Apis
Taxonavigation
| Taxonavigation: Apoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
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 (10†):
mais seulement 6 sont référencés dans Paleobiology Database
†A. armbrusteri –
†A. cuenoti –
†A. dalica –
†A. henshawi –
†A. lithohermaea –
†A. longtibia –
†A. miocenica –
†A. nearctica –
†A. petrefacta –
†A. vetusta
Name
Apis Linnaeus, 1758
Etymology: From Latin "apis" (a bee).
References
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.
Vernacular names
- 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
