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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
521
7875
25069
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
517
7870
25062
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
498
7773
24792
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
322
6415
21860
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
56
889
2616
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
54
882
2605
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
22
391
1737
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Apoidea
Latreille, 1802
Apoid Wasps, Bees, Social Bees, Solitary Bees
9
136
778
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyApidae
Latreille, 1802
Bumble bees, Carpenter Bees, Cuckoo Bees, Digger Bees
41
227
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Tanzania
41 Genera with 227 Species
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Afromelecta Lieftinck, 18981SpeciesTaxom
Allodape Lepeletier &..., 18545SpeciesTaxom
Allodapula Cockerell, 18541SpeciesTaxom
Amegilla Friese, 190929SpeciesTaxom
Anthophora Latreille, 1946Common Digger Bees11SpeciesTaxom
Apis Linnaeus, 1836Honey Bee2SpeciesTaxom
Axestotrigona Moure, 18362SpeciesTaxom
Braunsapis Michener, 191516SpeciesTaxom
Cephalotrigona Schwarz, 1940
0SpeciesTaxom
Ceratina Latreille, 1997Little Carpenter Bees21SpeciesTaxom
Cleptotrigona Moure, 19121SpeciesTaxom
Compsomelissa Alfken, 19151SpeciesTaxom
Creightonella Cockerell, 06SpeciesTaxom
Crocisa Jurine, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Ctenoceratina Daly & Moure, 04SpeciesTaxom
Ctenoplectra Kirby, 18795SpeciesTaxom
Ctenoplectrina Cockerell, 19301SpeciesTaxom
Dactylurina Cockerell, 18932SpeciesTaxom
Epeolus Latreille, 1879Cellophane-Cuckoo Bees2SpeciesTaxom
Epiclopus Spinola, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Eufriesea Cockerell, 18541SpeciesTaxom
Hypotrigona Cockerell, 18983SpeciesTaxom
Koptortosoma Gribodo, 1894
0SpeciesTaxom
Lestrimelitta Friese, 19121SpeciesTaxom
Liotrigona Moure, 19782SpeciesTaxom
Macrogalea Cockerell, 19775SpeciesTaxom
Meliplebeia Moure, 18791SpeciesTaxom
Melipona Illiger, 19291SpeciesTaxom
Meliponula Cockerell, 19036SpeciesTaxom
Mesotrichia Kelley, 19192SpeciesTaxom
Mourella Schwarz, 19001SpeciesTaxom
Pachymelus Smith, 18985SpeciesTaxom
Pasites Jurine, 19236SpeciesTaxom
Pithitis Klug, 1807
0SpeciesTaxom
Plebeina Moure, 19002SpeciesTaxom
Schwarzia Eardley, 20091SpeciesTaxom
Tetralonia Spinola, 19056SpeciesTaxom
Tetraloniella Ashmead, 20038SpeciesTaxom
Thyreus Panzer, 190515SpeciesTaxom
Trigona Jurine, 0Vulture bees2SpeciesTaxom
Xylocopa Latreille, 1911Carpenter bees54SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Tanzania
227 Species and 9 Subspecies
Afromelecta bicuspis Stadelmann, 1898
Allodape bipunctata (Friese, 1924)⇒ Allodape interrupta Vachal, 1903
Allodape derufata (Strand, 1912)⇒ Allodape mirabilis Schulz, 1906
Allodape exoloma Strand, 1915
Allodape mirabilis Schulz, 1906Ausu
Allodape parvula (Smith, 1854)⇒ Braunsapis mixta Smith, 1852
Allodapula (Allodapula) variegata Smith, 1854
Amegilla (Ackmonopsis) griseotecta Cockerell, 1946
