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Checklist for Family Apidae Latreille, 1802 (Bumble bees)
and region Ethiopia (East Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
368
4268
12556
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
367
4267
12554
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
351
4207
12406
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
237
3469
10524
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
41
408
1156
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
39
401
1145
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
19
239
876
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Apoidea
Latreille, 1802
Apoid Wasps, Bees, Social Bees, Solitary Bees
9
90
400
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyApidae
Latreille, 1802
Bumble bees, Carpenter Bees, Cuckoo Bees, Digger Bees
26
123
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Ethiopia
26 Genera with 123 Species
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Amegilla Friese, 184116SpeciesTaxom
Anthophora Latreille, 1905Common Digger Bees7SpeciesTaxom
Apis Linnaeus, 1976Honey Bee2SpeciesTaxom
Braunsapis Michener, 19095SpeciesTaxom
Ceratina Latreille, 1905Little Carpenter Bees8SpeciesTaxom
Compsomelissa Alfken, 19241SpeciesTaxom
Ctenoplectra Kirby, 19124SpeciesTaxom
Ctenoplectrina Cockerell, 19301SpeciesTaxom
Epeolus Latreille, 1915Cellophane-Cuckoo Bees1SpeciesTaxom
Hypotrigona Cockerell, 18982SpeciesTaxom
Koptorthosoma Dalla Torre, 1896
0SpeciesTaxom
Koptortosoma Gribodo, 1894
0SpeciesTaxom
Liotrigona Moure, 18952SpeciesTaxom
Macrogalea Cockerell, 18791SpeciesTaxom
Melecta Latreille, 1873Cuckoo Bees3SpeciesTaxom
Meliplebeia Moure, 18791SpeciesTaxom
Meliponula Cockerell, 19032SpeciesTaxom
Morgania Smith, 18691SpeciesTaxom
Nomada Scopoli, 1913Cuckoo Bees7SpeciesTaxom
Pachymelus Smith, 19132SpeciesTaxom
Pasites Jurine, 19153SpeciesTaxom
Plebeina Moure, 19001SpeciesTaxom
Tetralonia Spinola, 19052SpeciesTaxom
Tetraloniella Ashmead, 19053SpeciesTaxom
Thyreus Panzer, 192111SpeciesTaxom
Xylocopa Latreille, 1906Carpenter bees42SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Ethiopia
123 Species and 4 Subspecies
Amegilla (Ackmonopsis) griseotecta Cockerell, 1946
Amegilla (Aframegilla) bothai Friese, 1911
Amegilla (Aframegilla) caelestina Cockerell, 1919
Amegilla (Aframegilla) caerulea Friese, 1905
Amegilla (Aframegilla) cymatilis Eardley, 1994
Amegilla (Aframegilla) nubica Lepeletier, 1841
Amegilla (Amegilla) capensis Friese, 1905
Amegilla (Megamegilla) acraensis Fabricius, 1793Mining Bee
Amegilla (Megamegilla) paradoxa Brooks, 1988
Amegilla (Micramegilla) atrocincta Lepeletier, 1841
Amegilla (Micramegilla) byssina Klug, 1845
Amegilla (Zebramegilla) circulata Fabricius, 1781
Amegilla (Zebramegilla) eritrina Friese, 1915
Amegilla (Zonamegilla) fallax Smith, 1879
Amegilla candida Smith, 1879
Amegilla rufipes Lepeletier, 1841
Anthophora (Heliophila) vestita Smith, 1854
Anthophora (Paramegilla) armata Friese, 1905
Anthophora eritrea (Brooks, 1988)⇒ Anthophora kristenseni Friese, 1915
Anthophora hastula Vachal, 1909
Anthophora kristenseni Friese, 1915
Anthophora nigrifacies Friese, 1905
Apis (Apis) mellifera Linnaeus, 1758Drone-Bee
Apis mellifera nubica (Ruttner, 1976)⇒ Apis mellifera Linnaeus, 1758
Braunsapis albitarsis Friese, 1924
Braunsapis bouyssoui Vachal, 1903
Braunsapis facialis Gerstäcker, 1857
Braunsapis foveata Smith, 1854
Braunsapis leptozonia Vachal, 1909
Ceratina (Ctenoceratina) ericia Vachal, 1903
Ceratina (Ctenoceratina) penicillata Friese, 1905
Ceratina (Pithitis) citriphila Cockerell, 1935
Ceratina (Pithitis) tarsata Morawitz, 1872
Ceratina (Pithitis) viridis (Guérin-Ménev..., 1844)⇒ Ceratina nasalis Friese, 1905
Ceratina (Simioceratina) lunata (Friese, 1905)⇒ Ceratina cockerelli H. S. Smith, 1907
Ceratina (Simioceratina) moerenhouti Vachal, 1903
Ceratina nasalis Friese, 1905
Compsomelissa borneri Alfken, 1924
Ctenoplectra albolimbata Magretti, 1895
Ctenoplectra antinorii Gribodo, 1884
Ctenoplectra armata Magretti, 1895
Ctenoplectra polita Strand, 1912
