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Tribes of Subfamily Apinae [2]
[Family Apidae]
Tribe Ctenoplectridae
S. No.
Name of Genus with Author
Included subgenera and [no. of species]
Distribution
1.
Genus Ctenoplectra Kirby, 1826
- [24]
Africa: Liberia, Uganda and Ethiopia south to Namibia and Natal, South Africa and, from the Russian far East and north China south to Taiwan, Myanmar, the Philippines, New Guinea, north Queensland in Australia, west to Sumatra and west Malaysia [Friese (1910) gave a key to the species but used the generic name Scrapter for this genus (1909)]
2.
Genus Ctenoplectrina Cockerell, 1930: RZBA 18: p.360
- [1+]
[Ctenoplectrina politula (Cockerell)]
Zaire, Kenya and Tanzania in Africa
Tribe Emphorini
S. No.
Name of Genus with Author
Included subgenera and [no. of species]
Distribution
1.
Genus Alpidosceles Moure, 1947
- [6]
from Mendoza province, Argentina, north to Minas Gerais, Brazil
2.
Genus Ancyloscelis Latreille, 1829
- [25]
from Texas, Colorado, and Arizona, USA through tropical America to Buenos Aires province, Argentina
3.
Genus Diadasia Patton, 1879
- [45]
amphitropical in North and South America
4.
Genus Diadasina Moure, 1950
a. Diadasina Moure, 1950 s.str. [4]
b. Leptometriella Roig-Alsina, 1994, [3]
a. from Pará, Brazil to Buenos Aires province, Argentina
b. from Salta to Mendoza, Argentina
5.
Genus Meliphilopsis Roig-Alsina, 1994
- [2]
La Rioja to Salta province, Argentina
6. Genus Melitoma Lepeletier & Serville, 1828 - [10] South Dakota to New Jersey, south to Florida and New Mexico, USA southwest to Sonora, Mexico and south through both arid and humid tropics to western Peru and Buenos Aires province, Argentina 7. Genus Melitomella Roig-Alsina, 1998 - [3] Bahia to Pará, Brazil and Panama 8. Genus Ptilothrix Smith, 1853 - [12+] amphitropical in North and South America 9. Genus Toromelissa Roig-Alsina, 1998 - [1] [Toromelissa nemaglossa (Toro & Ruz)] Atacama region, Chile
Tribe Eucerini
S. No.
Name of Genus with Author
Included subgenera and [no. of species]
Distribution
1.
Genus Agapanthinus LaBerge, 1957
- [1]
[Agapanthinus callophilus (Cockerell)]
Baja California and California
2.
Genus Alloscirtetica Holmberg, 1903
a. Alloscirtetica Holmberg, 1903 s.str. [36]
b. Megascirtetica Moure & Michener, 1955 [1]
[Alloscirtetica mephistophelica (Schrottky)]
a. from Magallanes, Chile and, the province of Chubut Argentina, north to Pará, Brazil and in the Andean uplift to Ecuador
b. state of São Paulo, Brazil
3.
Genus Canephorula Jörgensen, 1909
- [1]
[Canephorula apiformis (Friese)]
from xeric areas of Argentina from Salta to Mendoza province
4.
Genus Cemolobus Robertson, 1902: CE 34: p.324
- [1]
[Cemolobus ipomoeae (Robertson)]
from Pennsylvania to Georgia, west to Missouri
5.
Genus Cubitalia Friese, 1911:AN 77(1): p.136
a. Cubitalia Friese, 1911 s.str. [4]
b. Opacula Pesenko & Sitdikov, 1988 [1]
[Cubitalia donatica (Sitdikov)]
c. Pseudeucera Tkalců, 1978 [1]
[Cubitalia parvicornis (Mocsáry)]
a. Balkans and Greece east to Caucasus
b. from Kirghizia in Central Asia
c. from Hungary and Greece east to the Ukraine
6.
Genus Eucera Scopoli, 1770
a. Eucera Scopoli, 1770 s.str. [50]
b. Hetereucera Tkalců, 1978 [25]
c. Oligeucera Sitdikov & Pesenko, 1988 [1]
[Eucera popovi Sitdikov]
d. Pteneucera Tkalců, 1984 [4]
e. Synhalonia Patton, 1879 [110]
a. from Canary Islands, Spain and Britain to Japan
b. from Canary Islands, Morocco and Spain north as far as Hungary and east to Central Asia
c. Tadjikistan
d. from Spain to Iran and Central Asia
e. Nearctic area: from British Columbia, Canada to Massachussetts, USA and south to California, Texas and Georgia, USA and, Oaxaca, Mexico. Palearctic region: from Canary Islands and Spain eastward throughout the Mediterranean countries, north to Slovakia, south to India (Punjab) and through Asia to Japan
[Tetralonia, Tetraloniella and Eucera (Synhalonia) placed under single unit Tetralonia]
7.
