List of bumblebee species


The list presented here is a list of global bumblebee species based on the Bombus phylogeny presented by Cameron et al and grouped by subgenus following the revision of Williams et al. 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.

Subgenus ''Bombus (sensu stricto)''

Subgenus ''Melanobombus''

Subgenus ''Mendacibombus''

  • Bombus avinoviellus
  • Bombus beskonakensis
  • 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]''

Subgenus ''[Pyrobombus]''

Subgenus ''[Sibiricobombus]''

Subgenus ''Subterraneobombus''

Subgenus ''Thoracobombus''

Subgenus ''[incertae sedis]''

Genus †''Calyptapis''

Genus †''Oligobombus''