Apis (Apis) mellifera Linnaeus, 1758

Straka, Jakub, Batelka, Jan & Pauly, Alain, 2017, Bees of the Socotra Archipelago (Hymenoptera: Anthophila), their biogeography and association with parasites, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae (Acta. Ent. Mus. Natl. Pragae) 57, pp. 183-219 : 188

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.1515/aemnp-2017-0118

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:11CB4607-CB26-4A43-89BC-F9B5B72C6372

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5345597

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DE2968-FF8E-FF90-FE46-47326FABFC9D

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Marcus

scientific name

Apis (Apis) mellifera Linnaeus, 1758
status

 

Apis (Apis) mellifera Linnaeus, 1758 View in CoL

( Figs 15, 16 View Figs 12–18. 12–14 )

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

Apis mellifera Linnaeus, 1758 View in CoL : 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).

V

Royal British Columbia Museum - Herbarium

NMPC

National Museum Prague

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Apidae

Genus

Apis

Loc

Apis (Apis) mellifera Linnaeus, 1758

Straka, Jakub, Batelka, Jan & Pauly, Alain 2017
2017
Loc

Apis mellifera

KOHL F. F. 1907: 172
KOHL F. F. 1906: 4
1906
Loc

Apis fasciata

KIRBY W. F. 1903: 254
1903
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