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Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Apidae
Family recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Trunk
Apidae
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Alternative Names

? atavus Heer, 1867
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? devicta 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
? 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
? silacea Wille, 1959
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
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
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
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
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
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
Zadontomerus Ashmead 1899
Doubtful according to GBIF classification

Common Names

English

bees
Recognized by admin
honeybees, bumblebees, and relatives preferred
bumble bees, euglossine, euglossines, honey bees, stingless bees
Recognized by Animal Diversity Web
Cuckoo, Carpenter, Digger, Bumble, and Honey Bees
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Arabic

نحلية preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Armenian

իսկական մեղուներ preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Azerbaijani

Əsl arılar preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Belarusian

Пчолы preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
сапраўдныя пчолы

Bulgarian

същински пчели preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Catalan; Valencian

Àpid preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Chinese

蜜蜂科 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Chuvash

Чăн хурт-хăмăр preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Cornish

gwenen preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Czech

včelovití preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Danish

Bier preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Esperanto

Abeledoj preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Finnish

Mesipistiäiset preferred
Recognized by admin

German

Echte Bienen preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names and admin

Hebrew

דבוריים preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Hungarian

méhfélék preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Japanese

ミツバチ科 preferred
Recognized by Furui 2020, Wikidata Common Names, and admin

Korean

꿀벌과 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Latvian

Bišu dzimta preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Macedonian

пчели preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Min Dong

Mĭk-pŭng preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Miꞌkmaq

Amu'k preferred
Recognized by Mikmaq names

North Frisian

Imen preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Norwegian

langtungebier preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Persian

زنبوران عسل preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Polish

Pszczołowate preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan

Albina preferred
Recognized by admin
albine
Recognized by admin

Russian

пчёлы настоящие preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Swedish

Långtungebin preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Ukrainian

Бджолині preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Uzbek

Asalarisimonlar preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Vietnamese

Họ Ong mật preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Western Frisian

Bijen en holders preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Wu

蜜蜂科 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zhuang; Chuang

Rwi preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Arz

نحليه preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

De Ch

Echte Bienen preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Hak

Thông-phûng preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Nan

Bi̍t-phang preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Pnb

مکھوری preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Vls

Echte bien preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Yue

蜜蜂科 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Cn

蜜蜂科 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Hans

蜜蜂科 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Hant

蜜蜂科 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Hk

蜜蜂科 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Tw

蜜蜂科 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
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Curated hierarchies for Apidae

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
Arthropoda
Pancrustacea
Hexapoda
Insecta
Pterygota
Neoptera
Endopterygota
Hymenoptera
Apocrita
Aculeata
Apoidea
Anthophila
Apidae (this page)

GBIF classification

Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Apidae (this page)
730 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

IUCN

Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Apidae (this page)