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Apis (honey bee)

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Apidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Apis (Apis) Linnaeus
1758Apis Linnaeus p. 574
1759Apis Schreber p. 14
1761Apis Linnaeus p. 419
1762Apis Geoffroy p. 385
1763Apis Scopoli p. 298
1764Apis Müller p. 74
1766Apis Schaeffer
1767Apis Linnaeus p. 953
1770Apis Drury
1771Apis Forster p. 91
1775Apis Fabricius p. 378
1776Apis Müller p. 163
1780Apis Harris p. 130
1796Apis Latreille p. 138
1798Apis Fabricius p. 273
1802Apis Latreille p. 386
1908Apis Cockerell p. 327
1937Apis Theobald p. 401
1938Hauffapis Armbruster p. 43
1976Apis Zeuner and Manning p. 239
1976Apis (Apis) Zeuner and Manning p. 243
1984Apis Hong p. 10
1992Apis Carpenter
1999Apis (Cascapis) Engel p. 187
1999Apis (Priorapis) Engel p. 188
2009Apis Engel et al. p. 25
2018Apis Engel and Wappler p. 121

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
RankNameAuthor
—Holometabola
—Hymenopterida
orderHymenoptera
—Unicalcarida
suborderApocritaGerstaecker 1867
—Aculeata()
superfamilyApoidea
—AnthophilaLatreille 1804
familyApidae()
subfamilyApinae()
—Apiti
—CorbiculataShuckard 1866
tribeApini
genusApis

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Apis Linnaeus 1758 [honey bee]
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Subg. †Apis (Synapis) Cockerell 1907
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†Apis (Synapis) cuenoti Theobald 1937
†Apis (Synapis) dalica Engel and Wappler 2018
†Apis (Synapis) henshawi Cockerell 1907 [Henshaw's honey bee]
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Invalid names: Apis (Synapis) henshawi henshawi Cockerell 1907 [invalid subgroup], Apis aquisextana Nel et al. 1996 [synonym], Apis aquisextusensis Nel et al. 1999 [synonym], Apis cuenoti Theobald 1937 [synonym], Apis oligocenica Meunier 1915 [synonym], Synapis kaschkei Statz 1931 [synonym]
Invalid names: Apis (Synapis) henshawi dormiens Zeuner and Manning 1976 [invalid subgroup]
†Apis armbrusteri Zeuner 1931 [Armbruster's honey bee]
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Invalid names: Hauffapis scharmanni Armbruster 1938 [synonym], Hauffapis scheeri Armbruster 1938 [synonym], Hauffapis scheuthlei Armbruster 1938 [synonym]
†Apis lithohermaea Engel 2006
†Apis longitibia Zhang 1990 [long-legged honey bee]
Apis mellifera Linnaeus 1758 [western honey bee]
†Apis miocenica Hong 1984 [Chinese Miocene honey bee]
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Invalid names: Apis fota Zhang 1989 [synonym], Apis shandongica Zhang 1989 [synonym]
†Apis petrefacta Říha 1973 [petrified honey bee]
†Apis vetusta Engel 1998
Invalid names: Apis (Apis) Linnaeus 1758 [invalid subgroup], Apis (Cascapis) Engel 1999 [invalid subgroup], Apis (Priorapis) Engel 1999 [invalid subgroup], Hauffapis Armbruster 1938 [nomen nudum]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the MP 23 to the top of the Holocene or 33.90000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 28.4 Ma

Collections (40 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
MP 2333.9 - 28.4France Apis cuenoti (122535 122984)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1China (Yunnan) Apis dalica (195097)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Czech Republic Synapis petrefacta (161260)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03France (Bouches-du-Rhone) Apis sp. A (113989)
MP 3028.4 - 23.03Germany Apis henshawi (127620)
MP 3028.4 - 23.03Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Apis henshawi, Apis vetustus, Apis dormitans (152455) Apis oligocenica (138696)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03France (Bouches-Du-Rhone) Apis sp. B, Apis sp. C, Apis aquisextana (122501)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) Synapis kaschkei, Synapis dormitans (122010)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Spain Apis aquisextana (123306)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97China (Shandong) Apis longitibia (128552) Apis miocenica (128550) Apis miocenica, Apis fota, Apis shandongica (128551)
MN 320.0 - 16.9Czech Republic Apis sp. (105508 155294)
Orleanian20.0 - 15.97Spain Apis sp. D (122985)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Nevada) Apis nearctica (103099)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Japan Apis sp. (103101)
MN 515.97 - 13.65Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Apis armbrusteri (155657 155658) Apis armbrusteri, Hauffapis scheuthlei, Hauffapis scheeri (109058) Hauffapis scheeri (155662) Hauffapis scheuthlei, Hauffapis scharmanni (155659) Hauffapis scheuthlei, Hauffapis scheeri (127613 155661) Hauffapis sp., Hauffapis scheuthlei, Hauffapis scheeri (127614 155660)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Austria (Steiermark) Apis sp. E (156994)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Germany (Wurttemberg) Apis armbrusteri (113752)
Vallesian - Turolian11.608 - 5.333Spain (Lleida) Apis sp. F (154246 156995 156998 156999)
Vallesian - Turolian11.608 - 5.333Spain Apis sp. F (113995)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333France (Ardèche) Apis sp. I, Apis sp. J (113893)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333France (Cantal) Apis sp. G, Apis sp. H (122195)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy (Tuscany) Apidae melisuga (113751)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Tanzania Apis mellifera (123991 140171)