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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
503
7105
22102
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
501
7100
22096
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
482
7015
21853
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
302
5811
19641
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
53
752
2499
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
51
743
2475
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
21
353
1761
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Apoidea
Latreille, 1802
Apoid Wasps, Bees, Social Bees, Solitary Bees
8
131
687
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyApidae
Latreille, 1802
Bumble bees, Carpenter Bees, Cuckoo Bees, Digger Bees
38
219
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Kenya
38 Genera with 219 Species
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Afromelecta Lieftinck, 19911SpeciesTaxom
Allodape Lepeletier &..., 19031SpeciesTaxom
Amegilla Friese, 187935SpeciesTaxom
Ammobates Latreille, 19971SpeciesTaxom
Anthophora Latreille, 1932Common Digger Bees11SpeciesTaxom
Apis Linnaeus, 1787Honey Bee4SpeciesTaxom
Axestotrigona Moure, 18362SpeciesTaxom
Biastes Panzer, 17981SpeciesTaxom
Braunsapis Michener, 187018SpeciesTaxom
Ceratina Latreille, 1997Little Carpenter Bees22SpeciesTaxom
Compsomelissa Alfken, 19713SpeciesTaxom
Creightonella Cockerell, 04SpeciesTaxom
Ctenoceratina Daly & Moure, 05SpeciesTaxom
Ctenoplectra Kirby, 18796SpeciesTaxom
Ctenoplectrina Cockerell, 19301SpeciesTaxom
Dactylurina Cockerell, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Epeolus Latreille, 1879Cellophane-Cuckoo Bees2SpeciesTaxom
Epiclopus Spinola, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Eufriesea Cockerell, 18541SpeciesTaxom
Hypotrigona Cockerell, 18983SpeciesTaxom
Koptortosoma Gribodo, 1894
0SpeciesTaxom
Liotrigona Moure, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Macrogalea Cockerell, 19302SpeciesTaxom
Meliplebeia Moure, 18791SpeciesTaxom
Meliponula Cockerell, 19036SpeciesTaxom
Mesotrichia Kelley, 1984
0SpeciesTaxom
Morgania Smith, 01SpeciesTaxom
Nomada Scopoli, 1802Cuckoo Bees1SpeciesTaxom
Pachymelus Smith, 18984SpeciesTaxom
Paratetrapedia Moure, 19211SpeciesTaxom
Pasites Jurine, 19217SpeciesTaxom
Pithitis Klug, 1807
0SpeciesTaxom
Plebeina Moure, 03SpeciesTaxom
Tetralonia Spinola, 19058SpeciesTaxom
Tetraloniella Ashmead, 190914SpeciesTaxom
Thyreus Panzer, 190516SpeciesTaxom
Trigona Jurine, 1895Vulture bees1SpeciesTaxom
Xylocopa Latreille, 1898Carpenter bees33SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Kenya
219 Species and 3 Subspecies
Afromelecta lieftincki Eardley, 1991
Allodape interrupta Vachal, 1903
Amegilla (Ackmonopsis) arcana Cockerell, 1936
Amegilla (Ackmonopsis) griseotecta Cockerell, 1946
Amegilla (Ackmonopsis) mimadvena Cockerell, 1916
Amegilla (Ackmonopsis) rapida Smith, 1879
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 (Aframegilla) triangulifera Cockerell, 1933
Amegilla (Aframegilla) vivida Smith, 1879
Amegilla (Amegilla) capensis Friese, 1905
Amegilla (Dizonamegilla) sesquicincta Erichson, 1842
Amegilla (Dizonamegilla) somalica (Magretti, 1898)⇒ Amegilla madecassa Saussure, 1890
Amegilla (Megamegilla) acraensis Fabricius, 1793Mining Bee
Amegilla (Megamegilla) albocaudata Dours, 1869
Amegilla (Megamegilla) paradoxa Brooks, 1988
Amegilla (Micramegilla) atrocincta Lepeletier, 1841
Amegilla (Zebramegilla) bechuanensis Cockerell, 1935
Amegilla (Zebramegilla) calens Lepeletier, 1841
Amegilla (Zebramegilla) eritrina Friese, 1915
Amegilla (Zebramegilla) grandiceps Friese, 1905
Amegilla (Zebramegilla) kaimosica Cockerell, 1946
Amegilla (Zebramegilla) kuleni Eardley, 1994
Amegilla (Zebramegilla) langi Cockerell, 1935
Amegilla (Zebramegilla) madecassa Saussure, 1890
Amegilla (Zebramegilla) penicula Eardley, 1994
