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Apiariae (disused)

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Apiariae

Taxonomy

Apiariae was named by Latreille (1802). It is extant.

It was corrected as Apidae by Cockerell (1908), Pongrácz (1931), Zeuner and Manning (1976), Hong (1984), Hong and Wang (1985), Carpenter (1992), Brothers (1999), Engel (2001), Wappler (2003), Sharkey (2007), Engel et al. (2012), Sann et al. (2018) and Engel (2021).

It was assigned to Nemoglossata by Latreille (1802); to Hymenoptera by Pongrácz (1931); to Tenthredinoidea by Hong (1984); to Apocrita by Carpenter (1992); to Apoidea by Cockerell (1908), Zeuner and Manning (1976), Hong and Wang (1985), Brothers (1999), Engel (2001), Wappler (2003) and Sharkey (2007); and to Anthophila by Engel et al. (2012), Sann et al. (2018) and Engel (2021).

Subtaxa

Apes, Bombi, Ceratinae, Eucerae, Megachiles, Parasitae, Xylocopae

Synonyms

Bombus grandaevus was named by Heer (1849). It is an impression. Its type locality is Radoboj (unspecified or Heer coll), which is in a Sarmatian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal limestone in Croatia.

It was considered a nomen dubium by Zeuner and Manning (1976).
Apis aquitaniensis was named by de Rilly (1930). It is not extant. Its type specimen is Musem Marseille 5979, an exoskeleton.

It was considered a nomen dubium by Zeuner and Manning (1976).
Apis dormitans was named by von Heyden (1862). Its type specimen is BMNH 58778, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Rott (Krantz Bonn coll), which is in a MP 30 lacustrine - large shale in the Rott Formation of Germany.

It was recombined as Synapis dormitans by Statz (1931); it was considered a nomen dubium by Zeuner and Manning (1976).
Apis styriaca was named by Pongrácz (1931). It is a compression fossil.

It was considered a nomen nudum by Zeuner and Manning (1976).
Bombus carbonarius was named by Menge (1856). It is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Baltic Amber, Danziger Naturkundemuseum Menge collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Poland.

It was considered a nomen dubium by Zeuner and Manning (1976); it was considered a nomen dubium by Engel (2001).
Bombus muscorum was named by Roussy (1937). It is not extant.

It was considered a nomen nudum by Zeuner and Manning (1976).
Bombus antiquus was named by Von Heyden (1859). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Rott (Von Dechen Bonn coll.), which is in a MP 30 lacustrine - large lignite in Germany.

It was considered a nomen dubium by Zeuner and Manning (1976).
Bombusoides was named by Motschulsky (1856).

It was considered a nomen dubium by Zeuner and Manning (1976).
Bombusoides mengei was named by Motschulsky (1856). It is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Baltic Amber, Danziger Naturkundemuseum Menge collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Poland.

It was considered a nomen dubium by Zeuner and Manning (1976).
Apis catanensis was named by Roussy (1960). It is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Sicilian amber (Avolio coll), which is in a Miocene terrestrial amber in Italy.

It was considered a nomen dubium by Engel (1999).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1802	Apiariae Latreille p. 373
1849	Bombus grandaevus Heer p. 96 figs. Pl 7, fig 3
1856	Bombus carbonarius Menge p. 27
1856	Bombusoides Motschulsky p. 28
1856	Bombusoides mengei Motschulsky p. 28
1859	Bombus antiquus Von Heyden p. 12 figs. Pl. 2, Fig. 4
1862	Apis dormitans von Heyden p. 76 figs. Pl. 10, Fig. 8
1867	Bombus grandaevus Heer p. 5 figs. Pl 3, fig 6
1908	Apidae Cockerell p. 327
1930	Apis aquitaniensis de Rilly
1931	Apis styriaca Pongrácz p. 105
1931	Apidae Pongrácz p. 117
1931	Synapis dormitans Statz p. 46 figs. 4-9
1937	Bombus muscorum Roussy p. 58
1960	Apis catanensis Roussy p. 8 fig. 2
1976	Apis catanensis Morris p. 257
1976	Apidae Zeuner and Manning p. 206
1984	Apidae Hong p. 8
1985	Apidae Hong and Wang p. 21
1987	Bombus carbonarius Spahr p. 10
1987	Bombusoides mengei Spahr p. 11
1992	Apidae Carpenter
1999	Apidae Brothers p. 243
2001	Apidae Engel
2003	Apidae Wappler p. 121
2007	Apidae Sharkey
2012	Apidae Engel et al.
2018	Apidae Sann et al.
2021	Apidae Engel

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Ecdysozoa
—	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
superclass	Hexapoda	Latreille 1825
class	Insecta
—	Dicondylia
—	Paranotalia

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Pterygota	()
—	Neopterygota	Crampton 1924
infraclass	Neoptera	Martynov 1923
—	Holometabola
—	Hymenopterida
order	Hymenoptera
—	Aculeati
—	Nemoglossata
family	Apiariae
family	Apiariae

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.

Fm. Apiariae Latreille 1802

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Invalid names: Apes Latreille 1802 [empty], Bombi Latreille 1802 [empty], Ceratinae Latreille 1802 [empty], Eucerae Latreille 1802 [empty], Megachiles Latreille 1802 [empty], Parasitae Latreille 1802 [empty], Xylocopae Latreille 1802 [empty]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available