Apis (Synapis) Cockerell 1907 (honey bee)

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Apidae

Alternative spelling: Synapis

Full reference: T. D. A. Cockerell. 1907. A fossil honey-bee. The Entomologist 40:227-229

Parent taxon: Apis according to Y. Takahashi and J. Takahashi 2025

See also Cockerell 1907, Cockerell 1908, Engel 1998, Engel 1999, Engel et al. 2009, Engel and Wappler 2018, Nel et al. 1999, Říha 1973 and Zeuner and Manning 1976

Sister taxa: Apis (Apis), Apis (Cascapis), Apis (Megapis), Apis (Priorapis), Apis mellifera, Hauffapis

Subtaxa: Apis (Synapis) cuenoti Apis (Synapis) dalica Apis (Synapis) henshawi Apis (Synapis) longitibia Apis (Synapis) miocenica Apis (Synapis) petrefacta

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Ecology:

Distribution:

• Miocene of China (3 collections), Spain (1)

• Oligocene of China (1), Czechia (1), France (3), Germany (5)

Total: 14 collections including 16 occurrences

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