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Apiti

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Apidae

Taxonomy
Apiti was named by Latreille (1802). It is extant.

It was assigned to Apinae by Engel (2005).

Subtaxa
Corbiculata, Melectini
Sister taxa
Corbiculata

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1802Apiti Latreille p. 373
2005Apiti Engel p. 33

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

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.

Unr. Apiti Latreille 1802
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Unr. Corbiculata Shuckard 1866
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Tr. Apini Latreille 1802
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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 dormiens Zeuner and Manning 1976 [invalid subgroup], 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]
†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]
Tr. Bombini Latreille 1802
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G. Bombus Latreille 1802 [bumble bee]
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Subg. Bombus (Bombus) Latreille 1802
Subg. Bombus (Melanobombus) Dalla Torre 1880
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Subg. Bombus (Mendacibombus) Skorikov 1914
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†Bombus (Mendacibombus) beskonakensis Nel and Petrulevičius 2003
Invalid names: Oligoapis Nel and Petrulevičius 2003 [synonym]
Subg. †Bombus (Paraelectrobombus) Nel and Petrulevičius 2003
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†Bombus (Paraelectrobombus) patriciae Nel and Petrulevičius 2003
Subg. Bombus (Psithyrus) Lepeletier 1832 [cuckoo bumblebee]
†Bombus abavus Heer 1867
†Bombus anacolus Zhang et al. 1994
†Bombus coironensis Riou 1999
†Bombus crassipes Novák 1878
†Bombus dilectus Zhang et al. 1994
†Bombus florissantensis Cockerell 1906
†Bombus luianus Zhang 1990
†Bombus proavus Cockerell 1931
†Bombus vetustus Rasnitsyn and Michener 1991
G. †Calyptapis Cockerell 1906
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†Calyptapis florissantensis Cockerell 1906
G. †Oligobombus Antropov 2014
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†Oligobombus cuspidatus Antropov 2014
Tr. †Electrapini Engel 1998
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Subtr. †Electrapina Engel 2001
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G. †Electrapis Cockerell 1908
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Subg. †Electrapis (Eckfeldapis) Lutz 1993
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†Electrapis (Eckfeldapis) prolata Wappler and Engel 2003
Subg. †Electrapis (Electrapis) Cockerell 1908
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†Electrapis (Electrapis) meliponoides von Buttel-Reepen 1906
Subg. †Electrapis (Euglossopteryx) Dehon and Engel 2014
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†Electrapis (Euglossopteryx) biesmeijeri De Meulemeester et al. 2014
Subg. Electrapis (Melikertes) Engel 1998
Subg. †Electrapis (Mesomelissa) Engel 2021
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†Electrapis (Mesomelissa) micheneri Wappler and Engel 2003
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Invalid names: Electrapis bombusoides Kelner-Pillaut 1974 [synonym]
†Electrapis meliponoides von Buttel-Reepen 1906
G. †Protobombus Cockerell 1908
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Subg. †Protobombus (Protobombus) Cockerell 1908
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Invalid names: Chalcobombus humilis Cockerell 1908 [synonym], Electrapis (Electrapis) apoides Manning 1960 [synonym]
†Protobombus (Protobombus) messelensis Wappler and Engel 2003
Subg. †Protobombus (Sophrobombus) Cockerell 1908
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Subg. †Protobombus (Thnetobombus) Engel 2021
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†Protobombus (Thnetobombus) pristinus Wappler and Engel 2003
Invalid names: Chalcobombus Cockerell 1908 [synonym]
Subtr. †Thaumastobombina Engel 2021
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G. †Thaumastobombus Engel 2001
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Tr. †Electrobombini Engel 2001
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G. †Electrobombus Engel 2001
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Tr. Euglossini Latreille 1802 [orchid bee]
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G. Eufriesea Cockerell 1908
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†Eufriesea melissiflora Poinar 1998
Invalid names: Paleoeuglossa Poinar 1998 [synonym]
G. Euglossa Latreille 1802
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Subg. Euglossa (Euglossa) Latreille 1802
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†Euglossa (Euglossa) cotylisca Hinojosa-Díaz and Engel 2007
†Euglossa moronei Engel 1999
G. Eulaema Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau 1841
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Subg. Eulaema (Apeulaema) Moore 1950
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Tr. †Melikertini Engel 2001
