En foreløbig artsliste over danske bier (Hymenoptera: Apoidea)

A preliminary species list of Danish bees

(Hymenoptera: Apoidea)

By Claus Rasmussen


More than 300 bee species are included in this tentative list of Danish bees. Species has been included either if they have been found in Denmark according to Jørgensen (1921) and other references (selected citations only below), or in the case of 55 taxa, if they have been recorded in the northern parts of Germany and southern Sweden-Finland. These latter species, possibly found in Denmark, are marked with a "X". Species previously recorded, but considered unlikely distributed in Denmark, are followed with a question mark ("?").

The classification follows Michener (2000). Subgenera has been recorded to facilitate identification, if a genus include more than ten species, these are divided according to subgenera. Dr. J.S. Ascher kindly provided comments to the list. Dr. I. Calabuig has made her doctoral dissertation on the ecology of Danish bees available here. All genera has been linked to google.com photos, where particular the Dutch bee site has many photographs of the here listed bees, as well as Atlas Hymenoptera (Belgium), Balades Entomologiques (France) Wildbienen (Germany) and Wildbienen im Oberwallis (Switzerland).

A Selection of important literature for the identification of Danish bees:

Amiet, F. 1996. Hymenoptera, Apidae, 1. Teil. Allgemeiner Teil, Gattungsschlüssel, die Gattungen Apis, Bombus und Psithyrus. Schweizerische Entomologische Gesellschaft, Neuchâtel.

Amiet, F., M. Herrmann, A. Müller, and R. Neumeyer 2001. Apidae 3. Halictus, Lasioglossum. Schweizerische Entomologische Gesellschaft, Neuchâtel.

Amiet, F., M. Herrmann, A. Müller, and R. Neumeyer 2004. Apidae 4. Anthidium, Chelostoma, Coelioxys, Dioxys, Heriades, Lithurgus, Megachile, Osmia, Stelis. Schweizerische Entomologische Gesellschaft, Neuchâtel.

Amiet, F., M. Herrmann, A. Müller, and R. Neumeyer 2007. Apidae 5. Ammobates, Ammobatoides, Anthophora, Biastes, Ceratina, Dasypoda, Epeoloides, Epeolus, Eucera, Macropis, Melecta, Melitta, Nomada, Pasites, Tetralonia, Thyreus, Xylocopa. Schweizerische Entomologische Gesellschaft, Neuchâtel.

Amiet, F., A. Müller, and R. Neumeyer 1999. Apidae 2. Colletes, Dufourea, Hylaeus, Nomia, Nomioides, Rhophitoides, Rophites, Sphecodes, Systropha. Schweizerische Entomologische Gesellschaft, Neuchâtel.

Banaszak, J., and L. Romasenko (1998). Megachilid bees of Europe (Hymenoptera, Apoidea, Megachilidae). Pedagogical University, Bydgoszcz (Poland).

Dathe, H. H. 1980. Die Arten der Gattung Hylaeus F. in Europa (Hymenoptera: Apoidea, Colletidae). Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 56: 207-294.

Jørgensen, L. (1921). Bier. GEC Gad [PDF af den eneste danske bog om bier] [bør dog ikke benyttes uden at tjekke bestemmelserne med de andre nyere referencer].

Løken, A. 1973. Studies on Scandinavian bumble bees (Hymenoptera, Apidae). Norsk entomologisk tidsskrift 20: 1-218.

Madsen, H.B. (2000). En ny dansk hvepsebi Nomada fucata Panzer, 1798 og andre sjældne bier fundet på Røsnæs - samt en præliminær status over den danske bifauna (Hymenoptera, Apoidea). Entomologiske meddelser 68: 111-114.

Michener, C. D. (2007). Bees of the World, 2nd ed. Johns Hopkins.

Pesenko, Y.A., Banaszak, J., Radchenko, V.G., & Cierzniak, T. (2000). Bees of the family Halictidae (excluding Sphecodes) of Poland: taxonomy, ecology, bionomics. Wydawnictwo Uczelniane Wyzszej Szkoly Pedagogicznej w Bydgoszczy, Bydgoszcz.

Scheuchl, E. (1995). Illustrierte Bestimmungstabellen der Wildbienen Deutschlands und Österreichs. Band I: Anthophoridae. Eigenverlag.

Scheuchl, E. (1996). Illustrierte Bestimmungstabellen der Wildbienen Deutschlands und Österreichs. Band II: Megachilidae - Melittidae. Eigenverlag.

Schmid-Egger, C. and E. Scheuchl. (1997). Illustrierte Bestimmungstabellen der Wildbienen Deutschlands und Österreichs und Berücksichtigung der Arten der Schweiz Band III: Schlüssel der Arten der Familie Andrenidae. Velden, Eigensverlag.

