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Checklist for Family Apidae Latreille, 1802 (Bumble bees)
and region Western Cape (Cape)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
528
5425
11871
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
526
5418
11860
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
502
5315
11672
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
332
4419
10200
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
65
906
2123
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
61
892
2112
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
25
380
1470
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Apoidea
Latreille, 1802
Apoid Wasps, Bees, Social Bees, Solitary Bees
9
148
791
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyApidae
Latreille, 1802
Bumble bees, Carpenter Bees, Cuckoo Bees, Digger Bees
31
173
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Western Cape
31 Genera with 173 Species
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Allodape Lepeletier &..., 193315SpeciesTaxom
Allodapula Cockerell, 197112SpeciesTaxom
Amegilla Friese, 190515SpeciesTaxom
Ammobates Latreille, 19971SpeciesTaxom
Ammobatoides Radoszkowski, 1867
0SpeciesTaxom
Anthophora Latreille, 1932Common Digger Bees19SpeciesTaxom
Apis Linnaeus, 1758Honey Bee1SpeciesTaxom
Bombus Latreille, 1837Bumble Bee10SpeciesTaxom
Braunsapis Michener, 197112SpeciesTaxom
Centris Fabricius, 1899Centris Bees1SpeciesTaxom
Ceratina Latreille, 1937Little Carpenter Bees20SpeciesTaxom
Chalepogenus Holmberg, 1903
0SpeciesTaxom
Compsomelissa Alfken, 19341SpeciesTaxom
Epeolus Latreille, 1923Cellophane-Cuckoo Bees5SpeciesTaxom
Eucondylops Brauns, 19701SpeciesTaxom
Eufriesea Cockerell, 19252SpeciesTaxom
Eulaema Lepeletier, 19251SpeciesTaxom
Halterapis Michener, 1969
0SpeciesTaxom
Hasinamelissa Chenoweth & ..., 2008
0SpeciesTaxom
Hypotrigona Cockerell, 1934
0SpeciesTaxom
Koptortosoma Gribodo, 1894
0SpeciesTaxom
Liotrigona Moure, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Nomada Scopoli, 1991Cuckoo Bees2SpeciesTaxom
Pachymelus Smith, 18983SpeciesTaxom
Pasites Jurine, 19214SpeciesTaxom
Pithitis Klug, 1807
0SpeciesTaxom
Plebeia Schwarz, 19951SpeciesTaxom
Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 19979SpeciesTaxom
Tetraloniella Ashmead, 19058SpeciesTaxom
Thyreus Panzer, 190511SpeciesTaxom
Xylocopa Latreille, 1983Carpenter bees19SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Western Cape
173 Species and 1 Subspecies
Allodape australissima Michener, 1975
Allodape ceratinoides Gribodo, 1884
Allodape exoloma Strand, 1915
Allodape friesei Strand, 1915
Allodape microsticta Cockerell, 1934
Allodape mucronata Smith, 1854
Allodape obscuripennis (Strand, 1915)⇒ Allodape friesei Strand, 1915
Allodape panurgoides Smith, 1854
Allodape pernix Bingham, 1903Pacific geoduck
Allodape pictifrons Smith, 1854
Allodape punctata Lepeletier &..., 1825
Allodape rufogastra Lepeletier &..., 1825
Allodape skaifeorum Michener, 1975
Allodape stellarum Cockerell, 1916
Allodape tridentipes Cockerell, 1933
Allodapula (Allodapula) melanopus Cameron, 1905
Allodapula (Allodapula) variegata Smith, 1854
Allodapula (Allodapulodes) maculithorax Michener, 1971
Allodapula (Dalloapula) dichroa Strand, 1915
Allodapula acutigera Cockerell, 1936
Allodapula hessei Michener, 1971
Allodapula jucunda Smith, 1879
Allodapula monticola Cockerell, 1933
Allodapula ornaticeps Michener, 1971
