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)
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Perhaps this information will be interest to you. If you can find and photograph some bumblebees of your country, it will be a great contribution to science.
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