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Checklist for Subfamily Apinae Latreille, 1802 (Bumble Bees)
and region Japan (East Asia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
696
12064
41018
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
693
12055
41003
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
664
11905
40649
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
434
9807
35125
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
70
1140
3416
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
58
998
3073
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
23
341
1682
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Apoidea
Latreille, 1802
Apoid Wasps, Bees, Social Bees, Solitary Bees
9
108
870
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyApidae
Latreille, 1802
Bumble bees, Carpenter Bees, Cuckoo Bees, Digger Bees
26
201
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyApinae
Latreille, 1802
Bumble Bees, Digger Bees, Honey bees, Long-horned Bees
15
83
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Japan
15 Genera with 83 Species
Amegilla Friese, 17587SpeciesTaxom
Anthophora Latreille, 1854Common Digger Bees10SpeciesTaxom
Apis Linnaeus, 1758Honey Bee8SpeciesTaxom
Bombus Latreille, 0Bumble Bee46SpeciesTaxom
Elaphropoda Lieftinck, 19661SpeciesTaxom
Eucera Scopoli, 1911Long-Horned Bees6SpeciesTaxom
Lestrimelitta Friese, 19901SpeciesTaxom
Liotrigona Moure, 1961
0SpeciesTaxom
Melissodes Latreille, 1961Long-horned Bee1SpeciesTaxom
Plebeia Schwarz, 19951SpeciesTaxom
Synhalonia Patton, 1879
0SpeciesTaxom
Tetragonula Moure, 18541SpeciesTaxom
Tetralonia Spinola, 19093SpeciesTaxom
Tetraloniella Ashmead, 19111SpeciesTaxom
Thyreus Panzer, 19114SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Japan
83 Species and 5 Subspecies
Amegilla (Amegilla) quadrifasciata de Villers, 1789White-banded Digger Bee
Amegilla (Glossamegilla) florea Smith, 1879
Amegilla (Zonamegilla) cingulata Fabricius, 1775Blue banded bee
Amegilla (Zonamegilla) dulcifera Cockerell, 1926
Amegilla dulcifera subflavescens Yasumatsu & ..., 0
Amegilla (Zonamegilla) zonata Linnaeus, 1758
Anthophora (Anthophora) plumipes Pallas, 1772Hairy footed flower bee
Anthophora (Clisodon) terminalis Cresson, 1869Orange-Tipped Wood-Digger Bee
Anthophora (Heliophila) tridentella Priesner, 1957
Anthophora (Paramegilla) blanda Perez, 1895Chrysanthemum gall midge
Anthophora acervorum Linnaeus, 1758
Anthophora florea (Smith, 1879)⇒ Amegilla florea Smith, 1879
Anthophora quadrifasciata Villers, 1789
Anthophora spinipes (Friese, 1899)⇒ Anthophora blanda Perez, 1895
Anthophora villosula (Smith, 1854)⇒ Colletes hederae Schmidt & We..., 1993
Apis (Apis) cerana Fabricius, 1793Asian honey bee
Apis cerana japonica (Radoszkowski, 1887)⇒ 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 lithohermaea Engel, 2006
Apis pilipes (Fabricius, 1775)⇒ Colletes hederae Schmidt & We..., 1993
Apis zonata (Linnæus, 1758)⇒ Amegilla zonata Linnaeus, 1758
Bombus (Agrobombus) deuteronymus Schulz, 1906Ausu
Bombus (Agrobombus) pascuorum Vogt, 1909
Bombus (Bombias) auricomus Robertson, 1903Black and gold bumble bee
Bombus (Bombias) nevadensis (Cockerell, 1937)⇒ Bombus auricomus Robertson, 1903
Bombus (Bombus) hypocrita Perez, 1905
Bombus hypocrita hypocrita Perez, 1905
Bombus (Bombus) ignitus Smith, 1869Round-leaf dogwood
Bombus (Bombus) longipennis Friese, 1918
