| Apis mellifera artemisia | |
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Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Apidae |
| Genus: | Apis |
| Species: | |
| Subspecies: | A. m. artemisia |
| Trinomial name | |
| Apis mellifera artemisia Engel 1999[1] | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Apis mellifera artemisia is the Russian steppe honey bee, first identified in 1999 nearKyiv, Ukraine, by only one specimen,[2] but by 2011 itstaxonomic status had been called into question,[3] although to date no DNA analysis has been conducted: At the same time the taxonomic status of theApis mellifera ruttneri on Malta was also called into question, however in 2017 it was confirmed thatApis mellifera ruttneri was a new and separate subspecies.[4]
Its name is derived fromArtemis the Greek goddess for whom the honey bee was a symbol and whose temple atEphesus, theArtemision, was listed as one of theSeven Wonders of the world.[1]
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