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    Species Accepted

    Apis mellifera Linnaeus, 1758

    Africanized honey bee
    EukaryotaAnimalia...Apis

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Synonyms and combinations

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      Recorded as introduced in 26 countries or islands

      26 results
      Introduced inAccording toInvasiveOccurrences in GBIF
      AfghanistanNo
      ArgentinaYes
      ArgentinaYes
      AustraliaYes
      ArubaYes
      Bolivia, Plurinational State ofYes
      Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and SabaYesUnknown
      Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and SabaYesUnknown
      BrazilNo
      Cook IslandsNo
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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      97 results
      Aamoo Ojibwa
      Abeille européenne French
      Abeille à miel French
      Abeja doméstica europea Spanish
      Abeja melífera Spanish
      Abeja melífera europea Spanish
      Abelha-do-mel Portuguese
      Abelha-doméstica Portuguese
      Abelha-europeia Portuguese
      Abella de la Mel Europea Catalan–Valencian

      Treatments

      Source: Catalogue of Life
      8 results
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      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      7 results
      https://eol.org/pages/1045608
      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.
      Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas
      Meixner, Marina D., Messele Abrbr Leta, Nickolaus Koeniger, and Stefan Fuchs. (2011). The honey bees of Ethiopia represent a new subspeciesof Apis mellifera - Apis mellifera simensis n. ssp. Apidologie, Vol. 42, Issue 3.
      Dalla Torre, & de, C. G. (1896). Apidae (Anthophila). Catalogus Hymenopterorum Hucusque Descriptorum Systematicus et Synonymicus, Vol. 10.
      Engel, Michael S. (1999). The Taxonomy of Recent and Fossil Honey Bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae; Apis). Journal of Hymenoptera Research, Vol. 8, Issue 2.
      Apis mellifera ruttneri, a new honey bee subspecies from Malta. (1997). Apidologie, 28(5), 287–293. https://doi.org/10.1051/apido:19970505 10.1051/apido:19970505

      Citation

      Apis mellifera Linnaeus, 1758 in undefined