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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
333
3740
9137
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
331
3738
9135
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
309
3639
8842
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
202
3129
7992
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
36
368
1178
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
34
363
1166
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
18
285
1047
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Apoidea
Latreille, 1802
Apoid Wasps, Bees, Social Bees, Solitary Bees
7
100
550
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyApidae
Latreille, 1802
Bumble bees, Carpenter Bees, Cuckoo Bees, Digger Bees
26
108
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Zambia
26 Genera with 108 Species
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Afromelecta Lieftinck, 19911SpeciesTaxom
Allodape Lepeletier &..., 19031SpeciesTaxom
Allodapula Cockerell, 18541SpeciesTaxom
Amegilla Friese, 187111SpeciesTaxom
Anthophora Latreille, 1946Common Digger Bees5SpeciesTaxom
Apis Linnaeus, 1758Honey Bee1SpeciesTaxom
Axestotrigona Moure, 18362SpeciesTaxom
Braunsapis Michener, 19352SpeciesTaxom
Ceratina Latreille, 1911Little Carpenter Bees14SpeciesTaxom
Creightonella Cockerell, 196513SpeciesTaxom
Ctenoceratina Daly & Moure, 04SpeciesTaxom
Epeolus Latreille, 1879Cellophane-Cuckoo Bees1SpeciesTaxom
Epiclopus Spinola, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Hypotrigona Cockerell, 18983SpeciesTaxom
Liotrigona Moure, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Meliplebeia Moure, 18791SpeciesTaxom
Meliponula Cockerell, 19006SpeciesTaxom
Morgania Smith, 19211SpeciesTaxom
Pachymelus Smith, 19103SpeciesTaxom
Pasites Jurine, 19211SpeciesTaxom
Pithitis Klug, 1807
0SpeciesTaxom
Plebeiella Moure, 20041SpeciesTaxom
Tetralonia Spinola, 19113SpeciesTaxom
Tetraloniella Ashmead, 19057SpeciesTaxom
Thyreus Panzer, 19036SpeciesTaxom
Xylocopa Latreille, 1910Carpenter bees19SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Zambia
108 Species
Afromelecta lieftincki Eardley, 1991
Allodape interrupta Vachal, 1903
Allodapula (Allodapula) variegata Smith, 1854
Amegilla (Aframegilla) africana Friese, 1905
Amegilla (Aframegilla) nila Eardley, 1994
Amegilla (Aframegilla) nubica Lepeletier, 1841
Amegilla (Amegilla) capensis Friese, 1905
Amegilla (Megamegilla) acraensis Fabricius, 1793Mining Bee
Amegilla (Megamegilla) albocaudata Dours, 1869
Amegilla (Micramegilla) atrocincta Lepeletier, 1841
Amegilla (Zebramegilla) calens Lepeletier, 1841
Amegilla (Zebramegilla) nigritarsis Friese, 1905
Amegilla (Zebramegilla) punctifrons Walker, 1871
Anthophora (Paramegilla) armata Friese, 1905
Anthophora argyrospila Cockerell, 1938
Anthophora pygmaea (Dours, 1869)⇒ Ancyloscelis apiformis Fabricius, 1793
Anthophora rhodesiae Meade-Waldo, 1914
Anthophora rufovestita Cockerell, 1946
Apis (Apis) mellifera Linnaeus, 1758Drone-Bee
Axestotrigona erythra Schletterer, 1891
Axestotrigona ferruginea Lepeletier, 1836
Braunsapis foveata Smith, 1854
Braunsapis lyrata Cockerell, 1935
Ceratina (Ceratinula) cockerelli H. S. Smith, 1907Cockerell´s Ceratina
Ceratina (Ctenoceratina) ericia Vachal, 1903
Ceratina (Ctenoceratina) lineola Vachal, 1903
