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Genus Pasites Jurine
[Family Apidae, Subfamily Nomadinae, Tribe Ammobatini]
Pasites Jurine, 1807: p.224; Type species: Pasites maculata Jurine, 1807, by original designation.
Morgania Smith, 1854: p.253; Type species: Pasites dichroa Smith, 1854, monobasic.
Omachthes Gerstaecker, 1869: p.154; Type species Omachthes carnifex Gerstaecker, 1869, designed by Sandhouse, 1943: p.580.
Homachthes Dalla Torre, 1896: p.499, unjustified emendation of Omachthes Gerstaecker, 1869.
Pasitomachthes Bischoff, 1923: p.596; Type species Pasitomachthes nigerrimus Bischoff, 1923, by original designation.
Pasitomachtes Sandhouse, 1943: p.586, unjustified emendation of Pasitomachthes Bischoff, 1923.
S. No.
Name of Species with Author & Year
Distribution OR
Collection Site
1.
maculatus Jurine, 1807 in Nurse, 1904 JBNHS XV: p.570 Palearctic region upto Quetta & South India Parasitize Pseudapis [(Nomadinae) (Rozen, 1986)]
2. castanomelaena [Baker, 1974: p. 238 (Morgania Smith)] India
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
Ph. +91-291-272 6666
E-mail: [email protected]
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