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An Annotated                             Catalogue of the

Bee Species of the

Indian Region

 

Family Colletidae Lapeletier

The family occurs on all continents but more diversified in Australian and South American continents. In the holarctic region only two genera namely Colletes and Hylaeus  are known. Important publications that should be consulted regarding phylogeny of this family are Michener and Brooks (1984) and Michener (1992). Larvae were described by McGinley (1981) and pupal characters were tabulated with emphasis on differences among subfamilies by Torchio and Burwell (1987).

Summary of included subfamilies and tribes and, their respective genera found in our specified region:

 

S. No.	Subfamilies	Tribe	Genera found in our specified region
A.	Colletinae		Colletes Latreille
B.	Diphaglossinae
		1. Caupolicanini
		2. Diphaglossini
		3. Dissoglottini
C.	Xeromelissinae
		1. Chilicolini
		2. Xeromelissini
D.	Hylaeinae		Hyaleus Fabricius
E.	Euryglossinae

 

 

Dr. Rajiv K. Gupta

Department of Zoology

Jai Narain Vyas University

Jodhpur 342 005, India

Ph. +91-291-272 6666

E-mail: [email protected]

 

 

Visit "An Updating Bibliography of the Bees of the World" by the same author for the authors' linked references mentioned in this document.

 

Date of release 31 May, 2003                                                          Website Created and Maintained by Dr. Rajiv K. Gupta