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Apis (Apis) mellifera Linnaeus 1758
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- 1. Department of Biology, York University 4700 Keele St., Toronto, ON, M 3 J 1 P 3, Canada
- 2. Department of Biology, University of Puerto Rico PO Box 9012, Mayagüez, PR 00681, U. S. A.
Description
Apis (Apis) mellifera Linnaeus
Apis mellifera Linnaeus, 1758: 576.
Refer to Engel (1999a) for complete synonymy.
GD: Cosmopolitan; present on most or all of the islands of Greater Puerto Rico, except Mona Island.
The domestic honey bee, introduced from Europe by colonists in the 17 th century (Engel 1999a), has colonized Puerto Rico for a long time. According to Ledru (1863) and Gundlach (1887), the species was already well established in the island’s non-cultivated habitats.
Notes
Published as part of Genaro, Julio A. & Franz, Nico M., 2008, The bees of Greater Puerto Rico (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila), pp. 1-24 in Insecta Mundi 2008 (40) on pages 14-15, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5169664
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- Taxonomic treatment: 10.5281/zenodo.3922706 (DOI)
- Taxonomic treatment: http://treatment.plazi.org/id/81A304DDB952574A8060AB1624AA6559 (URL)
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- Journal article: 10.5281/zenodo.5169664 (DOI)
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Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Linnaeus
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Hymenoptera
- Family
- Apidae
- Genus
- Apis
- Species
- mellifera
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- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Apis (Apis) mellifera Linnaeus, 1758 sec. Genaro & Franz, 2008
References
- Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata.) Laurentius Salvius; Copenhagen 824 p.
- Engel, M. S. 1999 a. The taxonomy of recent and fossil honey bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae; Apis). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 8: 165 - 196.
- Ledru, A. P. 1863. Viage a la isla de Puerto Rico en el ano 1797, ejecutado por una comision de sabios franceses, de orden de su gobierno y bajo la direccion del capitan N. Baudin, con objeto de hacer indagaciones y colecciones relativas a la historia natural … Imprenta Militar de J. Gonzalez; Puerto Rico. 265 p.
- Gundlach, J. 1887. Apuntes para la fauna Puerto-riquena. Sexta parte. Anales de la Sociedad Espanola de Historia Natural 15: 115 - 199.