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Checklist for Subfamily Apinae Latreille, 1802 (Bumble Bees)
and region India (South Asia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
703
14141
56254
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
699
14132
56242
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
662
13883
55452
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
420
10836
46964
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
67
1244
4347
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
57
1155
4224
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
21
423
2209
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Apoidea
Latreille, 1802
Apoid Wasps, Bees, Social Bees, Solitary Bees
9
144
649
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyApidae
Latreille, 1802
Bumble bees, Carpenter Bees, Cuckoo Bees, Digger Bees
43
261
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyApinae
Latreille, 1802
Bumble Bees, Digger Bees, Honey bees, Long-horned Bees
29
172
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for India
28 Genera with 172 Species
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Amegilla Friese, 187928SpeciesTaxom
Anthophora Latreille, 1880Common Digger Bees14SpeciesTaxom
Apis Linnaeus, 1772Honey Bee10SpeciesTaxom
Bombus Latreille, 0Bumble Bee65SpeciesTaxom
Centris Fabricius, 1841Centris Bees1SpeciesTaxom
Crocisa Jurine, 19191SpeciesTaxom
Diadasia Patton, 19051SpeciesTaxom
Elaphropoda Lieftinck, 18824SpeciesTaxom
Eucera Scopoli, 1878Long-Horned Bees5SpeciesTaxom
Habropoda Smith, 18548SpeciesTaxom
Heterotrigona Schwarz, 1939
0SpeciesTaxom
Lisotrigona Moure, 19201SpeciesTaxom
Melikertes Engel, 20132SpeciesTaxom
Melissodes Latreille, 1825Long-horned Bee2SpeciesTaxom
Nannotrigona Cockerell, 18361SpeciesTaxom
Plebeia Schwarz, 19951SpeciesTaxom
Protobombus Cockerell, 1908
0SpeciesTaxom
Svastra Holmberg, 18371SpeciesTaxom
Synhalonia Patton, 1879
0SpeciesTaxom
Tarsalia Morawitz, 19982SpeciesTaxom
Tetragonula Moure, 18573SpeciesTaxom
Tetralonia Spinola, 20062SpeciesTaxom
Tetraloniella Ashmead, 20014SpeciesTaxom
Tetralonioidella Strand, 18971SpeciesTaxom
Thyreus Panzer, 191114SpeciesTaxom
Trigona Jurine, 1854Vulture bees1SpeciesTaxom
Xenoglossa Smith, 1878Large Squash Bees1SpeciesTaxom
Xeromelecta Linsley, 18781SpeciesTaxom


