Checklist of Family Apidae Latreille, 1802 (Bumble bees)
for Namibia (Southern Africa)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 434
4744
11078 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 432
4729
11035 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 411
4620
10820 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 261
3767
9372 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps | 51
599
1880 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps | 49
593
1866 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps | 23
378
1610 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Apoidea
Latreille, 1802
Apoid Wasps, Bees, Social Bees, Solitary Bees | 9
172
939 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Apidae
Latreille, 1802
Bumble bees, Carpenter Bees, Cuckoo Bees, Digger Bees | 32
142 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Namibia
32 Genera with 142 Species
| Allodapula Cockerell, 1934 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Amegilla Friese, 1879 | | 18 | Species | Taxom | | Ammobates Latreille, 1997 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Anthophora Latreille, 1932 | Common Digger Bees | 13 | Species | Taxom | | Apis Linnaeus, 1758 | Honey Bee | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Biastes Panzer, 1798 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Bombus Latreille, 1860 | Bumble Bee | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Braunsapis Michener, 1903 | | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Ceratina Latreille, 2007 | Little Carpenter Bees | 17 | Species | Taxom | | Creightonella Cockerell, 0 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Ctenoceratina Daly & Moure, 0 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Ctenoplectra Kirby, 1895 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ctenoplectrina Cockerell, 1930 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Epeolus Latreille, 1937 | Cellophane-Cuckoo Bees | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Eufriesea Cockerell, 1854 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Eulaema Lepeletier, 1925 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hypotrigona Cockerell, 1898 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Liotrigona Moure, 1895 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Macrogalea Cockerell, 0 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Meliplebeia Moure, 1879 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Meliponula Cockerell, 1879 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Melissodes Latreille, 1878 | Long-horned Bee | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pachymelus Smith, 1911 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Pasites Jurine, 1997 | | 9 | Species | Taxom | | Pithitis Klug, 1807 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Plebeina Moure, 1900 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1933 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Tetralonia Spinola, 1916 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Tetraloniella Ashmead, 1989 | | 16 | Species | Taxom | | Thyreus Panzer, 1905 | | 9 | Species | Taxom | | Trigona Jurine, 1909 | Vulture bees | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Xylocopa Latreille, 1983 | Carpenter bees | 23 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Namibia