Allodapula rozeni Michener, 1975
Allodapula turneri Cockerell, 1934
Allodapula xerica Michener, 1971
Amegilla (Ackmonopsis) mimadvena Cockerell, 1916
Amegilla (Aframegilla) nubica Lepeletier, 1841
Amegilla (Amegilla) capensis Friese, 1905
Amegilla (Amegilla) quadrifasciata de Villers, 1789White-banded Digger Bee
Amegilla (Megamegilla) acraensis Fabricius, 1793Mining Bee
Amegilla (Micramegilla) atrocincta Lepeletier, 1841
Amegilla (Micramegilla) niveata Friese, 1905
Amegilla (Zebramegilla) aspergina Cockerell, 1933
Amegilla (Zebramegilla) brooksi Eardley, 1994
Amegilla (Zebramegilla) circulata Fabricius, 1781
Amegilla (Zebramegilla) kaimosica Cockerell, 1946
Amegilla (Zebramegilla) obscuriceps Friese, 1905
Amegilla (Zebramegilla) punctifrons Walker, 1871
Amegilla (Zebramegilla) spilostoma Cameron, 1905
Ammobates auster Eardley, 1997
Anthophora (Heliophila) rufolanata Dours, 1869
Anthophora (Heliophila) vestita Smith, 1854
Anthophora (Paramegilla) basalis Smith, 1854
Anthophora abrochia Eardley & Br..., 1989
Anthophora braunsiana Friese, 1905
Anthophora diversipes Friese, 1922Malheur Cave amphipod
Anthophora epichariformis Gribodo, 1893
Anthophora flaviscopa Eardley & Br..., 1989
Anthophora hirtiventris Friese, 1911
Anthophora krugeri Eardley & Br..., 1989
Anthophora labrosa Friese, 1911
Anthophora leonis Cockerell, 1933
Anthophora matopensis Cockerell, 1933
Anthophora oldi Meade-Waldo, 1914
Anthophora praecox Friese, 1909
Anthophora ruficaudis Cameron, 1905
Anthophora schultzei Friese, 1909
Anthophora wartmanni Friese, 1905
Anthophora xanthostoma Cockerell, 1932
Apis (Apis) mellifera Linnaeus, 1758Drone-Bee
Bombus (Bombus) terricola Kirby, 1837Yellow-banded Bumble Bee
Bombus (Cullumanobombus) rufocinctus Cresson, 1863Red-belted Bumble Bee
Bombus ruderatus eurynotus (Dalla Torre, 1882)⇒ Bombus ruderatus Fabricius, 1775
Bombus (Psithyrus) insularis (Smith, 1861)⇒ Bombus hypnorum Linnaeus, 1758
Bombus (Psithyrus) suckleyi Greene, 1860Suckley Cuckoo Bumble Bee
Bombus (Pyrobombus) impatiens Cresson, 1863Common eastern bumble bee
Bombus (Pyrobombus) perplexus (Cresson, 1863)⇒ Bombus soroeensis Fabricius, 1776
Bombus (Pyrobombus) ternarius Say, 1837Orange-belted Bumble Bee
Bombus (Separatobombus) morrisoni (Cresson, 1878)⇒ Bombus morrisoni Cresson, 1878
Bombus (Subterraneobombus) borealis Kirby, 1837Northern amber bumble bee
Braunsapis acuticauda Michener, 1971
Braunsapis albipennis Friese, 1909
Braunsapis angolensis Cockerell, 1933
Braunsapis bouyssoui Vachal, 1903
Braunsapis calidula Cockerell, 1908
Braunsapis elizabethana Strand, 1915
Braunsapis fuscinervis Cameron, 1905
Braunsapis natalica Michener, 1970Morrison stygobromid
Braunsapis paradoxa Strand, 1915
Braunsapis rolini Vachal, 1903
Braunsapis simplicipes Michener, 1971
Braunsapis stuckenbergorum Michener, 1971
Centris (Paracentris) atripes Mocsáry, 1899
Ceratina (Ceratina) aloes Cockerell, 1932
Ceratina (Ceratina) braunsiana (Friese, 1905)⇒ Ceratina subquadrata Smith, 1854
Ceratina (Ceratina) subquadrata Smith, 1854
Ceratina (Ceratina) truncata Friese, 1905
Ceratina (Ctenoceratina) armata Smith, 1854
Ceratina (Ctenoceratina) penicillata Friese, 1905
Ceratina (Ctenoceratina) rufigastra Cockerell, 1937Southern fire ant
Ceratina aliceae Cockerell, 1937
Ceratina ballotae Eardley & Daly, 2007
Ceratina barbarae Eardley & Daly, 2007
Ceratina braunsi Eardley & Daly, 2007
Ceratina electron Cockerell, 1937
