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Apis (Apis)

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Apidae

Taxonomy
Apis (Apis) was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

It was considered an invalid subgroup of Apis by Engel et al. (2009).

It was assigned to Apis by Zeuner and Manning (1976), Takahashi and Takahashi (2025).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Apis (Apis) Linnaeus
1976Apis (Apis) Zeuner and Manning p. 243
2025Apis (Apis) Takahashi and Takahashi p. 294

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
—Athalassocarida
—LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
—Cercofilata
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
RankNameAuthor
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Hymenopterida
orderHymenoptera
—Unicalcarida
suborderApocritaGerstaecker 1867
—Aculeata()
superfamilyApoidea
—AnthophilaLatreille 1804
familyApidae()
subfamilyApinae()
—Apiti
—CorbiculataShuckard 1866
tribeApini
genusApis
subgenusApis

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.

Subg. Apis (Apis) Linnaeus 1758
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†Apis (Apis) aibai Takahashi and Takahashi 2025
†Apis (Apis) armbrusteri Zeuner 1931 [Armbruster's honey bee]
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Apis (Apis) mellifera Linnaeus 1758 [western honey bee]
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 Piacenzian to the top of the Holocene or 3.60000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 1.8 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Piacenzian - Gelasian3.6 - 1.8Japan Apis aibai (153920)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Tanzania Apis mellifera (123991)