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Checklist for Family Apidae Latreille, 1802 (Bumble bees)
and region South Zimbabwe (Zimbabwe)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
308
2568
4695
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
307
2567
4694
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
293
2521
4617
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
217
2235
4301
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
46
515
1577
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
44
512
1575
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
23
370
1440
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Apoidea
Latreille, 1802
Apoid Wasps, Bees, Social Bees, Solitary Bees
9
140
820
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyApidae
Latreille, 1802
Bumble bees, Carpenter Bees, Cuckoo Bees, Digger Bees
26
101
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for South Zimbabwe
26 Genera with 101 Species
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Allodape Lepeletier &..., 19343SpeciesTaxom
Allodapula Cockerell, 19332SpeciesTaxom
Amegilla Friese, 187916SpeciesTaxom
Anthophora Latreille, 1932Common Digger Bees8SpeciesTaxom
Apis Linnaeus, 1758Honey Bee1SpeciesTaxom
Axestotrigona Moure, 18361SpeciesTaxom
Braunsapis Michener, 19159SpeciesTaxom
Centris Fabricius, 1804
Centris Bees0SpeciesTaxom
Ceratina Latreille, 1911Little Carpenter Bees8SpeciesTaxom
Ctenoplectra Kirby, 18794SpeciesTaxom
Epeolus Latreille, 1932Cellophane-Cuckoo Bees4SpeciesTaxom
Eufriesea Cockerell, 19252SpeciesTaxom
Hasinamelissa Chenoweth & ..., 2008
0SpeciesTaxom
Hypotrigona Cockerell, 18842SpeciesTaxom
Liotrigona Moure, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Meliplebeia Moure, 18791SpeciesTaxom
Mesotrichia Kelley, 1984
0SpeciesTaxom
Paratetrapedia Moure, 19211SpeciesTaxom
Pasites Jurine, 19105SpeciesTaxom
Pithitis Klug, 1807
0SpeciesTaxom
Plebeina Moure, 19001SpeciesTaxom
Tetralonia Spinola, 19161SpeciesTaxom
Tetraloniella Ashmead, 19095SpeciesTaxom
Thyreus Panzer, 190512SpeciesTaxom
Trigona Jurine, 1895Vulture bees1SpeciesTaxom
Xylocopa Latreille, 1854Carpenter bees14SpeciesTaxom