Ceratina labrosa Friese, 1905
Ceratina liliputana Cockerell, 1932
Ceratina nasalis Friese, 1905
Ceratina nigriceps Friese, 1905
Ceratina nyassensis Strand, 1912
Ceratina perpolita Cockerell, 1937
Ceratina rhodura Cockerell, 1937
Ceratina subscintilla Cockerell, 1937
Compsomelissa angustula Cockerell, 1934
Epeolus amabilis Gerstäcker, 1869
Epeolus caffer Lepeletier, 1841
Epeolus friesei Brauns, 1903
Epeolus pygmaeorum Cockerell, 1932
Epeolus rufothoracicus Bischoff, 1923
Eucondylops reducta Michener, 1970Morrison stygobromid
Eufriesea fallax Smith, 1854
Eufriesea nigrescens Friese, 1925
Eulaema (Eulaema) tenuifasciata Friese, 1925
Liotrigona bottegoi Magretti, 1895
Nomada gigas Friese, 1905
Nomada whiteheadi Eardley & Sc..., 1991
Pachymelus festivus Dours, 1869
Pachymelus peringueyi Friese, 1911
Pachymelus reichardti Stadelmann, 1898
Pasites appletoni Cockerell, 1910
Pasites friesei Cockerell, 1910
Pasites jenseni Friese, 1915
Pasites jonesi Cockerell, 1921
Plebeia poecilochroa Moure & Camargo, 1995
Sphecodopsis aculeata Friese, 1922
Sphecodopsis capensis Friese, 1915
Sphecodopsis capicola Strand, 1911
Sphecodopsis fumipennis Bischoff, 1923
Sphecodopsis longipygidium Eardley, 1997
Sphecodopsis minutissima Cockerell, 1933
Sphecodopsis namaquensis Eardley, 1997
Sphecodopsis semirufa Cockerell, 1933
Sphecodopsis vespericena Eardley, 1997
Tetraloniella (Tetraloniella) nanula Cockerell, 1932
Tetraloniella abrochia Eardley, 1989
Tetraloniella braunsiana Friese, 1905
Tetraloniella brevikeraia Eardley, 1989
Tetraloniella junodi Friese, 1909
Tetraloniella karooensis Brauns, 1926
Tetraloniella minuta Friese, 1905
Tetraloniella minuticornis Friese, 1905
Thyreus abyssinicus Radoszkowski, 1873
Thyreus albomaculatus DeGeer, 1778
Thyreus alfkeni Brauns, 1909
Thyreus brachyaspis Cockerell, 1936
Thyreus calceatus Vachal, 1903
Thyreus delumbatus Vachal, 1903
Thyreus empeyi Eardley, 1991
Thyreus lieftincki Rozen, 1969
Thyreus meripes Vachal, 1903
Thyreus plumifer Brauns, 1909
Thyreus vachali Friese, 1905
Xylocopa (Apoxylocopa) lugubris Gerstäcker, 1857
Xylocopa (Gnathoxylocopa) sicheli Vachal, 1898
Xylocopa (Koptortosoma) caffra Linnaeus, 1767
Xylocopa (Koptortosoma) calens Lepeletier, 1841
Xylocopa (Koptortosoma) capensis Spinola, 1838
Xylocopa (Koptortosoma) flavicollis DeGeer, 1778
Xylocopa (Koptortosoma) nigrita Fabricius, 1775
Xylocopa (Koptortosoma) scioensis Gribodo, 1884
Xylocopa (Mesotrichia) flavorufa DeGeer, 1778
Xylocopa (Xenoxylocopa) inconstans Smith, 1874Arnold's dogwood
Xylocopa (Xylocopoides) capitata Smith, 1854
Xylocopa (Xylocopoides) virginica Linnaeus, 1771Carpenter bee
Xylocopa (Xylomelissa) erythrina Gribodo, 1894
Xylocopa (Xylomelissa) hottentotta Smith, 1854
Xylocopa (Xylomelissa) io Vachal, 1898
Xylocopa (Xylomelissa) rufitarsis Lepeletier, 1841
Xylocopa albifrons Lepeletier, 1841
Xylocopa isabelleae Hurd, 1959
Xylocopa watmoughi Eardley, 1983

Subnodes of Apidae with occurrences in Western Cape
SubfamilyApinae
Latreille, 1802
Bumble Bees, Digger Bees, Honey bees, Long-horned Bees, Orchid bees, Stingless bees
14
72
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyNomadinae
Latreille, 1802
Cuckoo Bees
6
21
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyXylocopinae
Latreille, 1802
Carpenter bees, Small carpenter Bees
10
80
Genera
Species

Taxom



Apidae (Latreille 1802)
Apidae (Latreille 1802)


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