Apis (Apis) mellifera Linnaeus, 1758 (Figs 15, 16) Apis fasciata Latreille, 1804: KIRBY (1903): 254. Apis mellifera Linnaeus, 1758: KOHL (1906): 4; KOHL (1907): 172. Material examined. Socotra: Dirhashas, 2 ♀♀, 28.ix.1998, W. Wranik lgt.; Hadibo, 1 ♀, 3.x.1998, W. Wranik lgt.; Kesa env., 220–300 m, 2 ♀♀, 28.–29.i.2010, 12°39′41.5″N 53°26′39.5″E, L. Purchart lgt.; Qualentiah env., slopes 5 km SE from Quaysoh, 1 ♀, 4.–5.vi.2010, 12°39′41.5″N 53°26′39.5″E, V. Hula & J. Niedobová lgt.; Sheq vill. env., 15 m, Croton socotranus + Jatropha unicostata shrubland, 1♀, 8.vi.2012, 12°39.7′N, 54°03.8′E, J. Bezděk, J. Hájek, V. Hula, P. Kment, I. Malenovský, J. Niedobová & Luboš Purchart lgt.; Deiqub cave, 115 m, Croton socotranus + Jatropha unicostata shrubland, 1 ♀, 12.vi.2012, 12°23.1′N, 54°00.9′E, J. Bezděk, J. Hájek, V. Hula, P. Kment, I. Malenovský, J. Niedobová & Luboš Purchart lgt.; Aloove area, Aloove vill. env., 221 m, Jatropha unicostata shrubland, with Boswellia elongata trees, 1 ♀, 19.–20.vi.2012, 12°31.2′N, 54°07.4′E, J. Bezděk, J. Hájek, V. Hula, P. Kment, I. Malenovský, J. Niedobová & L. Purchart lgt. (all NMPC). Distribution. A cosmopolitan species, native in the entire Old World. In Socotra reported from Hadibu Plain, Adho Dimellus (KIRBY 1903), and Ras Shoab (KOHL 1906, 1907).

Published as part of Straka, Jakub, Batelka, Jan & Pauly, Alain, 2017, Bees of the Socotra Archipelago (Hymenoptera: Anthophila), their biogeography and association with parasites, pp. 183-219 in Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae (Acta. Ent. Mus. Natl. Pragae) (Acta. Ent. Mus. Natl. Pragae) 57 on page 188, DOI: 10.1515/aemnp-2017-0118, http://zenodo.org/record/5324218