After Engel, 2006
<==o Apis Linnaeus, 1758 |?- A. melisuga Zeuner & Manning |?- A. aquitaniensis de Rilly, 1949 |-- †A. vetusta Engel [†A. henshawi -group; †Synapis Cockerell; †Priorapis Engel Engel] `--+-- †A. henshawi Cockerell [A. oligocenica Meunier, 1915 A. aquisextana Nel et al.; A. aquisextusensis Nel et al.] [†A. henshawi -group; †Synapis Cockerell; †Priorapis Engel Engel] |-- †A. “longtibia” Zhang [†A. henshawi -group; †Synapis Cockerell; †Priorapis Engel Engel] |-- †A. miocenica Hong [†A. henshawi -group; †Synapis Cockerell; †Priorapis Engel Engel] |-- †A. petrefacta (Ríha) [†A. henshawi -group; †Synapis Cockerell; †Priorapis Engel Engel] |-- †A. sp. “Miocene 1” [†A. henshawi -group; †Synapis Cockerell; †Priorapis Engel Engel] `--+--o †A. armbrusteri -group [†Cascapis Engel] | `-- †A. armbrusteri Zeuner `--+--o A. florea -group [Micrapis Ashmead] (dwarf honey bees; kääpiämehiläiset) | |-- A. andreniformis Smith | `-- A. florea Fabricius `--+--o A. dorsata -group [Megapis Ashmead] (giant honey bees; jättimehiläiset) | |-- †A. lithohermaea Engel, 2006 | `-- A. dorsata Fabricius `--o A. mellifera -group [Apis Linnaeus, 1758] (cavity-nesting honey bees; onkalomehiläiset) |--o A. mellifera -subgroup | `-- A. mellifera Linnaeus, 1758 `--o A. cerana -subgroup [Sigmatapis Maa] |-- A. cerana Fabricius |-- A. koschevnikovi Enderlein `-- A. nigrocincta Smith
Reference(s):
- Engel, M. S., 2006: A giant honey bee from the Middle Miocene of Japan (Hymenoptera: Apidae).
–American Museum Novitates: #3504, pp. 1-12