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Checklist of Family Apidae Latreille, 1802 (Bumble bees)
for Democratic Republic of the Congo (Congo)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
446
7357
32744
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
442
7344
32723
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
426
7252
32441
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
285
5986
29203
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
53
706
3627
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
49
683
3542
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
21
368
2364
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Apoidea
Latreille, 1802
Apoid Wasps, Bees, Social Bees, Solitary Bees
10
120
988
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyApidae
Latreille, 1802
Bumble bees, Carpenter Bees, Cuckoo Bees, Digger Bees
30
232
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Democratic Republic of the Congo
30 Genera with 232 Species
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Allodape Lepeletier &..., 192111SpeciesTaxom
Amegilla Friese, 193636SpeciesTaxom
Anthophora Latreille, 1932Common Digger Bees12SpeciesTaxom
Apis Linnaeus, 1758Honey Bee1SpeciesTaxom
Apotrigona Moure, 18541SpeciesTaxom
Axestotrigona Moure, 18363SpeciesTaxom
Braunsapis Michener, 191519SpeciesTaxom
Centris Fabricius, 1804Centris Bees1SpeciesTaxom
Ceratina Latreille, 1934Little Carpenter Bees28SpeciesTaxom
Creightonella Cockerell, 196514SpeciesTaxom
Ctenoplectra Kirby, 18796SpeciesTaxom
Ctenoplectrina Cockerell, 19301SpeciesTaxom
Dactylurina Cockerell, 18932SpeciesTaxom
Epeolus Latreille, 1932Cellophane-Cuckoo Bees2SpeciesTaxom
Eufriesea Cockerell, 18541SpeciesTaxom
Hypotrigona Cockerell, 18983SpeciesTaxom
Koptortosoma Gribodo, 18941SpeciesTaxom
Liotrigona Moure, 20132SpeciesTaxom
Meliplebeia Moure, 18791SpeciesTaxom
Meliponula Cockerell, 19818SpeciesTaxom
Mesotrichia Kelley, 01SpeciesTaxom
Pachymelus Smith, 18791SpeciesTaxom
Pasites Jurine, 19337SpeciesTaxom
Pithitis Klug, 18071SpeciesTaxom
Plebeina Moure, 19002SpeciesTaxom
Tetralonia Spinola, 19053SpeciesTaxom
Tetraloniella Ashmead, 19095SpeciesTaxom
Thyreus Panzer, 190517SpeciesTaxom
Trigona Jurine, 1895Vulture bees1SpeciesTaxom
Xylocopa Latreille, 1906Carpenter bees60SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Democratic Republic of the Congo
232 Species and 9 Subspecies
Allodape albolineata Cockerell, 0
Allodape brachycephala Michener, 1971
Allodape chapini Cockerell, 1932
Allodape collaris Vachal, 1903
Allodape derufata (Strand, 1912)⇒ Allodape mirabilis Schulz, 1906
Allodape interrupta Vachal, 1903
Allodape macula Strand, 1912
Allodape mea Strand, 1912
Allodape mirabilis Schulz, 1906Ausu
Allodape nitidicollis (Friese, 1921)⇒ Allodape interrupta Vachal, 1903
Amegilla (Ackmonopsis) mimadvena Cockerell, 1916
Amegilla (Aframegilla) africana Friese, 1905
Amegilla (Aframegilla) bothai Friese, 1911
Amegilla (Aframegilla) caerulea Friese, 1905
Amegilla (Aframegilla) cincta Fabricius, 1781
Amegilla (Aframegilla) nubica Lepeletier, 1841
Amegilla (Aframegilla) triangulifera Cockerell, 1933
Amegilla (Aframegilla) vivida Smith, 1879
Amegilla (Amegilla) capensis Friese, 1905
