	Species	Bombus rohweri (Frison, 1925)
	Species	Bombus rotundiceps Friese, 1916
	Species	Bombus rubicundus Smith, 1854
	Species	Bombus rubriventris Lepeletier, 1836
	Species	Bombus ruderarius (Müller, 1776) – Red-shanked Carder-bee, Red-shanked Bumblebee
	Species	Bombus ruderatus (Fabricius, 1775) – Large Garden Humble-bee, Ruderal Bumblebee
	Species	Bombus rufipes Lepeletier, 1836
	Species	Bombus rufocinctus Cresson, 1863 – Red-belted bumble bee
	Species	Bombus rufofasciatus Smith, 1852
	Species	Bombus rupestris (Fabricius, 1793) – Hill Cuckoo-bee
	Species	Bombus saltuarius (Skorikov, 1931)
	Species	Bombus sandersoni Franklin, 1913 – Sanderson Bumble Bee
	Species	Bombus schrencki Morawitz, 1881
	Species	Bombus securus (Frison, 1935)
	Species	Bombus semenovianus (Skorikov, 1914)
	Species	Bombus semenoviellus Skorikov, 1910
	Species	Bombus senex Vollenhoven, 1873
	Species	Bombus separandus Vogt, 1909
	Species	Bombus sibiricus (Fabricius, 1781)
	Species	Bombus sichelii Radoszkowski, 1860
	Species	Bombus simillimus Smith, 1852
	Species	Bombus sitkensis Nylander, 1848 – Sitka bumble bee
	Species	Bombus skorikovi (Popov, 1927)
	Species	Bombus sonani (Frison, 1934)
	Species	Bombus sonorus Say, 1837 – Sonoran Bumble Bee
	Species	Bombus soroeensis (Fabricius, 1776) – Ilfracombe Humble-bee, Broken-belted Humble-bee
	Species	Bombus sporadicus Nylander, 1848
	Species	Bombus steindachneri Handlirsch, 1888
	Species	Bombus subterraneus (Linnaeus, 1758) – Short-haired Humble-bee
	Species	Bombus subtypicus (Skorikov, 1914)
	Species	Bombus suckleyi Greene, 1860 – Suckley cuckoo bumble bee
	Species	Bombus sulfureus Friese, 1905
	Species	Bombus superbus (Tkalcu, 1968)
	Species	Bombus supremus Morawitz, 1887
	Species	Bombus sushkini (Skorikov, 1931)
	Species	Bombus sycophanta Gribodo, 1892
	Species	Bombus sylvarum (Linnaeus, 1761) – Knapweed Carder-bee, Shrill Carder Bee, Shrill Carder-bee
	Species	Bombus sylvestris (Lepeletier, 1832) – Four-colored Cuckoo-Bee
	Species	Bombus sylvicola Kirby, 1837 – Forest bumble bee
	Species	Bombus tanguticus Morawitz, 1887
	Species	Bombus ternarius Say, 1837 – Tri-colored bumble bee
	Species	Bombus terrestris (Linnaeus, 1758) – Buff tailed bumblebee, Buff-tailed bumblebee, Buff-tailed Humble-bee, Large Earth Humble-bee
	Species	Bombus terricola Kirby, 1837 – Yellow-banded Bumble Bee
	Species	Bombus tibetanus (Morawitz, 1887)
	Species	Bombus tibeticus Williams, 2020
	Species	Bombus tichenkoi (Skorikov, 1926)
	Species	Bombus transversalis (Olivier, 1789)
	Species	Bombus tricornis Radoszkowski, 1888
	Species	Bombus trifasciatus Smith, 1852
	Species	Bombus trinominatus Dalla Torre, 1890
	Species	Bombus tucumanus Vachal, 1904
	Species	Bombus tunicatus Smith, 1852
	Species	Bombus turkestanicus Skorikov, 1910
	Species	Bombus turneri (Richards, 1929)
	Species	Bombus unicus Morawitz, 1883
	Species	Bombus ussurensis Radoszkowski, 1877
	Species	Bombus vagans Smith, 1854 – Half-black bumble bee
	Species	Bombus validus Friese, 1905
	Species	Bombus vancouverensis Cresson, 1879
	Species	Bombus vandykei (Frison, 1927) – van Dyke bumble bee
	Species	Bombus variabilis (Cresson, 1872) – Variable Cuckoo Bumble Bee
	Species	Bombus velox (Skorikov, 1914)
	Species	Bombus vestalis (Geoffroy, 1785) – Vestal Cuckoo-bee, Vestal Cuckoo Bee
	Species	Bombus veteranus (Fabricius, 1793)
	Species	Bombus vogti Friese, 1903
	Species	Bombus volucelloides Gribodo, 1892
	Species	Bombus vosnesenskii Radoszkowski, 1862 – Vosnesensky bumble bee
	Species	Bombus waltoni Cockerell, 1910
	Species	Bombus wangae Williams, Tang, Yao and Cameron, 2009
	Species	Bombus weisi Friese, 1903
	Species	Bombus wilmattae Cockerell, 1912
	Species	Bombus wurflenii Radoszkowski, 1860
	Species	Bombus zonatus Smith, 1854

References


	Expert(s):
	Expert:	John S. Ascher, PhD
	Notes:	Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore
	Reference for:	Bombus

	Other Source(s):
	Source:	Bombus - bumblebees of the world, website (version 16-Nov-06)
	Acquired:	2006
	Notes:	Maintained by Paul Williams, and available at http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/projects/bombus/index.html
	Reference for:	Bombus, Bumblebees [English]

	Source:	Catalogue of Bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) in the Neotropical..., website (version 03July2012)
	Acquired:	2020
	Notes:	Moure, J. S., Urban, D., and G. A. R. Melo (Orgs). Catalogue of Bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) in the Neotropical Region. Available online at http://moure.cria.org.br/catalogue
	Reference for:	Bombus

	Source:	Discover Life bee species guide and world checklist - Draft-54, website (version Draft-54)
	Acquired:	2020
	Notes:	Ascher, J. S. and J. Pickering. 01 February, 2020. Discover Life bee species guide and world checklist (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila). http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20q?guide=Apoidea_species
	Reference for:	Bombus

	Source:	Hymenoptera Name Server version 1.5 19.xii.2007, website (version 1.5)
	Acquired:	2018
	Notes:	https://hns.osu.edu/
	Reference for:	Bombus

	Source:	NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)
	Acquired:	1996
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Bombus

	Publication(s):
	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Michener, Charles D.
	Publication Date:	2000
	Article/Chapter Title:
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	The Bees of the World
	Page(s):	xiv + 913
	Publisher:	The Johns Hopkins University Press
	Publication Place:	Baltimore, Maryland, USA
	ISBN/ISSN:	0-8018-6133-0
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Bombus

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Williams, P. H.
	Publication Date:	1998
	Article/Chapter Title:	An annotated checklist of bumble bees with an analysis of patterns of description (Hymenoptera: Apidae, Bombini)
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Bulletin of the Natural History Museum (Entomology), vol. 67, no. 1
	Page(s):	79-152
	Publisher:
	Publication Place:
	ISBN/ISSN:	0968-0454
	Notes:	updated at http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/projects/bombus/index.html
	Reference for:	Bombus

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