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Genus Tarsalia Morawitz
[Family Apidae, Subfamily Apinae, Tribe Ancylini]
Tarasalia Morawitz, 1895: p.9; Type species: Tarasalia hirtipes Morawitz, 1895, monobasic.
Ancyla (Tarsalia) in Warncke, 1979: p.183-195; unjustified placement as a subgenus of genus Ancyla in: Michener, 2000: p.666.
S. No.
Name of Species with Author & Year
Distribution OR
Collection Site
1. ancyliformeis Popov, 1935: p. 400 [= Tarasalia ancyliformis mediterranea Pittioni, 1950: p.74] Kuljab, Tadzhikistan, Cyprus 2.
cellularis [Cameron, 1898: p. 80: Male (Anthophora) = Amegilla cellularia Cameron in Brooks, 1988: p.450] Poona (India) 3.
deccana Baker, 1972: p. 246 Karikal (Pondicherry State in Southern India) 4.
hirtipes Morawitz, 1895: p.9 [= Tarasalia hirtipes cypriaca Mavromoustakis, 1952: p.840] Surabad/Zūrābād (Iran) 5.
mimetes [Cockerell, 1933: p. 135 (Tetraloniella); Cockerell, 1937: p. 284 (Tetraloniella)] Nuri (Sudan) 6.
persica [Warncke, 1979: BMCSNV 30: p. 184-186, 192-193] Tapeh, 300 Km N of Abadan (Khuzestan), Melavy (Iran) 7. strobilanthae Baker, 1998: p. 841-843. Konkan, Matheran (western ghats, India)
Species distribution: Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tadzhikistan to Iran, Turkey, and the islands of Cyprus and Sardinia, and southward to Sudan and a possibly disjunct area in southern India (Michener, 2000: p.666).
Webpage revised on 23 Nov. 2004
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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