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Review of the current taxonomy of Asian and European honey bees of the genus Apis

Year: 2019

Pages: 212–241

Number: Volume 11, issue 2

Type: scientific article

DOI: https://doi.org/10.31301/2221-6197.bmcs.2019-21

Topic: Article

Authors: Ilyasov R.A., Dar S.A.!, Dukku U.H.!, Kandemir I.!, Lee M.L.!, Özkan Koca A.!, Nikolenko A.G.!, Kwon H.W.

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Summary:

Honey bees of the genus Apis belong to the family Apidae and the superfamily Apoidea in the order of insects Hymenoptera. The number of Apis species and their identification methods are discussed. According to different authors, the number of species of the genus varied from 6 to 24. While Apis mellifera inhabits West Asia, Africa and Europe, the ranges of all other species, including Apis cerana, are limited to Asia. A. mellifera and A. cerana are two species widely used in agriculture for the pollination, the production of honey and other products. They have adapted to wide climatic conditions. Intraspecific taxonomy for both species is incomplete and contradictory. In this review, all available studies of A. mellifera and A. cerana are analyzed to ordering the modern taxonomy of honey bees. We found that there are 27 subspecies for A. mellifera and 7 subspecies for A. cerana. However, these data are not ultimate, since some subspecies of A. mellifera and A. cerana remain unexplored.

Keywords:

Apis mellifera, Apis cerana, taxonomy, evolution, honey bees, Apis, subspecies, species

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