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Genus Ancyla Lepeletier
[Family Apidae, Subfamily Apinae, Tribe Ancylini]
Ancyla Lepeletier, 1841: p.294; Type species: Ancyla oraniensis Lepeletier, 1841, monobasic.
Plistotrichia Morawitz, 1874: p.134; Type species: Nomia flavilabris Lucas, 1846 = Ancyla oraniensis Lepeletier, 1841, monobasic.
S. No.
Name of Species with Author & Year
Distribution OR
Collection Site
1. asiatica Friese, 1922: 66 [=Plistotrichia flavilabris Lucas, Morawitz, 1874: 135 miident.] Beirut (Syria), Kleinasien, Adana 2.
cretensis Friese, 1902: 106 [=Ancyla acretensis kilikia Warncke, 1979: 189] Kreta (Griechenland), Tarsus (Turkei) 3.
holtzi Friese, 1902: 105; [=Ancyla holtzi anatolica Warncke, 1979: BMCSNV 30: p.191] Süd-Morea bei Kalavryta, Ankara [Turkey], Peloponnese, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Iraq 4.
nitida Friese, 1902: 105 [=nitida var. nigricornis Friese, 1902: 106] Griechenland, Tarsus (Turkei) 5. orientalica [Warncke, 1979: BMCSNV 30: p. 185, 187, 190] Banias/Syria, Adana [= a specimen labelled as Ancyla lyrata Baker MS holotype male from Adana at MNHNP, Adana (According to Baker, D. B. 1998 p. 837.)] 6. stolli Friese, 1922: 66 Beirut (Syria)
Species distribution: Mediterranean area from Spain and Morocco east through northern Africa, southeastern Europe (Greece, Bulgaria) and southwestern Asia to Iran and the Caucasus, and south to Sudan.
Political territories have been mentioned as such (as mentioned by original authors): Burma [Present day Myanmar], Ceylon [Present day Sri Lanka], Bengal [Present day East Bengal in India and the present day Bangla Desh], Punjab [western part of the state is the present day Punjab in Pakistan].
Dr. Rajiv K. Gupta
Department of Zoology
Jai Narain Vyas University
Jodhpur 342 005, India
Ph. +91-291-272 6666
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Visit "An Updating Bibliography of the Bees of the World" by the same author for the authors' linked references mentioned in this document.