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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
327
3787
9641
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
327
3787
9641
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
308
3697
9443
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
226
3307
8735
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
44
364
1087
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
42
359
1071
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
21
243
894
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Apoidea
Latreille, 1802
Apoid Wasps, Bees, Social Bees, Solitary Bees
9
112
579
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyApidae
Latreille, 1802
Bumble bees, Carpenter Bees, Cuckoo Bees, Digger Bees
32
170
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Malawi
32 Genera with 170 Species
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Afromelecta Lieftinck, 18981SpeciesTaxom
Amegilla Friese, 187927SpeciesTaxom
Ancyloscelis Latreille, 17931SpeciesTaxom
Anthophora Latreille, 1910Common Digger Bees14SpeciesTaxom
Apis Linnaeus, 1758Honey Bee1SpeciesTaxom
Axestotrigona Moure, 18362SpeciesTaxom
Braunsapis Michener, 190318SpeciesTaxom
Ceratina Latreille, 1911Little Carpenter Bees14SpeciesTaxom
Creightonella Cockerell, 196511SpeciesTaxom
Crocisa Jurine, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Ctenoceratina Daly & Moure, 05SpeciesTaxom
Ctenoplectra Kirby, 18795SpeciesTaxom
Eothrincostoma Blüthgen, 1930
0SpeciesTaxom
Epeolus Latreille, 1932Cellophane-Cuckoo Bees3SpeciesTaxom
Eufriesea Cockerell, 18541SpeciesTaxom
Habropoda Smith, 1854
0SpeciesTaxom
Hypotrigona Cockerell, 18983SpeciesTaxom
Koptortosoma Gribodo, 1894
0SpeciesTaxom
Liotrigona Moure, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Macrogalea Cockerell, 18791SpeciesTaxom
Meliplebeia Moure, 20042SpeciesTaxom
Meliponula Cockerell, 19004SpeciesTaxom
Pachymelus Smith, 18982SpeciesTaxom
Pasites Jurine, 18692SpeciesTaxom
Pithitis Klug, 1807
0SpeciesTaxom
Plebeina Moure, 19002SpeciesTaxom
Synhalonia Patton, 1879
0SpeciesTaxom
Tetralonia Spinola, 18702SpeciesTaxom
Tetraloniella Ashmead, 190911SpeciesTaxom
Thyreus Panzer, 190514SpeciesTaxom
Trigona Jurine, 1895Vulture bees1SpeciesTaxom
Xylocopa Latreille, 1758Carpenter bees23SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Malawi
170 Species and 1 Subspecies
Afromelecta bicuspis Stadelmann, 1898
Amegilla (Ackmonopsis) arcana Cockerell, 1936
Amegilla (Ackmonopsis) mimadvena Cockerell, 1916
Amegilla (Aframegilla) africana Friese, 1905
Amegilla (Aframegilla) bothai Friese, 1911
Amegilla (Aframegilla) caelestina Cockerell, 1919
Amegilla (Aframegilla) caerulea Friese, 1905
Amegilla (Aframegilla) cymatilis Eardley, 1994
Amegilla (Aframegilla) nila Eardley, 1994
Amegilla (Aframegilla) nubica Lepeletier, 1841
Amegilla (Amegilla) capensis Friese, 1905
Amegilla (Megamegilla) acraensis Fabricius, 1793Mining Bee
Amegilla (Megamegilla) albocaudata Dours, 1869
Amegilla (Megamegilla) paradoxa Brooks, 1988
