Шмели Афганистана/Bumblebees of Afghanistan

Subgenus Bombus
Bombus aff. longipennis - unknown species, closely related to the B. longipennis group
Bombus lucorum
Bombus terrestris
Bombus tunicatus

Subgenus Cullumanobombus
Bombus cullumanus spp. serrisquama

Subgenus Melanobombus
Bombus keriensis s. str.
Bombus semenovianus

Subgenus Mendacibombus
Bombus makarjini
Bombus marussinus (syn. B. afghanus)
Bombus turkestanicus

Subgenus Psithyrus
Bombus branickii
Bombus ferganicus
Bombus morawitzianus

Subgenus Pyrobombus
Bombus biroi
Bombus kotzschi
Bombus subtypicus

Subgenus Sibiricobombus
Bombus asiaticus s. l.
Bombus longiceps
Bombus miniatocaudatus
Bombus morawitzi
Bombus obtusus

Subgenus Subterraneobombus
Bombus melanurus (syn. B. subdystinctus)

It is doubtful:
Bombus jacobsoni - in modern interpretation, this taxon is recognized as endemic to Kashmir
Melanobombus incertoides - most likely, the samples relate to B. keriensis s. str.

Sources:
1) discoverlife.org
2) Contribution to the knowledge of the bumblebee fauna of Afghanistan - G. Ghisbain, P. H. Williams, D. Michez
3) Annotated catalogue of the Hymenoptera of Russia. Volume 1 (Saint Petersburg, Zoological institute of the Russian Academy of Sciense, 2017)

Posted on August 21, 2023 09:08 AM by sibhedgehog