Species list for India
172 Species and 1 Subspecies
Amegilla (Amegilla) confusa Smith, 1854
Amegilla (Amegilla) quadrifasciata de Villers, 1789White-banded Digger Bee
Amegilla (Dizonamegilla) sesquicincta Erichson, 1842
Amegilla (Glossamegilla) amymone Bingham, 1896
Amegilla (Glossamegilla) fimbriata Smith, 1879
Amegilla (Glossamegilla) himalajensis Radoszkowski, 1882
Amegilla (Glossamegilla) pseudobomboides Meade-Waldo, 1914
Amegilla (Glossamegilla) violacea Lepeletier, 1841
Amegilla (Micramegilla) latizona Spinola, 1838
Amegilla (Micramegilla) mucorea Klug, 1845
Amegilla (Micramegilla) nigricornis Morawitz, 1873
Amegilla (Micramegilla) niveata Friese, 1905
Amegilla (Zebramegilla) albigena Lepeletier, 1841
Amegilla (Zebramegilla) bechuanensis Cockerell, 1935
Amegilla (Zebramegilla) quadrata Cockerell, 1911
Amegilla (Zebramegilla) salviae Morawitz, 1876
Amegilla (Zebramegilla) subcoerulea Lepeletier, 1841
Amegilla (Zonamegilla) andrewsi Cockerell, 1910
Amegilla (Zonamegilla) calceifera Cockerell, 1911
Amegilla (Zonamegilla) cingulata Fabricius, 1775Blue banded bee
Amegilla (Zonamegilla) cingulifera Cockerell, 1910
Amegilla (Zonamegilla) comberi Cockerell, 1911
Amegilla (Zonamegilla) niveocincta Smith, 1854
Amegilla (Zonamegilla) puttalama Strand, 1913
Amegilla (Zonamegilla) zonata Linnaeus, 1758
Amegilla candida Smith, 1879
Anthophora (Anthophora) plumipes Pallas, 1772Hairy footed flower bee
Anthophora (Caranthophora) iole Bingham, 1898
Anthophora (Caranthophora) pubescens Fabricius, 1781White-faced Flower-Bee
Anthophora (Heliophila) exigua Cresson, 1879
Anthophora (Melea) plagiata Illiger, 1806
Anthophora (Petalosternon) calcarata Lepeletier, 1841
Anthophora (Petalosternon) cunicularia Friese, 1914Central Kentucky cave amphipod
Anthophora (Pyganthophora) atroalba Lepeletier, 1841
Anthophora (Pyganthophora) connexiformis Cockerell, 1917
Anthophora albigena (Lepeletier, 1841)⇒ Amegilla albigena Lepeletier, 1841
Anthophora ferreola Cockerell, 1931
Anthophora furcotibialis Wu, 1985
Anthophora simplicipes (Morawitz, 1880)⇒ Anthophora plagiata Illiger, 1806
Apis (Apis) cerana Fabricius, 1793Asian honey bee
Apis cerana indica (Fabricius, 1798)⇒ Apis cerana Fabricius, 1793
Apis (Apis) indica (Fabricius, 1798)⇒ Apis cerana Fabricius, 1793
Apis (Apis) mellifera Linnaeus, 1758Drone-Bee
Apis (Megapis) dorsata Fabricius, 1793Giant honey bee
Apis (Megapis) laboriosa (Smith, 1871)⇒ Apis dorsata Fabricius, 1793
Apis (Micrapis) florea Fabricius, 1787Dwarf honey bee
Apis femoralis (Pallas, 1773)⇒ Pseudapis femoralis Pallas, 1773
Apis floralis (Gmelin, 1790)⇒ Bombus pascuorum Scopoli, 1763
Apis plumipes (Pallas, 1772)⇒ Anthophora plumipes Pallas, 1772
Bombus (Alpigenobombus) breviceps Smith, 1852
Bombus (Alpigenobombus) genalis Friese, 1918
Bombus (Alpigenobombus) grahami Frison, 1933
Bombus (Alpigenobombus) kashmirensis Friese, 1909
Bombus (Alpigenobombus) wurflenii Radoszkowski, 1860
Bombus (Alpinobombus) alpinus Linnaeus, 1758Alpine bumblebee
Bombus (Alpinobombus) balteatus Dahlbom, 1832Baltic bumblebee
Bombus (Alpinobombus) hyperboreus Schönherr, 1809Great arctic bumblebee