Amegilla (Micramegilla) atrocincta Lepeletier, 1841
Amegilla (Micramegilla) sierra Eardley, 1994
Amegilla (Zebramegilla) aspergina Cockerell, 1933
Amegilla (Zebramegilla) calens Lepeletier, 1841
Amegilla (Zebramegilla) circulata Fabricius, 1781
Amegilla (Zebramegilla) grandiceps Friese, 1905
Amegilla (Zebramegilla) kaimosica Cockerell, 1946
Amegilla (Zebramegilla) nigritarsis Friese, 1905
Amegilla (Zebramegilla) penicula Eardley, 1994
Amegilla (Zonamegilla) fallax Smith, 1879
Amegilla candida Smith, 1879
Amegilla nivea Lepeletier, 1841
Amegilla nonconforma Brooks, 1988
Amegilla terminata Smith, 1879
Ancyloscelis apiformis Fabricius, 1793
Anthophora (Heliophila) matopoensis
Anthophora (Heliophila) tetradonta Cockerell, 1933
Anthophora (Paramegilla) armata Friese, 1905
Anthophora argyrospila Cockerell, 1938
Anthophora joetta Brooks, 1988
Anthophora leucopyga Friese, 1911
Anthophora matopensis Cockerell, 1933
Anthophora oldi Meade-Waldo, 1914
Anthophora pygmaea (Dours, 1869)⇒ Ancyloscelis apiformis Fabricius, 1793
Anthophora rhodesiae Meade-Waldo, 1914
Anthophora rufovestita Cockerell, 1946
Anthophora spinicauda (Cockerell, 1946)⇒ Anthophora rufovestita Cockerell, 1946
Anthophora torridella Meade-Waldo, 1914
Anthophora zombana Cockerell, 1910
Apis (Apis) mellifera Linnaeus, 1758Drone-Bee
Axestotrigona erythra Schletterer, 1891
Axestotrigona ferruginea Lepeletier, 1836
Braunsapis bouyssoui Vachal, 1903
Braunsapis facialis Gerstäcker, 1857
Braunsapis foveata Smith, 1854
Braunsapis fuscinervis Cameron, 1905
Braunsapis langenburgensis Strand, 1915
Braunsapis leptozonia Vachal, 1909
Braunsapis liliputana Strand, 1915
Braunsapis luapulana Cockerell, 1936
Braunsapis minutula Friese, 1914
Braunsapis natalica Michener, 1970Morrison stygobromid
Braunsapis pallida Michener, 1975
Braunsapis rhodesi Cockerell, 1936
Braunsapis simplicipes Michener, 1971
Braunsapis strandi Masi, 1930
Braunsapis stuckenbergorum Michener, 1971
Braunsapis stuckerbergorum
Braunsapis trochanterata Gerstäcker, 1870
Braunsapis vitrea Vachal, 1903
Ceratina (Ceratina) subquadrata Smith, 1854
Ceratina (Ceratinula) cockerelli H. S. Smith, 1907Cockerell´s Ceratina
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) lunata (Friese, 1905)⇒ Ceratina cockerelli H. S. Smith, 1907
Ceratina (Simioceratina) moerenhouti Vachal, 1903
Ceratina inermis Friese, 1905
Ceratina nasalis Friese, 1905
Ceratina paulyi Daly, 1988
Ceratina polita Friese, 1902
Ceratina rhodura Cockerell, 1937
Ceratina tanganyicensis Strand, 1911
Creightonella aculeata Vachal, 0
Creightonella angulata Smith, 0
Creightonella cognata Smith, 0
Creightonella discolor Smith, 0
Creightonella erythrura (Pasteels, 1970)⇒ Megachile erythrura Pasteels, 1970
Creightonella gastracantha Cockerell, 0
Creightonella hoplitis
Creightonella ianthoptera Smith, 0
Creightonella mitima
Creightonella rufoscopacaea Friese, 0
Creightonella sternintegra Pasteels, 1965
Crocisa africana (Radoszkowski, 1893)⇒ Thyreus africana Radoszkowski, 1893
Ctenoceratina (Ctenoceratina) lineola Vachal, 0
Ctenoceratina (Ctenoceratina) paulyi Daly, 1988
