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An Annotated

Catalogue of the

Bee Species of the

Indian Region

 


 

 

       

Tribes of Subfamily Apinae [1]

 

[Family Apidae]

 

 

 

Tribe Isepeolini

 

 

S. No.

Name of Genus with Author 

Included sub-genera   and [no. of species]

Distribution

1.

Genus Isepeolus Cockerell, 1907

 

-                   [11]

 

Santa Cruz province, Argentina and Magallanes, Chile, north to the State of Ceará, Brazil. [Its species have been reared from nests of Colletes].
2. Genus Melectoides Taschenberg, 1883 -                     [10] In Chile from Atacama to Cautín and in Argentina from Salta province to Chubut province

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tribe Osirini

 

S. No.

Name of Genus with Author 

Included subgenera   and [no. of species]

Distribution

1.

Genus Epeoloides Giraud, 1863

 

-                          [2] Epeoloides ambiguur Giraud ranges from Netherlands and France to western Russia and E. pilosula (Cresson) was collected in North America from Quebec, Canada to Georgia, North Dakota & Nebraska, USA
2.

Genus Osirinus Roig-Alsina, 1989

-                           [3] provinces of Córdoba, Entre Ríos in Argentina, north to the state of Bahia, Brazil
3. Genus Osiris Smith, 1854 -                         [21] Mexico to Bolivia, Misiones Province, Argentina and the state of Santa Catarina, Brazil
4.

Genus Parepeolus Ducke, 1912

a. Ecclitodes Roig-Alsina, 1989        [2]

 

b. Parepeolus Ducke s.str. 1912           [4]

a. from Nuble to Valdivia in Chile & province of Río Negro, Argentina

b. Buenos Aires & La Pampa, Argentina & north to the state of Pará, Brazil

5. Genus Protosiris Roig-Alsina, 1989 -                          [5] Bolivia & the state of São Paulo, Brazil and north to the state of Puebla, Mexico

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tribe Protepeolini

 

S. No.

Name of Genus with Author 

Included subgenera   and [no. of species]

Distribution

1.

Genus Leiopodus Smith, 1854

 

-                   [5]

 

Southern california to western and southern Texas, USA, south through the tropics to the province of Río Negro, Argentina

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tribe Exomalopsini

 

S. No.

Name of Genus with Author 

Included subgenera   and [no. of species]

Distribution

1.

Genus Anthophorula Cockerell, 1897: BAES, NMCA 24:44

 

a. Anthophorisca Michener & Moure, 1957                 [29]

 

 

b. Anthophorula Cockerell, 1897 s.str.                 [29]

 

c. Isomalopsis Michener & Moure, 1957  [1]

[Anthophorula niveata (Friese)]

a. southerln USA: California to Missippi, north to Utah, Nebraska, Indiana & south to Oaxaca, Mexico

b. Oregon, Utah and Texas, USA, south to Baja California, Jalisco, and Veracruz, Mexico

c. South America: in Argentina from Tucumán to Mendoza

 

2.

Genus Chilimalopsis Toro, 1976

-                           [3]

from Coquimbo, Chile and from Buenos Aires province to Jujuy province, Argentina

3.

Genus Eremapsis Ogloblin, 1956

-                           [1]

[Eremapsis parvula Ogloblin]

provinces of Catamarca and Santiago del Estero to Río Negro

4.

Genus Exomalopsis Spinola, 1853

a. Diomalopsis Michener & Moure, 1957                    [2]

 

b. Exomalopsis Spinola, 1853, s.str.                  [55]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

c. Phanomalopsis Michener & Moure, 1957                   [15]

 

d. Stilbomalopsis Silveira, 1995     [13]

a. from Paraná and São Paulo, Brazil and, Paraguay

 

b. Baja California and Sonora, Mexico, southern Texas and southern Florida, USA, and the Bahamas south through Mesoamerica, the antilles, and South America to Tarapacá, Chile, Misiones province, Argentina, and Paraguay

c. from Neuquén and Rio Negro, Argentina, north to Sonora, Mexico and, southern Texas, USA

d. southern California to Texas, USA, south to Nicaragua

5.

