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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
482
6547
17544
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
480
6543
17539
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
464
6450
17312
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
303
5522
15636
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
59
874
3487
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
56
869
3469
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
26
497
2906
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Apoidea
Latreille, 1802
Apoid Wasps, Bees, Social Bees, Solitary Bees
10
176
1448
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyApidae
Latreille, 1802
Bumble bees, Carpenter Bees, Cuckoo Bees, Digger Bees
36
200
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Zimbabwe
36 Genera with 200 Species
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Allodape Lepeletier &..., 19343SpeciesTaxom
Allodapula Cockerell, 19332SpeciesTaxom
Amegilla Friese, 187930SpeciesTaxom
Anthophora Latreille, 1932Common Digger Bees14SpeciesTaxom
Apis Linnaeus, 1758Honey Bee1SpeciesTaxom
Axestotrigona Moure, 18362SpeciesTaxom
Braunsapis Michener, 190314SpeciesTaxom
Centris Fabricius, 1804
Centris Bees0SpeciesTaxom
Ceratina Latreille, 1911Little Carpenter Bees19SpeciesTaxom
Compsomelissa Alfken, 19052SpeciesTaxom
Creightonella Cockerell, 014SpeciesTaxom
Ctenoceratina Daly & Moure, 04SpeciesTaxom
Ctenoplectra Kirby, 18794SpeciesTaxom
Eothrincostoma Blüthgen, 1930
0SpeciesTaxom
Epeolus Latreille, 1932Cellophane-Cuckoo Bees5SpeciesTaxom
Epiclopus Spinola, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Eufriesea Cockerell, 19252SpeciesTaxom
Halterapis Michener, 19051SpeciesTaxom
Hasinamelissa Chenoweth & ..., 2008
0SpeciesTaxom
Hypotrigona Cockerell, 18984SpeciesTaxom
Koptortosoma Gribodo, 1894
0SpeciesTaxom
Liotrigona Moure, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Meliplebeia Moure, 18791SpeciesTaxom
Meliponula Cockerell, 18955SpeciesTaxom
Mesotrichia Kelley, 1984
0SpeciesTaxom
Morgania Smith, 18694SpeciesTaxom
Paratetrapedia Moure, 19211SpeciesTaxom
Pasites Jurine, 19216SpeciesTaxom
Pithitis Klug, 1807
0SpeciesTaxom
Plebeina Moure, 03SpeciesTaxom
Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 19331SpeciesTaxom
Tetralonia Spinola, 19164SpeciesTaxom
Tetraloniella Ashmead, 19099SpeciesTaxom
Thyreus Panzer, 190518SpeciesTaxom
Trigona Jurine, 1895Vulture bees3SpeciesTaxom
Xylocopa Latreille, 1758Carpenter bees24SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Zimbabwe
200 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) cincta Fabricius, 1781
Amegilla (Aframegilla) cymatilis Eardley, 1994
Amegilla (Aframegilla) nila Eardley, 1994
Amegilla (Aframegilla) nubica Lepeletier, 1841
Amegilla (Aframegilla) vivida Smith, 1879
Amegilla (Amegilla) capensis Friese, 1905
Amegilla (Amegilla) natalensis Friese, 1922
Amegilla (Megamegilla) acraensis Fabricius, 1793Mining Bee
Amegilla (Megamegilla) albocaudata Dours, 1869
Amegilla (Micramegilla) atrocincta Lepeletier, 1841
Amegilla (Micramegilla) sierra Eardley, 1994
Amegilla (Zebramegilla) bechuanensis Cockerell, 1935
Amegilla (Zebramegilla) calens Lepeletier, 1841
Amegilla (Zebramegilla) circulata Fabricius, 1781
