Apis cerana ( Fabricius, 1798 )

Raina, Rifat H., Sharma, Indu & Choudhary, Preeti, 2023, New distributional records of Bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) from Purna Wildlife Sanctuary, Dang, Gujarat, India, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 123 (3), pp. 219-227 : 220-221

1. Apis cerana ( Fabricius, 1798) ( Figure 1 )

Synonymy

Apis cerana Fabricius, 1793

Apis indica Fabricius, 1798

Apis socialis Latreille, 1804

Apis gronovii Guillou, 1841

Apis perrottetii Guérin-Méneville, 1844

Apis sinensis Smith, 1865

Material examined: INDIA: Gujarat: Dang: Purna Wildlife Sanctuary: Mahal campsite, 2 exs., 20.ii.2020 , 20°54.481’ N, 073°38.750’ E, Coll. S. Kumar & party, NZC Regd. No. 10435/A; RFC-163, Ahwa west Range , Locality-1, 2 exs., 10.xii.2020 , 20 ⁰ 52.103’ N, 073 ⁰40.362’ E. Coll. H. S. Banyal & party, NZC Regd. No. 10510/A; Compartment-175, Kalibel Range , 4 exs., 5.xii.2020 ,

20 ⁰54.785’ N, 073 ⁰39.426’ E, Coll. S. Kumar & party, NZC Regd. No. 10670/A; RFC 7, Sigana Range, 2 exs.,

7.xii.2020, 20 ⁰56.817’ N, 073 ⁰ 35.957’ E, Coll. S. Kumar & party, NZC Regd. No. 10755/A; RFC-69, Bheskatri Range, 1 ex., 7.xii.2020, 20°56.352’ N, 073°33.473’ E, Coll. S. Kumar & party, NZC Regd. No. 10896/A.

Distribution: All over India. Elsewhere: Indonesia, Pakistan, Bhutan, Nepal, Myanmar (Saini et al, 2020).

New Distribution: Recorded for the first time from Purna Wildlife Sanctuary, Dang, Gujarat.

Figures

Figure 1: Map showing study area for sampling of Hymenopteran fauna of Purna Wildlife Sanctuary, Dang, Gujarat.