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Genus Braunsapis Michener
[Family Apidae, Subfamily Xylocopinae, Tribe Allodapini]
Allodape (Braunsapis) Michener, 1969 JKES 42: p. 290; Type species: Allodape dichroa Strand, 1915, by original designation.
The genus ranges from southernmost Africa north to Senegal, Ethiopia, and Madagascar and eastward from Pakistan, India, and Sri Lanka to southernmost China, Taiwan, The Philippines, the Soloman Islands and Australia south as far as New South Wales and South Australia. Michener (2000) consolidated that 19 species occurs in oriental region, 23 in Australian region and 45 are found in Africa and Madagascar. Reyes (1991) revised 19 oriental species of the genus Braunsapis Michener. Michener, Borges, Zacharias & Senoy (2003) described the B. bislensis from Karnataka.
S. No.
Name of Species with Author & Year
Distribution OR
Collection Site
1. apicalis Reyes, 1991: UKSB 54: p. 200 Malaysia: Sandakan (Borneo), Fraser's Hill (Malaya); Indonesia: Mt. Semeroe (SE Java) 2. aurantipes Reyes, 1991: UKSB 54: p. 203 Fyan (Vietnam) 3. bislensis Michener, Borges, Zacharias & Senoy, 2003: JKES 76(3): p. 519. Bisle Ghat (Hassan Distt., Karnataka (India) 4. breviceps [Cockerell, 1920: PJS 17: p. 623 (Allodape)] Indonesia: Boyolali (Central Java), Bogor (West Java), Flores; Malysia: George-town, Penang Island, Ampang, E. of Kualalampur; Bionomics : Reyes & Michener (1990) 5. clarihirta Reyes, 1991: UKSB 54: p.199 Indonesia: Waai (Ambon), Sibolangit (NE Sumatra), Depok (Bogor, W. Java); Thailand: Chantaburi, Khaophanppha (Khaochang, Trang Province), Banna; Malaysia: Kuala Lumpur, Gambak Valley (Selangor), Negri s., Bukit Kutu, Gumu Mulu National Park (Sarawak), Ranau, W. Coast Residency (N. Borneo); Singapore; Philippines: Las Banos, Laguna 6.
cupulifera [Vachal, 1894: AMCSNG (2)14: p. 447 (Allodape) = A. cupulifera bakeri Cockerell, 1916: PJS 11: p.302 = A. hewitti var. sandacanensis Cockerell, 1920:PJS 17: p. 226] Burma: Carin Cheba; Thailand: Ratburi; Vietnam: Fyan, Balao, Di Linh, Kontum North of Pleiko; Malaysia: George Town, Sungei (Penang Hills, Negri South, Kuala Lumpur, Sugei Pomsom (Ubu Hangat), Santubong, Kuching (Sarawak, Borneo), Bau, Sarawak, Ranau (N. Borneo), Sandakan (Borneo), Mt. Kinabalu (Sabah); Singapore; Indonesia 7. flaviventris Reyes, 1991: UKSB 54: p.194 Nabon (Thailand); Sri Lanka; Burma: Mandalay; Malaysia: Relau (Penang) 8. hewitti [Cameron, 1908: DEZ p. 565 (Prosopis) = Allodape hewitti Meade-Waldo & Morley, 1915: AMNH 8(14): p. 403 = Allodape sauteriella Cockerell, 1916: PJS 11: p. 303 [also in Cockerell, 1929: AMNH 10(4): p. 149 from Thailand] China: Hainan Island; Taiwan: Takao, Pilam, Taihanroku, Lambeh, Szuchunhsi, Pingilin, Wushe, Taitung Hsein, Kwantau Shih (Nantou), Juisui (Hualien Country), Oluanpi, Shihmen; Thailand: Sam Ngao (Bhumipol Dam), Konthathan water fall area (Doi Sutheppui National Park), Hua Hin, Paklua, Doi Intanom, Chieng Dao, Kanchana Buri, Surat-Thani, Nong Kai, Doi Suthep, Chieng Mai, Banna; Laos: Paksong (Sedone Province), Muong SingT, Luang Prabang, Nongtevada, Wapi, Vientiane, Sayaboury; Vietnam: Ninh Hoa, Dai Lanh, Ban Me Thuot, Di Linh (Djiring), Karyu (Danar); Hong Kong; Malaysia: George Town, Penang Island, Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Tahan, Kuala Tembeling, Penan, Selangor, Kota Kinabalu (Sabah), Ranau, Pangkalan Tabang (Bau Distt., Sarawak, Borneo), Kuching (Borneo), Tawau Residency; Indonesia, Philippines 9. indica Reyes, 1991: UKSB 54: p. 203 10 Km NW of Ooty, Kodaikanal, Pulney Hills (Tamilnadu, India) 10. kaliago Reyes & Sakagami, 1990: p. 458 Delhi, Hissar; Behaviour: Batra, Sakagami & Maeta (1993) 11. lateralis Reyes, 1991: UKSB 54: p. 200 Malaysia: Sandakan (Borneo); Indonesia: Ranu River, Tengah (Sulawesi) 12. malliki Reyes, 1991: UKSB 54: p.195 Cashew Research Station, Ullal, Mangalore 13. mixta [Smith, 1852: p. 50 as: Prosopis mixtus; = Allodape mixtus Meade-Waldo, 1923: