Apis cerana

TaxID: 7461

Basic Information

Apis cerana

Asiatic Honey Bee, Asiatic honeybee, Honey Bee

Apis cerana, the eastern honey bee, Asiatic honey bee or Asian honey bee, is a species of honey bee native to South, Southeast and East Asia. This species is the sister species of Apis koschevnikovi and both are in the same subgenus as the western (European) honey bee, Apis mellifera. A. cerana is known to live sympatrically along with Apis koschevnikovi within the same geographic location. Apis cerana colonies are known for building nests consisting of multiple combs in cavities containing a small entrance, presumably for defense against invasion by individuals of another nest. The diet of this honey bee species consists mostly of pollen and nectar, or honey. Moreover, Apis cerana is known for its highly social behavior, reflective of its classification as a type of honey bee. The terms Apis cerana indica and Apis Indica or Indian honey bee, is a historic term, with all Asian hive bees now referred to as Apis cerana.

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Arthropoda

Insecta

Hymenoptera

Apidae

Apis

cerana

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Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

No host plants available.

Quarantine Status (2 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
Australia Quarantine pests —
United States of America Quarantine pests —

Distribution (29 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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Present
0
Absent
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Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Australia Present —
Bangladesh Present —
Bhutan Present —
Cambodia Present —
China Present —
Germany Present —
Hong Kong, China Present —
Indonesia Present —
India Present —
Japan Present —
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Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (1 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Assembly Accession Assembly Level Genome Size(Mb) Contig N50(Kb) Scaffold N50(Kb) BUSCO% Downloads Actions
GCA_011100585.1 Chromosome 215 3898 13171 -

Transcriptomes (3 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Run ID Tissue Developmental Stage Sex Read Count Location Actions
SRR32551419 Head - - 24231264 China:Kunming
SRR32551418 Head - - 24611036 China:Kunming
SRR32551417 Head - - 26607414 China:Kunming

DNA Barcodes (1550 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

Process ID BIN Marker Length Country Date Lat/Lon Sequence
SPMIS046-22 BOLD:AAM5455 COI-5P 658 China - -
SAKDB13884-23 BOLD:AAM5455 COI-5P 651 South Africa 2023-01-17 -33.612, 19.451
SABEE880-15 BOLD:AAM5455 COI-5P 634 Thailand 2014-08-26 13.73, 100.54
SABEE862-15 BOLD:AAM5455 COI-5P 658 Thailand 2014-08-28 14.01, 100.55
SABEE782-15 BOLD:AAM5455 COI-5P 658 Thailand 2014-09-02 13.76, 100.53
SABEE773-15 BOLD:AAM5455 COI-5P 658 Thailand 2014-08-26 13.73, 100.54
SABEE772-15 BOLD:AAM5455 COI-5P 597 Thailand 2014-08-28 13.73, 100.54
SABEE771-15 BOLD:AAM5455 COI-5P 552 Thailand 2014-08-27 13.73, 100.54
SABEE766-15 BOLD:AAM5455 COI-5P 658 Thailand 2014-09-02 13.76, 100.53
SABEE765-15 BOLD:AAM5455 COI-5P 658 Thailand 2014-09-02 13.76, 100.53
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