Apis mellifera Linnaeus 1758 (western honey bee)

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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