Amegilla (Zebramegilla) kaimosica Cockerell, 1946
Amegilla (Zebramegilla) langi Cockerell, 1935
Amegilla (Zebramegilla) nigritarsis Friese, 1905
Amegilla (Zebramegilla) obscuriceps Friese, 1905
Amegilla (Zebramegilla) penicula Eardley, 1994
Amegilla (Zebramegilla) punctifrons Walker, 1871
Amegilla (Zebramegilla) spilostoma Cameron, 1905
Amegilla (Zonamegilla) cingulata Fabricius, 1775Blue banded bee
Amegilla (Zonamegilla) fallax Smith, 1879
Amegilla caligata (Gerstäcker, 1871)⇒ Amegilla circulata Fabricius, 1781
Amegilla terminata Smith, 1879
Anthophora (Heliophila) matopoensis
Anthophora (Heliophila) rufolanata Dours, 1869
Anthophora (Heliophila) tetradonta Cockerell, 1933
Anthophora (Heliophila) vestita Smith, 1854
Anthophora (Paramegilla) armata Friese, 1905
Anthophora argyrospila Cockerell, 1938
Anthophora ferripicta Cockerell, 1935
Anthophora leucopyga Friese, 1911
Anthophora matopensis Cockerell, 1933
Anthophora oldi Meade-Waldo, 1914
Anthophora pygmaea (Dours, 1869)⇒ Ancyloscelis apiformis Fabricius, 1793
Anthophora rhodesiae Meade-Waldo, 1914
Anthophora rufovestita Cockerell, 1946
Anthophora xanthostoma Cockerell, 1932
Apis (Apis) mellifera Linnaeus, 1758Drone-Bee
Axestotrigona erythra Schletterer, 1891
Axestotrigona ferruginea Lepeletier, 1836
Braunsapis albipennis Friese, 1909
Braunsapis albitarsis Friese, 1924
Braunsapis bouyssoui Vachal, 1903
Braunsapis facialis Gerstäcker, 1857
Braunsapis foveata Smith, 1854
Braunsapis langenburgensis Strand, 1915
Braunsapis leptozonia Vachal, 1909
Braunsapis natalica Michener, 1970Morrison stygobromid
Braunsapis nautica Cockerell, 1935
Braunsapis rhodesi Cockerell, 1936
Braunsapis rolini Vachal, 1903
Braunsapis simplicipes Michener, 1971
Braunsapis somatotheca Strand, 1915
Braunsapis vitrea Vachal, 1903
Ceratina (Ceratina) subquadrata Smith, 1854
Ceratina (Ctenoceratina) ericia Vachal, 1903
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 bilobata Cockerell, 1937
Ceratina excavata Cockerell, 1937
Ceratina inermis Friese, 1905
Ceratina minuta Friese, 1905
Ceratina nasalis Friese, 1905
Ceratina nativitatis Cockerell, 1937
Ceratina nigriceps Friese, 1905
Ceratina nyassensis Strand, 1912
Ceratina pacis Cockerell, 1937
Ceratina rossi Daly, 1988
Ceratina ruwenzorica Cockerell, 1937
Ceratina tanganyicensis Strand, 1911
Compsomelissa harveyi Cockerell, 1936
Compsomelissa nigrinervis Cameron, 1905
Creightonella aculeata Vachal, 0
Creightonella adeloptera Schletterer, 0
Creightonella altera Vachal, 0
Creightonella angulata Smith, 0
Creightonella aurivillii Friese, 0
Creightonella discolor Smith, 0
Creightonella eupyrrha Cockerell, 0
Creightonella hoplitis
Creightonella ianthoptera Smith, 0
Creightonella ikuthaensis Friese, 0
Creightonella rufoscopacaea Friese, 0
Creightonella seewaldi Strand, 0
Creightonella sternintegra Pasteels, 1965
Creightonella trichroma Friese, 0
Ctenoceratina (Simioceratina) lunata Friese, 1905
Ctenoceratina moerenhouti Vachal, 0
Ctenoceratina penicillata Friese, 0
Ctenoceratina rufigastra Cockerell, 0
Ctenoplectra albolimbata Magretti, 1895
Ctenoplectra armata Magretti, 1895
Ctenoplectra bequaerti Cockerell, 1930
Ctenoplectra terminalis Smith, 1879Bunchberry dogwood
Epeolus alatus Friese, 1922Malheur Cave amphipod
Epeolus amabilis Gerstäcker, 1869
Epeolus cestus Eardley, 1991