Genus Teratognatha Ogloblin, 1956

-                           [1]

[Teratognatha modesta Ogloblin]

xeric areas of Tucumán and Salta province, Argentina

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tribe Ancylini

 

S. No.

Name of Genus with Author 

Included subgenera   and [no. of species]

Distribution

1.

Genus Ancyla

Lepeletier, 1841

-                         [10]

Mediterranean area: from Spain and Morocco east through northern Africa, southern Europe and southerstern Aisa to Iran and the Caucasus and south to Sudan

2.

Genus Tarsalia  Morawitz, 1976

-                           [7]

Central Asia (Turkmenis-tan, Uzbekistan, Tadzhi-kistan), westward to Iran, Turkey, islands of Cyprus and Sardinia, and south-ward to Sudan and a possibly disjunct area in southern India [Michener, 2000: p.666] (yet to be verified in India - auth.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tribe Tapinotaspidini

 

S. No.

Name of Genus with Author 

Included subgenera   and [no. of species]

Distribution

1.

Genus Arhysoceble Moure, 1948

-                           [5]

Tucumán province, Argentina and Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, north to the state of Ceará, Brazil

2.

Genus Caenonomada Ashmead, 1899

-                           [5]

Buenos Aires and Tucumán province, Argentina to the state of Ceará, Brazil

3.

Genus Chalepogenus Holmberg, 1903

a. Chalepogenus Holmberg, 1903 s.str.                    [7]

 

b. Lanthanomelissa   Holmberg, 1903  [5]

a. Valdivia, Chile and, Neuquén, Argentina, north to Paraíba, Brazil

 

b. Buenos Aires province to Tucumán, Argentina, north to Paraná, Brazil

4.

Genus Monoeca Lepeletier & Serville, 1828

-                          [9]

from San Luis Potosí and Jalisco, Mexico, south to Santa Catarina, Brazil

5.

Genus Paratetrapedia Moure 1941

a. Amphipedia Michener & Moure, 1957                   [1]

[Paratetrapedia haeckeli]

 

b. Lophopedia Michener & Moure, 1957                [7+]

 

 

c. Paratetrapedia Moure, 1941, s.str.

                        [14+]

 

 

 

 

d. Tropidopedia Michener & Moure, 1957                [2+]

 

e. Xanthopedia Michener & Moure 1957                [5+]

a. Brazil

 

 

 

 

b. from Bolivia and Santa Catarina, Brazil, north through the tropics to San Luis Potosí and Nayarit, Mexico

c. from the states of Tamaulipas and Nayarit, Mexico, south through the tropics to Bolivia, Tucumán Province, Argentina, and Santa Catarina, Brazil

d. from the state of Río de Janeiro to the state of Pará, Brazil

 

e. from Bolivia and Santa Catarina, Brazil, north to Jamaica and Yucatán, Mexico

6. Genus Tapinotaspis Holmberg, 1887 -                       [3] from Río Negro north to Tucumán, Argentina
7. Genus Tapinotaspoides Moure, 1944 -                       [4] from central Argentina to Paraguay and north through Brazil at least to the state of Paraíba
8. Genus Trigonopedia Moure, 1941 -                       [4] eastern Brazil from the state of Espírito Santo to São Paulo

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tribe Tetrapediini

 

S. No.

Name of Genus with Author 

Included subgenera   and [no. of species]

Distribution

1.

Genus Coelioxoides

Cresson, 1878

-                         [3+]

from state of Jalisco and San Luis Potosí in Mexico to Bolivia and the province of Córdoba, Argentina

2.

Genus Tetrapedia  Klug, 1810

-                       [13+]

state of San Luis Potosí and Jalisco in Mexico to Salta, Tucumán, and Misiones in Argentina and Santa Catarina in Brazil

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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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.

 

 

 

 

 

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