Checklist of Family Apidae Latreille, 1802 (Bumble bees)
for Cape (Republic South Africa)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 612
8112
20932 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 611
8101
20891 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 584
7978
20649 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 377
6559
17970 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps | 68
1171
3278 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps | 61
1149
3256 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps | 26
491
2313 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Apoidea
Latreille, 1802
Apoid Wasps, Bees, Social Bees, Solitary Bees | 10
188
1202 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Apidae
Latreille, 1802
Bumble bees, Carpenter Bees, Cuckoo Bees, Digger Bees | 38
249 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Cape
38 Genera with 249 Species
| Afromelecta Lieftinck, 1905 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Allodape Lepeletier &..., 1933 | | 19 | Species | Taxom | | Allodapula Cockerell, 1971 | | 16 | Species | Taxom | | Amegilla Friese, 1905 | | 24 | Species | Taxom | | Ammobates Latreille, 1997 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ammobatoides Radoszkowski, 1867 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Anthophora Latreille, 1932 | Common Digger Bees | 24 | Species | Taxom | | Apis Linnaeus, 1758 | Honey Bee | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Axestotrigona Moure, 1836 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Bombus Latreille, 1837 | Bumble Bee | 10 | Species | Taxom | | Braunsapis Michener, 1903 | | 20 | Species | Taxom | | Centris Fabricius, 1804 | Centris Bees | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ceratina Latreille, 2007 | Little Carpenter Bees | 27 | Species | Taxom | | Chalepogenus Holmberg, 1903 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Compsomelissa Alfken, 1934 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Epeolus Latreille, 1923 | Cellophane-Cuckoo Bees | 11 | Species | Taxom | | Eucondylops Brauns, 1970 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Eufriesea Cockerell, 1925 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Eulaema Lepeletier, 1925 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Halterapis Michener, 1969 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hasinamelissa Chenoweth & ..., 2008 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hypotrigona Cockerell, 1898 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Koptortosoma Gribodo, 1894 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Liotrigona Moure, 1895 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Meliponula Cockerell, 1853 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Melitoma Lepeletier &..., 1837 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Nomada Scopoli, 1991 | Cuckoo Bees | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Pachymelus Smith, 1898 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Pasites Jurine, 1915 | | 10 | Species | Taxom | | Pithitis Klug, 1807 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Plebeia Schwarz, 1995 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Plebeina Moure, 1961 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1909 | | 10 | Species | Taxom | | Tetralonia Spinola, 1911 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Tetraloniella Ashmead, 1989 | | 17 | Species | Taxom | | Thyreus Panzer, 1905 | | 18 | Species | Taxom | | Trigona Jurine, 1895 | Vulture bees | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Xylocopa Latreille, 1983 | Carpenter bees | 21 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Cape