142 Species and 2 Subspecies | Amegilla (Aframegilla) africana Friese, 1905 | | | Amegilla (Aframegilla) nubica Lepeletier, 1841 | | | Amegilla (Megamegilla) acraensis Fabricius, 1793 | Mining Bee | | Amegilla (Micramegilla) atrocincta Lepeletier, 1841 | | | Amegilla (Micramegilla) niveata Friese, 1905 | | | Amegilla (Micramegilla) velutina Friese, 1909 | | | Amegilla (Zebramegilla) bechuanensis Cockerell, 1935 | | | Amegilla (Zebramegilla) calens Lepeletier, 1841 | | | Amegilla (Zebramegilla) circulata Fabricius, 1781 | | | Amegilla (Zebramegilla) kalahari Eardley, 1994 | | | Amegilla (Zebramegilla) kuleni Eardley, 1994 | | | Amegilla (Zebramegilla) langi Cockerell, 1935 | | | Amegilla (Zebramegilla) nigritarsis Friese, 1905 | | | Amegilla (Zebramegilla) penicula Eardley, 1994 | | | Amegilla (Zebramegilla) punctifrons Walker, 1871 | | | Amegilla (Zonamegilla) fallax Smith, 1879 | | | Amegilla candida Smith, 1879 | | | Ammobates auster Eardley, 1997 | | | Anthophora (Heliophila) rufolanata Dours, 1869 | | | Anthophora (Heliophila) tridentella Priesner, 1957 | | | Anthophora (Paramegilla) armata Friese, 1905 | | | Anthophora (Paramegilla) basalis Smith, 1854 | | | Anthophora abrochia Eardley & Br..., 1989 | | | Anthophora albitomentosa Eardley & Br..., 1989 | | | Anthophora auone Eardley & Br..., 1989 | | | Anthophora ekuivensis Cockerell, 1908 | | | Anthophora glaucopis Friese, 1905 | | | Anthophora hirtiventris Friese, 1911 | | | Anthophora labrosa Friese, 1911 | | | Anthophora mephistophelicana Strand, 1911 | | | Anthophora xanthostoma Cockerell, 1932 | | | Apis (Apis) mellifera Linnaeus, 1758 | African Honey Bee | | Biastes brevicornis Panzer, 1798 | | | Bombus (Pyrobombus) huntii Greene, 1860 | Hunt bumble bee | | Braunsapis albipennis Friese, 1909 | | | Braunsapis elizabethana Strand, 1915 | | | Braunsapis fuscinervis Cameron, 1905 | | | Braunsapis longula Friese, 1916 | | | Braunsapis otavica Cockerell, 1939 | | | Braunsapis vitrea Vachal, 1903 | | | Ceratina (Ctenoceratina) armata Smith, 1854 | | | Ceratina (Ctenoceratina) rufigastra Cockerell, 1937 | Southern fire ant | | Ceratina (Simioceratina) lunata (Friese, 1905) | ⇒ Ceratina cockerelli H. S. Smith, 1907 | | Ceratina (Simioceratina) moerenhouti Vachal, 1903 | | | Ceratina bilobata Cockerell, 1937 | | | Ceratina citrinifrons Cockerell, 1937 | | | Ceratina electron Cockerell, 1937 | | | Ceratina gnoma Eardley & Daly, 2007 | | | Ceratina inermis Friese, 1905 | | | Ceratina lativentris Friese, 1905 | | | Ceratina liliputana Cockerell, 1932 | | | Ceratina namibensis Eardley & Daly, 2007 | | | Ceratina nasalis Friese, 1905 | | | Ceratina nyassensis Strand, 1912 | | | Ceratina perpolita Cockerell, 1937 | | | Ceratina rhodura Cockerell, 1937 | | | Ceratina whiteheadi Eardley & Daly, 2007 | | | Creightonella discolor Smith, 0 | | | Creightonella dorsata Smith, 0 | | | Ctenoceratina (Simioceratina) lunata Friese, 1905 | | | Ctenoceratina bilobata Cockerell, 0 | | | Ctenoceratina moerenhouti Vachal, 0 | | | Ctenoplectra armata Magretti, 1895 | | | Epeolus amabilis Gerstäcker, 1869 | | | Epeolus natalensis Smith, 1879 | Bunchberry dogwood | | Epeolus pubescens Cockerell, 1937 | | | Eufriesea fallax Smith, 1854 | | | Eulaema (Eulaema) tenuifasciata Friese, 1925 | | | Hypotrigona gribodoi Magretti, 1884 | | | Hypotrigona ruspolii Magretti, 1898 | | | Liotrigona bottegoi Magretti, 1895 | | | Macrogalea candida Smith, 1879 | | | Macrogalea candida otaviensis Cockerell, 0 | | | Meliplebeia beccarii Gribodo, 1879 | | | Meliponula (Meliplebeia) beccarii (Gribodo, 1879) | ⇒ Meliplebeia beccarii Gribodo, 1879 | | Melissodes (Eumelissodes) agilis Cresson, 1878 | Agile Long-horned Bee | | Pachymelus (Pachymelopsis) conspicuus Smith, 1879 | Bunchberry dogwood | | Pachymelus festivus Dours, 1869 | | | Pachymelus peringueyi Friese, 1911 | | | Pasites appletoni Cockerell, 1910 | | | Pasites ater (Friese, 1909) | ⇒ Biastes brevicornis Panzer, 1798 | | Pasites braunsi Bischoff, 1923 | | | Pasites friesei Cockerell, 1910 | | | Pasites histrio Gerstäcker, 1869 | | | Pasites jenseni Friese, 1915 | | | Pasites jonesi Cockerell, 1921 | | | Pasites namibiensis Eardley, 1997 | | | Plebeina armata Magretti, 1895 | | | Plebeina hildebrandti (Friese, 1900) | ⇒ Plebeina armata Magretti, 1895 | | Sphecodopsis aculeata Friese, 1922 | | | Sphecodopsis minutissima Cockerell, 1933 | | | Tetralonia cinctula Cockerell, 1936 | | | Tetralonia fraterna Friese, 1911 | | | Tetralonia macrognatha Gerstäcker, 1870 | | | Tetralonia obscuriceps Friese, 1916 | | | Tetraloniella (Tetraloniella) nubilis (Cockerell, 1932) | ⇒ Tetraloniella tenuifasciata Friese, 1911 | | Tetraloniella abrochia Eardley, 1989 | | | Tetraloniella ataxia Eardley, 1989 | | | Tetraloniella braunsiana Friese, 1905 | | | Tetraloniella junodi Friese, 1909 | | | Tetraloniella katangensis Cockerell, 1930 | | | Tetraloniella michaelseni Friese, 1916 | | | Tetraloniella minuta Friese, 1905 | | | Tetraloniella minuticornis Friese, 1905 | | | Tetraloniella ogilviae Cockerell, 1935 | | | Tetraloniella pulverosa Friese, 0 | | | Tetraloniella sjoestedti Friese, 1909 | | | Tetraloniella tenuifasciata Friese, 1911 | | | Tetraloniella watmoughi Eardley, 1989 | | | Tetraloniella whiteheadi Eardley, 1989 | | | Thyreus abyssinicus Radoszkowski, 1873 | | | Thyreus albomaculatus DeGeer, 1778 | | | Thyreus calceatus Vachal, 1903 | | | Thyreus delumbatus Vachal, 1903 | | | Thyreus meripes Vachal, 1903 | | | Thyreus pica Strand, 1921 | | | Thyreus pictus Smith, 1854 | | | Thyreus plumifer Brauns, 1909 | | | Thyreus vachali Friese, 1905 | | | Trigona armata (Magretti, 1895) | ⇒ Plebeina armata Magretti, 1895 | | Trigona clypeata (Friese, 1909) | ⇒ Plebeina armata Magretti, 1895 | | Xylocopa (Apoxylocopa) lugubris Gerstäcker, 1857 | | | Xylocopa (Gnathoxylocopa) sicheli Vachal, 1898 | | | Xylocopa (Koptortosoma) caffra Linnaeus, 1767 | | | Xylocopa (Koptortosoma) calens Lepeletier, 1841 | | | Xylocopa (Koptortosoma) flavicollis DeGeer, 1778 | | | Xylocopa (Koptortosoma) imitator Smith, 1854 | | | Xylocopa (Koptortosoma) scioensis Gribodo, 1884 | | | Xylocopa (Koptortosoma) senior Vachal, 1899 | Malheur Cave amphipod | | Xylocopa (Koptortosoma) sinensis Wu, 1983 | | | Xylocopa (Koptortosoma) varipes Smith, 1854 | | | Xylocopa (Mesotrichia) flavorufa DeGeer, 1778 | | | Xylocopa (Mesotrichia) torrida Westwood, 1838 | Malheur Cave amphipod | | Xylocopa (Xenoxylocopa) inconstans Smith, 1874 | Arnold's dogwood | | Xylocopa (Xylocopoides) capitata Smith, 1854 | | | Xylocopa (Xylomelissa) hottentotta Smith, 1854 | | | Xylocopa (Xylomelissa) rufitarsis Lepeletier, 1841 | | | Xylocopa tarsata namutonensis Strand, 0 | | | Xylocopa albifrons Lepeletier, 1841 | | | Xylocopa hottentota | | | Xylocopa obscuritarsis Friese, 1922 | Malheur Cave amphipod | | Xylocopa spec Linnaeus, 1758 | | | Xylocopa watmoughi Eardley, 1983 | |
Subnodes of Apidae with occurrences in Namibia
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