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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Bees, Ants, and other Stinging Wasps » Anthophila (Apoidea) - Bees » Cuckoo, Carpenter, Digger, Bumble, and Honey Bees (Apidae)

Family Apidae - Cuckoo, Carpenter, Digger, Bumble, and Honey Bees

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Identification · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
black and yellow Bumble Bee - Bombus impatiens Cuckoo Bumblebee - Bombus citrinus - female cuckoo bee - Triepeolus - female Bombus very-yellow-us - Bombus flavifrons Bumble Bee - Bombus flavifrons - male ID for Carpenter Bee in California? - Ceratina Honey Bee - Apis mellifera Anthophora sp.? - Melissodes
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon (Aculeata - Bees, Ants, and other Stinging Wasps)
No Taxon (Anthophila (Apoidea) - Bees)
Family Apidae (Cuckoo, Carpenter, Digger, Bumble, and Honey Bees)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Includes species formerly treated as the Anthophoridae.
Identification
Overview of Genera of Apidae

Subfamily Apinae - Honey, Bumble, and Digger Bees
Tribe Anthophorini - Anthophorine Bees
Genus Anthophora
♀      ♂
Genus Habropoda
♀      ♂

Tribe Apini - Honey Bees
Genus Apis
Worker Drone

Tribe Bombini - Bumble Bees
Genus Bombus - Bumble Bees

Tribe Centridini
Genus Centris


Tribe Emphorini
Genus Diadasia

Genus Ptilothrix


Tribe Eucerini - Long-horned bees
Genus Eucera

Genus Melissodes

Genus Peponapis - Squash bee
♀      ♂
Genus Svastra
♀      ♂
Genus Tetraloniella
♀      ♂
Genus Xenoglossa - Large Squash Bee


Tribe Euglossini - Orchid Bees
Genus Euglossa - Orchid Bees


Tribe Exomalopsini
Genus Anthophorula
♀      ♂
Genus Exomalopsis
♀     

Tribe Melectini
Genus Melecta

Genus Xeromelecta

Genus Zacosmia


Subfamily Nomadinae - Cuckoo Bees
Genus Holcopasites

Genus Nomada


Tribe Epeolini
Genus Doeringiella
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Genus Epeolus

Genus Ericrocis

Genus Triepeolus


Tribe Neolarrini
Genus Neolarra


Subfamily Xylocopinae - Carpenter Bees
Genus Ceratina - Small Carpenter Bees
♀      ♂
Genus Xylocopa - Large Carpenter Bees
♀      ♂
Remarks
This family includes the honey bee (not native to this country; it was brought by European settlers and nowadays there are feral bees as well as domestic ones), bumble bees (about 46 species in the US), carpenter bees (about 8 species), digger bees (about 60 species, mostly in the West) and cuckoo bees.
Print References
(1)
(2)
Internet References
Bees of Florida
University of Florida
Discover Life
Guide to Bee Genera within Apidae of Eastern North America, Part 1
Guide to the Bee Genera within Apidae of Eastern North America, Part 2
Works Cited
1.A Field Guide to Insects
By Richard E. White, Donald J. Borror, Roger Tory Peterson
2.The Bees of the World, 2nd edition
By Charles D. Michener
Contributed by Beatriz Moisset on 29 March, 2004 - 9:54pm
Additional contributions by Mike Boone, Joel Kits, Jay Barnes, Chuck Entz, v belov
Last updated 21 August, 2009 - 11:33am

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