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Subfamily Hylaeinae Viereck
[Family Colletidae]
The subfamily is found worldwide and is most abundant and diversified in the Australian region. A single rare species of genus Calloprosopis is found on the mountains of central Africa otherwise all the genera except Hylaeus are restricted to Australia. Some of the important references should be consulted with regard to this subfamily are Michener (1965), Houston (1975), Cardale (1993), a series by Hirashima (1980s) and McGinley (1981) for larval descriptions. Our specified region is largely inhabitted by Hylaeus (Prosopis).
S. No.
Name of Genus with Author
Included subgenera and [no. of species]
Distribution
1.
Genus Amphylaeus Michener, 1965
a. Agogenohylaeus Michener, 1965: p.148 [3]
b. Amphylaeus Michener, s.str. 1965: p.147 [1]
[Amphylaeus morosus (Smith)]
a. Victoria to southern Queensland, Australia
b. Victoria to southern Queensland,
Australia
2.
Genus Calloprosopis Snelling, 1985
- [1]
[Calloprosopis magnifica (Cockerell, 1942)]
High altitudes in Kenya
3. Genus Hemirhiza Michener, 1965 - [1] [Hemirhiza melliceps (Ccockerell)] southern Queensland, New South Wales 4. Genus Hylaeus Fabricius, 1793 Subgenera of Hylaeus Both Hemisphere 5. Genus Hyleoides Smith, 1853 - [8] Except northwestern quarter or extreme north in Australia, Tasmania, Lord Howe Island, New Zealand 6. Genus Meroglosa Smith, 1853 - [20] All parts of continental Australia (not in Tasmania) 7. Genus Palaeorhiza Perkins, 1908 Subgenera of Palaeorhiza Indonesia, Australia, New Guinea 8. Genus Pharohylaeus Michener, 1965 - [2] central & northern Queensland, Australia & New Guinea 9. Genus Xenorhiza Michener, 1965 - [3] New Guinea
Dr. Rajiv K. Gupta
Department of Zoology
Jai Narain Vyas University
Jodhpur 342 005, India
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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.