Asiatic mountain bee

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Asiatic mountain bee
Systematics
Superfamily : Apoidea
without rank: Bees (Apiformes)
Family : Apidae
Subfamily : Apinae
Genre : Honey bees ( apis )
Type : Asiatic mountain bee
Scientific name
Apis nuluensis
Tingek , Koeniger & Koeniger , 1996

The Asian mountain bee Apis nuluensis (Tingek, Koeniger & Koeniger 1996) is one of the eight Asian and nine worldwide honey bee species . It occurs in Malaysia and Borneo and lives exclusively in mountain forests from 1800 m to 3400 m, where no other honeybees can be found. She builds her nests in caves with several honeycombs arranged parallel and perpendicular to each other.

Systematics

According to a publication by Engel (1999), the Asiatic mountain bee is not an independent species, but only a subspecies (breed) of the Eastern honey bee ( Apis cerana ), which occurs in a large area . Nevertheless, in many more recent publications the previous Latin name Apis nuluensis and not Apis cerana nuluensis is still used.

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  1. ↑ MS Engel: The taxonomy of recent and fossil honey bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: 'Apis'). In: Journal of Hymenoptera Research. Volume 8, 1999, pp. 165-196.

literature

  • N. Koeniger, G. Koeniger, S. Tingek: Competition or harmonious coexistence? The honey bees of Southeast Asia. In: General German beekeeping newspaper. No. 6, 2006, p. 12 ff.

In English

Borneo , distribution area of ​​A. nuluensis
  • S. Tingek, N. Koeniger, G. Koeniger: Description of a newcavity-dwelling species of 'Apis' ('Apis nuluensis') from Sabah, Borneo with notes on its occurrence and reproductive biology (Hymenoptera, Apoidea, Apini). In: Senckenbergiana Biol. Volume 76, 1996, pp. 115-119.
  • S. Fuchs, N. Koeniger, S. Tingek: The morphometric position of 'A. nuluensis' (Tingek, Koeniger and Koeniger) within cavity-nesting honey bees. In: Apidology. Volume 27, 1996, pp. 397-406.
  • MS Arias, S. Tingek, A. Kelitu, WS Sheppard: 'Apis nuluensis' Tingek, Koeniger and Koeniger, 1996 and its genetic relationship with sympatric species inferred from DNA sequences. In: Apidology. Volume 27, 1996, pp. 415-422.
  • MS Engel: The taxonomy of recent and fossil honey bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: 'Apis'). In: Journal of Hymenoptera Research. Volume 8, 1999, pp. 165-196.
  • Maria C. Arias, Walter S. Sheppard: Phylogenetic relationships of honey bees (Hymenoptera: Apinae: Apini) inferred from nuclear and mitochondrial DNA sequence data. In: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. Volume 37, No. 1, pp. 25-35. Erratum in Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. Volume 40, No. 1, 2005, p. 315.