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Genus Pseudoheriades Peters
[Family Megachilidae, Subfamily Megachilinae, Tribe Osmiini]
Pseudoheriades Peters, 1970: EZ 80(16): p.153; Type species: Eriades moricei Friese, 1897, by original designation.
Spinasternella Gupta & Sharma, 1993, in Gupta, 1993: p.104; Type species Spinasternella mevatus Gupta & Sharma, 1993, by original designation.
S. No.
Name of Species with Author & Year
Distribution OR
Collection Site
Flower Record 1.
pellucidus [Cockerell, 1920 (Heriades); Pseudoheriades pellucidus in Peters, 1970] Iran & up to western India 2.
mevatus [Gupta & Sharma, in Gupta, 1993: p.112 (Spinasternella)] Tolawas, Alwar, Nagaur (Rajasthan) Boerhavia diffusa, Tephrosia hamictonii 3.
tolawasensis [Sharma & Gupta, in Gupta, 1993: p.113 (Spinasternella)] also published as Heriades tolawasensis Sharma & Gupta, preaccepted in 1994]; Nesting biology 1995: Entomon 20(1): p.35-39 (as Heriades tolawasensis) Tolawas, Narainpur, Alwar Boerhavia diffusa 4.
pentatuberculata [Gupta & Sharma, in Gupta, 1993: p.115 (Spinasternella)] Tolawas, Alwar, Sikar, Nagaur, Jodhpur Taphrosia hamictonii, Calotropis gigantea (at Jodhpur) 5.
rufomandibulata [Gupta & Sharma, in Gupta, 1993: p.117 (Spinasternella)] Tolawas, Alwar, Rewari (Haryana) Boerhavia diffusa
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
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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.