A molecular phylogeny of the genusApissuggests that the Giant Honey Bee of the Philippines,A. breviligulaMaa, and the Plains Honey Bee of southern India,A. indicaFabricius, are valid species

A molecular phylogeny of the genusApissuggests that the Giant Honey Bee of the Philippines,A. breviligulaMaa, and the Plains Honey Bee of southern India,A. indicaFabricius, are valid species