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Apidae

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Apidae
Family recognized by Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Trunk
Apidae
Family recognized by Barcode of Life Data Systems, NCBI GGBN GBIF BHL BOLDS data coverage, wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia AST, GBIF classification, wikipedia AF, Miꞌkmaq names, Wikidata, PBDB in DwCA, Global Biotic Interactions, Wikimedia Commons, TreatmentBank, TreatmentBank, TreatmentBank, TreatmentBank, TreatmentBank, TreatmentBank, TreatmentBank, TreatmentBank, TreatmentBank, TreatmentBank, TreatmentBank, TreatmentBank, TreatmentBank, TreatmentBank, TreatmentBank, TreatmentBank, TreatmentBank, TreatmentBank, TreatmentBank, TreatmentBank, TreatmentBank, TreatmentBank, TreatmentBank, TreatmentBank, TreatmentBank, TreatmentBank, TreatmentBank, TreatmentBank, TreatmentBank, TreatmentBank, TreatmentBank, TreatmentBank, TreatmentBank, TreatmentBank, TreatmentBank, TreatmentBank, TreatmentBank, TreatmentBank, TreatmentBank, TreatmentBank, TreatmentBank, TreatmentBank, TreatmentBank, TreatmentBank, TreatmentBank, TreatmentBank, TreatmentBank, TreatmentBank, TreatmentBank, TreatmentBank, TreatmentBank, TreatmentBank, TreatmentBank, and TreatmentBank
Apidae
Tribe recognized by Protists in Singapore
Apidae
Recognized by iNaturalist, Iran Species List, US Virgin Islands Species List, United Kingdom Species List, South Atlantic Species List, Arctic Arthropods, Afghanistan Species List, Indian Ocean Species List, North Pacific Species List, South Pacific Species List, North Atlantic Species List, Mozambique Channel Species List, Arabian Sea Species List, Laccadive Sea Species List, Bay of Bengal Species List, Andaman Sea Species List, Malacca Strait Species List, Gulf of Mexico Species List, Philippine Sea Species List, Eastern China Sea Species List, Seto Inland Sea Species List, Sea of Japan Species List, South China Sea Species List, Singapore Strait Species List, The Netherlands Species List, Slovakia Species List, Slovenia Species List, Solomon Islands Species List, Somalia Species List, South Africa Species List, South Korea Species List, Sri Lanka Species List, Suriname Species List, Swaziland Species List, Sweden Species List, Switzerland Species List, Turkey Species List, Uganda Species List, Ukraine Species List, United Arab Emirates Species List, Delete- old US Species List, Uruguay Species List, Uzbekistan Species List, Venezuela Species List, Vietnam Species List, Yemen Species List, Zambia Species List, Zimbabwe Species List, Taiwan Species List, New Caledonia Species List, Nepal Species List, New Zealand Species List, Nicaragua Species List, Nigeria Species List, North Korean Species List, Palestine Species List, Papua New Guinea Species List, Paraguay Species List, Peru Species List, S o Tom and Pr ncipe Species List, Saudi Arabia Species List, Poland Species List, Portugal Species List, Romania Species List, Senegal Species List, Serbia Species List, Seychelles Species List, Sierra Leone Species List, Singapore Species List, Rwanda Species List, Saint Lucia Species List, Puerto Rico Species List, Isle of Man Species List, Mariana Islands Species List, Java Sea Species List, Ireland Species List, Israel Species List, Italy Species List, Jamaica Species List, Jordan Species List, Kazakhstan Species List, Kenya Species List, Luxembourg Species List, Madagascar Species List, Malawi Species List, Malaysia Species List, Maldives Species List, Mauritius Species List, Kyrgyzstan Species List, Laos Species List, Latvia Species List, Lebanon Species List, Lesotho Species List, Libya Species List, Lithuania Species List, Mexico Species List, Mongolia Species List, Morocco Species List, Mozambique Species List, Myanmar Species List, Guernsey Species List, French Guiana Species List, Guadeloupe Species List, French Polynesia Species List, Guam Species List, France Species List, Hungary Species List, Honduras Species List, Guatemala Species List, Finland Species List, Ethiopia Species List, Estonia Species List, Fiji Species List, El Salvador Species List, Ecuador Species List, Georgia Species List, Germany Species List, Ghana Species List, Greece Species List, Guyana Species List, Haiti Species List, Iceland Species List, Indonesia Species List, Gulf of Guinea Species List, Hong Kong Species List, Bonaire Saint Eustatius and Saba Species List, Costa Rica Species List, Belarus Species List, Belize Species List, Belgium Species List, Benin Species List, Bhutan Species List, Bosnia and Herzegovina Species List, Botswana Species List, Bulgaria Species List, Burkina Faso Species List, Burundi Species List, Cambodia Species List, Cameroon Species List, Dominican Republic Species List, Dominica Species List, Cyprus Species List, Czech Republic Species List, Democratic Republic of the Congo Species List, Croatia Species List, Cuba Species List, Chile Species List, Colombia Species List, Algeria Species List, Andorra Species List, Angola Species List, Antigua and Barbuda Species List, Armenia Species List, Argentina Species List, Austria Species List, Azerbaijan Species List, Bangladesh Species List, Afghanistan Species List, Ivory Coast Species List, Australia Species List, IUCN Structured Data, Central African Republic Species List, Denmark Species List, India Species List, Montenegro Species List, Montserrat Species List, Norway Species List, Oman Species List, Pakistan Species List, Saint Barthelemy Species List, Namibia Species List, AnAge, NMNH Entomology, Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology DwCA, Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology DwCA, CalPhotos in DwC-A, BioImages, the virtual fieldguide, UK, BioImages, the virtual fieldguide, UK, BioImages, the virtual fieldguide, UK, Sting Pain literature, Brazil Species List, Canada Species List, China Species List, Greenland Species List, Japan Species List, Philippines Species List, Russia Species List, Egypt Species List, Albania Species List, Dynamic Hierarchy Synonyms, English Vernaculars for Landmark Taxa, Malta Species List, Bolivia Species List, Furui 2020, Gabon Species List, Panama Species List, United States Species List, and Flickr Group
Apidae Central
Recognized by Flickr Group
Apidae Latreille 1802
Family recognized by TreatmentBank, TreatmentBank, TreatmentBank, and TreatmentBank