249 Species and 1 Subspecies | Afromelecta fulvohirta Cameron, 1905 | | | Allodape armatipes Friese, 1924 | | | Allodape australissima Michener, 1975 | | | Allodape ceratinoides Gribodo, 1884 | | | Allodape exoloma Strand, 1915 | | | Allodape friesei Strand, 1915 | | | Allodape melipona | | | Allodape microsticta Cockerell, 1934 | | | Allodape mucronata Smith, 1854 | | | Allodape obscuripennis (Strand, 1915) | ⇒ Allodape friesei Strand, 1915 | | Allodape panurgoides Smith, 1854 | | | Allodape pernix Bingham, 1903 | Pacific geoduck | | Allodape pictifrons Smith, 1854 | | | Allodape punctata Lepeletier &..., 1825 | | | Allodape quadrilineata Cameron, 1905 | | | Allodape rufogastra Lepeletier &..., 1825 | | | Allodape skaifeorum Michener, 1975 | | | Allodape stellarum Cockerell, 1916 | | | Allodape tridentipes Cockerell, 1933 | | | Allodapula (Allodapula) melanopus Cameron, 1905 | | | Allodapula (Allodapula) variegata Smith, 1854 | | | Allodapula (Allodapulodes) maculithorax Michener, 1971 | | | Allodapula (Dalloapula) dichroa Strand, 1915 | | | Allodapula acutigera Cockerell, 1936 | | | Allodapula empeyi Michener, 1975 | | | Allodapula guillarmodi Michener, 1970 | Morrison stygobromid | | Allodapula hessei Michener, 1971 | | | Allodapula jucunda Smith, 1879 | | | Allodapula monticola Cockerell, 1933 | | | Allodapula ornaticeps Michener, 1971 | | | Allodapula palliceps Friese, 1924 | | | Allodapula rozeni Michener, 1975 | | | Allodapula turneri Cockerell, 1934 | | | Allodapula xerica Michener, 1971 | | | Amegilla (Ackmonopsis) mimadvena Cockerell, 1916 | | | Amegilla (Aframegilla) nubica Lepeletier, 1841 | | | Amegilla (Amegilla) capensis Friese, 1905 | | | Amegilla (Amegilla) natalensis Friese, 1922 | | | Amegilla (Amegilla) quadrifasciata de Villers, 1789 | White-banded Digger Bee | | Amegilla (Asaropoda) dawsoni Rayment, 1951 | Dawson´s burrowing bee | | Amegilla (Megamegilla) acraensis Fabricius, 1793 | Mining Bee | | Amegilla (Megamegilla) paradoxa Brooks, 1988 | | | Amegilla (Micramegilla) atrocincta Lepeletier, 1841 | | | Amegilla (Micramegilla) niveata Friese, 1905 | | | Amegilla (Micramegilla) velutina Friese, 1909 | | | Amegilla (Zebramegilla) aspergina Cockerell, 1933 | | | Amegilla (Zebramegilla) brooksi Eardley, 1994 | | | Amegilla (Zebramegilla) calens Lepeletier, 1841 | | | Amegilla (Zebramegilla) circulata Fabricius, 1781 | | | Amegilla (Zebramegilla) kaimosica Cockerell, 1946 | | | Amegilla (Zebramegilla) kalahari Eardley, 1994 | | | Amegilla (Zebramegilla) langi Cockerell, 1935 | | | Amegilla (Zebramegilla) obscuriceps Friese, 1905 | | | Amegilla (Zebramegilla) penicula Eardley, 1994 | | | Amegilla (Zebramegilla) punctifrons Walker, 1871 | | | Amegilla (Zebramegilla) spilostoma Cameron, 1905 | | | Ammobates auster Eardley, 1997 | | | Anthophora (Heliophila) rufolanata Dours, 1869 | | | Anthophora (Heliophila) vestita Smith, 1854 | | | Anthophora (Paramegilla) armata Friese, 1905 | | | Anthophora (Paramegilla) basalis Smith, 1854 | | | Anthophora abrochia Eardley & Br..., 1989 | | | Anthophora albitomentosa Eardley & Br..., 1989 | | | Anthophora auone Eardley & Br..., 1989 | | | Anthophora braunsiana Friese, 1905 | | | Anthophora diversipes Friese, 1922 | Malheur Cave amphipod | | Anthophora epichariformis Gribodo, 1893 | | | Anthophora flaviscopa Eardley & Br..., 1989 | | | Anthophora hirtiventris Friese, 1911 | | | Anthophora krugeri Eardley & Br..., 1989 | | | Anthophora labrosa Friese, 1911 | | | Anthophora leonis Cockerell, 1933 | | | Anthophora matopensis Cockerell, 1933 | | | Anthophora namaquensis Eardley & Br..., 1989 | | | Anthophora oldi Meade-Waldo, 1914 | | | Anthophora praecox Friese, 1909 | | | Anthophora ruficaudis Cameron, 1905 | | | Anthophora schultzei Friese, 1909 | | | Anthophora strucki Eardley & Br..., 1989 | | | Anthophora wartmanni Friese, 1905 | | | Anthophora xanthostoma Cockerell, 1932 | | | Apis (Apis) mellifera Linnaeus, 1758 | African Honey Bee | | Axestotrigona ferruginea Lepeletier, 1836 | | | Bombus (Bombus) terrestris (Linnaeus, 1758) | ⇒ Bombus longipennis Friese, 1918 | | Bombus (Bombus) terricola Kirby, 1837 | Yellow-banded Bumble Bee | | Bombus (Cullumanobombus) rufocinctus Cresson, 1863 | Red-belted Bumble Bee | | Bombus (Fervidobombus) pensylvanicus De Geer, 1773 | American bumble bee | | Bombus ruderatus eurynotus (Dalla Torre, 1882) | ⇒ Bombus ruderatus Fabricius, 1775 | | Bombus (Psithyrus) citrinus Smith, 1854 | Lemon cuckoo bumble bee | | Bombus (Pyrobombus) impatiens Cresson, 1863 | Common eastern bumble bee | | Bombus (Pyrobombus) mixtus Cresson, 1878 | Fuzzy-horned bumble bee | | Bombus (Pyrobombus) perplexus (Cresson, 1863) | ⇒ Bombus soroeensis Fabricius, 1776 | | Bombus (Pyrobombus) ternarius Say, 1837 | Orange-belted Bumble Bee | | Braunsapis acuticauda Michener, 1971 | | | Braunsapis albipennis Friese, 1909 | | | Braunsapis angolensis Cockerell, 1933 | | | Braunsapis bouyssoui Vachal, 1903 | | | Braunsapis calidula Cockerell, 1908 | | | Braunsapis elizabethana Strand, 1915 | | | Braunsapis facialis Gerstäcker, 1857 | | | Braunsapis fuscinervis Cameron, 1905 | | | Braunsapis leptozonia Vachal, 1909 | | | Braunsapis liliputana Strand, 1915 | | | Braunsapis luapulana Cockerell, 1936 | | | Braunsapis natalica Michener, 1970 | Morrison stygobromid | | Braunsapis otavica Cockerell, 1939 | | | Braunsapis paradoxa Strand, 1915 | | | Braunsapis rhodesi Cockerell, 1936 | | | Braunsapis rolini Vachal, 1903 | | | Braunsapis simplicipes Michener, 1971 | | | Braunsapis stuckenbergorum Michener, 1971 | | | Braunsapis vitrea Vachal, 1903 | | | Ceratina (Ceratina) aloes Cockerell, 1932 | | | Ceratina (Ceratina) braunsiana (Friese, 1905) | ⇒ Ceratina subquadrata Smith, 1854 | | Ceratina (Ceratina) subquadrata Smith, 1854 | | | Ceratina (Ceratina) truncata Friese, 1905 | | | Ceratina (Ctenoceratina) armata Smith, 1854 | | | Ceratina (Ctenoceratina) lineola Vachal, 1903 | | | Ceratina (Ctenoceratina) penicillata Friese, 1905 | | | Ceratina (Ctenoceratina) rufigastra Cockerell, 1937 | Southern fire ant | | Ceratina (Simioceratina) lunata (Friese, 1905) | ⇒ Ceratina cockerelli H. S. Smith, 1907 | | Ceratina (Simioceratina) moerenhouti Vachal, 1903 | | | Ceratina aliceae Cockerell, 1937 | | | Ceratina ballotae Eardley & Daly, 2007 | | | Ceratina barbarae Eardley & Daly, 2007 | | | Ceratina bilobata Cockerell, 1937 | | | Ceratina braunsi Eardley & Daly, 2007 | | | Ceratina citrinifrons Cockerell, 1937 | | | Ceratina electron Cockerell, 1937 | | | Ceratina labrosa Friese, 1905 | | | Ceratina liliputana Cockerell, 1932 | | | Ceratina nasalis Friese, 1905 | | | Ceratina nigriceps Friese, 1905 | | | Ceratina nyassensis Strand, 1912 | | | Ceratina perpolita Cockerell, 1937 | | | Ceratina rhodura Cockerell, 1937 | | | Ceratina subscintilla Cockerell, 1937 | | | Ceratina tanganyicensis Strand, 1911 | | | Ceratina whiteheadi Eardley & Daly, 2007 | | | Compsomelissa angustula Cockerell, 1934 | | | Compsomelissa quadratifera Cockerell, 1934 | | | Compsomelissa zaxantha Cockerell, 1934 | | | Epeolus alatus Friese, 1922 | Malheur Cave amphipod | | Epeolus amabilis Gerstäcker, 1869 | | | Epeolus caffer Lepeletier, 1841 | | | Epeolus friesei Brauns, 1903 | | | Epeolus fulviventris Bischoff, 1923 | | | Epeolus natalensis Smith, 1879 | Bunchberry dogwood | | Epeolus pubescens Cockerell, 1937 | | | Epeolus pygmaeorum Cockerell, 1932 | | | Epeolus rufothoracicius Bischoff, 1923 | | | Epeolus rufothoracicus Bischoff, 1923 | | | Eucondylops konowi Brauns, 1902 | | | Eucondylops reducta Michener, 1970 | Morrison stygobromid | | Eufriesea fallax Smith, 1854 | | | Eufriesea nigrescens Friese, 1925 | | | Eulaema (Eulaema) tenuifasciata Friese, 1925 | | | Hypotrigona araujoi Michener, 1959 | | | Hypotrigona gribodoi Magretti, 1884 | | | Hypotrigona ruspolii Magretti, 1898 | | | Liotrigona bottegoi Magretti, 1895 | | | Meliponula (Meliponula) bocandei Spinola, 1853 | | | Melitoma taurea Say, 1837 | | | Nomada