Apinae

Apinae

Female Tetraloniella sp.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Apidae
Subfamily:	Apinae Latreille, 1802
Tribes
Ancylaini Anthophorini - typical digger bees Apini - honey bees Bombini - bumblebees Centridini Ctenoplectrini Emphorini Ericrocidini Eucerini Euglossini - orchid bees Exomalopsini Isepeolini Melectini Meliponini - stingless bees Osirini Protepeolini Rhathymini Tapinotaspidini Tetrapediini

The Apinae are the subfamily that includes the majority of bees in the family Apidae. It includes the familiar "corbiculate" (pollen basket) bees — bumblebees, honey bees, orchid bees, stingless bees, and the extinct genus Euglossopteryx. It also includes all but two of the groups (excluding Nomadinae and Xylocopinae) that were previously classified in the family Anthophoridae.

Most species in the subfamily (other than honey bees, bumblebees, and stingless bees) are solitary, though several of the tribes are entirely cleptoparasitic, such as the Ericrocidini, Isepeolini, Melectini, Osirini, Protepeolini, and Rhathymini.