Checklist of Family Apidae Latreille, 1802 (Bumble bees)
for Lesotho (Southern Africa)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 288
1975
3826 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 287
1972
3822 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 273
1944
3787 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 164
1390
2777 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps | 35
264
553 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps | 33
261
550 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps | 22
213
518 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Apoidea
Latreille, 1802
Apoid Wasps, Bees, Social Bees, Solitary Bees | 9
90
289 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Apidae
Latreille, 1802
Bumble bees, Carpenter Bees, Cuckoo Bees, Digger Bees | 18
42 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Lesotho
18 Genera with 42 Species | Afromelecta Lieftinck, 1905 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Allodape Lepeletier &..., 1916 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Amegilla Friese, 1879 | | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Anthophora Latreille, 1909 | Common Digger Bees | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Apis Linnaeus, 1758 | Honey Bee | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Bombus Latreille, 1882 | Bumble Bee | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ceratina Latreille, 1905 | Little Carpenter Bees | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Creightonella Cockerell, 0 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Ctenoplectra Kirby, 1826 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Epeolus Latreille, 1923 | Cellophane-Cuckoo Bees | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Eufriesea Cockerell, 1854 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pachymelus Smith, 1869 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pasites Jurine, 1915 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1922 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tetralonia Spinola, 1911 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tetraloniella Ashmead, 1926 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Thyreus Panzer, 1905 | | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Xylocopa Latreille, 1841 | Carpenter bees | 3 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Lesotho
42 Species and 1 Subspecies | Afromelecta fulvohirta Cameron, 1905 | | | Allodape exoloma Strand, 1915 | | | Allodape friesei Strand, 1915 | | | Allodape obscuripennis (Strand, 1915) | ⇒ Allodape friesei Strand, 1915 | | Allodape rufogastra Lepeletier &..., 1825 | | | Allodape stellarum Cockerell, 1916 | | | Amegilla (Amegilla) capensis Friese, 1905 | | | Amegilla (Amegilla) natalensis Friese, 1922 | | | Amegilla (Megamegilla) acraensis Fabricius, 1793 | Mining Bee | | Amegilla (Micramegilla) atrocincta Lepeletier, 1841 | | | Amegilla (Zebramegilla) obscuriceps Friese, 1905 | | | Amegilla (Zebramegilla) spilostoma Cameron, 1905 | | | Amegilla (Zonamegilla) fallax Smith, 1879 | | | Anthophora (Heliophila) vestita Smith, 1854 | | | Anthophora praecox Friese, 1909 | | | Apis (Apis) mellifera Linnaeus, 1758 | African Honey Bee | | Bombus ruderatus eurynotus (Dalla Torre, 1882) | ⇒ Bombus ruderatus Fabricius, 1775 | | Ceratina (Ceratina) subquadrata Smith, 1854 | | | Ceratina nasalis Friese, 1905 | | | Creightonella consanquinea | | | Epeolus amabilis Gerstäcker, 1869 | | | Epeolus natalensis Smith, 1879 | Bunchberry dogwood | | Epeolus rufothoracicus Bischoff, 1923 | | | Eufriesea fallax Smith, 1854 | | | Pachymelus festivus Dours, 1869 | | | Pasites braunsi Bischoff, 1923 | | | Pasites histrio Gerstäcker, 1869 | | | Pasites jenseni Friese, 1915 | | | Sphecodopsis aculeata Friese, 1922 | | | Tetralonia ruficollis Friese, 1911 | | | Tetraloniella brevikeraia Eardley, 1989 | | | Tetraloniella junodi Friese, 1909 | | | Tetraloniella karooensis Brauns, 1926 | | | Thyreus albomaculatus DeGeer, 1778 | | | Thyreus calceatus Vachal, 1903 | | | Thyreus delumbatus Vachal, 1903 | | | Thyreus plumifer Brauns, 1909 | | | Thyreus proximus Meyer, 1921 | | | Thyreus vachali Friese, 1905 | | | Xylocopa (Gnathoxylocopa) sicheli Vachal, 1898 | | | Xylocopa (Koptortosoma) caffra Linnaeus, 1767 | | | Xylocopa (Xylomelissa) rufitarsis Lepeletier, 1841 | |
Subnodes of Apidae with occurrences in Lesotho
 | | Apidae (Latreille 1802) |
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