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. 2022 Feb 1;11(2):233. doi: 10.3390/biology11020233

Table 1.

Species list of known pollinators for global crops that are grown for direct human consumption [24,29].

Hymenoptera Pollination Groups Species
Honey bee Apis cerana Fabr., A. dorsata Fabr., A. florea Fabr. and A. mellifera L.
Stingless bees Melipona favosa Fabr., M. subnitida Ducke, M. quadrifasciata Lepeletier, Nanotrigona perilampoides Cresson, N. testaceicornis Lepeletier, Trigona cupira Sm., T. iridipennis Smith, T. (Lepidotrigona) terminata Smith, T. (Tetragonoula) minangkabau Sakagami, T. toracica Smith and Scaptotrigona depilis Moure.
Bumble bees Bombus affinis Cresson, B. californicus F. Smith, B. hortorum L., B. hypnorum L., B. impatiens Cresson, B. lapidarius L., B. (Thoracobombus) pascuorum Scop., B. sonorus L., B. terrestris L. and B. vosnesenskii Radoszkowski.
Solitary bees Amegilla chlorocyanea Cockerell, A. (Zonamegilla) holmesi Rayment, Andrena ilerda Cam., Anthophora pilipes Fabr., Centris tarsata Smith, Creightonella frontalis Fabr., Habropoda laboriosa Fabr., Halictus tripartitus Cockerell, Megachile (Delomegachile) addenda Cresson, M. rotundata Fabr., Osmia aglaia Sandhouse, O. cornifrons Radoszkowski, O. cornuta Latreille, O. lignaria lignaria Say, O. lignaria propinqua Cresson, O. ribifloris Cockerell, Peponapis limitaris Cockerell, P. pruinosa Say, Pithitis smaragdula Fabr., Xylocopa (Zonohirsuta) dejeanii Lepeletier, Xylocopa frontalis Oliver and Xylocopa suspecta Moure.
Wasps Fig wasps (e.g., Blastophaga psenes L.), Tiphia vernalis Rohwer