Amegilla (Ackmonopsis) mimadvena Cockerell, 1916
Amegilla (Aframegilla) africana Friese, 1905
Amegilla (Aframegilla) caelestina Cockerell, 1919
Amegilla (Aframegilla) caerulea Friese, 1905
Amegilla cincta conradsi Strand, 1911
Amegilla (Aframegilla) cymatilis Eardley, 1994
Amegilla (Aframegilla) nila Eardley, 1994
Amegilla (Aframegilla) nubica Lepeletier, 1841
Amegilla (Amegilla) capensis Friese, 1905
Amegilla (Dizonamegilla) sesquicincta Erichson, 1842
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) calens Lepeletier, 1841
Amegilla (Zebramegilla) circulata Fabricius, 1781
Amegilla (Zebramegilla) eritrina Friese, 1915
Amegilla (Zebramegilla) grandiceps Friese, 1905
Amegilla (Zebramegilla) kaimosica Cockerell, 1946
Amegilla (Zebramegilla) nigritarsis Friese, 1905
Amegilla (Zonamegilla) fallax Smith, 1879
Amegilla aerizusa Vachal, 1903
Amegilla caligata (Gerstäcker, 1871)⇒ Amegilla circulata Fabricius, 1781
Amegilla candida Smith, 1879
Amegilla sjoestedti Friese, 1909
Anthophora (Heliophila) tetradonta Cockerell, 1933
Anthophora (Paramegilla) armata Friese, 1905
Anthophora (Paramegilla) inclyta Walker, 1871
Anthophora advena (Smith, 1879)⇒ Amegilla acraensis Fabricius, 1793
Anthophora glaucopis Friese, 1905
Anthophora kigomensis Cockerell, 1938
Anthophora kigonserana Friese, 1905
Anthophora leucopyga Friese, 1911
Anthophora oldi Meade-Waldo, 1914
Anthophora rufovestita Cockerell, 1946
Anthophora spinicauda (Cockerell, 1946)⇒ Anthophora rufovestita Cockerell, 1946
Apis (Apis) mellifera Linnaeus, 1758Drone-Bee
Apis mellifera scutellata (Lepeletier, 1836)⇒ Apis mellifera Linnaeus, 1758
Axestotrigona erythra Schletterer, 1891
Axestotrigona ferruginea Lepeletier, 1836
Braunsapis bouyssoui Vachal, 1903
Braunsapis calidula Cockerell, 1908
Braunsapis facialis Gerstäcker, 1857
Braunsapis foveata Smith, 1854
Braunsapis gorillarum Cockerell, 1936
Braunsapis langenburgensis Strand, 1915
Braunsapis leptozonia Vachal, 1909
Braunsapis luapulana Cockerell, 1936
Braunsapis minutula Friese, 1914
Braunsapis natalica Michener, 1970Morrison stygobromid
Braunsapis rhodesi Cockerell, 1936
Braunsapis rolini Vachal, 1903
Braunsapis rubicundula Strand, 1915
Braunsapis somatotheca Strand, 1915
Braunsapis trochanterata Gerstäcker, 1870
Braunsapis virilipicta Strand, 1915
Ceratina (Ctenoceratina) ericia Vachal, 1903
Ceratina (Ctenoceratina) lineola Vachal, 1903
Ceratina (Ctenoceratina) penicillata Friese, 1905
Ceratina (Ctenoceratina) penicilligera Strand, 1912
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 daressalamica Strand, 1912
Ceratina excavata Cockerell, 1937
Ceratina furcilinea (Strand, 1912)⇒ Ceratina daressalamica Strand, 1912
Ceratina langenburgiae Strand, 1912
Ceratina lativentris Friese, 1905
Ceratina minuta Friese, 1905
Ceratina nasalis Friese, 1905
Ceratina nigriceps Friese, 1905
Ceratina nyassensis Strand, 1912
Ceratina opaca Friese, 1905
Ceratina pembana Cockerell, 1935
Ceratina tanganyicensis Strand, 1911
Ceratina vechti Baker, 1997
Cleptotrigona cubiceps Friese, 1912
Compsomelissa stigma Strand, 1915
Creightonella cognata Smith, 0
Creightonella cornigera Friese, 0