Schmidt, H.T. (2003). Humlebier i Vestjylland (Hymenoptera, Apoidea). Entomologiske meddelser 71: 77-83.

Schwarz, M., F. Gusenleitner, P. Westrich and H. H. Dathe. (1996). Katalog der Bienen Österreichs, Deutschlands und der Schweiz (Hymenoptera, Apidae). Entomofauna Supplement 8: 1-398.

Warncke, K. (1986). Die Wildbienen Mitteleuropas ihre gültigen Namen und ihre Verbreitung. Entomofauna Supplement 3: 1-128.

Westrich, P. (1990). Die Wildbienen Baden-Württembergs. 2 vols. Ulmer.

Andrena fulva over Salix, Denmark 1999


Andrenidae


Andreninae Latreille

 Andrena Fabricius 1775 Jordbier eller gravebier [fotos]

[Underslægt Andrena]

  1.  apicata Smith 1847
  2.  clarkella (Kirby 1802)
  3.  fucata Smith 1847
  4.  fulva (Müller 1766)
  5.  helvola (Linnaeus 1758)
  6.  lapponica Zetterstedt 1838
  7.  praecox (Scopoli 1763)
  8.  synadelpha Perkins 1904
  9.  varians (Kirby 1802)

[Underslægt Charitandrena]

  1.  hattorfiana (Fabricius 1775)

[Underslægt Chlorandrena]

  1.  humilis Imhoff 1832

[Underslægt Chrysandrena]

  1.  fulvago (Christ 1791)

[Underslægt Cnemidandrena]

  1.  denticulata (Kirby 1802)
  2.  fuscipes (Kirby 1802)
  3.  nigriceps (Kirby 1802)

[Underslægt Euandrena]

  1.  bicolor Fabricius 1775
  2.  fulvida Schenck 1853
  3.  ruficrus Nylander 1848

[Underslægt Holandrena]

  1.  labialis (Kirby 1802)

[Underslægt Hoplandrena]

  1.  carantonica Pérez 1902
  2.  rosae Panzer 1801
  3.  trimmerana (Kirby 1802) [Calabuig 2001 thesis]

[Underslægt Lepidandrena]

  1.  curvungula Thomson 1870

[Underslægt Leucandrena]

  1.  argentata Smith 1844
  2.  barbilabris (Kirby 1802)

[Underslægt Margandrena]

  1.  marginata Fabricius 1776

[Underslægt Melandrena]

  1.  cineraria (Linnaeus 1758)
  2.  nigroaenea (Kirby 1802)
  3.  nitida (Müller 1776)
  4.  thoracica (Fabricius 1775)
  5.  vaga Panzer 1799

[Underslægt Micrandrena]

  1.  alfkenella Perkins 1914
  2.  minutula (Kirby 1802)
  3.  minutuloides Perkins 1914
  4.  nanula Nylander 1848
  5.  niveata Friese 1887
  6.  proxima (Kirby 1802)
  7.  semilaevis Pérez 1903
  8.  subopaca Nylander 1848

[Underslægt Notandrena]

  1.  chrysosceles (Kirby 1802)

[Underslægt Opandrena]

  1.  schencki Morawitz 1866

[Underslægt Oreomelissa]

  1.  coitana (Kirby 1802)

[Underslægt Plastandrena]

  1.  bimaculata (Kirby 1802)
  2.  pilipes Fabricius 1781
  3.  tibialis (Kirby 1802)

[Underslægt Poecilandrena]

  1.  labiata Fabricius 1781
  2.  viridescens Viereck 1916

[Underslægt Ptilandrena]

  1.  angustior (Kirby 1802)
  2. fulvata Stoeckhert 1930)

[Underslægt Simandrena]

  1.  dorsata (Kirby 1802)

[Underslægt Taeniandrena]

  1.  intermedia Thomson 1870
  2.  lathyri Alfken 1899
  3.  ovatula (Kirby 1802)
  4.  similis Smith 1849
  5.  wilkella (Kirby 1802)  

[Underslægt Tarsandrena]

  1.  tarsata Nylander 1848

[Underslægt Trachandrena]

  1.  haemorrhoa (Fabricius 1781)

[Underslægt Zonandrena]

  1.  chrysopyga Schenck 1853
  2.  flavipes Panzer 1799
  3.  gravida Imhoff 1832


[Forventes ikke i Danmark, omend rapporteret; A. limata Smith 1853 og A. nana Kirby 1802]


Panurginae Leach

 Panurgini Leach

 Panurgus Panzer 1806 [fotos]

  1.  banksianus (Kirby 1802) [Underslægt Euryvalvus]
  2.  calcaratus (Scopoli 1763) [Underslægt Panurgus]

