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Bees, ants and wasps
Apis dorsata
Minibeast photographs and field observations.
Species notes
About Apis dorsata
Apis dorsata (also recorded as Giant Honey Bee) is an accepted species in the family Apidae, within the order Hymenoptera. Checklist records aggregated by GBIF list it from Southern Asia. Bees, ants and wasps belong to Hymenoptera, a varied order that includes pollinators, predators, parasitoids and social colony-forming species.
- Common name
- Giant Honey Bee
- Family
- Apidae
- Order
- Hymenoptera
- Identification rank
- Species
- Recorded distribution
- Southern Asia
Taxonomy source: GBIF Backbone Taxonomy