Apis (Apis) Linnaeus 1758 (honey bee)

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Apidae

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824

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

See also Engel et al. 2009 and Zeuner and Manning 1976

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

Subtaxa: Apis (Apis) aibai Apis (Apis) armbrusteri Apis (Apis) mellifera

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Ecology:

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Tanzania (1 collection)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Japan (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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