List of bumblebee species

The list presented here is a checklist of global bumblebee species (Tribe Bombini) based on the Bombus phylogeny presented by Cameron et al (2007) and grouped by subgenus following the revision of Williams et al (2008). 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).

Subgenus Alpigenobombus

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

Subgenus Alpinobombus

 * Bombus alpinus
 * Bombus balteatus – golden-belted bumble bee
 * Bombus hyperboreus
 * Bombus kirbiellus
 * Bombus kluanensis
 * Bombus natvigi
 * Bombus neoboreus
 * Bombus polaris
 * Bombus pyrrhopygus

Subgenus Bombias

 * Bombus auricomus – black-and-gold bumble bee
 * Bombus confusus
 * Bombus nevadensis – Nevada bumble bee

Subgenus Bombus (sensu stricto)

 * Bombus affinis – rusty-patched bumble bee
 * Bombus cryptarum – cryptic bumble bee
 * Bombus franklini – Franklin's Bumblebee (extremely rare or possibly extinct)
 * Bombus hypocrita
 * Bombus ignitus
 * Bombus jacobsoni
 * Bombus lantschouensis
 * Bombus longipennis
 * Bombus lucorum – white-tailed bumblebee
 * Bombus magnus – northern white-tailed bumblebee
 * Bombus minshanicus
 * Bombus occidentalis – Western Yellow-banded Bumble Bee
 * Bombus patagiatus
 * Bombus sporadicus
 * Bombus terrestris – buff-tailed bumblebee or large earth bumblebee
 * Bombus terricola – yellow-banded bumble bee
 * Bombus tunicatus

Subgenus Cullumanobombus

 * Bombus baeri
 * Bombus brachycephalus
 * Bombus coccineus
 * Bombus crotchii – Crotch's bumble bee
 * Bombus cullumanus – Cullum's humble-bee or Cullum's bumblebee
 * Bombus ecuadorius
 * Bombus fraternus – southern plains bumble bee
 * Bombus funebris
 * Bombus griseocollis – brown-belted bumble bee
 * Bombus handlirschi
 * Bombus haueri
 * Bombus hortulanus
 * Bombus macgregori
 * Bombus melaleucus
 * Bombus morrisoni
 * †Bombus pristinus - Middle- Late Miocene, Kumi Formation, Euboea, Greece
 * †Bombus randeckensis
 * Bombus robustus
 * Bombus rohweri
 * Bombus rubicundus
 * Bombus rufocinctus – red-belted bumble bee
 * Bombus semenoviellus
 * †Bombus trophonius
 * Bombus tucumanus
 * Bombus unicus
 * Bombus vogti

Subgenus Kallobombus

 * Bombus soroeensis – broken-belted bumblebee

Subgenus Megabombus

 * Bombus argillaceus
 * Bombus bicoloratus
 * Bombus consobrinus
 * Bombus czerskii
 * Bombus diversus
 * Bombus gerstaeckeri
 * Bombus hortorum – (small) garden bumblebee
 * Bombus irisanensis
 * Bombus koreanus
 * Bombus longipes
 * Bombus melanopoda (extremely rare or possibly extinct)
 * Bombus portchinsky
 * Bombus religiosus
 * Bombus ruderatus – 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, Bellver de Cerdanya, Spain
 * Bombus erzurumensis
 * Bombus eurythorax
 * Bombus eximius
 * Bombus festivus
 * Bombus formosellus
 * Bombus friseanus
 * Bombus incertoides
 * Bombus incertus
 * Bombus keriensis
 * Bombus ladakhensis
 * Bombus lapidarius – 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 (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

 * Bombus ashtoni – 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 – lemon cuckoo bumble bee
 * Bombus coreanus
 * Bombus cornutus
 * Bombus expolitus
 * Bombus ferganicus
 * Bombus fernaldae – Fernald's cuckoo bumble bee
 * Bombus flavidus
 * Bombus insularis – indiscriminate cuckoo bumble bee
 * Bombus maxillosus
 * Bombus monozonus
 * Bombus morawitzianus
 * Bombus norvegicus
 * Bombus novus
 * Bombus perezi
 * Bombus quadricolor
 * Bombus rupestris
 * Bombus skorikovi
 * Bombus suckleyi – Suckley's cuckoo bumble bee
 * Bombus sylvestris – forest cuckoo bumble bee
 * Bombus tibetanus
 * Bombus turneri
 * Bombus variabilis – variable cuckoo bumble bee
 * Bombus vestalis – vestal cuckoo bumble bee

