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| Rank | species (PBDB) |
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| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Hymenoptera : Apidae : Apis : Apis (Apis) mellifera |
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Classification
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| Common Name | western honey bee |
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| Opinions (PBDB) | | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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| Apis (Apis) mellifera | species | belongs to Apis (Apis) | stated with evidence | Zeuner and Manning, 1976 |
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| Status (PBDB) | extant |
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 |
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| Extant Size (PBDB) | 1 (100%) |
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| Environment | terrestrial (based on Insecta) |
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| Motility | actively mobile (based on Arthropoda) |
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| Taphonomy | chitin (based on Insecta) |
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| Primary Reference (PBDB) | C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824 |
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| Linnaeus C. , Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1, 1-824 doi:10.5962/bhl.title.542 |
| Linnaeus C. , Fauna Svecica: Sistens Animalia Sveciae Regni: Mammalia, Aves, Amphibia, Pisces, Insecta, Vermes, Distributa per Classes & Ordines, Genera & Species, cum Differentiis Specierum, Synonymis Auctorum, Nominibus Incolarum, Locis Natalium, Descriptionibus Insectorum, 1-578 |
| Scopoli G. A. , Entomologica Carniolica Exhibens Insecta Carnioliae Indigena et Distributa in Ordines, Genera, Species, Varietates Methodo Linnaeana, 1-421 |
| Linnaeus C. , Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Duodecima 1 2, 533-1327 |
| Fabricius J. C. , Systema Entomologiae, Sistens Insectorum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species Adiectis Synonymis, Locis, Descriptionibus, Observationibus, 1-832 |
| Müller O. F. , Zoologicae Danicae Prodromus, seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae Indigenarum. Characteres, Nomina et Synonyma Imprimis Popularium, 1-281 |
| Harris M. , An Exposition of English Insects, Including the Several Classes of Neuroptera, Hymenoptera, & Diptera, or Bees, Flies, & Libellulae, 73-166 |
| Cockerell T. D. A. (1909) Some European fossil bees, The Entomologist 42, 313-317 |
| Zeuner F. E., Manning F. J. (1976) A Monograph on Fossil Bees: Apoidea, Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Geology) 27 3, 151-264 |
| Engel M. S., Hinojosa-Díaz I. A., et al (2009) A honey bee from the Miocene of Nevada and the biogeography of Apis (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Apini), Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 60 3, 23-38 |
Apis (Apis) mellifera