Creightonella discolor Smith, 0
Creightonella gastracantha Cockerell, 0
Creightonella rufa Friese, 0
Creightonella rufoscopacaea Friese, 0
Crocisa calcarata Vachal, 1903
Ctenoceratina (Ctenoceratina) lineola Vachal, 0
Ctenoceratina (Simioceratina) tanganyicensis (Strand, 1911)⇒ Ceratina tanganyicensis Strand, 1911
Ctenoceratina moerenhouti Vachal, 0
Ctenoceratina penicillata Friese, 0
Ctenoplectra albolimbata Magretti, 1895
Ctenoplectra antinorii Gribodo, 1884
Ctenoplectra polita Strand, 1912
Ctenoplectra politula Cockerell, 1930
Ctenoplectra terminalis Smith, 1879Bunchberry dogwood
Ctenoplectrina politula (Cockerell, 1930)⇒ Ctenoplectra politula Cockerell, 1930
Dactylurina schmidti Stadelmann, 1895
Dactylurina staudingeri Gribodo, 1893
Epeolus corniculatus Bischoff, 1923
Epeolus natalensis Smith, 1879Bunchberry dogwood
Epiclopus lendlianus Friese, 1910
Eufriesea fallax Smith, 1854
Hypotrigona araujoi Michener, 1959
Hypotrigona gribodoi Magretti, 1884
Hypotrigona ruspolii Magretti, 1898
Lestrimelitta (Trigona) cubiceps Friese, 1912
Liotrigona bottegoi Magretti, 1895
Liotrigona vetula J. S. Moure, 1978
Macrogalea candida Smith, 1879
Macrogalea magenge Tierney & Sc..., 2003
Macrogalea mombasae Cockerell, 1930
Macrogalea scaevolae Brooks & Pauly, 2001
Macrogalea zanzibarica Michener, 1977
Meliplebeia beccarii Gribodo, 1879
Melipona alinderi (Alfken, 1929)⇒ Meliplebeia beccarii Gribodo, 1879
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 (Meliponula) bocandei Spinola, 1853
Meliponula lendliana Friese, 1900
Meliponula ogouensis Vachal, 1903
Mesotrichia oudemanii
Mesotrichia stuhlmanni alticola (Cockerell, 1919)⇒ Xylocopa alticola Cockerell, 1919
Mourella caerulea Friese, 1900
Pachymelus (Pachymelopsis) conspicuus Smith, 1879Bunchberry dogwood
Pachymelus abessinicus Friese, 1913
Pachymelus bettoni Cockerell, 1910
Pachymelus festivus Dours, 1869
Pachymelus reichardti Stadelmann, 1898
Pasites barkeri Cockerell, 1919
Pasites carnifex Gerstäcker, 1869
Pasites friesei Cockerell, 1910
Pasites humecta (Eardley, In ..., 1997)⇒ Pasites humectus Eardley, 1997
Pasites humectus Eardley, 1997
Pasites rotundiceps Bischoff, 1923
Plebeina denoiti Friese, 1900
Plebeina hildebrandti (Friese, 1900)⇒ Plebeina armata Magretti, 1895
Schwarzia emmae Eardley, 2009
Tetralonia (Eucara) caudata Friese, 1905
Tetralonia boharti Eardley, 1989
Tetralonia macrognatha Gerstäcker, 1870
Tetralonia obscuriceps Friese, 1916
Tetralonia obscuripes Friese, 1905
Tetralonia penicillata Friese, 1905
Tetraloniella (Tetraloniella) vansoni Cockerell, 1935
Tetraloniella abessinica Friese, 1915
Tetraloniella abrochia Eardley, 1989
Tetraloniella inermis Friese, 1911
Tetraloniella katangensis Cockerell, 1930
Tetraloniella ottiliensis Friese, 1905
Tetraloniella sjoestedti Friese, 1909
Tetraloniella snizeki Tkalcu, 2003
Thyreus abyssinicus Radoszkowski, 1873
Thyreus axillaris Vachal, 1903
Thyreus brachyaspis Cockerell, 1936
Thyreus calcaratus
Thyreus calceatus Vachal, 1903
Thyreus delumbatus Vachal, 1903
Thyreus empeyi Eardley, 1991
Thyreus hyalinatus Vachal, 1903
Thyreus kilimandjaricus Strand, 1911
Thyreus meripes Vachal, 1903