Amegilla (Dizonamegilla) somalica (Magretti, 1898)⇒ Amegilla madecassa Saussure, 1890
Amegilla (Megamegilla) acraensis Fabricius, 1793Mining Bee
Amegilla (Megamegilla) albocaudata Dours, 1869
Amegilla (Megamegilla) nigroclypeata Friese, 1909
Amegilla (Megamegilla) paradoxa Brooks, 1988
Amegilla (Micramegilla) atrocincta Lepeletier, 1841
Amegilla (Zebramegilla) calens Lepeletier, 1841
Amegilla (Zebramegilla) circulata Fabricius, 1781
Amegilla (Zebramegilla) ferrocincta Cockerell, 1936
Amegilla (Zebramegilla) michaelis Cockerell, 1930
Amegilla (Zebramegilla) nigritarsis Friese, 1905
Amegilla (Zebramegilla) obscuriceps Friese, 1905
Amegilla (Zebramegilla) punctifrons Walker, 1871
Amegilla (Zebramegilla) vanderysti Cockerell, 1936
Amegilla (Zonamegilla) fallax Smith, 1879
Amegilla advenula Cockerell, 1930
Amegilla centralis Cockerell, 1930
Amegilla expleta Vachal, 1910
Amegilla hypocyanea Cockerell, 1930
Amegilla katangensis Cockerell, 1930
Amegilla subtorrida Cockerell, 1946
Amegilla terminata Smith, 1879
Amegilla tubifera Cockerell, 1933
Amegilla vestitula Cockerell, 1936
Anthophora (Heliophila) tetradonta Cockerell, 1933
Anthophora (Paramegilla) armata Friese, 1905
Anthophora (Paramegilla) femorata Olivier, 1789
Anthophora argyrospila Cockerell, 1938
Anthophora ferripicta Cockerell, 1935
Anthophora joetta Brooks, 1988
Anthophora lomamica (Cockerell, 1936)⇒ Amegilla lomamica Cockerell, 1936
Anthophora neavei Vachal, 1910
Anthophora oldi Meade-Waldo, 1914
Anthophora postica Vachal, 1910
Anthophora rufovestita Cockerell, 1946
Anthophora xanthostoma Cockerell, 1932
Apis (Apis) mellifera Linnaeus, 1758African Honey Bee
Apotrigona nebulata Smith, 1854
Axestotrigona cameroonensis Friese, 1900
Axestotrigona ferruginea Lepeletier, 1836
Braunsapis albipennis Friese, 1909
Braunsapis angolensis Cockerell, 1933
Braunsapis aureoscopa Michener, 1975
Braunsapis bouyssoui Vachal, 1903
Braunsapis facialis Gerstäcker, 1857
Braunsapis foveata Smith, 1854
Braunsapis gorillarum Cockerell, 1936
Braunsapis leptozonia Vachal, 1909
Braunsapis liliputana Strand, 1915
Braunsapis luapulana Cockerell, 1936
Braunsapis lyrata Cockerell, 1935
Braunsapis minutula Friese, 1914
Braunsapis nautica Cockerell, 1935
Braunsapis neavei Vachal, 1910
Braunsapis rhodesi Cockerell, 1936
Braunsapis rolini Vachal, 1903
Braunsapis rugosella Cockerell, 1936
Braunsapis somatotheca Strand, 1915
Centris (Heterocentris) analis Fabricius, 1804Hairy cockle
Ceratina (Ctenoceratina) ericia Vachal, 1903
Ceratina (Ctenoceratina) lineola Vachal, 1903
Ceratina (Ctenoceratina) penicillata Friese, 1905
Ceratina (Ctenoceratina) rufigastra Cockerell, 1937Southern fire ant
Ceratina (Pithitis) viridis (Guérin-Ménev..., 1844)⇒ Ceratina nasalis Friese, 1905
Ceratina (Simioceratina) moerenhouti Vachal, 1903
Ceratina aereola Vachal, 1903
Ceratina albopicta Cockerell, 1937
Ceratina atopura Cockerell, 1937
Ceratina congoensis Meunier, 1890
Ceratina diloloensis Cockerell, 1932
Ceratina elisabethae Cockerell, 1937
Ceratina excavata Cockerell, 1937
Ceratina langi Cockerell, 1934
Ceratina lucifera Cockerell, 1934
Ceratina minuta Friese, 1905
Ceratina nasalis Friese, 1905
Ceratina nilotica Cockerell, 1937