Ceratina (Ctenoceratina) penicillata Friese, 1905
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 aereola Vachal, 1903
Ceratina excavata Cockerell, 1937
Ceratina nasalis Friese, 1905
Ceratina nyassensis Strand, 1912
Ceratina ruwenzorica Cockerell, 1937
Ceratina tanganyicensis Strand, 1911
Creightonella aculeata Vachal, 0
Creightonella altera Vachal, 0
Creightonella angulata Smith, 0
Creightonella aurivillii Friese, 0
Creightonella cognata Smith, 0
Creightonella cornigera Friese, 0
Creightonella discolor Smith, 0
Creightonella eupyrrha Cockerell, 0
Creightonella ianthoptera Smith, 0
Creightonella mitima
Creightonella rufa Friese, 0
Creightonella rufoscopacaea Friese, 0
Creightonella sternintegra Pasteels, 1965
Ctenoceratina (Simioceratina) lunata Friese, 1905
Ctenoceratina ericia Vachal, 0
Ctenoceratina moerenhouti Vachal, 0
Ctenoceratina penicillata Friese, 0
Epeolus natalensis Smith, 1879Bunchberry dogwood
Epiclopus lendlianus Friese, 1910
Hypotrigona araujoi Michener, 1959
Hypotrigona gribodoi Magretti, 1884
Hypotrigona ruspolii Magretti, 1898
Liotrigona bottegoi Magretti, 1895
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 griswoldorum Eardley, 2005
Meliponula lendliana Friese, 1900
Morgania jonesi (Cockerell, 1921)⇒ Pasites jonesi Cockerell, 1921
Pachymelus (Pachymelopsis) conspicua Smith, 0
Pachymelus (Pachymelopsis) conspicuus Smith, 1879Bunchberry dogwood
Pachymelus bettoni Cockerell, 1910
Pasites jonesi Cockerell, 1921
Plebeiella griswoldorum Eardley, 2004
Tetralonia (Eucara) caudata Friese, 1905
Tetralonia macrognatha Gerstäcker, 1870
Tetralonia nigropilosa Friese, 1911
Tetraloniella (Tetraloniella) vansoni Cockerell, 1935
Tetraloniella abessinica Friese, 1915
Tetraloniella ataxia Eardley, 1989
Tetraloniella inermis Friese, 1911
Tetraloniella junodi Friese, 1909
Tetraloniella ogilviae Cockerell, 1935
Tetraloniella ottiliensis Friese, 1905
Thyreus abyssinicus Radoszkowski, 1873
Thyreus alfkeni Brauns, 1909
Thyreus calceatus Vachal, 1903
Thyreus delumbatus Vachal, 1903
Thyreus meripes Vachal, 1903
Thyreus tschoffeni Vachal, 1903
Xylocopa (Apoxylocopa) lugubris Gerstäcker, 1857
Xylocopa (Koptortosoma) albiceps Fabricius, 1804Aleutian macoma
Xylocopa (Koptortosoma) caffra Linnaeus, 1767
Xylocopa (Koptortosoma) calens Lepeletier, 1841
Xylocopa (Koptortosoma) flavicollis DeGeer, 1778
Xylocopa (Koptortosoma) lepeletieri Enderlein, 1903
Xylocopa (Koptortosoma) nigrita Fabricius, 1775
Xylocopa (Koptortosoma) scioensis Gribodo, 1884
Xylocopa (Koptortosoma) senior Vachal, 1899Malheur Cave amphipod
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
Xylocopa albifrons Lepeletier, 1841
Xylocopa haefligeri Friese, 1909
Xylocopa hottentota
Xylocopa luteola Lepeletier, 1841
Xylocopa trochanterica Vachal, 1910

Subnodes of Apidae with occurrences in Zambia
SubfamilyApinae
Latreille, 1802
Bumble Bees, Digger Bees, Honey bees, Long-horned Bees, Orchid bees, Stingless bees
15
51
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyNomadinae
Latreille, 1802
Cuckoo Bees
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyXylocopinae
Latreille, 1802
Carpenter bees, Small carpenter Bees
6
37
Genera
Species

Taxom



Apidae (Latreille 1802)
Apidae (Latreille 1802)


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