Ctenoplectrina politula (Cockerell, 1930)⇒ Ctenoplectra politula Cockerell, 1930
Epeolus kristenseni Friese, 1915
Hypotrigona gribodoi Magretti, 1884
Hypotrigona ruspolii Magretti, 1898
Liotrigona baleensis Pauly & Hora, 2013
Liotrigona bottegoi Magretti, 1895
Macrogalea candida Smith, 1879
Melecta (Melecta) aegyptiaca Radoszkowski, 1876
Melecta (Melecta) assimilis Radoszkowski, 1876
Melecta octomaculata Radoszkowski, 1873
Meliplebeia beccarii Gribodo, 1879
Meliponula (Meliplebeia) beccarii (Gribodo, 1879)⇒ Meliplebeia beccarii Gribodo, 1879
Meliponula ogouensis Vachal, 1903
Morgania carnifex Gerstaecker, 1869
Nomada abyssinica Meade-Waldo, 1913
Nomada aethiopica Eardley & Sc..., 1991
Nomada africana Friese, 1911
Nomada aurantifascia Eardley & Sc..., 1991
Nomada cordillera Eardley & Sc..., 1991
Nomada guichardiana Eardley & Sc..., 1991
Nomada hararensis Meade-Waldo, 1913
Pachymelus (Pachymelopsis) conspicuus Smith, 1879Bunchberry dogwood
Pachymelus abessinicus Friese, 1913
Pasites appletoni Cockerell, 1910
Pasites carnifex Gerstäcker, 1869
Pasites jenseni Friese, 1915
Plebeina hildebrandti (Friese, 1900)⇒ Plebeina armata Magretti, 1895
Tetralonia macrognatha Gerstäcker, 1870
Tetralonia penicillata Friese, 1905
Tetraloniella (Tetraloniella) friesei Meade-Waldo, 1914
Tetraloniella abessinica Friese, 1915
Tetraloniella ottiliensis Friese, 1905
Thyreus abyssinicus Radoszkowski, 1873
Thyreus calceatus Vachal, 1903
Thyreus delumbatus Vachal, 1903
Thyreus erythraeensis Meyer, 1921
Thyreus fortissimus Cockerell & ..., 1933
Thyreus hyalinatus Vachal, 1903
Thyreus meripes Vachal, 1903
Thyreus nigroventralis Meyer, 1921
Thyreus nubicus Lepeletier, 1841
Thyreus pretextus Vachal, 1903
Thyreus strandi Meyer, 1921
Xylocopa (Apoxylocopa) lugubris Gerstäcker, 1857
Xylocopa (Ctenoxylocopa) tesselata Maa, 1970Common malaria mosquito
Xylocopa (Ctenoxylocopa) ustulata Smith, 1854
Xylocopa (Koptortosoma) aestuans Linnaeus, 1758
Xylocopa (Koptortosoma) caffra Linnaeus, 1767
Xylocopa (Koptortosoma) calens Lepeletier, 1841
Xylocopa (Koptortosoma) flavicollis DeGeer, 1778
Xylocopa (Koptortosoma) imitator Smith, 1854
Xylocopa (Koptortosoma) modesta Smith, 1854Malheur Cave amphipod
Xylocopa (Koptortosoma) olivacea Fabricius, 1778
Xylocopa (Koptortosoma) pubescens Spinola, 1838
Xylocopa (Koptortosoma) scioensis Gribodo, 1884
Xylocopa scioensis scioensis Gribodo, 1884
Xylocopa (Mesotrichia) combusta Smith, 1854
Xylocopa (Mesotrichia) flavorufa DeGeer, 1778
Xylocopa flavorufa harrarensis Vachal, 1922
Xylocopa flavorufa kristenseni Friese, 1911
Xylocopa (Mesotrichia) torrida Westwood, 1838Malheur Cave amphipod
Xylocopa (Neoxylocopa) mexicanorum Cockerell, 1912
Xylocopa (Xenoxylocopa) chiyakensis Cockerell, 1908
Xylocopa (Xenoxylocopa) inconstans Smith, 1874Arnold's dogwood
Xylocopa (Xylomelissa) erythrina Gribodo, 1894
Xylocopa (Xylomelissa) hottentotta Smith, 1854
Xylocopa aethiopica Perez, 1901
Xylocopa albifrons Lepeletier, 1841
Xylocopa biangulata Vachal, 1899
Xylocopa bicarinata Alfken, 1932
Xylocopa erlangeri Enderlein, 1903
Xylocopa erytrina
Xylocopa flavobicincta (Gribodo, 1894)⇒ Xylocopa scioensis Gribodo, 1884
Xylocopa forsiusi Dusmet y Alonso, 1924
Xylocopa gaullei Vachal, 1898
Xylocopa gribodoi Magretti, 1892
Xylocopa longespinosa Enderlein, 1903
Xylocopa luteola Lepeletier, 1841
Xylocopa nigripes Friese, 1915
Xylocopa oblonga Smith, 1874Arnold's dogwood
Xylocopa sarawatica Engel, 2017
Xylocopa schoana Enderlein, 1903
Xylocopa subjuncta Vachal, 1898
Xylocopa villosa Friese, 1909
Xylocopa wellmani Cockerell, 1906

Subnodes of Apidae with occurrences in Ethiopia
SubfamilyApinae
Latreille, 1802
Bumble Bees, Digger Bees, Honey bees, Long-horned Bees, Orchid bees, Stingless bees
15
57
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyNomadinae
Latreille, 1802
Cuckoo Bees
3
11
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyXylocopinae
Latreille, 1802
Carpenter bees, Small carpenter Bees
5
54
Genera
Species

Taxom



Apidae (Latreille 1802)
Apidae (Latreille 1802)


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