Apis

Apis mellifera

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Apoidea

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Familia: Apidae
Subfamilia: Apinae
Tribus: Apini
Genus: Apis
Species: A. andreniformis - A. cerana - A. dorsata - A. florea - A. koschevnikovi - A. mellifera - A. nigrocincta - †A. armbrusteri - †A. henshawi - †A. lithohermaea - †A. longtibia - †A. miocenica - †A. nearctica - †A. petrefacta - †A. vetusta

Name

Apis Linnaeus, 1758

References

• Engel, M.S. 2006: A giant honey bee from the Middle Miocene of Japan (Hymenoptera: Apidae). American Museum novitates, (3504) doi: 10.1206/0003-0082(2006)504[0001:AGHBFT]2.0.CO;2 PDF
• Engel, M.S.; Hinojosa-Díaz, I.A.; Rasnitsyn, A.P. 2009: A honey bee from the Miocene of Nevada and the biogeography of Apis (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Apini). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (4), 60(3): 23-38. PDF
• Kotthoff, U.; Wappler, T.; Engel, M.S. 2011: Miocene honey bees from the Randeck Maar of southwestern Germany (Hymenoptera, Apidae). ZooKeys, 96: 11–37. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.96.752
• Lo, N.; Gloag, R.S.; Anderson, D.L.; Oldroyd, B.P. 2010: A molecular phylogeny of the genus Apis suggests that the Giant Honey Bee of the Philippines, A. breviligula Maa, and the Plains Honey Bee of southern India, A. indica Fabricius, are valid species. Systematic entomology, 35: 226-233. ISSN: 0307-6970 doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2009.00504.x

Vernacular names

Boarisch: Hónégimp, Hénigimp
Català: Abella
Deutsch: Honigbiene
English: honey bees
日本語: ミツバチ属
Português: Abelha
Türkçe: Bal arısı
Vèneto: Ava/Ave/Ae

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