Subgenus Pyrobombus

 * Bombus abnormis
 * Bombus ardens
 * Bombus avanus
 * Bombus beaticola
 * Bombus bifarius – two-form bumble bee
 * Bombus bimaculatus – two-spotted bumble bee
 * Bombus biroi
 * Bombus brodmannicus
 * Bombus caliginosus – obscure bumble bee
 * Bombus centralis – 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 – frigid bumble bee
 * Bombus haematurus
 * Bombus huntii – Hunt's bumble bee
 * Bombus hypnorum – tree bumble bee
 * Bombus impatiens – common eastern bumble bee
 * Bombus infirmus
 * Bombus infrequens
 * Bombus johanseni
 * Bombus jonellus – small heath bumble bee
 * Bombus kotzschi
 * Bombus lapponicus
 * Bombus lemniscatus
 * Bombus lepidus
 * Bombus luteipes
 * Bombus melanopygus – black-tailed bumble bee
 * Bombus mirus
 * Bombus mixtus – fuzzy-horned bumble bee
 * Bombus modestus
 * Bombus monticola – bilberry bumble bee
 * Bombus oceanicus
 * Bombus parthenius
 * Bombus perplexus – perplexing bumble bee, confusing bumble bee
 * Bombus picipes
 * Bombus pratorum – early bumble bee
 * Bombus pressus
 * Bombus pyrenaeus
 * Bombus rotundiceps
 * Bombus sandersoni – Sanderson bumble bee
 * Bombus sitkensis – Sitka bumble bee
 * Bombus sonani
 * Bombus subtypicus
 * Bombus sylvicola – forest bumble bee
 * Bombus ternarius – tricolored bumble bee, orange-belted bumble bee
 * Bombus vagans – half-black bumble bee
 * Bombus vancouverensis
 * Bombus vandykei – Van Dyke's bumble bee
 * Bombus vosnesenskii – 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 – mountain bumble bee
 * Bombus borealis – northern amber bumble bee
 * Bombus difficillimus
 * Bombus distinguendus
 * 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 dahlbomii
 * Bombus deuteronymus
 * Bombus digressus
 * Bombus diligens
 * Bombus excellens
 * Bombus exil
 * Bombus fervidus – yellow bumble bee, golden northern bumble bee
 * Bombus filchnerae
 * Bombus hedini
 * Bombus honshuensis
 * Bombus humilis – brown-banded carder bee
 * Bombus imitator
 * Bombus impetuosus
 * Bombus inexspectatus
 * Bombus laesus
 * Bombus medius
 * Bombus mesomelas
 * Bombus mexicanus
 * Bombus mlokosievitzii
 * Bombus morio
 * Bombus mucidus
 * Bombus muscorum – large carder bee or moss carder bee
 * Bombus opifex
 * Bombus opulentus
 * Bombus pascuorum – common carder bee
 * Bombus pauloensis
 * Bombus pensylvanicus – American bumble bee
 * Bombus persicus
 * Bombus pomorum – apple humble-bee
 * Bombus pseudobaicalensis
 * Bombus pullatus
 * Bombus remotus
 * Bombus rubriventris (probably extinct)
 * Bombus ruderarius – red-shanked carder bee or red-shanked bumble bee
 * Bombus schrencki
 * Bombus sonorus – Sonoran bumble bee
 * Bombus steindachneri
 * Bombus sylvarum – shrill carder bee
 * Bombus transversalis
 * Bombus tricornis
 * Bombus trinominatus
 * Bombus velox
 * Bombus weisi
 * Bombus veteranus
 * Bombus zonatus

Subgenus incertae sedis

 * †“Bombus” anacolus - Middle Miocene Shanwang Formation, Shandong Province, China
 * †Bombus? crassipes - Late Miocene Krottensee deposits, Czech Republic
 * †“Bombus” dilectus - Middle Miocene Shanwang Formation, Shandong Province, China
 * †“Bombus” luianus - Middle Miocene Shanwang Formation, Shandong Province, China
 * †Bombus proavus - Middle Miocene, Latah Formation, Washington, USA
 * †Bombus vetustus - Late Miocene, Botchi Formation, Botchi River, Khabarovsk Krai, Russia

Genus †Calyptapis

 * †Calyptapis florissantensis - Late Eocene, Florissant Formation, Colorado

Genus †Oligobombus

 * †Oligobombus cuspidatus - Late Eocene, Bembridge Marls, Isle of Wight, UK