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SpeciesHymenopteraApidae
Arthropods

🪲Apis dorsata

Apis dorsata Fabricius, 1793

Die Riesenhonigbiene (Apis dorsata) ist die zweitgrößte Vertreterin der acht in Asien vorkommenden Arten der Gattung der Honigbienen. Das Verbreitungsgebiet ist Indien (Assam) und Südostasien. Die eng verwandte Kliffhonigbiene als größte bekannte Art der Honigbienen, mit der Apis dorsata die Untergattung Megapis (Ashmead 1904) bildet, wird von anderen Wissenschaftlern als Unterart (Rasse) der Riesenhonigbiene eingestuft.

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Giant honey bee
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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumArthropoda
  3. ›classInsecta
  4. ›orderHymenoptera
  5. ›familyApidae
  6. ›genusApis
  7. ›speciesApis dorsata
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  1. classInsects · Insecta
  2. subclassPterygota
  3. orderAnts, bees & wasps · Hymenoptera
  4. superfamilyApoidea
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. subphylumHexapoda
  4. classInsects · Insecta
  5. subclassPterygota
  6. orderAnts, bees & wasps · Hymenoptera
  7. superfamilyApoidea
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