Amegilla (Zebramegilla) punctifrons Walker, 1871
Amegilla (Zonamegilla) cingulata Fabricius, 1775Blue banded bee
Amegilla (Zonamegilla) fallax Smith, 1879
Amegilla aerizusa Vachal, 1903
Amegilla candida Smith, 1879
Amegilla nivea Lepeletier, 1841
Amegilla simbana Cockerell, 1936
Amegilla terminata Smith, 1879
Ammobates auster Eardley, 1997
Anthophora (Heliophila) vestita Smith, 1854
Anthophora (Paramegilla) armata Friese, 1905
Anthophora advena (Smith, 1879)⇒ Amegilla acraensis Fabricius, 1793
Anthophora candidifrons Cockerell, 1946
Anthophora lumbwana Cockerell, 1946
Anthophora micheneri Brooks, 1988
Anthophora padiola Vachal, 1909
Anthophora perdita Cockerell, 1946
Anthophora pyropyga Dours, 1869
Anthophora rufovestita Cockerell, 1946
Anthophora xanthostoma Cockerell, 1932
Apis (Apis) mellifera Linnaeus, 1758Drone-Bee
Apis mellifera monticola (Smith, 1961)⇒ Apis mellifera Linnaeus, 1758
Apis mellifera scutellata (Lepeletier, 1836)⇒ Apis mellifera Linnaeus, 1758
Apis (Micrapis) florea Fabricius, 1787Dwarf honey bee
Axestotrigona erythra Schletterer, 1891
Axestotrigona ferruginea Lepeletier, 1836
Biastes brevicornis Panzer, 1798
Braunsapis albitarsis Friese, 1924
Braunsapis angolensis Cockerell, 1933
Braunsapis bouyssoui Vachal, 1903
Braunsapis facialis Gerstäcker, 1857
Braunsapis flavitarsis Gerstäcker, 1870
Braunsapis foveata Smith, 1854
Braunsapis gorillarum Cockerell, 1936
Braunsapis langenburgensis Strand, 1915
Braunsapis leptozonia Vachal, 1909
Braunsapis luapulana Cockerell, 1936
Braunsapis lyrata Cockerell, 1935
Braunsapis minutula Friese, 1914
Braunsapis nautica Cockerell, 1935
Braunsapis neavei Vachal, 1910
Braunsapis rolini Vachal, 1903
Braunsapis simplicipes Michener, 1971
Braunsapis somatotheca Strand, 1915
Braunsapis trochanterata Gerstäcker, 1870
Ceratina (Ceratinula) cockerelli H. S. Smith, 1907Cockerell´s Ceratina
Ceratina (Ctenoceratina) ericia Vachal, 1903
Ceratina (Ctenoceratina) lineola Vachal, 1903
Ceratina (Ctenoceratina) penicillata Friese, 1905
Ceratina (Ctenoceratina) penicilligera Strand, 1912
Ceratina (Ctenoceratina) rufigastra Cockerell, 1937Southern fire ant
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 diloloensis Cockerell, 1932
Ceratina lativentris Friese, 1905
Ceratina malindiae Daly, 1988
Ceratina minuta Friese, 1905
Ceratina nasalis Friese, 1905
Ceratina nigriceps Friese, 1905
Ceratina nyassensis Strand, 1912
Ceratina roseoviridis Cockerell, 1937
Ceratina ruwenzorica Cockerell, 1937
Ceratina samburuensis Cockerell, 1910
Ceratina speculifrons Cockerell, 1920
Ceratina tanganyicensis Strand, 1911
Ceratina vechti Baker, 1997
Compsomelissa borneri Alfken, 1924
Compsomelissa harveyi Cockerell, 1936
Compsomelissa stigmoides Michener, 1971
Creightonella cornigera Friese, 0
Creightonella discolor Smith, 0
Creightonella ianthoptera Smith, 0
Creightonella mitima
Ctenoceratina (Simioceratina) lunata Friese, 1905
Ctenoceratina (Simioceratina) tanganyicensis (Strand, 1911)⇒ Ceratina tanganyicensis Strand, 1911
Ctenoceratina ericia Vachal, 0
Ctenoceratina moerenhouti Vachal, 0
Ctenoceratina penicillata Friese, 0
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
Epeolus amabilis Gerstäcker, 1869
Epeolus natalensis Smith, 1879Bunchberry dogwood
Epiclopus lendlianus Friese, 1910
Eufriesea fallax Smith, 1854
Hypotrigona araujoi Michener, 1959
Hypotrigona gribodoi Magretti, 1884
Hypotrigona ruspolii Magretti, 1898
Liotrigona bottegoi Magretti, 1895
Macrogalea candida Smith, 1879
Macrogalea mombasae Cockerell, 1930
Meliplebeia beccarii Gribodo, 1879
Meliponula (Axestotrigona) erythra (Schletterer, 1891)⇒ Axestotrigona erythra Schletterer, 1891
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 ogouensis Vachal, 1903
Morgania nigripes Friese, 0
Nomada sheppardana Kirby, 1802Dark Nomad Bee
Pachymelus (Pachymelopsis) conspicuus Smith, 1879Bunchberry dogwood
Pachymelus bettoni Cockerell, 1910
