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An Annotated     Catalogue of the

Bee Species of the

Indian Region

    

   Genus Dasyopoda Latreille

       [Family Melittidae, Subfamily Dasypodainae]

• Dasypoda Latreille, 1802: p.424; Type species: Andrena hirtipes Fabricius, 1793 = Apis altercator Harris, 1780, by designation of Blanchard, 1840: p.414. [Melitta swammerdamiella Kirby, 1802, designed as the type species by Curtis (1831:p.367) was not originally included in Dasypoda but is a synonym of Andrena hirtipes Fabricius = Apis altercator Harris.]

• Podasys Rafinesque, 1815: p.123, unnecessary replacement for Dasypoda Latreille, 1802; Type species: Andrena hirtipes Fabricius, 1793, autobasic.

 

S. No.	Name of Species with Author & Year	Distribution OR Collection Site
1.	comberi Cockerell, 1911: AMNH XII: p.226	Karachi
2.	braccata anatolica Warncke, 1973: BEPW 43: p. 121-122	Asia Minor
3.	argentata hispanica Warncke 1973. BEPW 43: p. 121.	Moscareon bei Albarracin, Teruel

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                       

Species distribution: The genus is widespread in palearctic region from Portugal and the Canary Islands to Japan and is especially abundant in the Mediterranean basin.

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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.

 

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