p. 24; = Allodape marginata Smith, 1854: p. 230; = Allodape parvula Smith, 1879: p. 98; = Prosopis leucotarsis Cameron, 1897; = Allodape leucotarsis Cockerell, 1921: AMNH (9)8: p. 363; = Allodape pumilio Cockerell, 1911: p. 182] Pakistan: Karachi, Lasbella Province, Lahore, Hyderabad; India: Bankipur, Bulandshahar, Alwar, Deesa, Delhi, Ludhiana, Amritsar, Hissar, Pusa (Bihar), Vengurla (Maharashtra), Jamnagar, Madya, Pune, Bombay, Belgaum, Lonavla, Kakay, Keukau Matteirau, Mormugao, Kerala Alwaye, Coimbatore, Mudumalai, Oooty, Mangalore, Bangalore, Theppakadu, Madras, Mysore, Tanjore, Calcutta, Dacca, Dohnavur, BurrakporeRungtong, Lampoon; Sri Lanka: Colombo, Yakkala Estate, Mediriginya, Hiniduma; Behaviour: Batra, Sakagami & Maeta (1993) 14. palavanica [Cockerell, 1916: PJS 11: p. 303] Malaysia: Fraser Hill, Ranau (N. Borneo); Indonesia: Sugai Dareh (Sumatera Barat), Ranu River (Tengah, Sulawesi); Philippines: Puerto Princesa, Aborlan, Macagua, Brookes Point (Palawan), Noona Dan Exp., Pinigisan 15. philippinensis [Ashmead, 1904: JNYES 12: p. 5 (Prosopis); = Allodape philippinensis Cockerell, 1916: PJS 11: p.191; = A. mindanaonis Cockerell, 1915: Entomologist 48: p.109; = A. marginata picitarsis Cameron, in Cockerell, 1916: p. 302] Vietnam: Dai Lanh; Laos: Wapi (Wapikhamthong Province, Tha Ngone and Ban Van Eue (Vientiane Province), Phou-kow-kuei, Dong Dok, Nogtevada, Vietiane (Pakse, Sedone Province), Savannakhet, Paksane; Thailand: Bangkok, Koh Tao, Phet Chanburi, Yala, Kanchana Buri, Banna; Malaysia: Gombak, Fraser's Hill; Singapore; Indonesia: Krakatau, Petapan (Kangean Island), Tenggarong, Loa Teback (Borneo), Sumbawa, Endeh (Glores), Medan, Waai (Ambon Island) and all over Philippines 16. picitarsis [Cameron, 1902: Fauna Maldives I: p. 60 (Allodape)] Pakistan: Lassbella Province; India: Laccadive Arch.: Minikoi, Feridhu, Maldive, Aridhu, North Male Atoll; Karikal, Chandigarh, Saproon, Mussoorie, Bombay, Pusa, Kodaikanal, Coimbatore, Mudumalai, Poonmudi Range (Trivendrum Distt.), Madras, Belgaum, Mangalore, Mysore, Bangalore, Tanjore, Ranchi, Calcutta; Sri Lanka: Colombo, Medirigaya, Yakkala Estate, Galkisa, Kullupitiya 17. punangensis [Cockerell, 1929: AMNH 10(4): p. 149 (Allodape) = A. iwatai Sakagami & Yoshikawa, 1961: Nature & Life in SE Asia 1: p. 424] India: Chandigarh, Ludhiana, Abbottabad, Jeolikote (near Kathgodam); Deesa, Coimbatore, Madras, Walayar (Kerala), Poona, Katra Ghats, Lonavla, Goa, Kengeri (Bangalore), Nepal: Kathmandu, Godavari, Banuwa, Dana (Papla), Pokhara; China: Hainan Island, Li Chang-xing and Zhang Xue-zhong, Xishuangbana (Yunnan Province), Zhang Eh-ren; Thailand: Kum Perang Creek, Chanta Buri, Chienglow, Saraburi, Fang, Chiang Mai, Kanchana Buri, Yala, Surat-Thani, Songkla, Nakhon, Banna, Nakhon, Nabon, Saraburi; Laos: Paksong, de Than Ngone, Ban Van Eue, Paksane (Borikhane Prov.); Vietnam: Fyan, Mt. Liang Bian, Dalat, Karyu Danar, Ninh Hoa, Ban Me Thuot, Di Linh; Malaysia: Ampang, Kuala Lumpur, George Town, Pinang Hills (Penang Island), Gombak Valley (Selangor), Batang Padang (Perak), W. Coast Residency (Ranau), Paring Hot Spring; Hong Kong 18. reducta [as Allodape mindanaonis reducta Cockerell, 1916: PJS 11: p.302; Reyes, 1991: Allodape reducta status nov.] Malaysia: Tenompok (Borneo); Indonesia: Sugai Dareh (Sumatera Barat), Sulawesi, Flores; Philippines: Dapitan (Minadanao), Tacloban (Leyte), Samar, Horns of Negros, Dumaguete (Negros Island), Camarines Sur, Mt. Makiling (Laguna), Bangui (Luzon), Subic Bay (Grand Island, Luzon) 19. reversa [Cockerell, 1916: PJS 11: p. 303 (Allodape)] Philippines: Puerto Princesa (Palawan), Pinigisan (Mantalingajan, Palawan), Noona dan Exp., Uring Uring, Brooke's Point (Palawan) 20. signata Reyes, 1991: UKSB 54: p. 202 Surigao and Davao in Mindanao (Philippines), Billiran (Philippine Islands), Mt. Mayon at Albay (Philippines)
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
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