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Subfamily Meganomiinae Michener
[Family Melittidae]
A subfamily of four small genera, Meganomiinae is mainly confined to the xeric areas of eastern and sousthern Africa. It is not known south of the tropic of Capricorn. Some species are also found in Yemen and Madagascar. Taxonomy of genera and for some species should be consulted from Michener (1981 & 1992) and the aspects of behaviour and immatures were described by Rozen (1977).
S. No.
Name of Genus with Author
Included subgenera and [no. of species]
Distribution
1.
Genus Ceratonomia Michener, 1981
- [1]
[Ceratonomia rozanorum Michener]
Namibia
2.
Genus Meganomia Cockerell, 1909 AMNH 8(4): P.402
- [5]
Kenya to Namibia and northern Transvaal, South Africa, Yemen
3.
Genus Pseudophilanthus Alfken, 1939
a. Dicronomia Michener & Brooks, 1987 [1] [Pseudophilanthus wenzeli (Michener & Brooks)]
b. Pseudophilanthus Alfken 1939 s.str. [3]
a. southwestern Madagascar
b. Kenya and the Ethiopia-Kenya border area
4.
Genus Uromonia Michener, 1981
a. Nesomonia Michener, Brooks and Pauly, 1990 [1] [Uromonia flaviventris (Benoist, 1963)]
b.Uromonia Michener, 1981 s.str. [1] [Uromonia stagei Michener, 1981]
a. southwestern Madagascar
b. Kenya coast
Dr. Rajiv K. Gupta
Department of Zoology
Jai Narain Vyas University
Jodhpur 342 005, India
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