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G. †Aethemelikertes Engel 2021
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G. †Amelikertotes Engel 2021
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†Amelikertotes clypeata Engel 2001
G. †Haidomelikertes Engel 2021
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†Haidomelikertes uraeus Engel 2021
G. Melikertes Engel 1998
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Subg. †Melikertes (Melikertes) Engel 1998
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†Melikertes (Melikertes) kamboja Engel and Ortega-Blanco 2013
Subg. †Melikertes (Paramelikertes) Engel and Ortega-Blanco 2013
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†Melikertes (Paramelikertes) gujaratensis Engel and Ortega-Blanco 2013
G. †Melissites Engel 2001
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†Melissites trigona Engel 2001
G. †Mochlomelikertes Engel et al. 2014
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†Mochlomelikertes hoffeinsorum Engel et al. 2014
G. †Roussyana Manning 1960
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Invalid names: Electrapis minuta Kelner-Pillault 1970 [synonym]
G. †Succinapis Engel 2001
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†Succinapis goeleti Engel 2001
†Succinapis micheneri Engel 2001
Tr. Meliponini Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau 1835 [stingless bee]
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G. †Cretotrigona Engel 2000
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†Cretotrigona prisca Michener and Grimaldi 1988
Subtr. Hypotrigonina Engel 2021
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Unr. Heterotrigonitae Engel 2021
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G. Tetragonula Moure 1961
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Subg. Tetragonula (Tetragonula) Moure 1961
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Invalid names: Meliponorytes devictus Cockerell 1921 [synonym]
Unr. Hypotrigonitae Engel 2021
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G. †Adactylurina Engel 2023
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†Adactylurina aethiopica Lepeco and Melo 2022
G. Austroplebeia Moure 1961
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G. Axestotrigona Moure 1961
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G. Dactylurina Cockerell 1934
G. Hypotrigona Cockerell 1934
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Hypotrigona gribodoi Magretti 1884
†Hypotrigona kleineri Engel and Solórzano-Kraemer 2022
G. †Kelneriapis Sakagami 1978
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†Kelneriapis eocenica Kelner-Pillault 1970
Invalid names: Kelnermelia Moure 1978 [synonym]
G. Liotrigona Moure 1961
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G. †Liotrigonopsis Engel 2001
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†Liotrigonopsis rozeni Engel 2001
G. †Meliponorytes Tosi 1896
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†Meliponorytes sicula Tosi 1896
†Meliponorytes succini Tosi 1896
Subtr. Meliponina Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau 1835
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Unr. Meliponitae Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau 1835
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G. Melipona Iliger 1806
G. Nogueirapis Moure 1953
G. Plebeia Schwarz 1938
G. Proplebeia Michener 1982
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†Proplebeia abdita Greco and Engel 2011
†Proplebeia dominicana Wille and Chandler 1964
†Proplebeia silacea Wille 1959
†Proplebeia tantilla Camargo et al. 2000
†Proplebeia vetusta Camargo et al. 2000
G. Tetragona Lepeletier and Serville 1828
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G. Trigona Jurine 1807
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Subg. Trigona (Hypotrigona) Cockerell 1934
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†Trigona (Hypotrigona) dominicana Wille and Chandler 1964
†Trigona (Hypotrigona) eocenica Kelner-Pillault 1970
Subg. †Trigona (Kelneriapis) Sakagami 1978
Subg. Trigona (Liotrigona) Moure 1961
Subg. Trigona (Trigona) Jurine 1807
Unr. Trigoniscitae Engel 2021
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G. †Exebotrigona Engel and Michener 2013
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†Exebotrigona velteni Engel and Michener 2013
G. Trigonisca Moure 1950
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Subg. Trigonisca (Trigonisca) Moure 1950
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Invalid names: Trigonisca ameliae Penney 2013 [synonym]
Tr. Melectini Westwood 1839
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G. †Protomelecta Cockerell 1908
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†Protomelecta brevipennis Cockerell 1908
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: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian to the top of the Holocene or 70.60000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 66.0 Ma

