Insecta - Hymenoptera - Apidae
Alternative combination: Apis mellifica
Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824
Belongs to Apis according to M. S. Engel et al. 2009
See also Cockerell 1909, Fabricius 1775, Harris 1780, Linnaeus 1758, Linnaeus 1761, Linnaeus 1767, Müller 1776, Scopoli 1763, Spahr 1987 and Zeuner and Manning 1976
Sister taxa: Apis (Apis), Apis (Cascapis), Apis (Priorapis), Apis (Synapis), Apis armbrusteri, Apis lithohermaea, Apis longitibia, Apis miocenica, Apis petrefacta, Apis vetusta, Hauffapis
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Yarmouth amber (East Africa copal) (Quaternary of Tanzania)
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