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Apidae

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Also known as Apid, Apids

Apidae is the largest family within the superfamily Apoidea, containing at least 5700 species of bees. The family includes some of the most commonly seen bees, including bumblebees and honey bees, but also includes stingless bees (also used for honey production), carpenter bees, orchid bees, cuckoo bees, and a number of other less widely known groups. Many are valuable pollinators in natural habitats and for agricultural crops.

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Apidae is a family of insects within the order Hymenoptera, class Insecta, and phylum Arthropoda. It belongs to the superfamily Apoidea, commonly referred to as bees. The taxon was described by Leach in 1815 and holds an accepted status. Common names for this group include Cuckoo, Carpenter, Digger, Bumble, and Honey Bees, as well as langtungebier and prave čebele.

Records for Apidae are extensive, with a total of 8,378,891 occurrences documented. Specific collections include 18,780 records and 2,457 media items from institutions such as ECOSUR, MHNCA, USNM, YPM, and IGL-UNAM. These records are associated with locations in Mexico and the United States. The family is referenced by 1,166 other encyclopedia articles.

Synthesized by Vinony from 31 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, GBIF, Gbif Occ, WoRMS, iDigBio, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Species

Apidae

FAMILY

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassInsecta
  4. OrderHymenoptera
  5. FamilyApidae
Observations recorded8,378,891

蜂科（学名：Apidae）是蜜蜂总科中最大的一个科（family），涵盖了至少5700种蜂。这个科包括了一些最常见的蜂，比如熊蜂（bumblebee）和蜜蜂，还包括无蛰蜂（stingless bees）、木蜂（carpenter bees）、蘭花蜂(orchid bees)、杜鵑蜂(cuckoo bees)以及其他一些不常见的蜂种。许多蜂科动物作为授粉媒介，不论是在自然栖息地还是农业作物上都有很大价值。

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
18,780
With media
2,457
Family
Apidae
Collections
ECOSUR, MHNCA, USNM, YPM, IGL-UNAM
Recorded in
Mexico, United States
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Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
bee
Image
Blue banded bee02.jpg
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taxon name
Apidae
Commons category
Apidae
taxon rank
family
topic's main category
Category:Apidae
taxon common name
prave čebele
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Encyclopedic overview

8 sections
Contents
  • Taxonomy
  • Subfamilies
  • Apinae
  • Nomadinae
  • Xylocopinae
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

Apidae is the largest family within the superfamily Apoidea, containing at least 5700 species of bees. The family includes some of the most commonly seen bees, including bumblebees and honey bees, but also includes stingless bees (also used for honey production), carpenter bees, orchid bees, cuckoo bees, and a number of other less widely known groups. Many are valuable pollinators in natural habitats and for agricultural crops.

==Taxonomy== In addition to its historical classification (honey bees, bumble bees, stingless bees and orchid bees), the family Apidae presently includes all the genera formerly placed in the families Anthophoridae and Ctenoplectridae. Although the most visible members of Apidae are social, the vast majority of apid bees are solitary, including a number of kleptoparasitic species.

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