Apis (Apis) mellifera Linnaeus, 1758

Straka, Jakub, Batelka, Jan & Pauly, Alain, 2017, Bees of the Socotra Archipelago (Hymenoptera: Anthophila), their biogeography and association with parasites, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae (Acta. Ent. Mus. Natl. Pragae) 57, pp. 183-219 : 188

Apis (Apis) mellifera Linnaeus, 1758

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Apis fasciata Latreille, 1804 : KIRBY (1903): 254.

Apis mellifera Linnaeus, 1758 : KOHL (1906): 4; KOHL (1907): 172.

Material examined. Socotra: Dirhashas, 2 ♀♀, 28.ix.1998, W. Wranik lgt.; Hadibo, 1 ♀, 3.x.1998, W. Wranik lgt.; Kesa env., 220–300 m, 2 ♀♀, 28.–29.i.2010, 12°39′41.5″N 53°26′39.5″E, L. Purchart lgt.; Qualentiah env., slopes 5 km SE from Quaysoh, 1 ♀, 4.–5.vi.2010, 12°39′41.5″N 53°26′39.5″E, V. Hula & J. Niedobová lgt.; Sheq vill. env., 15 m, Croton socotranus + Jatropha unicostata shrubland, 1♀, 8.vi.2012, 12°39.7′N, 54°03.8′E, J. Bezděk, J. Hájek, V. Hula, P. Kment, I. Malenovský, J. Niedobová & Luboš Purchart lgt.; Deiqub cave, 115 m, Croton socotranus + Jatropha unicostata shrubland, 1 ♀, 12.vi.2012, 12°23.1′N, 54°00.9′E, J. Bezděk, J. Hájek, V. Hula, P. Kment, I. Malenovský, J. Niedobová & Luboš Purchart lgt.; Aloove area, Aloove vill. env., 221 m, Jatropha unicostata shrubland, with Boswellia elongata trees, 1 ♀, 19.–20.vi.2012, 12°31.2′N, 54°07.4′E, J. Bezděk, J. Hájek, V. Hula, P. Kment, I. Malenovský, J. Niedobová & L. Purchart lgt. (all NMPC).

Distribution. A cosmopolitan species, native in the entire Old World. In Socotra reported from Hadibu Plain, Adho Dimellus ( KIRBY 1903), and Ras Shoab ( KOHL 1906, 1907).

Figures

Figs 12–18. 12–14 – Anthophora inclyta Walker, 1871, female. 12 – dorsal view; 13 – lateral view; 14 – frons. 15–16 – Apis mellifera Linnaeus, 1758, worker. 15 – dorsal view; 16 – lateral view. 17–18 – Eucera wfkirbyi Kohl, 1906, female. 17 – dorsal view; 18 – lateral view.