Ceratina nilotica maculipes Cockerell, 0
Ceratina nyassensis Strand, 1912
Ceratina politifrons Cockerell, 1937
Ceratina rugosissima Cockerell, 1932
Ceratina sculpturata Smith, 1858
Ceratina spilota Cockerell, 1932
Ceratina taborae Strand, 1912
Ceratina tanganyicensis Strand, 1911
Ceratina tenkeana Cockerell, 1937
Ceratina viridifrons Cockerell, 1934
Creightonella aculeata Vachal, 0
Creightonella adeloptera Schletterer, 0
Creightonella angulata Smith, 0
Creightonella aurivillii Friese, 0
Creightonella cognata Smith, 0
Creightonella gastracantha Cockerell, 0
Creightonella hoplitis
Creightonella ianthoptera Smith, 0
Creightonella ikuthaensis Friese, 0
Creightonella rufa Friese, 0
Creightonella rufoscopacaea Friese, 0
Creightonella seewaldi Strand, 0
Creightonella sternintegra Pasteels, 1965
Ctenoplectra albolimbata Magretti, 1895
Ctenoplectra antinorii Gribodo, 1884
Ctenoplectra bequaerti Cockerell, 1930
Ctenoplectra polita Strand, 1912
Ctenoplectra politula Cockerell, 1930
Ctenoplectra terminalis Smith, 1879Bunchberry dogwood
Ctenoplectrina politula (Cockerell, 1930)⇒ Ctenoplectra politula Cockerell, 1930
Dactylurina schmidti Stadelmann, 1895
Dactylurina staudingeri Gribodo, 1893
Epeolus natalensis Smith, 1879Bunchberry dogwood
Epeolus pygmaeorum Cockerell, 1932
Eufriesea fallax Smith, 1854
Hypotrigona gribodoi Magretti, 1884
Hypotrigona ruspolii Magretti, 1898
Liotrigona bottegoi Magretti, 1895
Liotrigona gabonensis Pauly & Angu..., 2013
Meliplebeia beccarii Gribodo, 1879
Meliponula (Axestotrigona) cameroonensis (Friese, 1900)⇒ Axestotrigona cameroonensis Friese, 1900
Meliponula (Axestotrigona) ferruginea (Lepeletier, 1836)⇒ Axestotrigona ferruginea Lepeletier, 1836
Meliponula (Meliplebeia) beccarii (Gribodo, 1879)⇒ Meliplebeia beccarii Gribodo, 1879
Meliponula (Meliponula) bocandei Spinola, 1853
Meliponula lendliana Friese, 1900
Meliponula nebulata Smith, 1854
Meliponula ogouensis Vachal, 1903
Meliponula richardsi Darchen, 1981
Mesotrichia varipes atritarsis Cockerell, 0
Pasites barkeri Cockerell, 1919
Pasites carnifex Gerstäcker, 1869
Pasites dichrous Smith, 1854
Pasites friesei Cockerell, 1910
Pasites gabonensis Vachal, 1903
Pasites humectus Eardley, 1997
Pasites tropica Cockerell, 1933
Plebeina denoiti Friese, 1900
Plebeina hildebrandti (Friese, 1900)⇒ Plebeina armata Magretti, 1895
Tetralonia macrognatha Gerstäcker, 1870
Tetralonia mesotes Eardley, 1989
Tetralonia penicillata Friese, 1905
Tetraloniella aurantiflava Eardley, 1989
Tetraloniella junodi Friese, 1909
Tetraloniella katangensis Cockerell, 1930
Tetraloniella sierranila Eardley, 1989
Tetraloniella sjoestedti Friese, 1909
Thyreus abyssinicus Radoszkowski, 1873
Thyreus africanus Radoszkowski, 1894
Thyreus axillaris Vachal, 1903
Thyreus bouyssoui Vachal, 1903
Thyreus calceatus Vachal, 1903
Thyreus castalius Lieftinck, 1962
Thyreus delumbatus Vachal, 1903
Thyreus hyalinatus Vachal, 1903
Thyreus interruptus Vachal, 1903
Thyreus meripes Vachal, 1903
Thyreus niloticus Cockerell, 1937
Thyreus pictus Smith, 1854
Thyreus pretextus Vachal, 1903
Thyreus somalicus Strand, 1911
Thyreus splendidulus Lepeletier, 1841
Thyreus stellifera Cockerell, 1936
Thyreus vachali Friese, 1905