Alternative Names

? atavus Heer, 1867
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? devictus Cockerell, 1921
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? dominicana Wille & Chandler, 1964
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? dormitans von Heyden, 1862
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? electrapoides Lutz, 1993
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? eocenica Kelner-Pillault, 1970
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? fatalis Cockerell, 1908
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? hirsutus Cockerell, 1908
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? jurinei Heer, 1865
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? martialis Cockerell, 1908
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? meliponoides von Buttel-Reepen, 1906
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? melissiflora Poinar, 1998
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? melisuga Handlirsch, 1907
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? petrefacta Ríha, 1973
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? prisca Michener & Grimaldi, 1988
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? scharmanni Armbruster, 1938
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? scheeri Armbruster, 1938
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? scheuthlei Armbruster, 1938
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? sicula Tosi, 1896
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Acanthomelecta Lieftinck 1972
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Adamon Hirashima & Tadauchi 2002
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Alfkenella Börner 1919
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Alfkenomia Hirashima 1956
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Allanthidium Moure 1947
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Allodapulodes Michener 1969
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Allomegachile Rebmann 1970
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Amalthea Rafinesque 1815
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Amphipedia Michener & Moure 1957
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Ananthidium Urban 1992
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Anthidianum Michener 1948
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Anthomegilla Marikovskaya 1976
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Aparatrigona Moure 1951
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Aphemisia Ayala 2002
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Apicula Rafinesque 1814
Proparte synonym according to GBIF classification
Apidae
Harvest ancestor according to GBIF classification, AnAge articles, Alaskan Arthropods, PBDB in DwCA, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, NMNH type specimens, Flickr Group, Flickr Group, Flickr Group, Flickr Group, Flickr Group, Flickr Group, TreatmentBank, TreatmentBank, TreatmentBank, TreatmentBank, TreatmentBank, TreatmentBank, TreatmentBank, TreatmentBank, TreatmentBank, TreatmentBank, and TreatmentBank
Apis Linnaeus 1758
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Argcoelioxys Warncke 1992
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Asaropoda Cockerell 1926
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Bothranthidium Moure 1947
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Brachycephalibombus Williams 1985
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Brachymelissodes La Berge 1956
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Callimelissodes La Berge 1961
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Canephora Friese 1908
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Carloticola Santiago Moure & Urban 1990
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Cascapis Engel 1999
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Centris Aphemisia
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Centris Heterocentris
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Centris Xanthemisia
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Ceratina
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Ceratinula Moure 1941
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Citrinopsithyrus Thorp, Horning & Dunning 1983
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Clavicera Latreille 1802
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Ctenoceratina Daly & Moure 1988
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Dasybombus Labougle & Ayala 1986
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Dasystilbe Dressler 1978
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Digressobombus Laverty, Plowright & Williams 1984
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Dolichotrigona Moure 1950
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Ebmeriana Pagliano & Scaramozzino 1989
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Eckfeldapis Lutz 1993
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Eothrincostoma Blüthgen 1930
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Epinomia Alfken 1939
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Epiolus Agassiz 1846
Proparte synonym according to GBIF classification
Eucara Friese
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Eucera Friese
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Eucerinoda Michener & Moure 1957
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Euglossa Glossura
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Eumorpha Friese 1899
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Eupalaeorhiza Meade-Waldo 1914
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Exebotrigona Engel & Michener 2013
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Exoneurula
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Friesella Moure 1946
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Glossurella Dressler 1982
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Glossuropoda Moure 1989
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Grafanthidium Urban 1995
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Habrophora Smith 1854
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Halterapis Michener 1969
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Hasinamelissa Chenoweth & Schwarz 2008
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Heliophila Klug 1807
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Hemisia
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Herbstiella Friese 1916
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Heteromegachile Rebmann 1970
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Homachthes Gerstaecker
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Hoplophora Agassiz 1846
Proparte synonym according to GBIF classification
Idiomelissodes La Berge 1956
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Indohalictus Blüthgen 1931
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Inquilina Michener 1961
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Katamegachile Rebmann 1970
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Kelnermelia Moure 1978
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Koptortosoma Gribodo 1894
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Lanthanella Michener & Moure 1957
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Lasius Jurine 1807
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Leptergatis Holmberg 1903
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Leptoglossa Friese 1925
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Leptometriella Roig Alsina 1999
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Lestis Lepeletier & Serville 1828
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Lithurgus Latreille 1825
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Maaiana Minckley 1998
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Macrocera Latreille 1810
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Martinella Cockerell 1903
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Megabombus Dalla Torre 1880
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Megaceratina Hirashima 1971
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Megilla Fabricius 1804
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Meliponiden
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Mendacibombus Skorikov 1914
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Micheneria Kerr, Pisani & Aily 1967
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Michmelia Moure 1976
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Micropasites Warncke 1983
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Mochlomelikertes Engel, Breitkreuz & Ohl 2014
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Morgania Smith 1854
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Mourella Schwarz 1946
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Nasutopedia Aguiar & Melo 2011
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Neoceratina Perkins 1912
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Neoeutricharaea Rebmann 1967
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Omachthes Gerstaecker 1869
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Pachymelopsis Cockerell 1905
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Pachyosmia Ducke 1900
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Paidia Radoszkowsky 1872
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Paleoeuglossa Poinar 1999
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Papuatrigona Michener & Sakagami 1990
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Paracorynurella Gonçalves 2010
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Parapartamona Schwarz 1948
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Pasitomachthes Bischoff
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Pentadentosmia Warncke 1991
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Pithitis Klug 1807
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Polybiapis Cockerell 1916
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Priorapis Engel 1999
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Prosopalictus Strand 1913
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Protepeolus Linsley & Michener 1937
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Proxylocopa Hedicke 1938
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Pseudodichroa Bischoff 1923
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Pseudopasites Bischoff 1923
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Ptoleglossa Friese 1930
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Rhinepeolus Moure 1955
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Sakagamilla Moure 1989
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Schisthemisia Ayala 2002
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Scirtetica Holmberg 1903
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Senexibombus Frison 1930
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Spinokelita Rozen 1997
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Thygatina Cockerell 1911
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Trigona Sakagami & Moure 1975
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Trophocleptria Holmberg 1886
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Tylanthidium Urban 1995
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Xanthopedia Michener & Moure 1957
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Xenomegachile Rebmann 1970
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Xylocopa Neoxylocopa
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Zadontomerus Ashmead 1899
Doubtful according to GBIF classification