 
Apidae


Apinae Latreille

 Anthophorini Dahlbom

 Anthophora Latreille 1803 Vægbier [fotos]

  1.  bimaculata (Panzer 1798) [Underslægt Heliophila]
  2.  furcata (Panzer 1798) [Underslægt Clisodon]
  3.  plagiata (Illiger 1806) [Underslægt Melea]
  4.  plumipes (Pallas 1772) [Underslægt Anthophora]
  5.  quadrimaculata (Panzer 1806) [Underslægt Dasymegilla]
  6.  retusa (Linnaeus 1758) [Underslægt Pyganthophora] (=aestivalis Panzer 1801)

 Apini Latreille

 Apis Linnaeus 1758 honningbier [fotos]

  1.  mellifera Linnaeus 1758

 Bombus Latreille 1802 Humlebier [fotos]

[Underslægt Alpigenobombus]

  1.  wurflenii Radoszkowski 1859)

[Underslægt Alpinobombus]

  1.  alpinus (Linnaeus 1758)

[Underslægt Bombus]

  1.  lucorum (Linnaeus 1761) Lundhumle (=magnus Vogt 1911)
  2.  terrestris (Linnaeus 1758) Jordhumle

[Underslægt Cullumanobombus]

  1.  cullumanus (Kirby 1802)

[Underslægt Kallobombus]

  1.  soroeensis (Fabricius 1777)

[Underslægt Megabombus]

  1.  hortorum (Linnaeus 1761) Havehumle
  2.  ruderatus (Fabricius 1775)

[Underslægt Melanobombus]

  1.  lapidarius (Linnaeus 1758) Stenhumle

[Underslægt Psithyrus]

  1.  barbutellus (Kirby 1802) Snyltehumle
  2.  bohemicus (Seidl 1837) Snyltehumle
  3.  campestris (Panzer 1801) Snyltehumle
  4. ? maxillosus Klug in Germar 1817 Snyltehumle
  5.  norvegicus (Sparre-Schneider 1918) Snyltehumle
  6.  quadricolor Lepeletier 1832 Snyltehumle
  7.  rupestris (Fabricius 1793) Snyltehumle
  8.  sylvestris (Lepeletier 1832) Snyltehumle
  9.  vestalis (Geoffroy in Fourcroy 1785) Snyltehumle

[Underslægt Pyrobombus]

  1.  hypnorum (Linnaeus 1758) Hushumle
  2.  jonellus (Kirby 1802)
  3.  pratorum (Linnaeus 1761)

[Underslægt Rhodobombus]

  1.  pomorum (Panzer 1805)

[Underslægt Subterraneobombus]

  1.  distinguendus Morawitz 1869 Kløverhumle
  2.  subterraneus (Linnaeus 1758) 

[Underslægt Thoracobombus]

  1.  humilis Illiger 1806
  2.  muscorum (Linnaeus 1758) Moshumle
  3.  pascuorum (Scopoli 1763) Agerhumle
  4.  ruderarius (Müller 1776)
  5.  sylvarum (Linnaeus 1761) Skovhumle
  6.  veteranus (Fabricius 1793) Enghumle (=agrorum Fabricius 1793, nomen nudum)

 Eucerini Latreille

 Eucera Scopoli 1770 Langhornsbier eller steppebier [fotos]

  1.  longicornis (Linnaeus 1758) [Underslægt Eucera]
  2. ? nigrescens Pérez 1879 X? [Underslægt Eucera]

 Melectini Westwood

 Melecta Latreille 1802 Sørgebier [fotos]

  1.  albifrons (Forster 1771) [Underslægt Melecta]
  2.  luctuosa (Scopoli 1770) [Underslægt Melecta]


Nomadinae Latreille

 Biastini Linsley & Michener

 Biastes Panzer 1806 Kraftbier [fotos]

  1. ? brevicornis (Panzer 1798) X?
  2. ? emarginatus (Schenck 1853) X
  3.  truncatus (Nylander 1848)

 Epeolini Robertson

 Epeolus Latreille 1802 Filtbier [fotos]

  1.  alpinus Friese 1893
  2.  cruciger (Panzer 1799)
  3.  variegatus (Linnaeus 1758)

 Nomadini Latreille

 Nomada Scopoli 1770 Hvepsebier [fotos]

