| Alpigenobombus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Apidae |
| Genus: | Bombus |
| Subgenus: | Alpigenobombus |
Alpigenobombus is a subgenus of nectar-robbing bumblebees found in Palearctic. This subgenus is easily identified by the unique, six-toothed mandibles of the females, a specialized adaptation for robbing nectar from tubular flowers.1
The taxonomy of this subgenus is complex, and the classification of its species has been subject of an ongoing debate.1
Species
Genus Alpigenobombus currently consists of 11 species:1
- Bombus angustus (Taiwan)
- Bombus breviceps (Himalaya, China, and Southeast Asia)
- Bombus genalis (Himalaya, China, and Southeast Asia)
- Bombus grahami (Himalaya, China and Southeast Asia)
- Bombus rainai (India and Pakistan)
- Bombus kashmirensis (India, Nepal, Pakistan and China)
- Bombus mastrucatus (Europe)
- Bombus nobilis (Himalaya and China)
- Bombus sikkimi (eastern Himalaya and Hengduan regions)
- Bombus validus (China)
- Bombus wurflenii (West Asia)
References
References
- Williams, Paul H.; An, Jiandong; Dorji, Phurpa; Huang, Jiaxing; Jaffar, Saleem; Japoshvili, George; Narah, Jaya; Ren, Zongxin; Streinzer, Martin; Thanoosing, Chawatat; Tian, Li; Orr, Michael C. (2023). "Bumblebees with big teeth: revising the subgenus Alpigenobombus with the good, the bad and the ugly of numts (Hymenoptera: Apidae)". European Journal of Taxonomy. 892. doi:10.5852/ejt.2023.892.2283.