Examples of bumble bee species collected in Arunachal Pradesh A Bombus miniatus (queen) is a West Himalayan species of the subgenus Melanobombus reaching its eastern distribution limit in Arunachal Pradesh B Bombus genalis (worker), a rare species of the mid-elevation narrowly distributed in the East Himalaya C Bombus albopleuralis (worker), a widespread Himalayan species that occurs in a large elevational range from the tropical lowlands to the subalpine zone in Arunachal Pradesh D Bombus abnormis (queen), an elusive and very rare high elevation species of the subgenus Pyrobombus narrowly distributed in the East Himalaya.