  1.  alboguttata Herrich-Schäffer 1839
  2.  argentata Herrich-Schäffer 1839
  3.  armata Herrich-Schäffer 1839
  4. ? bifasciata Olivier 1811 X
  5.  braunsiana Schmiedeknecht 1882
  6.  cinnabarina Morawitz 1872
  7.  distinguenda Morawitz 1874
  8.  fabriciana (Linnaeus 1767)
  9.  ferruginata (Linnaeus 1767)
  10.  flava Panzer 1798
  11.  flavoguttata (Kirby 1802)
  12.  flavopicta (Kirby 1802)
  13.  fucata Panzer 1798
  14.  fulvicornis Fabricius 1793
  15.  fuscicornis Nylander 1848
  16.  goodeniana (Kirby 1802)
  17.  guttulata Schenck 1861
  18.  integra Brullé 1832
  19.  lathburiana (Kirby 1802)
  20.  leucophthalma (Kirby 1802)
  21.  lineola Panzer 1798
  22.  marshamella (Kirby 1802)
  23. ? moeschleri Alfken 1913 X
  24.  mutabilis Morawitz 1870
  25. ? obscura Zetterstedt 1838 X
  26.  obtusifrons Nylander 1848
  27. ? opaca Alfken 1913 X
  28.  panzeri Lepeletier 1841
  29. ? rhenana Morawitz 1872 X
  30.  roberjeotiana Panzer 1799
  31.  ruficornis (Linnaeus 1758)
  32.  rufipes Fabricius 1793
  33. ? sexfasciata Panzer 1799 X
  34. ? sheppardana (Kirby 1802) X
  35.  signata Jurine 1807
  36. ? similis Morawitz 1872 X
  37. ? stigma Fabricius 1804 X
  38.  striata Fabricius 1793
  39.  succincta Panzer 1798
  40. ? villosa Thomson 1870 X
  41. ? zonata Panzer 1798 X

 
Xylocopinae Latreille

 Ceratinini Latreille

 Ceratina Latreille 1802 [fotos]

  1. ? cyanea (Kirby 1802) X [Underslægt Euceratina]

 
  Colletidae

 
Colletinae Lepeletier

 Colletes Latreille 1802 Silkebier [fotos]

  1.  cunicularius (Linnaeus 1761)
  2.  daviesanus Smith 1846
  3. ? floralis Eversmann 1852 X
  4.  fodiens (Geoffroy 1785)
  5.  impunctatus Nylander 1852
  6.  marginatus Smith 1846
  7.  similis Schenck 1853
  8.  succinctus (Linnaeus 1758)

 
Hylaeinae Viereck

 Hylaeus Fabricius 1793 Maskebier eller urbier [fotos]

[Underslægt Abrupta]

  1.  cornutus Curtis 1831

[Underslægt Dentigera]

  1.  brevicornis Nylander 1852

[Underslægt Hylaeus]

  1. ? angustatus (Schenck 1861) X
  2.  annulatus (Linnaeus 1758) Stankbier [lugter citronagtigt]
  3. ? bisinuatus Förster 1871 (=leptocephala Morawitz 1870) X
  4.  communis Nylander 1852
  5.  difformis (Eversmann 1852)
  6. ? gracilicornis (Morawitz 1867) X
  7. ? nigritus (Fabricius 1798) X

[Underslægt Koptogaster]

  1.  punctulatissimus Smith 1842

[Underslægt Lambdopsis]

  1.  annularis (Kirby 1802)
  2.  rinki (Gorski 1852)

[Underslægt Paraprosopis]

  1.  clypearis (Schenck 1853)
  2.  pictipes Nylander 1852
  3.  sinuatus (Schenck 1853)

[Underslægt Prosopis]

  1.  confusus Nylander 1852
  2.  gibbus Saunders 1850
  3.  pectoralis Förster 1871
  4.  signatus (Panzer 1798)
  5.  variegatus (Fabricius 1798)

[Underslægt Spatulariella]

  1.  hyalinatus Smith 1842

 
Halictidae


 Halictinae Thomson

 Halictini Thomson

 Halictus Latreille 1804 Vejbier [fotos]

  1. compressus Walckenaer 1802 X (=eurygnathus Blüthgen 1931) [Underslægt Monilapis]
  2.  confusus Smith 1853 [Underslægt Seladonia]
  3.  leucaheneus Ebmer 1972 [Underslægt Seladonia]
  4.  maculatus Smith 1848 [Underslægt Tytthalictus]
  5.  quadricinctus (Fabricius 1776) [Underslægt Halictus]
  6.  rubicundus (Christ 1791) [Underslægt Protohalictus]
  7.  sexcinctus (Fabricius 1775) [Underslægt Argalictus (=Hexataenites)]
  8. ? subauratus (Rossi 1792) X? [Underslægt Seladonia]
  9.  tetrazonius (Klug 1817) [Underslægt Monilapis]
  10.  tumulorum (Linnaeus 1758) [Underslægt Seladonia]

 Lasioglossum Curtis 1833 Vejbier [fotos]