Bombus volucelloides Gribodo, 1891:119 - Franklin, 1913Franklin, H.J. 1913. The Bombidae of the New World. Part II - Species south of the United States. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 39 (2):73-200. (distribution); Lutz & Cockerell, 1920Lutz, F.E. & T.D.A. Cockerell 1920. Notes on the distribution and bibliography of North American bees of the families, Apidae, Meliponidae, Bombidae, Euglossidae, and Anthophoridae. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist 42 (15):491-641. (distribution); Michener, 1954Michener, C.D. 1954. Bees of Panamá. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 104 (1):1-176. (distribution); Gonzalez & Engel, 2004Gonzalez, V.H. & M.S. Engel 2004. The tropical Andean bee fauna (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Apoidea), with examples from Colombia. entomologische Abhandlungen 62 (1):65-75. (distribution). - As Bombus vollucelloides: - Franklin, 1913Franklin, H.J. 1913. The Bombidae of the New World. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 38 (3/4):177-486. (distribution); Friese, 1916Friese, H. 1916. Zur Bienenfauna von Costa Rica. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung 77:287-348. (distribution).
Bombus vogti Friese, 1903:254, xqxw. 1 xq, Bolivia; 1 xq, Peru (Callauga); 8 ♀♀, Peru (Marcapata) und Columbia (Popayan); Franklin, 1913Franklin, H.J. 1913. The Bombidae of the New World. Part II - Species south of the United States. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 39 (2):73-200.:155, Types (Friese's private collection). - Friese, 1903Friese, H. 1903. Neue Bombus-Arten aus der neotropischen Region. (Hym.). Zeitschrift für systematische Hymenopterologie und Dipterologie 3:253-255. (distribution); Cockerell, 1912Cockerell, T.D.A. 1912. Descriptions and records of bees. - XLVII. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History ser. 8: v. 10 (59):484-494. (distribution); Franklin, 1913Franklin, H.J. 1913. The Bombidae of the New World. Part II - Species south of the United States. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 39 (2):73-200.:155 ( listed as synonym of Bombus volucelloides Gribodo, 1891); Lutz & Cockerell, 1920Lutz, F.E. & T.D.A. Cockerell 1920. Notes on the distribution and bibliography of North American bees of the families, Apidae, Meliponidae, Bombidae, Euglossidae, and Anthophoridae. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist 42 (15):491-641. (distribution).
Bombus leucomelas Crawford & Swenk, 1903:268, Muma, 1952Muma, M.H. 1952. Insect types in the collections of the University of Nebraska State Museum. Bulletin of the University of Nebraska State Museum 3 (8):1-35.:17, Types ♀ xww (University of Nebraska State Museum). - Franklin, 1913Franklin, H.J. 1913. The Bombidae of the New World. Part II - Species south of the United States. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 39 (2):73-200.:155 ( listed as synonym of Bombus volucelloides Gribodo, 1891); Friese, 1916Friese, H. 1916. Zur Bienenfauna von Costa Rica. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung 77:287-348.:298 ( listed as synonym of Bombus volucelloides Gribodo, 1891); Lutz & Cockerell, 1920Lutz, F.E. & T.D.A. Cockerell 1920. Notes on the distribution and bibliography of North American bees of the families, Apidae, Meliponidae, Bombidae, Euglossidae, and Anthophoridae. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist 42 (15):491-641.:538 ( listed as synonym of Bombus volucelloides Gribodo, 1891).