Species list for South Zimbabwe
101 Species
Allodape ceratinoides Gribodo, 1884
Allodape friesei Strand, 1915
Allodape microsticta Cockerell, 1934
Allodapula (Allodapula) variegata Smith, 1854
Allodapula monticola Cockerell, 1933
Amegilla (Ackmonopsis) mimadvena Cockerell, 1916
Amegilla (Aframegilla) africana Friese, 1905
Amegilla (Aframegilla) caelestina Cockerell, 1919
Amegilla (Aframegilla) cymatilis Eardley, 1994
Amegilla (Aframegilla) nubica Lepeletier, 1841
Amegilla (Aframegilla) vivida Smith, 1879
Amegilla (Amegilla) capensis Friese, 1905
Amegilla (Megamegilla) acraensis Fabricius, 1793Mining Bee
Amegilla (Megamegilla) albocaudata Dours, 1869
Amegilla (Zebramegilla) calens Lepeletier, 1841
Amegilla (Zebramegilla) kaimosica Cockerell, 1946
Amegilla (Zebramegilla) nigritarsis Friese, 1905
Amegilla (Zebramegilla) spilostoma Cameron, 1905
Amegilla (Zonamegilla) cingulata Fabricius, 1775Blue banded bee
Amegilla terminata Smith, 1879
Anthophora (Heliophila) tetradonta Cockerell, 1933
Anthophora (Heliophila) vestita Smith, 1854
Anthophora (Paramegilla) armata Friese, 1905
Anthophora ferripicta Cockerell, 1935
Anthophora oldi Meade-Waldo, 1914
Anthophora pygmaea (Dours, 1869)⇒ Ancyloscelis apiformis Fabricius, 1793
Anthophora rhodesiae Meade-Waldo, 1914
Anthophora xanthostoma Cockerell, 1932
Apis (Apis) mellifera Linnaeus, 1758Drone-Bee
Axestotrigona ferruginea Lepeletier, 1836
Braunsapis albipennis Friese, 1909
Braunsapis bouyssoui Vachal, 1903
Braunsapis facialis Gerstäcker, 1857
Braunsapis foveata Smith, 1854
Braunsapis leptozonia Vachal, 1909
Braunsapis natalica Michener, 1970Morrison stygobromid
Braunsapis rolini Vachal, 1903
Braunsapis simplicipes Michener, 1971
Braunsapis somatotheca Strand, 1915
Ceratina (Ceratina) subquadrata Smith, 1854
Ceratina (Ctenoceratina) lineola Vachal, 1903
Ceratina (Ctenoceratina) penicillata Friese, 1905
Ceratina (Ctenoceratina) rufigastra Cockerell, 1937Southern fire ant
Ceratina (Simioceratina) lunata (Friese, 1905)⇒ Ceratina cockerelli H. S. Smith, 1907
Ceratina (Simioceratina) moerenhouti Vachal, 1903
Ceratina inermis Friese, 1905
Ceratina tanganyicensis Strand, 1911
Ctenoplectra albolimbata Magretti, 1895
Ctenoplectra armata Magretti, 1895
Ctenoplectra bequaerti Cockerell, 1930
Ctenoplectra terminalis Smith, 1879Bunchberry dogwood
Epeolus amabilis Gerstäcker, 1869
Epeolus cestus Eardley, 1991
Epeolus natalensis Smith, 1879Bunchberry dogwood
Epeolus pygmaeorum Cockerell, 1932
Eufriesea fallax Smith, 1854
Eufriesea nigrescens Friese, 1925
Hypotrigona araujoi Michener, 1959
Hypotrigona gribodoi Magretti, 1884
Liotrigona bottegoi Magretti, 1895
Meliplebeia beccarii Gribodo, 1879
Paratetrapedia albitarsis Friese, 1921
Pasites appletoni Cockerell, 1910
Pasites barkeri Cockerell, 1919
Pasites braunsi Bischoff, 1923
Pasites carnifex Gerstäcker, 1869
Pasites friesei Cockerell, 1910
Plebeina hildebrandti (Friese, 1900)⇒ Plebeina armata Magretti, 1895
Tetralonia obscuriceps Friese, 1916
Tetraloniella (Tetraloniella) friesei Meade-Waldo, 1914
Tetraloniella (Tetraloniella) vansoni Cockerell, 1935
Tetraloniella ataxia Eardley, 1989
Tetraloniella inermis Friese, 1911
Tetraloniella sjoestedti Friese, 1909
Thyreus abyssinicus Radoszkowski, 1873
Thyreus axillaris Vachal, 1903
Thyreus calceatus Vachal, 1903
Thyreus delumbatus Vachal, 1903
Thyreus empeyi Eardley, 1991
Thyreus meripes Vachal, 1903
Thyreus neavei Cockerell, 1933
Thyreus niloticus Cockerell, 1937
Thyreus oxaspis Cockerell, 1936
Thyreus pictus Smith, 1854
Thyreus somalicus Strand, 1911
Thyreus vachali Friese, 1905
Trigona armata (Magretti, 1895)⇒ 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) nigrita Fabricius, 1775
Xylocopa (Koptortosoma) scioensis Gribodo, 1884
Xylocopa (Koptortosoma) somalica Magretti, 1895
Xylocopa (Mesotrichia) flavorufa DeGeer, 1778
Xylocopa (Mesotrichia) mixta Radoszkowski, 1881
Xylocopa (Xenoxylocopa) inconstans Smith, 1874Arnold's dogwood
Xylocopa (Xylomelissa) erythrina Gribodo, 1894
Xylocopa (Xylomelissa) hottentotta Smith, 1854

Subnodes of Apidae with occurrences in South Zimbabwe
SubfamilyApinae
Latreille, 1802
Bumble Bees, Digger Bees, Honey bees, Long-horned Bees, Orchid bees, Stingless bees
16
56
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyNomadinae
Latreille, 1802
Cuckoo Bees
2
9
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyXylocopinae
Latreille, 1802
Carpenter bees, Small carpenter Bees
7
36
Genera
Species

Taxom



Apidae (Latreille 1802)
Apidae (Latreille 1802)


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