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Genus Tetralonia Spinola
[Family Apidae, Subfamily Apini, Tribe Eucerini]
Macrocera Latreille, 1810: p.339, 439 (not Meigen, 1803); Type species: Eucera antennata Fabricius, 1793 = Apis malvae Rossi, 1790, by original designation.
Tetralonia Spinola, 1839: p.538, replacement for Macrocera Latreille, 1810; Type species: Eucera antennata Fabricius, 1793 = Apis malvae Rossi, 1790, autobasic.
S. No.
Name of Species with Author & Year
Distribution OR
Collection Site
1.
duvaucelii Lepeletier, 1842 [= elegans Smith, 1854] Kumaon, Bombay 2.
himalayensis Bingham, 1897 Kumaon 3.
punctata Cameron, 1898: p. 79 [= Tetraloniella aliena Cockerell, 1911] Poona 4.
ovatula Cameron, 1908 Deesa 5.
glabriocornis Cameron, 1908 [= phryne (Nurse) in Cockerell, 1920] Deesa 6.
pruinosa Cameron, 1909 Ferozepur 7.
punctilabris Cameron, 1909 Ferozepur, Cockerell, 1920 recorded from Peshawar, Ali Masjid, Khaibar Pass 8.
testaceitarsis Cameron, 1909 Ferozepur 9.
erythrocera Cameron, 1908 Ferozepur 10.
punjabebsis Cameron, 1908 Ferozepur, Cockerell, 1920 recorded from Lyallpur 11.
rufolineata Cameron, 1908 Ferozepur 12.
claripennis Cameron, 1908 Ferozepur 13.
leucopoda Cockerell, 1911 Nasik 14.
leucopoda australior Cockerell, 1920 Bellary, Hampa Sagar, Annampalle, Godawari district 15.
commixtana Strand, 1913 Ceylon 16.
taprobanicola Strand, 1913 Ceylon 17. chaprensis Cockerell, 1920 Chhapra 18. pachysoma [Nomen. nov. Habropoda lata Cameron, 1905 in Cockerell, 1920] India 19. fumida [Cockerell, 1911 TAES 37: p.237 (Thygatina)] Ceylon 20. wickwari [Bingham, 1908 (Podalirius)]; under subgenus Eucara Friese Ceylon
A large number of taxonomic revisions are pending for the Apidae for the Indian and south east Asian species. Michener (2000: p.716) refers that seven undescribed Indian species of Tetralonia belong to subgenus Thygatina Cockerell, 1911 (?). It will be clear when a complete taxonomic revision of the species will be made based upon studies of the types.
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]
Visit "An Updating Bibliography of the Bees of the World" by the same author for the authors' linked references mentioned in this document.