Table 2 in Contribution to the knowledge of the bumblebee fauna of Afghanistan (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Bombus Latreille)

Table 2. Species examined as part of the present study (✓ = taxon examined in the present study; X = taxon reported in Afghanistan but not examined).
Subgenus(following Williams et al. 2008)Taxon (according to the latest revisions of Tkalců 1968, Williams et al. 2016, and the present work)Taxonomic status according to the types examined by PH Williams (https://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/research/projects/bombus/)Present studyMendacibombusafghanusJunior synonym of B. marussinusmakarjiniValid✓marussinusValid✓turkestanicusValid✓SubterraneobombusmelanurusValid✓subdistinctusJunior synonym of B. melanurusPsithyrusbranickiiValid✓ferganicusValid✓morawitzianusValidXPyrobombusbiroiValid✓kotzschiValid✓subtypicusValid✓Bombus s. str.lucorum jacobsoniB jacobsoniXtunicatusValid✓aff. longipennisUncertain taxonomic status✓MelanobombuskeriensisValid✓incertoidesValidXsemenovianusValid✓SibiricobombusasiaticusReferred to here as the accepted taxon B. asiaticus s. l.✓miniatocaudatuslongicepsmorawitziValid✓obtusus (sspp. badakshanensis and obtusus)Valid✓Cullumanobombuscullumanus serrisquamaValid✓