Common Names

English

Cuckoo, Carpenter, Digger, Bumble, and Honey Bees
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Recognized by wikipedia 日本語 and Wikidata
bees
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honeybees, bumblebees, and relatives preferred
Recognized by English Vernaculars for Landmark Taxa

Arabic

نحلية preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Armenian

իսկական մեղուներ preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Azerbaijani

Əsl arılar preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Belarusian

Пчолы preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Bulgarian

същински пчели preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Catalan; Valencian

Àpid preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Chinese

蜜蜂 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Cornish

gwenen preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Czech

včelovití preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Danish

Bier preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Esperanto

Abeledoj preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

German

Echte Bienen preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Hebrew

דבוריים preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Hungarian

méhfélék preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Japanese

ミツバチ科 preferred
Recognized by Furui 2020 and Wikidata

Korean

꿀벌과 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Latvian

Bišu dzimta preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Macedonian

пчели preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Min Dong

Mĭk-pŭng preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

North Frisian

Imen preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Norwegian

langtungebier preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Polish

Pszczołowate preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Russian

пчёлы настоящие preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Swedish

Långtungebin preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Ukrainian

Бджолині preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Unspecified

Amu'k preferred
Recognized by Miꞌkmaq names

Vietnamese

Họ Ong mật preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Western Frisian

Bijen en holders preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Wu

蜜蜂 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Zhuang; Chuang

Rwi preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

De Ch

Echte Bienen preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Hak

Thông-phûng preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Nan

Bi̍t-phang preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Pnb

مکھوری preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Vls

Echte bien preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Yue

蜜蜂科 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Zh Hans

蜜蜂 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Zh Hant

蜜蜂 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Zh Hk

蜜蜂 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata
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Curated hierarchies for Apidae

Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Arthropoda
Pancrustacea
Hexapoda
Insecta
Pterygota
Neoptera
Endopterygota
Hymenoptera
Apocrita
Aculeata
Apoidea
Anthophila
Apidae (this page)
Apinae
Nomadinae
Xylocopinae
Andrenidae
Colletidae
Halictidae
Megachilidae
Melittidae
Stenotritidae
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