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Apis (Apis) mellifera Linnaeus 1758

  • 1. ) &) &) Department of Zoology, Charles University in Prague, Viničná 7, CZ- 12844 Praha 2, Czech Republic; e-mails: jakub. straka @ aculeataresearch. com; janbat @ centrum. cz
  • 2. ) &) Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Entomology, Rue Vautier 29, B- 1000 Brussels, Belgium; e-mail: alain. pauly @ brutele. be

Description

Apis (Apis) mellifera Linnaeus, 1758

(Figs 15, 16)

Apis fasciata Latreille, 1804: KIRBY (1903): 254.

Apis mellifera Linnaeus, 1758: KOHL (1906): 4; KOHL (1907): 172.

Material examined. Socotra: Dirhashas, 2 ♀♀, 28.ix.1998, W. Wranik lgt.; Hadibo, 1 ♀, 3.x.1998, W. Wranik lgt.; Kesa env., 220–300 m, 2 ♀♀, 28.–29.i.2010, 12°39′41.5″N 53°26′39.5″E, L. Purchart lgt.; Qualentiah env., slopes 5 km SE from Quaysoh, 1 ♀, 4.–5.vi.2010, 12°39′41.5″N 53°26′39.5″E, V. Hula & J. Niedobová lgt.; Sheq vill. env., 15 m, Croton socotranus + Jatropha unicostata shrubland, 1♀, 8.vi.2012, 12°39.7′N, 54°03.8′E, J. Bezděk, J. Hájek, V. Hula, P. Kment, I. Malenovský, J. Niedobová & Luboš Purchart lgt.; Deiqub cave, 115 m, Croton socotranus + Jatropha unicostata shrubland, 1 ♀, 12.vi.2012, 12°23.1′N, 54°00.9′E, J. Bezděk, J. Hájek, V. Hula, P. Kment, I. Malenovský, J. Niedobová & Luboš Purchart lgt.; Aloove area, Aloove vill. env., 221 m, Jatropha unicostata shrubland, with Boswellia elongata trees, 1 ♀, 19.–20.vi.2012, 12°31.2′N, 54°07.4′E, J. Bezděk, J. Hájek, V. Hula, P. Kment, I. Malenovský, J. Niedobová & L. Purchart lgt. (all NMPC).

Distribution. A cosmopolitan species, native in the entire Old World. In Socotra reported from Hadibu Plain, Adho Dimellus (KIRBY 1903), and Ras Shoab (KOHL 1906, 1907).

Notes

Published as part of Straka, Jakub, Batelka, Jan & Pauly, Alain, 2017, Bees of the Socotra Archipelago (Hymenoptera: Anthophila), their biogeography and association with parasites, pp. 183-219 in Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae (Acta. Ent. Mus. Natl. Pragae) (Acta. Ent. Mus. Natl. Pragae) 57 on page 188, DOI: 10.1515/aemnp-2017-0118, http://zenodo.org/record/5324218

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Linnaeus
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Hymenoptera
Family
Apidae
Genus
Apis
Species
mellifera
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Apis (Apis) mellifera Linnaeus, 1758 sec. Straka, Batelka & Pauly, 2017

References

  • KIRBY W. F. 1903: Insecta: Hymenoptera. Pp. 235 - 258. In: FORBES H. O. (ed.): The natural history of Sokotra and Abd-el-Kuri: Being the report upon the results of the conjoint expedition to these islands in 1898 - 9. Special Bulletin of the Liverpool Museums, xlvii + 598 pp.
  • KOHL F. F. 1906: Zoologische Ergebnisse der Expedition der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften nach Sudarabien und Sokotra im Jahre 1898 - 1899. Hymenopteren. Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien, 133 pp + XI pls. [Preprint of KOHL (1907)].
  • KOHL F. F. 1907: Zoologische Ergebnisse der Expedition der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften nach Sudarabien und Sokotra im Jahre 1898 - 1899. Hymenopteren. Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse 71: 169 - 301 + pls I - XI.