Thyreus niloticus Cockerell, 1937
Thyreus pictus Smith, 1854
Thyreus scotaspis Vachal, 1903
Thyreus tschoffeni Vachal, 1903
Thyreus vachali Friese, 1905
Trigona armata (Magretti, 1895)⇒ Plebeina armata Magretti, 1895
Trigona togoensis Stadelmann, 0
Xylocopa (Apoxylocopa) lugubris Gerstäcker, 1857
Xylocopa (Koptortosoma) apicalis Smith, 1854
Xylocopa (Koptortosoma) caffra Linnaeus, 1767
Xylocopa caffra mossambica Gribodo, 1894
Xylocopa (Koptortosoma) calens Lepeletier, 1841
Xylocopa (Koptortosoma) flavicollis DeGeer, 1778
Xylocopa (Koptortosoma) imitator Smith, 1854
Xylocopa imitator nigriceps Friese, 1903
Xylocopa (Koptortosoma) lateritia Smith, 1854
Xylocopa (Koptortosoma) modesta Smith, 1854Malheur Cave amphipod
Xylocopa (Koptortosoma) nigrella Hurd, 1959
Xylocopa (Koptortosoma) nigrita Fabricius, 1775
Xylocopa (Koptortosoma) olivacea Fabricius, 1778
Xylocopa (Koptortosoma) praeusta Smith, 1854
Xylocopa (Koptortosoma) pubescens Spinola, 1838
Xylocopa (Koptortosoma) scioensis Gribodo, 1884
Xylocopa (Koptortosoma) senior Vachal, 1899Malheur Cave amphipod
Xylocopa (Koptortosoma) somalica Magretti, 1895
Xylocopa (Mesotrichia) combusta Smith, 1854
Xylocopa (Mesotrichia) flavorufa DeGeer, 1778
Xylocopa (Mesotrichia) mixta Radoszkowski, 1881
Xylocopa (Mesotrichia) torrida Westwood, 1838Malheur Cave amphipod
Xylocopa carinata fulvopilosa Friese, 0
Xylocopa carinata ukerewensis Strand, 0
Xylocopa carinata usambarensis Strand, 0
Xylocopa (Xenoxylocopa) chiyakensis Cockerell, 1908
Xylocopa (Xenoxylocopa) inconstans Smith, 1874Arnold's dogwood
Xylocopa (Xylomelissa) erythrina Gribodo, 1894
Xylocopa (Xylomelissa) hottentotta Smith, 1854
Xylocopa alticola Cockerell, 1919
Xylocopa bouyssoui Vachal, 1898
Xylocopa braunsi Dusmet y Alonso, 1924
Xylocopa conradsiana Friese, 1911
Xylocopa cornigera (Friese, 1909)⇒ Xylocopa fimbriata Fabricius, 1804
Xylocopa divisa (Klug, 1807)⇒ Xylocopa flavicollis DeGeer, 1778
Xylocopa erlangeri Enderlein, 1903
Xylocopa flavobicincta uluguruna Enderlein, 0
Xylocopa ganglbaueri Maidl, 1912
Xylocopa gaullei Vachal, 1898
Xylocopa graueri Maidl, 1912
Xylocopa gribodoi Magretti, 1892
Xylocopa haefligeri Friese, 1909
Xylocopa inquirenda Vachal, 1899
Xylocopa isabelleae Hurd, 1959
Xylocopa leucothoracoides Maidl, 1912
Xylocopa montana Enderlein, 1903
Xylocopa nyassica Enderlein, 1903
Xylocopa oudemansi (LeVeque, 1933)⇒ Xylocopa nigrita Fabricius, 1775
Xylocopa pseudoleucothorax Maidl, 1912
Xylocopa senex Friese, 1909
Xylocopa spec Linnaeus, 1758
Xylocopa stadelmanni Vachal, 1899
Xylocopa sycophanta Perez, 1901
Xylocopa tanganyikae Strand, 1911

Subnodes of Apidae with occurrences in Tanzania
SubfamilyApinae
Latreille, 1802
Bumble Bees, Digger Bees, Honey bees, Long-horned Bees, Orchid bees, Stingless bees
26
107
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyNomadinae
Latreille, 1802
Cuckoo Bees
3
9
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyXylocopinae
Latreille, 1802
Carpenter bees, Small carpenter Bees
8
99
Genera
Species

Taxom



Apidae (Latreille 1802)
Apidae (Latreille 1802)


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