List of bumblebee species

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The list presented here is a checklist of global bumblebee [1] species (Tribe Bombini) based on the Bombus phylogeny presented by Cameron et al (2007) [2] and grouped by subgenus following the revision of Williams et al (2008). [3] The bumblebee fossil record extends back to the Late Eocene 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). [4]

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Genus Bombus

Subgenus Alpigenobombus

Bombus wurflenii Tjuvhumle (Bombus wurflenii) som bit hol i tyrihjelm.jpg
Bombus wurflenii

Subgenus Alpinobombus

Subgenus Bombias

Bombus nevadensis Bombus nevadensis 080115.jpg
Bombus nevadensis

Subgenus Bombus (sensu stricto)

Bombus cryptarum Bombus cryptarum - Solidago virgaurea - Keila.jpg
Bombus cryptarum
Bombus lucorum Bombus lucorum - Centaurea scabiosa - Keila.JPG
Bombus lucorum

Subgenus Cullumanobombus

Subgenus Kallobombus

Bombus soroeensis subsp. proteus Bombus soroeensis - Centaurea scabiosa - Keila.jpg
Bombus soroeensis subsp. proteus

Subgenus Megabombus

Bombus consobrinus Bombus consobrinus lamium tongue.jpg
Bombus consobrinus

Subgenus Melanobombus

+Bombus cerdanyensis holotype Plos One 108865 Fig 4 A Bombus cerdanyensis.png
† Bombus cerdanyensis
holotype
Bombus lapidarius Bombus lapidarius - Arctium tomentosum - Keila.jpg
Bombus lapidarius

Subgenus Mendacibombus

+Bombus beskonakensis fossil Dehon et al 2019 Zookeys Fig1-D Bombus (Mendacibombus) beskonakensis.jpg
† Bombus beskonakensis fossil

Subgenus Orientalibombus

Subgenus †Paraelectrobombus

Bombus patriciae holotype Dehon et al 2019 Zookeys Fig1-D Bombus (Paraelectrobombus) patriciae.jpg
Bombus patriciae holotype

Subgenus Psithyrus

Bombus barbutellus Bombus barbutellus - Centaurea scabiosa - Keila.jpg
Bombus barbutellus
Bombus campestris Bombus campestris - Succisa pratensis - Keila2.jpg
Bombus campestris
Bombus rupestris Bombus rupestris - Centaurea scabiosa - Keila.jpg
Bombus rupestris

Subgenus Pyrobombus

Bombus pratorum (male) Bombus pratorum (male) - Knautia arvensis - Keila.jpg
Bombus pratorum (male)
Bombus jonellus Bombus (male) - Succisa pratensis - Keila.jpg
Bombus jonellus

Subgenus Sibiricobombus

Bombus niveatus Bombus niveatus female 3.jpg
Bombus niveatus

Subgenus Subterraneobombus

Bombus pascuorum Bombus pascuorum (male) - Medicago x varia - Keila.jpg
Bombus pascuorum

Subgenus Thoracobombus

Bombus schrencki Pedicularis sceptrum-carolinum - Bombus schrencki - Niitvalja bog.jpg
Bombus schrencki
Bombus sylvarum Bombus Sylvarum - Centaurea scabiosa - Keila1.jpg
Bombus sylvarum
Bombus veteranus Bombus veteranus - Cirsium vulgare - Keila1.jpg
Bombus veteranus
Bombus vetustus holotype male Dehon et al 2019 Zookeys Fig2-C Bombus vetustus.jpg
Bombus vetustus
holotype male
Calyptapis florissantensis paratype female Dehon et al 2019 Zookeys Fig1-C Calyptapis florissantensis.jpg
Calyptapis florissantensis
paratype female
Oligobombus cuspidatus holotype forewing Dehon et al 2019 Zookeys Fig1-A Oligobombus cuspidatus.jpg
Oligobombus cuspidatus
holotype forewing