Trigona armata (Magretti, 1895)⇒ Plebeina armata Magretti, 1895
Xylocopa (Koptortosoma) africana Fabricius, 1781
Xylocopa africana congoensis Enderlein, 1903
Xylocopa africana conradti Enderlein, 1903
Xylocopa (Koptortosoma) albiceps Fabricius, 1804Aleutian macoma
Xylocopa (Koptortosoma) apicalis Smith, 1854
Xylocopa (Koptortosoma) caffra Linnaeus, 1767
Xylocopa (Koptortosoma) calcarata LeVeque, 1928
Xylocopa (Koptortosoma) calens Lepeletier, 1841
Xylocopa (Koptortosoma) cloti Vachal, 1898
Xylocopa (Koptortosoma) flavicollis DeGeer, 1778
Xylocopa (Koptortosoma) imitator Smith, 1854
Xylocopa (Koptortosoma) lateritia Smith, 1854
Xylocopa (Koptortosoma) lepeletieri Enderlein, 1903
Xylocopa lepeletieri ruboris Strand, 1920
Xylocopa (Koptortosoma) modesta Smith, 1854Malheur Cave amphipod
Xylocopa modesta miniata Friese, 1922
Xylocopa (Koptortosoma) nigricaula LeVeque, 1928
Xylocopa (Koptortosoma) nigrita Fabricius, 1775
Xylocopa (Koptortosoma) olivacea Fabricius, 1778
Xylocopa (Koptortosoma) praeusta Smith, 1854
Xylocopa (Koptortosoma) scioensis Gribodo, 1884
Xylocopa (Koptortosoma) stanleyi LeVeque, 1928
Xylocopa (Koptortosoma) varipes Smith, 1854
Xylocopa (Mesotrichia) chapini LeVeque, 1928
Xylocopa (Mesotrichia) combusta Smith, 1854
Xylocopa (Mesotrichia) flavorufa DeGeer, 1778
Xylocopa (Mesotrichia) mixta Radoszkowski, 1881
Xylocopa (Mesotrichia) perpunctata LeVeque, 1928
Xylocopa (Mesotrichia) subcombusta LeVeque, 1928
Xylocopa (Mesotrichia) torrida Westwood, 1838Malheur Cave amphipod
Xylocopa (Rhysoxylocopa) steindachneri Maidl, 1912
Xylocopa (Xenoxylocopa) chiyakensis Cockerell, 1908
Xylocopa (Xenoxylocopa) inconstans Smith, 1874Arnold's dogwood
Xylocopa capitata khuzibiegensis Vicidomini, 0
Xylocopa (Xylomelissa) erythrina Gribodo, 1894
Xylocopa (Xylomelissa) hottentotta Smith, 1854
Xylocopa bouyssoui Vachal, 1898
Xylocopa codinai Dusmet y Alonso, 1924
Xylocopa cornigera (Friese, 1909)⇒ Xylocopa fimbriata Fabricius, 1804
Xylocopa euxantha Cockerell, 1933
Xylocopa euxantha euchrysea Cockerell, 0
Xylocopa fortissima Cockerell, 1930
Xylocopa gabonica Gribodo, 1894
Xylocopa hyalinipennis Friese, 1922Malheur Cave amphipod
Xylocopa ignescens LeVeque, 1928
Xylocopa incandescens Cockerell, 1932
Xylocopa insola Vachal, 1910
Xylocopa konowi albohirta Friese, 0
Xylocopa langi LeVeque, 1928
Xylocopa lautipennis Cockerell, 1933
Xylocopa luteola Lepeletier, 1841
Xylocopa nigricans Vachal, 1910
Xylocopa oudemansi (LeVeque, 1933)⇒ Xylocopa nigrita Fabricius, 1775
Xylocopa pusulata Vachal, 1910
Xylocopa spec Linnaeus, 1758
Xylocopa tenkeana Cockerell, 1933
Xylocopa trochanterica Vachal, 1910
Xylocopa wellmani Cockerell, 1906

Subnodes of Apidae with occurrences in Democratic Republic of the Congo
SubfamilyApinae
Latreille, 1802
Bumble Bees, Digger Bees, Honey bees, Long-horned Bees, Orchid bees, Stingless bees
20
101
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyNomadinae
Latreille, 1802
Cuckoo Bees
2
9
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyXylocopinae
Latreille, 1802
Carpenter bees, Small carpenter Bees
5
108
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Apidae (Latreille 1802)
Apidae (Latreille 1802)


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