Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Arthropoda - (Class) Insecta - (Order) Hymenoptera - (Family) Apidae

Original position

Hymenoptera (Order) Linnaeus, 1758

Subsequent positions

Apinae (Subfamily) Latreille, 1802

Original entries

Apis 4-dentata Linnaeus, 1758
Apis annulata Linnaeus, 1758
Apis bicornis Linnaeus, 1758
Apis caerulescens Linnaeus, 1758
Apis cariosa Linnaeus, 1758
Apis centuncularis Linnaeus, 1758
Apis cineraria Linnaeus, 1758
Apis clavicornis Linnaeus, 1758
Apis conica Linnaeus, 1758
Apis cordata Linnaeus, 1758
Apis dentata Linnaeus, 1758
Apis florisomuis Linnaeus, 1758
Apis helvola Linnaeus, 1758
Apis ichneumonea Linnaeus, 1758
Apis longicornis Linnaeus, 1758
Apis manicata Linnaeus, 1758
Apis mellifera Linnaeus, 1758
Apis retusa Linnaeus, 1758
Apis rostrata Linnaeus, 1758
Apis rufa Linnaeus, 1758
Apis ruficornis Linnaeus, 1758
Apis subterranea C. Linnaeus, 1758, nom. illeg.
Apis succincta Linnaeus, 1758
Apis surinamensis Linnaeus, 1758
Apis truncorum Linnaeus, 1758
Apis tumulorum Linnaeus, 1758
Apis variegata Linnaeus, 1758
Apis zonata Linnaeus, 1758

Current position

Apini (Tribe) Latreille, 1802

Ref: N.F. Johnson & L. Musetti, 2008-2009: 25 Jan 2010.

Alternative positions

Apidae (Family) Latreille, 1802	Ref: 1998: 12 Mar 2008.
Apinae (Subfamily) Latreille, 1802	Ref: G.C. Eickwort, 1982: 680.
Hymenoptera (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: [von] Linné, C., 1767: 953.

Historical positions

Apidae (Family) Latreille, 1802	Ref: 1998: 12 Mar 2008.
Hymenoptera (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: R.S. Boardman et al., 1987
Arthropoda (Phylum) Siebold, 1848	Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1982: 224. [rough position]
Apinae (Subfamily) Latreille, 1802	Ref: G.C. Eickwort, 1982: 680.
Hymenoptera (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. a Linné, 1767: 359[539], 953.
Hymenoptera (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1758: 343, 574.

Number of Subtaxa

2025	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	6s;2ss
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	4s
1982	G.C. Eickwort: 680	4s
1758	C. Linnaeus	[39s]