Bombus (Bombus) lucorum (Linnaeus, 1761)⇒ Bombus lantschouensis Vogt, 1908
Bombus (Bombus) nevadensis Cresson, 1874Nevada bumble bee
Bombus (Bombus) occidentalis (Greene, 1858)⇒ Bombus terricola Kirby, 1837
Bombus (Bombus) terrestris (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Bombus longipennis Friese, 1918
Bombus (Bombus) terricola Kirby, 1837Yellow-banded Bumble Bee
Bombus (Diversobombus) diversus Smith, 1869Round-leaf dogwood
Bombus diversus diversus Smith, 1869
Bombus (Festivobombus) festivus Smith, 1861Delicate tellin
Bombus (Kallobombus) soroeensis Fabricius, 1776Broken-belted Bumble Bee
Bombus (Megabombus) consobrinus Dahlbom, 1832Northern Monkshood bumblebee
Bombus (Megabombus) diversus Smith, 1869
Bombus (Megabombus) ussurensis Radoszkowski, 1877
Bombus (Megabombus) veteranus Fabricius, 1793
Bombus (Melanobombus) keriensis Morawitz, 1887
Bombus (Melanobombus) lapidarius Linnaeus, 1758Large Red-tailed Bumble Bee
Bombus (Melanobombus) pyrosoma Morawitz, 1890
Bombus (Pratobombus) mearnsi (Ashmead, 1893)⇒ Bombus flavescens Smith, 1852
Bombus (Psithyrus) norvegicus Sparre-Schne..., 1918Norwegian cuckoo bumblebee
Bombus (Pyrobombus) ardens Smith, 1879Bunchberry dogwood
Bombus ardens ardens Smith, 1879
Bombus (Pyrobombus) beaticola Tkalcu, 1968
Bombus (Pyrobombus) biroi Vogt, 1911
Bombus (Pyrobombus) flavescens Smith, 1852
Bombus (Pyrobombus) hypnorum Linnaeus, 1758New garden bumblebee
Bombus (Pyrobombus) lapidarius Linnaeus, 1758Large Red-tailed Bumble Bee
Bombus (Rufipedibombus) eximius Smith, 1852
Bombus (Thoracobombus) honshuensis Tkalcu, 1968
Bombus (Thoracobombus) pascuorum Scopoli, 1763Common carder bee
Bombus (Thoracobombus) pseudobaicalensis Vogt, 1911
Bombus (Thoracobombus) schrencki Morawitz, 1881Schrenck's bumblebee
Bombus (Thoracobombus) tricornis Radoszkowski, 1888
Bombus (Thoracobombus) veteranus Fabricius, 1793Sand bumblebee
Bombus (Thoracohombus) schrenki
Bombus (Thoracombus) pascuorum Scopoli, 1763
Bombus (Tricornibombus) atripes Smith, 1852
Bombus agrorum (Pittioni, 1938)⇒ Bombus pascuorum Vogt, 1909
Bombus sapporoensis Cockerell, 1911
Bombus sg
Elaphropoda bembidion Lieftinck, 1966Cascade cave amphipod
Eucera (Eucera) sociabilis Smith, 1873Alternate-leaf dogwood
Eucera (Synhalonia) floralia Smith, 1854
Eucera (Synhalonia) nipponensis Perez, 1911
Eucera chinensis Smith, 1854
Eucera okinawae Friese, 1909
Eucera spurcatipes Perez, 1911
Lestrimelitta monodonta Camargo & Moure, 1990
Melissodes paucipuncta LaBerge, 1961
Plebeia poecilochroa Moure & Camargo, 1995
Tetragonula carbonaria Smith, 1854Sugarbag bee
Tetralonia (Tetralonia) mitsukurii (Cockerell, 1911)⇒ Tetraloniella mitsukurii Cockerell, 1911
Tetralonia chinensis (Smith, 1854)⇒ Eucera chinensis Smith, 1854
Tetralonia okinawae (Friese, 1909)⇒ Eucera okinawae Friese, 1909
Tetraloniella mitsukurii Cockerell, 1911
Thyreus abyssinicus Radoszkowski, 1873
Thyreus centrimacula Perez, 1905
Thyreus decorus Smith, 1852
Thyreus takaonis Cockerell, 1911

Subnodes of Apinae with occurrences in Japan
SupertribeApiti
Latreille, 1802
5
26
Genera
Species

Taxom

SupertribeEuceriti
Latreille, 1802
5
11
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeBombini
Latreille, 1802
Bumble Bees, Bumblebees
1
43
Genus
Species

Taxom

TribeMeliponini
Lepeletier, 1836
Stingless bees
4
3
Genera
Species

Taxom



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