Bombus (Bombus) cryptarum Fabricius, 1775Cryptic Bumble Bee
Bombus (Bombus) hypocrita Perez, 1905
Bombus (Bombus) lantschouensis Vogt, 1908
Bombus (Bombus) lucorum (Linnaeus, 1761)⇒ Bombus lantschouensis Vogt, 1908
Bombus (Bombus) magnus Vogt, 1911Northern White-tail
Bombus (Bombus) occidentalis (Greene, 1858)⇒ Bombus terricola Kirby, 1837
Bombus (Bombus) sporadicus Nylander, 1848Blue Ridge Mountain amphipod
Bombus (Bombus) terrestris (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Bombus longipennis Friese, 1918
Bombus (Bombus) tunicatus Smith, 1852
Bombus (Diversobombus) trifasciatus Smith, 1852
Bombus (Festivobombus) festivus Smith, 1861Delicate tellin
Bombus (Kallobombus) soroeensis Fabricius, 1776Broken-belted Bumble Bee
Bombus (Megabombus) consobrinus Dahlbom, 1832Northern Monkshood bumblebee
Bombus (Megabombus) hortorum Linnaeus, 1761Garden bumblebee
Bombus (Megabombus) sylvarum Linnaeus, 1761Knapweed Carder Bee
Bombus (Melanobombus) keriensis Morawitz, 1887
Bombus (Melanobombus) ladakhensis Richards, 1928
Bombus (Melanobombus) lapidarius Linnaeus, 1758Large Red-tailed Bumble Bee
Bombus (Melanobombus) miniatus (Bingham, 1897)⇒ Bombus pyrosoma Morawitz, 1890
Bombus (Melanobombus) pyrosoma Morawitz, 1890
Bombus (Melanobombus) rufofasciatus Smith, 1852
Bombus (Melanobombus) simillimus Smith, 1852
Bombus (Melanobombus) tanguticus Morawitz, 1887
Bombus (Mendacibombus) avinoviellus Skorikov, 1914
Bombus (Mendacibombus) himalayanus Skorikov, 1914
Bombus (Orientalibombus) funerarius Smith, 1852
Bombus (Orientalibombus) haemorrhoidalis Smith, 1852
Bombus (Psithyrus) bohemicus Seidl, 1837Ashton's Cuckoo Bumblebee
Bombus (Psithyrus) campestris Panzer, 1801Field Cuckoo Bee
Bombus (Psithyrus) flavidus Eversmann, 1852Fernald Cuckoo Bumble Bee
Bombus (Psithyrus) norvegicus Sparre-Schne..., 1918Norwegian cuckoo bumblebee
Bombus (Psithyrus) quadricolor Lepeletier, 1832Four-coloured cuckoo bumblebee
Bombus (Psithyrus) sylvestris Lepeletier, 1832Forest Cuckoo Bee
Bombus (Psithyrus) tibetanus Morawitz, 1887
Bombus (Psithyrus) vestalis Geoffroy, 1785Southern Cuckoo Bee
Bombus (Pyrobombus) cingulatus Wahlberg, 1854Belted bumblebee
Bombus (Pyrobombus) flavescens Smith, 1852
Bombus (Pyrobombus) hypnorum Linnaeus, 1758New garden bumblebee
Bombus (Pyrobombus) jonellus Kirby, 1802Heath Bumble Bee
Bombus (Pyrobombus) lapponicus (Fabricius, 1793)⇒ Bombus monticola Smith, 1849
Bombus (Pyrobombus) lemniscatus Skorikov, 1912
Bombus (Pyrobombus) monticola Smith, 1849Bilberry Blaeberry Bumblebee
Bombus (Pyrobombus) parthenius Richards, 1934
Bombus (Pyrobombus) pratorum Illiger, 1806Apple Bumblebee
Bombus (Pyrobombus) pressus Frison, 1935
Bombus (Pyrobombus) rotundiceps Friese, 1916
Bombus (Rufipedibombus) eximius Smith, 1852
Bombus (Sibiricobombus) asiaticus Morawitz, 1875
Bombus (Sibiricobombus) niveatus Kriechbaumer, 1870
Bombus (Subterraneobombus) distinguendus Morawitz, 1869Great Yellow Bumble Bee
Bombus (Subterraneobombus) melanurus Lepeletier, 1835
Bombus (Thoracobombus) humilis Illiger, 1806Brown-banded carder bee
Bombus (Thoracobombus) pascuorum Scopoli, 1763Common carder bee
Bombus (Thoracobombus) ruderarius (Müller, 1776)⇒ Bombus ruderarius Müller, 1776
