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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
A bee on a Stokesia flowerhead - male Anthophora urbana - male Digger Bee - Melissodes - female Bombus unknown - Bombus Nomada? - Nomada Unidentified Yukon Bee (Bombus sp.) - Bombus Habropoda depressa - female WaspA - Nomada luteoloides
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


Genus Svastra


Tribe Apini - Honey Bees
Genus Apis


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 Xenoglossa - Large Squash Bee


Tribe Euglossini - Orchid Bees
Genus Euglossa - Orchid Bees


Tribe Exomalopsini
Genus Anthophorula


Tribe Melectini
Genus Melecta


Genus Xeromelecta


Genus Zacosmia


Subfamily Nomadinae - Cuckoo Bees
Genus Doeringiella
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Genus Holcopasites


Genus Nomada


Tribe Epeolini
Genus Epeolus


Genus Triepeolus


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
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(2)
Internet References
Bees of Florida
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 Joel Kits
Last updated 9 May, 2008 - 5:45pm

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