Subgenus incertae sedis

Genus †Calyptapis

Genus †Oligobombus

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A bumblebee 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 are known from fossils. They are found primarily in higher altitudes or latitudes in the Northern Hemisphere, although they are also found in South America, where a few lowland tropical species have been identified. European bumblebees have also been introduced to New Zealand and Tasmania. Female bumblebees can sting repeatedly, but generally ignore humans and other animals.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Apidae</span> Taxonomic family that includes honey bees (sting or stingless), bumble bees and orchid bees

Apidae is the largest family within the superfamily Apoidea, containing at least 5700 species of bees. The family includes some of the most commonly seen bees, including bumblebees and honey bees, but also includes stingless bees, carpenter bees, orchid bees, cuckoo bees, and a number of other less widely known groups. Many are valuable pollinators in natural habitats and for agricultural crops.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bombini</span> Tribe of bees

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 nest-making species. The tribe contains a single living genus, Bombus, the bumblebees, and some extinct genera such as Calyptapis and Oligobombus. The tribe was described by Pierre André Latreille in 1802.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Early bumblebee</span> Species of bee

The early bumblebee or early-nesting bumblebee 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 February which is earlier than most other species, hence its common name. There is even some evidence that the early bumblebee may be able to go through two colony cycles in a year. Like other bumblebees, Bombus pratorum lives in colonies with queen and worker castes. Bombus pratorum queens use aggressive behavior rather than pheromones to maintain dominance over the workers.

<i>Bombus lapidarius</i> Species of bee

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 social bee is important in pollination.

<i>Bombus campestris</i> Species of bee

Bombus campestris is a very common cuckoo bumblebee found in most of Europe.

<i>Bombus sylvestris</i> Species of bee

Bombus sylvestris, known as the forest cuckoo bumblebee or four-coloured cuckoo bee, is a species of cuckoo bumblebee, found in most of Europe and Russia. Its main hosts are Bombus pratorum, Bombus jonellus, and Bombus monticola. As a cuckoo bumblebee, Bombus sylvestris lays its eggs in another bumblebee's nest. This type of bee leaves their young to the workers of another nest for rearing, allowing cuckoo bumblebees to invest minimal energy and resources in their young while still keeping the survival of their young intact.

Bombus bellardii is a species of cuckoo bumblebee.

<i>Bombus bohemicus</i> Species of bee

Bombus bohemicus, also known as the gypsy's cuckoo bumblebee, is a species of socially parasitic cuckoo bumblebee found in most of Europe with the exception of the southern Iberian Peninsula and Iceland. B. bohemicus practices inquilinism, or brood parasitism, of other bumblebee species. B. bohemicus is a generalist parasite, successfully invading several species from genus Bombus. The invading queen mimics the host nest's chemical signals, allowing her to assume a reproductively dominant role as well as manipulation of host worker fertility and behavior.

<i>Bombus suckleyi</i> Species of bee

Bombus suckleyi is a species of bumblebee known commonly as Suckley's cuckoo bumblebee, named after biologist George Suckley. Suckley's bumble bee is a generalist pollinator and represents a rare group of obligate, parasitic bumble bees. Suckley's bumble bee is a social-parasite because it invades the nests of the host bumble bees, including the western bumble bee, and relies on host species workers to provision its larvae. It is native to northwestern North America, including Alaska and parts of western and central Canada and the western United States.

<i>Bombus lucorum</i> Species of bee

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 Obrecht even coined the term Bombus lucorum complex to explain the three taxa that cannot be easily differentiated from one another by their appearances. A recent review of all of these species worldwide has helped to clarify its distribution in Europe and northern Asia, almost to the Pacific. B. lucorum reaches the Barents Sea in the North. However, in southern Europe, although found in Greece it is an upland species with its distribution never quite reaching the Mediterranean.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Pyrobombus</span> Subgenus of insects