Ctenoceratina (Simioceratina) lunata Friese, 1905
Ctenoceratina moerenhouti Vachal, 0
Ctenoceratina penicillata Friese, 0
Ctenoplectra antinorii Gribodo, 1884
Ctenoplectra armata Magretti, 1895
Ctenoplectra bequaerti Cockerell, 1930
Ctenoplectra polita Strand, 1912
Ctenoplectra terminalis Smith, 1879Bunchberry dogwood
Epeolus kristenseni Friese, 1915
Epeolus natalensis Smith, 1879Bunchberry dogwood
Epeolus pygmaeorum Cockerell, 1932
Eufriesea fallax Smith, 1854
Hypotrigona araujoi Michener, 1959
Hypotrigona gribodoi Magretti, 1884
Hypotrigona ruspolii Magretti, 1898
Liotrigona bottegoi Magretti, 1895
Macrogalea candida Smith, 1879
Meliplebeia beccarii Gribodo, 1879
Meliplebeia roubiki Eardley, 2004
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 lendliana Friese, 1900
Pachymelus (Pachymelopsis) conspicuus Smith, 1879Bunchberry dogwood
Pachymelus reichardti Stadelmann, 1898
Pasites carnifex Gerstäcker, 1869
Pasites histrio Gerstäcker, 1869
Plebeina denoiti Friese, 1900
Plebeina hildebrandti (Friese, 1900)⇒ Plebeina armata Magretti, 1895
Tetralonia (Eucara) caudata Friese, 1905
Tetralonia macrognatha Gerstäcker, 1870
Tetraloniella abessinica Friese, 1915
Tetraloniella ataxia Eardley, 1989
Tetraloniella elsei Eardley, 1989
Tetraloniella inermis Friese, 1911
Tetraloniella junodi Friese, 1909
Tetraloniella katangensis Cockerell, 1930
Tetraloniella nyassana Strand, 1911
Tetraloniella ogilviae Cockerell, 1935
Tetraloniella ottiliensis Friese, 1905
Tetraloniella pulverosa Friese, 0
Tetraloniella sjoestedti Friese, 1909
Thyreus abyssinicus Radoszkowski, 1873
Thyreus africana Radoszkowski, 1893
Thyreus albomaculatus DeGeer, 1778
Thyreus alfkeni Brauns, 1909
Thyreus axillaris Vachal, 1903
Thyreus calceatus Vachal, 1903
Thyreus delumbatus Vachal, 1903
Thyreus histrio Fabricius, 1775
Thyreus meripes Vachal, 1903
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 (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) nigrita Fabricius, 1775
Xylocopa (Koptortosoma) olivacea Fabricius, 1778
Xylocopa (Koptortosoma) scioensis Gribodo, 1884
Xylocopa (Koptortosoma) senior Vachal, 1899Malheur Cave amphipod
Xylocopa senior clitelligera Friese, 1922
Xylocopa (Koptortosoma) sinensis Wu, 1983
Xylocopa (Koptortosoma) somalica Magretti, 1895
Xylocopa (Mesotrichia) flavorufa DeGeer, 1778
Xylocopa (Mesotrichia) mixta Radoszkowski, 1881
Xylocopa (Mesotrichia) torrida Westwood, 1838Malheur Cave amphipod
Xylocopa (Xenoxylocopa) inconstans Smith, 1874Arnold's dogwood
Xylocopa (Xylomelissa) erythrina Gribodo, 1894
Xylocopa (Xylomelissa) hottentotta Smith, 1854
Xylocopa hottentota
Xylocopa hyalinipennis Friese, 1922Malheur Cave amphipod
Xylocopa spec Linnaeus, 1758

Subnodes of Apidae with occurrences in Malawi
SubfamilyApinae
Latreille, 1802
Bumble Bees, Digger Bees, Honey bees, Long-horned Bees, Orchid bees, Stingless bees
21
95
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyNomadinae
Latreille, 1802
Cuckoo Bees
2
5
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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