Collections (108 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (New Jersey) Trigona prisca (109025)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8India (Gujarat) Protobombus sp., Melikertini indet., Melikertes gujaratensis, Melikertes kamboja (124463)
MP 1148.6 - 40.4Germany (Hessen) Electrapis sp., Protobombus messelensis (120798)
MP 1348.6 - 40.4Germany (Eifel) Electrapis electrapoides (135640) Electrapis sp.1, Electrapis sp.2, Electrapis sp.3, Protobombus sp. 1, Protobombus pristinus, Electrapis prolata, Electrapis micheneri, Electrapis electrapoides (138912) Protobombus pristinus, Eckfeldapis electrapoides (135643) Protobombus sp. (175333)
Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (Utah) Euglossopteryx biesmeijeri (163577)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Lithuania Electrapis krishnorum, Succinapis proboscidea (123767)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Poland Apis proava (120811) Electrapis krishnorum (120813)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Chalcobombus martialis, Electrapis tornquisti, Protobombus indecisus, Protobombus tristellus, Sophrobombus fatalis, Chalcobombus hirsutus, Chalcobombus humilis, Apis meliponoides (123927) Electrapis apoides (151913) Electrapis krishnorum, Melikertes proavus, Electrapis stilbonota (123766) Electrapis sp., Protobombus fatalis, Succinapis micheneri, Electrapis meliponoides, Electrapis palmnickenensis (123771) Electrapis sp., Succinapis micheneri (123770) Electrapis tornquisti (123420) Electrobombus samlandensis, Electrapis krishnorum, Melikertes stilbonotus, Electrapis martialis (123764) Electrobombus samlandensis, Protobombus hirsutus, Thaumastobombus andreniformis, Succinapis goeleti, Succinapis micheneri, Succinapis proboscidea, Melikertes proavus, Melikertes clypeatus, Melissites trigona, Liotrigonopsis rozeni, Melikertes stilbonotus, Electrapis martialis, Electrapis meliponoides, Protobombus indecisus (123493) Protobombus basilaris, Electrapis tornquisti, Protobombus tristellus, Trigona eocenica, Electrapis minuta (123757) Protobombus hirsutus (123773) Protobombus indecisus (123936) Protobombus sp., Succinapis micheneri, Protobombus indecisus (110735) Succinapis goeleti, Aethemelikertes emunctorii, Haidomelikertes uraeus, Protobombus sp., Protobombus hirsutus, Melikertes stilbonotus (123928) Succinapis micheneri (123772) Succinapis micheneri, Amelikertotes clypeata (124370) Thaumastobombus andreniformis (123730)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Oligobombus cuspidatus (21976)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Germany Succinapis micheneri (123769)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Germany (Halle) Amelikertotes clypeata (147606)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation Apis palmnickenensis (164667) Electrapis sp., Protobombus hirsutus, Mochlomelikertes hoffeinsorum (123419) Exebotrigona velteni (150773)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Calyptapis florissantensis (106380 106384) Protomelecta brevipennis (106381)
MP 2333.9 - 28.4France Apis cuenoti (122535 122984)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Czech Republic Synapis petrefacta (161260)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1China (Yunnan) Apis dalica (195097)
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 - 23.03Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) Synapis kaschkei, Synapis dormitans (122010)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03France (Bouches-Du-Rhone) Apis sp. B, Apis sp. C, Apis aquisextana (122501)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Turkey Oligoapis beskonakensis, Paraelectrobombus patriciae (123307)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Ethiopia Liotrigona aethiopica (231011)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Spain (Castellon) Bombus sp. (140797 140799)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Mexico (Chiapas) Eulaema zigrasi (156239) Trigona silacea (138882 140313)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Spain Apis aquisextana (123306)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Greece Bombus pristinus (144526)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97China (Shandong) Apis longitibia, Bombus luianus (128552) Apis miocenica (128550) Apis miocenica, Apis fota, Apis shandongica (128551) Bombus anacolus (138944) Bombus dilectus (138945)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Dominican Republic Euglossa moronei (124231) Paleoeuglossa melissiflora (138330) Proplebeia abdita (123422) Proplebeia dominicana (122472) Proplebeia dominicana, Proplebeia vetusta, Proplebeia tantilla (122982) Trigona dominicana (139308 146557)
MN 320.0 - 16.9Czech Republic Apis sp. (155294) Apis sp., Bombus sp. (105508)
Orleanian20.0 - 15.97Spain Apis sp. D (122985)
MN 416.9 - 15.97Czech Republic Bombus crassipes (117612)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Nevada) Apis nearctica (103099)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82China (Fujian) Tetragonula sp., Austroplebeia sp. (220273)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82USA (Washington) Bombus proavus (140652)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Japan Apis sp. (103101)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82USA (Idaho) Bombus proavus (97616)
MN 515.97 - 13.65Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Apis armbrusteri (155657 155658) Apis armbrusteri, Hauffapis scheuthlei, Hauffapis scheeri (109058) Bombus randeckensis, Hauffapis sp., Hauffapis scheuthlei, Hauffapis scheeri (127614) Hauffapis scheeri (155662) Hauffapis scheuthlei, Hauffapis scharmanni (155659) Hauffapis scheuthlei, Hauffapis scheeri (127613 155661) Hauffapis sp., Hauffapis scheuthlei, Hauffapis scheeri (155660)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Austria (Steiermark) Apis sp. E (156994)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Germany (Wurttemberg) Apis armbrusteri (113752)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Bombus abavus (115305 117252)
Vallesian11.608 - 8.7Spain Bombus cerdanyensis (114010)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Russian Federation (Khabarovsk) Bombus vetustus (117672)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Italy Meliponorytes succini, Meliponorytes sicula (123432)
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) Bombus coironensis (156164)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333France (Cantal) Apis sp. G, Apis sp. H (122195)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy (Tuscany) Apidae melisuga (113751)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Myanmar Meliponorytes devictus, Trigona laeviceps (151870)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Tanzania Apis mellifera (140171) Apis mellifera, Trigona gribodoi, Trigona erythra (123991) Hypotrigona gribodoi, Axestotrigona kitingae, Hypotrigona kleineri, Liotrigona bouyssoui (224996) Liotrigona vetula (151869) Meliponini indet. (234540)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Colombia (Santander) Euglossa cotylisca, Trigonisca ameliae (140185)