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Apis (honey bee)
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Apidae
Taxonomy
Apis was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.
It was assigned to Insecta by Geoffroy (1762); to Aculeata by Scopoli (1763); to Gymnoptera by Schaeffer (1766); to Synistata by Fabricius (1775); to Hymenoptera by Linnaeus (1758), Schreber (1759), Linnaeus (1761), Müller (1764), Linnaeus (1767), Drury (1770), Forster (1771), Müller (1776), Harris (1780), Latreille (1796); to Piezata by Fabricius (1798); to Apes by Latreille (1802); to Apinae by Cockerell (1908), Theobald (1937); to Apidae by Hong (1984), Carpenter (1992); and to Apini by Zeuner and Manning (1976), Engel et al. (2009), Engel and Wappler (2018).
It was assigned to Insecta by Geoffroy (1762); to Aculeata by Scopoli (1763); to Gymnoptera by Schaeffer (1766); to Synistata by Fabricius (1775); to Hymenoptera by Linnaeus (1758), Schreber (1759), Linnaeus (1761), Müller (1764), Linnaeus (1767), Drury (1770), Forster (1771), Müller (1776), Harris (1780), Latreille (1796); to Piezata by Fabricius (1798); to Apes by Latreille (1802); to Apinae by Cockerell (1908), Theobald (1937); to Apidae by Hong (1984), Carpenter (1992); and to Apini by Zeuner and Manning (1976), Engel et al. (2009), Engel and Wappler (2018).
Species
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1758 | Apis (Apis) Linnaeus |
1758 | Apis Linnaeus p. 574 |
1759 | Apis Schreber p. 14 |
1761 | Apis Linnaeus p. 419 |
1762 | Apis Geoffroy p. 385 |
1763 | Apis Scopoli p. 298 |
1764 | Apis Müller p. 74 |
1766 | Apis Schaeffer |
1767 | Apis Linnaeus p. 953 |
1770 | Apis Drury |
1771 | Apis Forster p. 91 |
1775 | Apis Fabricius p. 378 |
1776 | Apis Müller p. 163 |
1780 | Apis Harris p. 130 |
1796 | Apis Latreille p. 138 |
1798 | Apis Fabricius p. 273 |
1802 | Apis Latreille p. 386 |
1908 | Apis Cockerell p. 327 |
1937 | Apis Theobald p. 401 |
1938 | Hauffapis Armbruster p. 43 |
1976 | Apis Zeuner and Manning p. 239 |
1976 | Apis (Apis) Zeuner and Manning p. 243 |
1984 | Apis Hong p. 10 |
1992 | Apis Carpenter |
1999 | Apis (Cascapis) Engel p. 187 |
1999 | Apis (Priorapis) Engel p. 188 |
2009 | Apis Engel et al. p. 25 |
2018 | Apis Engel and Wappler p. 121 |
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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.
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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†Apis (Synapis) henshawi kaschkei Statz 1931
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]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available