Apis

Navigazione

Navigazione: Apoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Superphylum: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Mandibulata Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Hymenopterida Ordo: Hymenoptera Subordo: Apocrita Superfamilia: Apoidea

Familia: Apidae
Subfamilia: Apinae
Tribus: Apini
Genus: Apis
Species (8): A. andreniformis – A. cerana – A. dorsata – A. florea – A. koschevnikovi – A. mellifera – A. nigrocincta – A. terrestris
Fossils species (11†): mais seulement 6 sont référencés dans Paleobiology Database
†[[Apis aibai{{{2}}} {{{3}}}|Apis aibai. {{{3}}}]] – †A. armbrusteri – †A. cuenoti – †A. dalica – †A. henshawi – †A. lithohermaea – †A. longtibia – †A. miocenica – †A. nearctica – †A. petrefacta – †A. vetusta

Nome

Apis Linnaeus, 1758

Etymology: From Latin "apis" (a bee).

Riferimenti

Primary references

Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio Decima, Reformata. Tomus I. Holmiæ (Stockholm): impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. 824 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542 BHL p. 574 BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Alexander, B. A. 1991. Phylogenetic analysis of the genus Apis. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 84: 137-149.
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
Engel, M.S., Wang, B., Alqarni, A.S., Jia, L-B., Su, T., Zhou, Z-K. & Wappler, T. 2018. A primitive honey bee from the Middle Miocene deposits of southeastern Yunnan, China (Hymenoptera, Apidae). ZooKeys 775: 117–129. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.775.24909 Reference page.
ICZN 1996: Opinion 1828. Apis terrestris Linnaeus, 1758, A. muscorum Linnaeus, 1758 and A. lucorum Linnaeus, 1761 (currently Bombus terrestris, B. muscorum and B. lucorum) and Bombus humilis Illiger, 1806 (Insecta, Hymenoptera): specific names conserved, and neotypes designated for B. terrestris and B. muscorum. Bulletin of zoological nomenclature, 53(1): 64–65. BHL
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 Reference page.
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(2): 226–233. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2009.00504.x Reference page.
Takahashi, Y. & Takahashi, J. 2025. A honey bee fossil (Hymenoptera, Apidae) from the Late Pliocene to Early Pleistocene Teragi Group, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan: Bridging a gap in Apis evolutionary history. ZooKeys 1255: 291–301. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1255.162389 Reference page.

Nomi comuni

Akan: Wowa
অসমীয়া: মৌ-মাখি
Boarisch: Hónégimp
বাংলা: মৌমাছি
català: Abella
Deutsch: Honigbiene
English: Honey Bees
español: Abeja
suomi: Hunajamehiläiset
français: Abeille
日本語: ミツバチ属
kurdî: Moz
português: Abelha
Türkçe: Bal arısı
vèneto: Ava/Ave/Ae