Pachymelus festivus Dours, 1869
Pachymelus reichardti Stadelmann, 1898
Paratetrapedia albitarsis Friese, 1921
Pasites appletoni Cockerell, 1910
Pasites ater (Friese, 1909)⇒ Biastes brevicornis Panzer, 1798
Pasites braunsi Bischoff, 1923
Pasites carnifex Gerstäcker, 1869
Pasites friesei Cockerell, 1910
Pasites jenseni Friese, 1915
Pasites jonesi Cockerell, 1921
Plebeina denoiti Friese, 1900
Plebeina hildebrandti (Friese, 1900)⇒ Plebeina armata Magretti, 1895
Plebeina zebra Strand, 0
Tetralonia (Eucara) caudata Friese, 1905
Tetralonia boharti Eardley, 1989
Tetralonia cinctula Cockerell, 1936
Tetralonia labrosa Friese, 1911
Tetralonia macrognatha Gerstäcker, 1870
Tetralonia mesotes Eardley, 1989
Tetralonia nigropilosa Friese, 1911
Tetralonia penicillata Friese, 1905
Tetraloniella (Tetraloniella) vansoni Cockerell, 1935
Tetraloniella abessinica Friese, 1915
Tetraloniella abrochia Eardley, 1989
Tetraloniella apicalis Friese, 1905
Tetraloniella ataxia Eardley, 1989
Tetraloniella aurantiflava Eardley, 1989
Tetraloniella elsei Eardley, 1989
Tetraloniella junodi Friese, 1909
Tetraloniella katangensis Cockerell, 1930
Tetraloniella michaelseni Friese, 1916
Tetraloniella minuta Friese, 1905
Tetraloniella ottiliensis Friese, 1905
Tetraloniella sierranila Eardley, 1989
Tetraloniella sjoestedti Friese, 1909
Thyreus abyssinicus Radoszkowski, 1873
Thyreus alfkeni Brauns, 1909
Thyreus axillaris Vachal, 1903
Thyreus bouyssoui Vachal, 1903
Thyreus calceatus Vachal, 1903
Thyreus delumbatus Vachal, 1903
Thyreus forchhammeri Eardley, 1991
Thyreus hyalinatus Vachal, 1903
Thyreus interruptus Vachal, 1903
Thyreus neavei Cockerell, 1933
Thyreus niloticus Cockerell, 1937
Thyreus pictus Smith, 1854
Thyreus pretextus Vachal, 1903
Thyreus scotaspis Vachal, 1903
Thyreus tschoffeni Vachal, 1903
Thyreus vachali Friese, 1905
Trigona armata (Magretti, 1895)⇒ Plebeina armata Magretti, 1895
Xylocopa (Apoxylocopa) lugubris Gerstäcker, 1857
Xylocopa (Ctenoxylocopa) ustulata Smith, 1854
Xylocopa (Koptortosoma) caffra Linnaeus, 1767
Xylocopa (Koptortosoma) calens Lepeletier, 1841
Xylocopa (Koptortosoma) flavicollis DeGeer, 1778
Xylocopa (Koptortosoma) imitator Smith, 1854
Xylocopa (Koptortosoma) lateritia Smith, 1854
Xylocopa (Koptortosoma) nigrita Fabricius, 1775
Xylocopa (Koptortosoma) olivacea Fabricius, 1778
Xylocopa (Koptortosoma) praeusta Smith, 1854
Xylocopa (Koptortosoma) pubescens Spinola, 1838
Xylocopa (Koptortosoma) scioensis Gribodo, 1884
Xylocopa (Koptortosoma) senior Vachal, 1899Malheur Cave amphipod
Xylocopa (Koptortosoma) somalica Magretti, 1895
Xylocopa (Mesotrichia) combusta Smith, 1854
Xylocopa (Mesotrichia) flavorufa DeGeer, 1778
Xylocopa (Mesotrichia) torrida Westwood, 1838Malheur Cave amphipod
Xylocopa (Neoxylocopa) eximia Perez, 1901
Xylocopa carinata barombiana Strand, 0
Xylocopa (Xenoxylocopa) chiyakensis Cockerell, 1908
Xylocopa (Xenoxylocopa) inconstans Smith, 1874Arnold's dogwood
Xylocopa (Xylocopoides) capitata Smith, 1854
Xylocopa (Xylomelissa) carinata (Smith, 1874)⇒ Xylocopa hottentotta Smith, 1854
Xylocopa (Xylomelissa) erythrina Gribodo, 1894
Xylocopa (Xylomelissa) hottentotta Smith, 1854
Xylocopa gribodoi Magretti, 1892
Xylocopa isabelleae Hurd, 1959
Xylocopa longula Friese, 1922Malheur Cave amphipod
Xylocopa luteola Lepeletier, 1841
Xylocopa rejecta Vachal, 1910
Xylocopa spec Linnaeus, 1758
Xylocopa subjuncta Vachal, 1898

Subnodes of Apidae with occurrences in Kenya
SubfamilyApinae
Latreille, 1802
Bumble Bees, Digger Bees, Honey bees, Long-horned Bees, Orchid bees, Stingless bees
21
119
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyNomadinae
Latreille, 1802
Cuckoo Bees
5
12
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyXylocopinae
Latreille, 1802
Carpenter bees, Small carpenter Bees
7
78
Genera
Species

Taxom



Apidae (Latreille 1802)
Apidae (Latreille 1802)


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