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Shorthaired bumble bee

Bombus subterraneus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Status not recordedbees wasps and ants

The shorthaired bumble bee (Bombus subterraneus) is a species in the family Apidae, order Hymenoptera. Recorded adults reach 2.2 cm in length. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia.

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Quick facts about the shorthaired bumble bee

Weight
Not recorded
Length
1.3 cm – 2.2 cm
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Nectarivore
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
grassland, human_modified
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Generations a year
One
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

How big is the shorthaired bumble bee?

SHORTHAIRED BUMBLE BEE · LENGTH 2.2 CMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 2.2 cm, the recorded maximum length of the shorthaired bumble bee is about 1.3% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does the shorthaired bumble bee live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The shorthaired bumble bee is listed for 1 country.

Australia
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Australia

Why a country list is not a range map

Is the shorthaired bumble bee endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the shorthaired bumble bee classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHymenoptera
  5. familyApidae
  6. genusBombus
  7. SpeciesBombus subterraneus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonyms Apis acervorum, Apis grisea, Apis latreillella, Apis nemorum, Apis subterranea, Bombus collinus, Bombus latreillanus, Bombus latreillellus, Bombus subterraneus borealis, Bombus subterraneus germanicus, Bombus subterraneus latreillellus, Bombus subterraneus tectosagorum, Megabombus subterraneus, Megabombus subterraneus dlabolai

Other names and names in other languages (19)
  • Short-haired bumble beeEnglish
  • Short-haired bumble-beeEnglish
  • Short-haired humble-beeEnglish
  • čmelák pruhovanýCzech
  • Jordboende humleDanish
  • ErdbauhummelGerman
  • UrukimalaneEstonian
  • maakimalainenFinnish
  • Bourdon souterrainFrench
  • Juostuotoji kamanėLithuanian
  • Pi RorohuMāori
  • slåttehumleNorwegian Bokmål
  • Donkere tuinhommelDutch
  • Подземный шмельRussian
  • čmeľ pruhovanýSlovak
  • vallhumlaSwedish
  • Джміль підземнийUkrainian
  • GrubenhummelGerman
  • Bourdon sous-terrainFrench

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the shorthaired bumble bee

Other species in the same genus Bombus.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the shorthaired bumble bee?

An adult shorthaired bumble bee measures 1.3 cm – 2.2 cm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the shorthaired bumble bee live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the shorthaired bumble bee for 1 country: Australia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is the shorthaired bumble bee?

The shorthaired bumble bee (Bombus subterraneus) belongs to the family Apidae in the order Hymenoptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Shorthaired bumble bee (Bombus subterraneus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/shorthaired-bumble-bee

MLA

“Shorthaired bumble bee (Bombus subterraneus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/shorthaired-bumble-bee.

BibTeX
@misc{shorthaired_bumble_bee_2026,
  title = {Shorthaired bumble bee (Bombus subterraneus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/shorthaired-bumble-bee},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}