Apis mellifera Linnaeus 1758 (western honey bee)
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Apidae
PaleoDB taxon number: 283625
Alternative combination: Apis mellifica
Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824
Belongs to Apis according to M. S. Engel et al. 2009
Sister taxa: Apis (Apis), Apis (Cascapis), Apis (Priorapis), Apis (Synapis), Apis armbrusteri, Apis lithohermaea, Apis longitibia, Apis miocenica, Apis petrefacta, Apis vetusta, Hauffapis
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