Labial gland marking secretions of male Bombus lucorum bumblebees from Europe and China reveal two separate species: B. lucorum (Linnaeus 1761) and Bombus minshanicola (Bischoff 1936)

► Labial gland secretions in male Bombus lucorum from Europe and China are different. ► Morphologically similar both taxa must belong to different species. ► Bombus lucorum from China is the taxon B. minshanicola Bischoff 1936.