depressa Cresson, 1863 | Depressed Cuckoo Nomad Bee | | Nomada gigas Friese, 1905 | | | Nomada perplexa Cresson, 1863 | | | Nomada psilocera Kohl, 1908 | | | Nomada whiteheadi Eardley & Sc..., 1991 | | | Pachymelus festivus Dours, 1869 | | | Pachymelus peringueyi Friese, 1911 | | | Pachymelus reichardti Stadelmann, 1898 | | | Pasites appletoni Cockerell, 1910 | | | Pasites barkeri Cockerell, 1919 | | | Pasites braunsi Bischoff, 1923 | | | Pasites carnifex Gerstäcker, 1869 | | | Pasites friesei Cockerell, 1910 | | | Pasites histrio Gerstäcker, 1869 | | | Pasites jenseni Friese, 1915 | | | Pasites jonesi Cockerell, 1921 | | | Pasites rufipes Friese, 1915 | | | Plebeia poecilochroa Moure & Camargo, 1995 | | | Sphecodopsis aculeata Friese, 1922 | | | Sphecodopsis capensis Friese, 1915 | | | Sphecodopsis capicola Strand, 1911 | | | Sphecodopsis fumipennis Bischoff, 1923 | | | Sphecodopsis longipygidium Eardley, 1997 | | | Sphecodopsis minutissima Cockerell, 1933 | | | Sphecodopsis namaquensis Eardley, 1997 | | | Sphecodopsis semirufa Cockerell, 1933 | | | Sphecodopsis vespericena Eardley, 1997 | | | Sphecodopsis villosa Friese, 1909 | | | Tetralonia macrognatha Gerstäcker, 1870 | | | Tetralonia nigropilosa Friese, 1911 | | | Tetralonia ruficollis Friese, 1911 | | | Tetraloniella (Tetraloniella) nanula Cockerell, 1932 | | | Tetraloniella abessinica Friese, 1915 | | | Tetraloniella abrochia Eardley, 1989 | | | Tetraloniella apicalis Friese, 1905 | | | Tetraloniella ataxia Eardley, 1989 | | | Tetraloniella aurantiflava Eardley, 1989 | | | Tetraloniella braunsiana Friese, 1905 | | | Tetraloniella brevikeraia Eardley, 1989 | | | Tetraloniella junodi Friese, 1909 | | | Tetraloniella karooensis Brauns, 1926 | | | Tetraloniella michaelseni Friese, 1916 | | | Tetraloniella minuta Friese, 1905 | | | Tetraloniella minuticornis Friese, 1905 | | | Tetraloniella ogilviae Cockerell, 1935 | | | Tetraloniella ottiliensis Friese, 1905 | | | Tetraloniella watmoughi Eardley, 1989 | | | Thyreus abyssinicus Radoszkowski, 1873 | | | Thyreus albomaculatus DeGeer, 1778 | | | Thyreus alfkeni Brauns, 1909 | | | Thyreus axillaris Vachal, 1903 | | | Thyreus brachyaspis Cockerell, 1936 | | | Thyreus calceatus Vachal, 1903 | | | Thyreus delumbatus Vachal, 1903 | | | Thyreus empeyi Eardley, 1991 | | | Thyreus forchhammeri Eardley, 1991 | | | Thyreus hyalinatus Vachal, 1903 | | | Thyreus lieftincki Rozen, 1969 | | | Thyreus meripes Vachal, 1903 | | | Thyreus oxaspis Cockerell, 1936 | | | Thyreus pica Strand, 1921 | | | Thyreus pictus Smith, 1854 | | | Thyreus plumifer Brauns, 1909 | | | Thyreus pretextus Vachal, 1903 | | | Thyreus vachali Friese, 1905 | | | Trigona armata (Magretti, 1895) | ⇒ Plebeina armata Magretti, 1895 | | Xylocopa (Apoxylocopa) lugubris Gerstäcker, 1857 | | | Xylocopa (Gnathoxylocopa) sicheli Vachal, 1898 | | | Xylocopa (Koptortosoma) caffra Linnaeus, 1767 | | | Xylocopa (Koptortosoma) calens Lepeletier, 1841 | | | Xylocopa (Koptortosoma) capensis Spinola, 1838 | | | Xylocopa (Koptortosoma) flavicollis DeGeer, 1778 | | | Xylocopa (Koptortosoma) nigrita Fabricius, 1775 | | | Xylocopa (Koptortosoma) scioensis Gribodo, 1884 | | | Xylocopa (Mesotrichia) flavorufa DeGeer, 1778 | | | Xylocopa (Neoxylocopa) frontalis Olivier, 1789 | | | Xylocopa (Xenoxylocopa) inconstans Smith, 1874 | Arnold's dogwood | | Xylocopa (Xylocopoides) capitata Smith, 1854 | | | Xylocopa (Xylocopoides) virginica Linnaeus, 1771 | Carpenter bee | | Xylocopa (Xylomelissa) erythrina Gribodo, 1894 | | | Xylocopa (Xylomelissa) hottentotta Smith, 1854 | | | Xylocopa (Xylomelissa) io Vachal, 1898 | | | Xylocopa (Xylomelissa) rufitarsis Lepeletier, 1841 | | | Xylocopa albifrons Lepeletier, 1841 | | | Xylocopa isabelleae Hurd, 1959 | | | Xylocopa watmoughi Eardley, 1983 | |
Subnodes of Apidae with occurrences in Cape
 | | Apidae (Latreille 1802) |
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