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Checklist for Family Apidae Latreille, 1802 (Bumble bees)
and region Eastern Cape (Cape)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
448
4515
8744
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
446
4509
8734
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
423
4424
8599
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
283
3810
7730
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
58
716
1765
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
54
709
1758
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
23
360
1333
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Apoidea
Latreille, 1802
Apoid Wasps, Bees, Social Bees, Solitary Bees
10
138
736
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyApidae
Latreille, 1802
Bumble bees, Carpenter Bees, Cuckoo Bees, Digger Bees
30
167
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Eastern Cape
30 Genera with 167 Species
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Afromelecta Lieftinck, 19051SpeciesTaxom
Allodape Lepeletier &..., 193315SpeciesTaxom
Allodapula Cockerell, 19249SpeciesTaxom
Amegilla Friese, 190515SpeciesTaxom
Ammobates Latreille, 19971SpeciesTaxom
Anthophora Latreille, 1932Common Digger Bees14SpeciesTaxom
Apis Linnaeus, 1758Honey Bee1SpeciesTaxom
Bombus Latreille, 1882Bumble Bee1SpeciesTaxom
Braunsapis Michener, 190311SpeciesTaxom
Centris Fabricius, 1804
Centris Bees0SpeciesTaxom
Ceratina Latreille, 1911Little Carpenter Bees22SpeciesTaxom
Compsomelissa Alfken, 19342SpeciesTaxom
Epeolus Latreille, 1923Cellophane-Cuckoo Bees8SpeciesTaxom
Eucondylops Brauns, 19021SpeciesTaxom
Eufriesea Cockerell, 19252SpeciesTaxom
Eulaema Lepeletier, 19251SpeciesTaxom
Halterapis Michener, 1969
0SpeciesTaxom
Hasinamelissa Chenoweth & ..., 2008
0SpeciesTaxom
Hypotrigona Cockerell, 18982SpeciesTaxom
Liotrigona Moure, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Nomada Scopoli, 1905Cuckoo Bees1SpeciesTaxom
Pachymelus Smith, 19112SpeciesTaxom
Pasites Jurine, 19156SpeciesTaxom
Pithitis Klug, 1807
0SpeciesTaxom
Plebeia Schwarz, 19951SpeciesTaxom
Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 19094SpeciesTaxom
Tetralonia Spinola, 19113SpeciesTaxom
Tetraloniella Ashmead, 198913SpeciesTaxom
Thyreus Panzer, 190514SpeciesTaxom
Xylocopa Latreille, 1841Carpenter bees16SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Eastern Cape
167 Species and 1 Subspecies
Afromelecta fulvohirta Cameron, 1905
Allodape australissima Michener, 1975
Allodape ceratinoides Gribodo, 1884
Allodape exoloma Strand, 1915
Allodape friesei Strand, 1915
Allodape microsticta Cockerell, 1934
Allodape mucronata Smith, 1854
Allodape panurgoides Smith, 1854
Allodape pernix Bingham, 1903Pacific 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 (Dalloapula) dichroa Strand, 1915
Allodapula acutigera Cockerell, 1936
Allodapula guillarmodi Michener, 1970Morrison stygobromid
Allodapula hessei Michener, 1971
Allodapula jucunda Smith, 1879
Allodapula monticola Cockerell, 1933
Allodapula palliceps Friese, 1924
Amegilla (Ackmonopsis) mimadvena Cockerell, 1916
Amegilla (Aframegilla) nubica Lepeletier, 1841
Amegilla (Amegilla) capensis Friese, 1905
Amegilla (Amegilla) natalensis Friese, 1922
Amegilla (Megamegilla) acraensis Fabricius, 1793Mining Bee
Amegilla (Micramegilla) atrocincta Lepeletier, 1841
Amegilla (Micramegilla) niveata Friese, 1905
Amegilla (Zebramegilla) aspergina Cockerell, 1933
Amegilla (Zebramegilla) brooksi Eardley, 1994
Amegilla (Zebramegilla) calens Lepeletier, 1841
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) basalis Smith, 1854