Epeolus natalensis Smith, 1879Bunchberry dogwood
Epeolus pygmaeorum Cockerell, 1932
Epiclopus lendlianus Friese, 1910
Eufriesea fallax Smith, 1854
Eufriesea nigrescens Friese, 1925
Halterapis nigrinervis Cameron, 1905
Hypotrigona (Hypotrigona) braunsi
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 togoensis Stadelmann, 1895
Morgania (Omachthes) ater (Friese, 1909)⇒ Pasites friesei Cockerell, 1910
Morgania (Omachthes) rhodesianus !& Bischoff, 1923
Morgania barkeri (Cockerell, 1919)⇒ Pasites barkeri Cockerell, 1919
Morgania carnifex Gerstaecker, 1869
Paratetrapedia albitarsis Friese, 1921
Pasites appletoni Cockerell, 1910
Pasites barkeri Cockerell, 1919
Pasites braunsi Bischoff, 1923
Pasites carnifex Gerstäcker, 1869
Pasites friesei Cockerell, 1910
Pasites jonesi Cockerell, 1921
Plebeina denoiti Friese, 1900
Plebeina hildebrandti (Friese, 1900)⇒ Plebeina armata Magretti, 1895
Plebeina zebra Strand, 0
Sphecodopsis minutissima Cockerell, 1933
Tetralonia (Eucara) caudata Friese, 1905
Tetralonia boharti Eardley, 1989
Tetralonia macrognatha Gerstäcker, 1870
Tetralonia obscuriceps Friese, 1916
Tetraloniella (Tetraloniella) friesei Meade-Waldo, 1914
Tetraloniella (Tetraloniella) vansoni Cockerell, 1935
Tetraloniella ataxia Eardley, 1989
Tetraloniella inermis Friese, 1911
Tetraloniella katangensis Cockerell, 1930
Tetraloniella nostra Cockerell, 1933
Tetraloniella ogilviae Cockerell, 1935
Tetraloniella pulverosa Friese, 0
Tetraloniella sjoestedti Friese, 1909
Thyreus abyssinicus Radoszkowski, 1873
Thyreus albomaculatus DeGeer, 1778
Thyreus axillaris Vachal, 1903
Thyreus bouyssoui Vachal, 1903
Thyreus calceatus Vachal, 1903
Thyreus castalius Lieftinck, 1962
Thyreus delumbatus Vachal, 1903
Thyreus empeyi Eardley, 1991
Thyreus forchhammeri Eardley, 1991
Thyreus meripes Vachal, 1903
Thyreus neavei Cockerell, 1933
Thyreus niloticus Cockerell, 1937
Thyreus oxaspis Cockerell, 1936
Thyreus oxyaspis Cockerell, 1936
Thyreus pictus Smith, 1854
Thyreus plumifer Brauns, 1909
Thyreus somalicus Strand, 1911
Thyreus vachali Friese, 1905
Trigona (Hypotrigona) braunsi
Trigona (Meliplebeia) denoiti Cockerell, 1934
Trigona armata (Magretti, 1895)⇒ Plebeina armata Magretti, 1895
Xylocopa (Apoxylocopa) lugubris Gerstäcker, 1857
Xylocopa (Gnathoxylocopa) sicheli Vachal, 1898
Xylocopa (Koptortosoma) albiceps Fabricius, 1804Aleutian macoma
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) senior Vachal, 1899Malheur Cave amphipod
Xylocopa (Koptortosoma) sinensis Wu, 1983
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
Xylocopa (Xylomelissa) rufitarsis Lepeletier, 1841
Xylocopa albifrons Lepeletier, 1841
Xylocopa haefligeri Friese, 1909
Xylocopa hottentota
Xylocopa luteola Lepeletier, 1841
Xylocopa pilosa Friese, 1922Malheur Cave amphipod
Xylocopa spec Linnaeus, 1758

Subnodes of Apidae with occurrences in Zimbabwe
SubfamilyApinae
Latreille, 1802
Bumble Bees, Digger Bees, Honey bees, Long-horned Bees, Orchid bees, Stingless bees
18
101
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyNomadinae
Latreille, 1802
Cuckoo Bees
3
12
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyXylocopinae
Latreille, 1802
Carpenter bees, Small carpenter Bees
9
65
Genera
Species

Taxom



Apidae (Latreille 1802)
Apidae (Latreille 1802)


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