Bombus difficillimus Skorikov, 1912
Bombus pyrrhopygus Friese, 1902Arctic bumblebee
Bombus sg
Centris violacea Lepeletier, 1841
Crocisa reductula Cockerell, 1919
Diadasia (Coquillettapis) nitidifrons Cockerell, 1905
Elaphropoda bembidion Lieftinck, 1966Cascade cave amphipod
Elaphropoda impatiens Lieftinck, 1944
Elaphropoda magrettii Bingham, 1897
Elaphropoda nuda Radoszkowski, 1882
Eucera (Eucera) longicornis Linnaeus, 1758Long-horned Bee
Eucera (Synhalonia) cassandra Nurse, 1904
Eucera (Synhalonia) distinguenda Morawitz, 1875
Eucera (Synhalonia) rosae Robertson, 1900
Eucera (Synhalonia) speciosa Cresson, 1878
Habropoda deiopea Cameron, 1897
Habropoda hookeri Cockerell, 1920
Habropoda krishna Bingham, 1908
Habropoda morrisoni Cresson, 1878
Habropoda radoszkowskii Dalla Torre, 1896
Habropoda rowlandi Meade-Waldo, 1914
Habropoda turneri Cockerell, 1909
Habropoda zonatula Smith, 1854
Lisotrigona scintillans (Cockerell, 1920)⇒ Lisotrigona cacciae Nurse, 1907
Melikertes (Melikertes) kamboja M. S. Engel, 2013
Melikertes (Paramelikertes) gujaratensis M. S. Engel, 2013
Melissodes (Eumelissodes) dentiventris Smith, 1854
Melissodes (Melissodes) bimaculata Lepeletier, 1825Longhorn Bee
Nannotrigona testaceicornis Lepeletier, 1836
Plebeia poecilochroa Moure & Camargo, 1995
Svastra (Epimelissodes) obliqua Say, 1837Oblique Longhorn
Tarsalia deccana Baker, 1972
Tarsalia strobilanthae Baker, 1998
Tetragonula fuscobalteata Cameron, 1908
Tetragonula iridipennis Smith, 1854
Tetragonula laeviceps Smith, 1857
Tetralonia kohatensis
Tetralonia macroceps Engel & Baker, 2006
Tetraloniella katangensis Cockerell, 1930
Tetraloniella michaelseni Friese, 1916
Tetraloniella ogilviae Cockerell, 1935
Tetraloniella tethepa Eardley, 2001
Tetralonioidella himalayana Bingham, 1897
Thyreus abyssinicus Radoszkowski, 1873
Thyreus castalius Lieftinck, 1962
Thyreus ceylonicus Friese, 1905
Thyreus himalayensis Radoszkowski, 1893
Thyreus histrio Fabricius, 1775
Thyreus insignis Meyer, 1921
Thyreus massuri Radoszkowski, 1893
Thyreus medius Meyer, 1921
Thyreus praestans Lieftinck, 1962
Thyreus ramosellus Cockerell, 1919
Thyreus ramosus Lepeletier, 1841
Thyreus smithii Dalla Torre, 1896
Thyreus surniculus Lieftinck, 1959
Thyreus takaonis Cockerell, 1911
Trigona (Tetragona) iridipennis (Smith, 1854)⇒ Tetragonula iridipennis Smith, 1854
Xenoglossa (Euxenoglossa) strenua Cresson, 1878
Xeromelecta (Melectomorpha) californica Cresson, 1878California Xeromelecta

Subnodes of Apinae with occurrences in India
SupertribeApiti
Latreille, 1802
10
78
Genera
Species

Taxom

SupertribeEuceriti
Latreille, 1802
9
18
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeBombini
Latreille, 1802
Bumble Bees, Bumblebees
1
65
Genus
Species

Taxom

TribeElectrapini
Engel, 1998
1
0
Genus
Species

Taxom

TribeMelikertini
Engel, 2001
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom

TribeMeliponini
Lepeletier, 1836
Stingless bees
6
7
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeTarsaliini
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom



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