Bombus vagans Smith, 1854:399, ♀. ♀, North America (B.M.). - Cresson, 1863Cresson, E.T. 1863. List of North American species of Bombus and Apathus. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia 2:83-116. (distribution); Handlirsch, 1888Handlirsch, A. 1888. Die Hummelsammlung des k. k. naturhistorischen Hofmuseums. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 3:209-250. (distribution); Dalla Torre, 1896Dalla Torre, C.G. 1896. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus, X. Apidae (Anthophila). Sumptibus Guilelmi Engelmann, 1-643. (distribution); Harvey & Knight, 1897Harvey, F.L. & O.W. Knight 1897. Insects collected at Jackman, Maine. Psyche 8:77-79. (distribution); Cockerell, 1911Cockerell, T.D.A. 1911. Records of bees. The Canadian Entomologist 43 (11):389-391. (distribution); Franklin, 1913Franklin, H.J. 1913. The Bombidae of the New World. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 38 (3/4):177-486. (distribution); Bequaert, 1920Bequaert, J.C. 1920. Hymenoptera collected near Boston, Mass., with description of a variety of Bombus affinis. Psyche 27 (1):6-12. (distribution); Mitchell, 1962Mitchell, T.B. 1962. Bees of the Eastern United States. Volume II. Technical bulletin (North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station) 152:1-557. (distribution); Mayer et al., 2000Mayer, D.F., E.R. Miliczky, B.F. Finnigan & C.A. Johansen 2000. The bee fauna (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) of southeastern Washington. Journal of the Entomological Society of British Columbia 97:25-32. (distribution).
Bombus consimilis Cresson, 1864:41, ♀. 8 ♀♀, Canada, New York, Massachusetts (Ent. Soc. Philadelphia). Synonymized with Bombus vagans Smith, 1854 by Handlirsch, 1888Handlirsch, A. 1888. Die Hummelsammlung des k. k. naturhistorischen Hofmuseums. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 3:209-250.:229. - Cresson, 1864Cresson, E.T. 1864. Descriptions of several new species of North American Apidae. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia 3:38-43. (distribution); Cockerell, 1906Cockerell, T.D.A. 1906. The bees of New Mexico. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 32:289-314. (distribution); Franklin, 1913Franklin, H.J. 1913. The Bombidae of the New World. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 38 (3/4):177-486.:349 ( listed as synonym of Bombus vagans Smith, 1854); Mitchell, 1962Mitchell, T.B. 1962. Bees of the Eastern United States. Volume II. Technical bulletin (North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station) 152:1-557.:537 ( listed as synonym of Bombus vagans Smith, 1854).
Bombus vagans coctus Bequaert & Plath, 1925:276 - Mitchell, 1962Mitchell, T.B. 1962. Bees of the Eastern United States. Volume II. Technical bulletin (North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station) 152:1-557.:537 ( listed as synonym of Bombus vagans Smith, 1854).
Bombus vagans helenae Frison, 1929:110 - Mitchell, 1962Mitchell, T.B. 1962. Bees of the Eastern United States. Volume II. Technical bulletin (North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station) 152:1-557.:537 ( listed as synonym of Bombus vagans Smith, 1854).