Bombus rufofasciatus Smith
rufo-fasciatus [rufofasciatus] Smith, 1852b:48, examined
Prshewalskyi Morawitz, 1880:342
rufocinctus Morawitz, 1880:343, examined, not of Cresson, 1863:106 (= B. rufocinctus Cresson)
chinensis Dalla Torre, 1890[June 25]:139, replacement name for rufocinctus Morawitz, 1880:343; not of Morawitz, 1890[April 30]:352 (= B. chinensis (Morawitz))
waterstoni Richards, 1934:88, examined

DISTRIBUTION: Oriental Region, Palaearctic border.

Bombus semenovianus (Skorikov)
semenovianus (Skorikov, 1914a:127 [Lapidariobombus]) examined

DISTRIBUTION: Oriental, Palaearctic Regions.

Bombus simillimus Smith
simillimis Smith, 1852b:48, examined
[similis Smith, 1854:403, incorrect subsequent spelling]
[simillimus Dalla Torre, 1896:548, incorrect subsequent spelling]
grossiventris Friese, 1931:303, examined
oculatus (Frison, 1933:335 [Bremus]) examined
tonsus (Skorikov, 1933b:248 [Sibiricobombus]) examined
simillimus Williams, 1991:99, justified emendation

DISTRIBUTION: Oriental Region.

Bombus tanguticus Morawitz
tanguticus Morawitz, 1887:200

TAXONOMIC STATUS: Queens of B. tanguticus are morphologicaly very distinctive (discussed in Williams, 1991 [pdf]), so much so that Pittioni (1939d) considered the species warranted a subgenus of its own. The species is very rare in collections and the male remains apparently unknown (the species occurs at high altitudes on the Tibetan Plateau). Workers have recently been collected again in Qinghai.

DISTRIBUTION: Oriental Region.

Bombus avinoviellus (Skorikov)
avinoviellus (Skorikov, 1914a:126 [Mendacibombus]) examined
callophenax Cockerell, 1917:122, examined

DISTRIBUTION: Oriental Region.

Bombus convexus Wang
lugubris Morawitz, 1880:339, examined, not of Kriechbaumer, 1870:159 (= B. maxillosus Klug)
convexus Wang, 1979:190, examined

DISTRIBUTION: Oriental Region.

Bombus defector Skorikov
defector Skorikov, 1910a:329, examined

DISTRIBUTION: Palaearctic Region.

Bombus handlirschianus Vogt
Handlirschianus Vogt, 1909:49, examined
shaposhnikovi Skorikov, 1910a:329

TAXONOMIC STATUS: The white-banded taxon handlirschianus and the yellow-banded taxon shaposhnikovi differ principally in female colour pattern. Some males associated with the two taxa have appeared to differ in morphology (Skorikov, 1931; Williams, 1991 [pdf]) and consequently the taxa have been treated as separate species. More recently the distinctness of the males has been questioned and mixed colonies have been found (De Meulemeester et al., 2010). Furthermore, evidence from comparisons of DNA sequences from five genes is consistent with the two taxa being conspecific (Cameron et al., 2007 [pdf]).

DISTRIBUTION: Palaearctic Region.

Bombus himalayanus (Skorikov)
varius (Skorikov, 1914a:125 [Mendacibombus]) examined, not of Lepeletier, 1832:381 (= B. campestris (Panzer))
himalayanus (Skorikov, 1914a:127 [Mendacibombus]) examined

DISTRIBUTION: Oriental Region.

Bombus makarjini Skorikov
makarjini Skorikov, 1910a:329, examined

DISTRIBUTION: Palaearctic Region, Oriental border.

Bombus marussinus Skorikov
marussinus Skorikov, 1910a:330, examined
afghanus Reinig, 1940:230, examined

DISTRIBUTION: Palaearctic Region, Oriental border.

Bombus superbus (Tkalcu)
superbus (Tkalcu, 1968a:22 [Mendacibombus]) examined

TAXONOMIC STATUS: Although ostensibly described from Mongolia (probably a mislabelling), this species is endemic to some of the higher parts of the Tibetan plateau.

DISTRIBUTION: Oriental Region.

Bombus turkestanicus Skorikov
turkestanicus Skorikov, 1910a:329, examined

DISTRIBUTION: Palaearctic Region, Oriental border.

Bombus waltoni Cockerell
chinensis Skorikov, 1910a:330, examined, not of Morawitz, 1890:352 (= B. chinensis (Morawitz))
waltoni Cockerell, 1910b:239, examined

DISTRIBUTION: Oriental Region.

Bombus braccatus Friese
braccatus Friese, 1905:512, examined
metcalfi (Frison, 1935:357 [Bremus]) examined

DISTRIBUTION: Oriental Region.