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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) and Latreille (1796); to Piezata by Fabricius (1798); to Apes by Latreille (1802); to Apinae by Cockerell (1908) and Theobald (1937); to Apidae by Hong (1984) and Carpenter (1992); and to Apini by Zeuner and Manning (1976), Engel et al. (2009) and Engel and Wappler (2018).

Species

A. (Apis), A. (Cascapis), A. (Priorapis), A. (Synapis), A. armbrusteri (syn. Hauffapis scharmanni, Hauffapis scheeri, Hauffapis scheuthlei), A. lithohermaea, A. longitibia, A. mellifera, A. miocenica (syn. A. fota, A. shandongica), A. petrefacta, A. vetusta, Hauffapis

Sister genera

Hauffapis

Synonyms

Apis (Cascapis) was named by Engel (1999).

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

It was assigned to Apis by Engel (1999).
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).
Hauffapis was named by Armbruster (1938).

It was considered a nomen nudum by Zeuner and Manning (1976).
Apis (Priorapis) was named by Engel (1999).

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

It was assigned to Apis by Engel (1999).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
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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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Ecdysozoa
—	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
superclass	Hexapoda	Latreille 1825
class	Insecta
—	Dicondylia
—	Paranotalia
subclass	Pterygota	()
—	Neopterygota	Crampton 1924
infraclass	Neoptera	Martynov 1923

Rank	Name	Author
—	Holometabola
—	Hymenopterida
order	Hymenoptera
—	Unicalcarida
suborder	Apocrita	Gerstaecker 1867
—	Aculeata	()
superfamily	Apoidea
—	Anthophila	Latreille 1804
family	Apidae	()
subfamily	Apinae	()
—	Apiti
—	Corbiculata	Shuckard 1866
tribe	Apini
genus	Apis

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]

†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