Pyrobombus is a subgenus of bumblebees, with its centres of diversity in Central Asia and north-western North America. Nearly a fifth of all Bombus species fall within Pyrobombus and its member species vary considerably in size, appearance and behaviour. It covers 43 species of bees and is the largest subgenus of bumblebees, covering almost 50% of the North American bumblebee fauna. They are seen to be declined by 6%, which may be an undervalued statistic, although not as high as other groups of bees. Pyrobombus bees also face issues such as climate change, loss of habitat, urbanization, and industrial agriculture. This subgenus of bees can pollinate which helps plants fertilise and grow fruit that is essential to the biodiversity and life of the environment. Commonly, Pyrobombus bees are used for beekeeping as they are pollinators. They can be for wax, honey, venom, combs, and such which may be collected for commercial use. This subgenus may vary in their characteristics such as body size, wingspan, and tongue length for individual species, but like all bees, they possess wings, a head, thorax, and abdomen.

<i>Bombus argillaceus</i> Species of bee

Bombus argillaceus is a bumblebee species of the subgenus Megabombus, distributed from south and south-eastern Europe to western Asia.

<i>Bombus cerdanyensis</i> Extinct species of bee

Bombus cerdanyensis is an extinct species of bumble bee in the family Apidae known from a fossil found in Europe.

<i>Bombus randeckensis</i> Extinct species of bee

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 fossil record by Dehon et al in 2019 concluded B. randeckensis should be placed in Bombus subgenus Cullumanobombus.

<i>Bombus eximius</i> Species of bee

Bombus eximius is a species of bumblebee that belongs to the subgenus Melanobombus in the simplified subgeneric classification. It is found in the Southern, Eastern and Southeastern parts of the Asian continent.

<i>Euglossopteryx</i> Extinct genus of bees

Euglossopteryx is an extinct genus of bee in the family Apidae known from a fossil found in North America. There is one described species in the genus, Euglossopteryx biesmeijeri.

<i>Bombus trophonius</i> Extinct species of bee

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 America.

<i>Bombus sonorus</i> Species of bee

Bombus sonorus, commonly known as the Sonoran bumble bee, is a species of bumble bee in the family Apidae. It is found in Central America and western and southwestern North America. Considered uncommon, it is sometimes categorized as a subspecies of Bombus pensylvanicus.

<i>Bombus morawitzi</i> Species of bumblebee

Bombus morawitzi is a bumblebee species in the subgenus Sibiriocobombus endemic to Central Asia, particularly mountainous regions of Afghanistan, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan.

References

  1. ↑ Williams, P. H. (1998). "An annotated checklist of bumble bees with an analysis of patterns of description (Hymenoptera: Apidae, Bombini)". Bulletin of the Natural History Museum, Entomology Series. 67: 79–152.
  2. ↑ Cameron, S. A.; Hines, H. M.; Williams, P. H. (2007). "A comprehensive phylogeny of the bumble bees (Bombus)". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 91: 161–188. doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2007.00784.x .
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  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Dehon, M.; Engel, M.; Gérard, M.; Aytekin, A.; Ghisbain, G.; Williams, P.; Rasmont, P.; Michez, D. (2019). "Morphometric analysis of fossil bumble bees (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Bombini) reveals their taxonomic affinities". ZooKeys (891): 71–118. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.891.32056 (inactive 1 November 2024).{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of November 2024 (link)
  5. 1 2 Bombus occidentalis and Bombus terricola are sometimes considered the same species.
  6. ↑ Prokop, J.; Dehon, M.; Michez, D.; Engel, M. S. (2017). "An Early Miocene bumble bee from northern Bohemia (Hymenoptera, Apidae)". ZooKeys (710): 43–63. Bibcode:2017ZooK..710...43P. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.710.14714 . PMC   5674177 . PMID   29118643.
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  10. 1 2 Bombus centralis and Bombus flavifrons are sometimes considered the same species.
  11. ↑ Bombus melanopygus has two color forms, one of which was historically treated as a species: Bombus edwardsii.
  12. 1 2 Miller, Nathan G. (2010). The Bumble Bees of Algonquin Park: A Field Guide. Toronto: Toronto Entomologists' Association. pp.22.
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