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An Annotated            Catalogue of the                

Bee Species of the    

Indian Region

 

 Subfamily Megachilinae Latreille

[Family Megachilidae]

This subfamily is equivalent of the Megachilidae of most authors, i.e. those who have not placed the Fideliinae in the Megachilidae. It is a large subfamily, of fairly wide distribution in all continents. The subfamily has been further subdivided into five tribes, namely: Lithurgini, Megachilini, Osmiini, Anthidiini and Dioxyini. The smallest is Lithurgini and the largest is Megachilini as far as the number of genera concerned.

Tribe Lithurgini

 

[Family Megachilidae, Subfamily Megachilinae]

 

 

 

 

S. No.	Name of Genus with Author	Included subgenera   and [no. of species]	Distribution
1.	Genus Lithurgus Berthold	a. Lithurgopsis Fox, 1902                   [11]   b. Lithurgus Berthold s.str. 1827          [22]	a. North America [absent in northeastern part],  Argentina, Costa Rica [absent in tropics]   b. Eurasia, Africa, Australia and intervening islands ind includes all of the Old World species
2.	Genus Microthurge Michener, 1983	-                           [4]	Buenos Aires, Argentina to Bolivia and São Paulo, Brazil
3.	Genus Trichothurgus Moure, 1949	-                         [13]	Deserts of Argentina, Chile and Peru

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Dr. Rajiv K. Gupta

Department of Zoology

Jai Narain Vyas University

Jodhpur 342 005, India

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