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Checklist for Family Apidae Latreille, 1802 (Bumble bees)
and region Namibia (Southern Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
434
4745
11084
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
432
4730
11041
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
411
4621
10826
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
261
3768
9377
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
51
600
1882
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
49
594
1868
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
23
379
1612
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Apoidea
Latreille, 1802
Apoid Wasps, Bees, Social Bees, Solitary Bees
9
173
941
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyApidae
Latreille, 1802
Bumble bees, Carpenter Bees, Cuckoo Bees, Digger Bees
32
142
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Namibia
32 Genera with 142 Species
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Allodapula Cockerell, 1934
0SpeciesTaxom
Amegilla Friese, 187917SpeciesTaxom
Ammobates Latreille, 19971SpeciesTaxom
Anthophora Latreille, 1932Common Digger Bees13SpeciesTaxom
Apis Linnaeus, 1758Honey Bee1SpeciesTaxom
Biastes Panzer, 17981SpeciesTaxom
Bombus Latreille, 1860Bumble Bee1SpeciesTaxom
Braunsapis Michener, 19036SpeciesTaxom
Ceratina Latreille, 2007Little Carpenter Bees17SpeciesTaxom
Creightonella Cockerell, 02SpeciesTaxom
Ctenoceratina Daly & Moure, 03SpeciesTaxom
Ctenoplectra Kirby, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Ctenoplectrina Cockerell, 1930
0SpeciesTaxom
Epeolus Latreille, 1937Cellophane-Cuckoo Bees3SpeciesTaxom
Eufriesea Cockerell, 18541SpeciesTaxom
Eulaema Lepeletier, 19251SpeciesTaxom
Hypotrigona Cockerell, 18982SpeciesTaxom
Liotrigona Moure, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Macrogalea Cockerell, 02SpeciesTaxom
Meliplebeia Moure, 18791SpeciesTaxom
Meliponula Cockerell, 18791SpeciesTaxom
Melissodes Latreille, 1878Long-horned Bee1SpeciesTaxom
Pachymelus Smith, 19113SpeciesTaxom
Pasites Jurine, 19978SpeciesTaxom
Pithitis Klug, 1807
0SpeciesTaxom
Plebeina Moure, 19002SpeciesTaxom
Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 19332SpeciesTaxom
Tetralonia Spinola, 19164SpeciesTaxom
Tetraloniella Ashmead, 198915SpeciesTaxom
Thyreus Panzer, 19059SpeciesTaxom
Trigona Jurine, 1909Vulture bees2SpeciesTaxom
Xylocopa Latreille, 1983Carpenter bees22SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Namibia
142 Species and 2 Subspecies
Amegilla (Aframegilla) africana Friese, 1905
Amegilla (Aframegilla) nubica Lepeletier, 1841
Amegilla (Megamegilla) acraensis Fabricius, 1793Mining 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, 1758Drone-Bee
Biastes brevicornis Panzer, 1798
Bombus (Pyrobombus) huntii Greene, 1860Hunt 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, 1937Southern 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, 1879Bunchberry 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, 1878Agile Long-horned Bee
Pachymelus (Pachymelopsis) conspicuus Smith, 1879Bunchberry 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, 1899Malheur Cave amphipod
Xylocopa (Koptortosoma) sinensis Wu, 1983
Xylocopa (Koptortosoma) varipes Smith, 1854
Xylocopa (Mesotrichia) flavorufa DeGeer, 1778
Xylocopa (Mesotrichia) torrida Westwood, 1838Malheur Cave amphipod
Xylocopa (Xenoxylocopa) inconstans Smith, 1874Arnold'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, 1922Malheur Cave amphipod
Xylocopa spec Linnaeus, 1758
Xylocopa watmoughi Eardley, 1983

Subnodes of Apidae with occurrences in Namibia
SubfamilyApinae
Latreille, 1802
Bumble Bees, Digger Bees, Honey bees, Long-horned Bees, Orchid bees, Stingless bees
19
76
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyNomadinae
Latreille, 1802
Cuckoo Bees
5
15
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyXylocopinae
Latreille, 1802
Carpenter bees, Small carpenter Bees
6
46
Genera
Species

Taxom



Apidae (Latreille 1802)
Apidae (Latreille 1802)


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