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Genus Pararhophites Friese
[Family Megachilidae, Subfamily Fideliinae, Tribe Pararhophitini]
Rophites (Pararhophites) Friese, 1898 TF 21: p.305; Type species: Pararhophites quadratus Friese, 1898, monobasic
Ctenoapis Cameron, 1901 AMNH (7)8: p.116; Type species: Ctenoapis lutea Cameron, 1901, by designation of Sandhouse, 1943: p.542.
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Name of Species with Author & Year
Distribution OR
Collection Site
Flower Record 1.
lutea Cameron, 1901 AMNH (7)8: p.117 & (Ctenoapis, Cameron, 1901) [=flavomaculata Cameron, 1901 AMNH (7)8: p.117 %] in Nurse, 1904 JBNHS XV: p. 570] Ferozepur, Punjab, northwestern India, Baluchistan Probably oligolectic on Zygophylaceae (Popov, 1979) 2. orobinus [Morawitz]; nesting biology: McGinley & Rozen, 1987 Killi Sarda, Quetta Pakistan Peganum harmala L. 3.
undescribed species Junagarh, Gujrat Convolvulus sp.
Political territories have been mentioned as such (as mentioned by original authors): Burma [Present day Myanmar], Ceylon [Present day Sri Lanka], Bengal [Present day East Bengal in India and the present day Bangla Desh], Punjab [western part of the state is the present day Punjab in Pakistan].
Dr. Rajiv K. Gupta
Department of Zoology
Jai Narain Vyas University
Jodhpur 342 005, India
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