Anthophora abrochia Eardley & Br..., 1989
Anthophora braunsiana Friese, 1905
Anthophora diversipes Friese, 1922Malheur Cave amphipod
Anthophora krugeri Eardley & Br..., 1989
Anthophora labrosa Friese, 1911
Anthophora matopensis Cockerell, 1933
Anthophora praecox Friese, 1909
Anthophora ruficaudis Cameron, 1905
Anthophora schultzei Friese, 1909
Anthophora wartmanni Friese, 1905
Anthophora xanthostoma Cockerell, 1932
Apis (Apis) mellifera Linnaeus, 1758Drone-Bee
Bombus ruderatus eurynotus (Dalla Torre, 1882)⇒ Bombus ruderatus Fabricius, 1775
Braunsapis acuticauda Michener, 1971
Braunsapis albipennis Friese, 1909
Braunsapis elizabethana Strand, 1915
Braunsapis facialis Gerstäcker, 1857
Braunsapis fuscinervis Cameron, 1905
Braunsapis leptozonia Vachal, 1909
Braunsapis liliputana Strand, 1915
Braunsapis paradoxa Strand, 1915
Braunsapis rhodesi Cockerell, 1936
Braunsapis simplicipes 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) penicillata Friese, 1905
Ceratina (Ctenoceratina) rufigastra Cockerell, 1937Southern fire ant
Ceratina (Simioceratina) lunata (Friese, 1905)⇒ Ceratina cockerelli H. S. Smith, 1907
Ceratina (Simioceratina) moerenhouti Vachal, 1903
Ceratina aliceae Cockerell, 1937
Ceratina barbarae Eardley & Daly, 2007
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 subscintilla Cockerell, 1937
Ceratina tanganyicensis Strand, 1911
Compsomelissa angustula Cockerell, 1934
Compsomelissa quadratifera Cockerell, 1934
Epeolus amabilis Gerstäcker, 1869
Epeolus caffer Lepeletier, 1841
Epeolus friesei Brauns, 1903
Epeolus fulviventris Bischoff, 1923
Epeolus natalensis Smith, 1879Bunchberry dogwood
Epeolus pygmaeorum Cockerell, 1932
Epeolus rufothoracicius Bischoff, 1923
Epeolus rufothoracicus Bischoff, 1923
Eucondylops konowi Brauns, 1902
Eufriesea fallax Smith, 1854
Eufriesea nigrescens Friese, 1925
Eulaema (Eulaema) tenuifasciata Friese, 1925
Hypotrigona gribodoi Magretti, 1884
Hypotrigona ruspolii Magretti, 1898
Liotrigona bottegoi Magretti, 1895
Nomada gigas Friese, 1905
Pachymelus festivus Dours, 1869
Pachymelus peringueyi Friese, 1911
Pasites appletoni Cockerell, 1910
Pasites barkeri Cockerell, 1919
Pasites braunsi Bischoff, 1923
Pasites friesei Cockerell, 1910
Pasites histrio Gerstäcker, 1869
Pasites jenseni Friese, 1915
Plebeia poecilochroa Moure & Camargo, 1995
Sphecodopsis aculeata Friese, 1922
Sphecodopsis capicola Strand, 1911
Sphecodopsis semirufa Cockerell, 1933
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 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 minuta Friese, 1905
Tetraloniella minuticornis Friese, 1905
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 hyalinatus Vachal, 1903
Thyreus meripes Vachal, 1903
Thyreus oxaspis Cockerell, 1936
Thyreus pictus Smith, 1854
Thyreus plumifer Brauns, 1909
Thyreus pretextus Vachal, 1903
Thyreus vachali Friese, 1905
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, 1874Arnold's dogwood
Xylocopa (Xylocopoides) capitata Smith, 1854
Xylocopa (Xylomelissa) hottentotta Smith, 1854
Xylocopa (Xylomelissa) io Vachal, 1898
Xylocopa (Xylomelissa) rufitarsis Lepeletier, 1841
Xylocopa albifrons Lepeletier, 1841

Subnodes of Apidae with occurrences in Eastern Cape
SubfamilyApinae
Latreille, 1802
Bumble Bees, Digger Bees, Honey bees, Long-horned Bees, Orchid bees, Stingless bees
15
71
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyNomadinae
Latreille, 1802
Cuckoo Bees
5
20
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyXylocopinae
Latreille, 1802
Carpenter bees, Small carpenter Bees
10
76
Genera
Species

Taxom



Apidae (Latreille 1802)
Apidae (Latreille 1802)


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