Apis mellifera Linnaeus, 1758

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Rank
SPECIES: Published in
Linnæus, Carolus. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae. Vol. Tomus I, Editio decima, reformata: i-ii, 1-824.

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Classification

kingdom
Animalia: phylum
Arthropoda: class
Insecta: order
Hymenoptera: family
Apidae: genus
Apis: species
Apis mellifera

Name

Synonyms: Apis adansonii Latreille, 1804; Apis aenigmaticus Rayment, 1925; Apis australis Kiesenwetter, 1860; Apis caffra Lepeletier, 1836; Apis cerifera Gerstäcker, 1862; Apis cerifera Scopoli, 1770; Apis daurica Fischer von Waldheim, 1843; Apis fasciata Latreille, 1804; Apis gregaria Geoffroy, 1762; Apis intermissa Maa, 1953; Apis mellica cypria Pollmann, 1879; Apis mellica remipes Gerstäcker, 1862; Apis mellida caucasia Pollmann, 1889; Apis mellifera acervorum Skorikov, 1929; Apis mellifera adami Ruttner, 1975; Apis mellifera adansoni Latreille, 1804; Apis mellifera anatoliaca Maa, 1953; Apis mellifera armeniaca Skorikov, 1929; Apis mellifera artemisia Engel, 1999; Apis mellifera capensis Eschscholtz, 1822
Homonyms: Apis mellifera Linnaeus, 1758
Common names: Abeille domestique in French; Honey bee in English; Honey bee in English; Honey bee in English; Honigbiene in German; Honigbiene in German; Honningbi in Danish; Westliche Honigbiene in German; abeille domestique in French; abeille domestique in French; honey bee in English; honey bee in English; honingbij in Dutch; western honey bee in English; western honey bee in English; European Honey Bee in English; Honingbij in Dutch; Western Honey Bee in English; honungsbi in Swedish; Drone-bee in English; Honey Bee in English; Honeybee in English; Western Honey Bee in English; honey bee in English; seillean-dìomhain in Scottish Gaelic; seillean-lunndach in Scottish Gaelic; seillean-meala in Scottish Gaelic; seilleanan-dìomhain in Scottish Gaelic; seilleanan-lunndach in Scottish Gaelic; seilleanan-meala in Scottish Gaelic; tambi in Swedish

Bibliographic References

Engel, Michael S., 1999: The Taxonomy of Recent and Fossil Honey Bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae; Apis). Journal of Hymenoptera Research, vol. 8, issue 2. 165-196.
Nilsson & Cederberg (2004-05-18 00:00:00) Lista över svenska bin och humlor
Nishida (2002), http://hbs.bishopmuseum.org/pdf/tr22.pdf
USGS Native Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab (BIML) (2015), https://prd-wret.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/assets/palladium/production/s3fs-public/atoms/files/The%20Very%20Handy%20Manual%20-%202015.pdf