Bombus tunicatus Smith tunicatus Smith, 1852a:43, examined vallestris Smith, 1878:8 gilgitensis Cockerell, 1905:223, examined ?manaliensis Kumar & Lall, 2004:236
TAXONOMIC STATUS: COI barcodes support the interpretation that the taxon gilgitensis is a dark form of the species B. tunicatus (Williams et al., 2012 [pdf]).
DISTRIBUTION: Oriental Region.