Genus Eucerinoda Michener & Moure, 1957
- [1] [Eucerinoda gayi (Spinola)]
central Chile
8.
Genus Florilegus Robertson, 1900
a. Euflorilegus Ogloblin, 1955 [5]
b. Florilegus Robertson, 1900 s.str. [5]
c. Floriraptor Moure & Michener, 1955 [1] [Florilegus melectoides (Smith)]
a. from Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, north to Pará and Amazonas, Brazil
b. from New Jersey to Colorado, USA, southward throught the Antilles (at least Cuba), Mexico, and the American tropics to Buenos Aires and La Rioja provinces, Argentina
c. from Panama south to Santiago del Estero, Argentina and Paraná, Brazil
9.
Genus Toromelissa Roig-Alsina, 1998
- [1] [Toromelissa nemaglossa (Toro & Ruz)]
Atacama region, Chile
10. Genus Gaesischia Michener, LaBerge & Moure, 1955 a. Dasyhalonia Michener, LaBerge & Moure, 1955 [2]
b. Gaesischia Michener, LaBerge & Moure, 1955 s.str. [19]
c. Gaesischiana Michener, LaBerge & Moure, 1955 [3]
d. Gaesischiopsis Michener, LaBerge & Moure, 1955 [7]
e. Pachyhalonia Moure & Michener, 1955 [3]
f. Prodasyhalonia LaBerge, 1958 [1] [Gaesischia mexicana LaBerge]
a. from the provinces of Buenos Aires and Mendoza to Catamarca, Argentian
b. from Misiones and perhaps Córdoba, Argentina, Paraguay and Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil to Ceará and Pará, Brazil
c. southern Arizona, USA to Costa Rica with a report from Colombia and, central Brazil from Mato Grosso and Bahia north to Pará
d. state of Pará and Cerará, Brazil, to Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil and Paraguay
e. from the state of Ceará, Brazil, south to Paraguay and the province of San Luis, Argentina
f. states of Chiapas, Oaxaea, and Veracruz, Mexico
11. Genus Gaesochira Moure & Michener, 1955 - [1] [Gaesochira obscurior (Dalla Torre)] from Colombia and from Amazonas, Pará and Rondônia, Brazil 12. Genus Hamatothrix Urban, 1989 - [1] [Hamatothrix silvai Urban] from provinces of Santiago del Estero and La Rioja, Argentina 13. Genus Lophothygater Moure & Michener, 1955 - [1] [Lophothygater decorata (Smith)] Amazon valley (South America) 14.
Genus Martinapis Cockerell, 1903: AMNH (7)12: p.450
a. Martinapis Cockerell, 1903 s.str. [2]
b. Svastropsis Moure & Michener, 1955 [1]
[Martinapis bipunctata (Friese)]
a. deserts from western Texas to California, USA and, south to Puebla and Morelos, Mexico
b. Mendoza, Argentina
15.
Genus Melissodes Latreille, 125
a. Apomelissodes LaBerge, 1956 [4]
b. Callimelissodes LaBerge, 1961 [14]
c. Ecplectica Holmberg, 1884 [13]
d. Eumelissodes LaBerge, 1956 [72]
e. Heliomelissodes LaBerge, 1956 [2]
f. Melissodes Latreille, s.str. 1825 [23]
g. Psilomelissodes LaBerge, 1956 [1]
[Melissodes intorta Cresson]
h. Tachymelissodes LaBerge, 1956 [3]
a. eastern North America from Maine to Florida westward as far as Kansas
b. from Alberta, Canada, Washington state, Wisconsin and Indian, south to Texas and North Carolina, USA and, Baja California, Mexixo
c. from Veracruz, Mexico and Puerto Rico in the Antilles south to Tarapacá, Chile, Buenos Aires Province, ARgentina and Uruguay
d. British Columbia, Canada to Maine, USA and, south lthroughout North and Central America to Panama and to Cuba
e. from Nova Scotia to British Columbia, Canada, south to North Carolina, Alabama, Texas and Arizona, USA
f. from Maine to Florida, USA west to British Columbia, Canada, to Baja California, Mexico and , south throughout Mesoamerica to Panama and through the Bahamas and the Greater and Lesser Antilles to Trinidad, the Guianas and Roraima in Brazil
g. from Texas to Kansas, USA
h. western North America, from Washington state and Idaho to California and eastern Texas, USA and south to the state of México, Mexico
16.
Genus Melissoptila Holmberg, 1884
a. Comeptila Moure & Michener, 1955 [2]
b. Melissoptila Holmberg, 1884, s.str. [1]
[Melissoptila tandilensis Holmberg]
c. Ptilomelissa Moure, 1943 [18]
a. from Chubut Province, Argentina, north to Paraguay and the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil
b. Argentina: from Jujuy to Buenos Aires Province and Mendoza, and in Chile from Linares to Chillán; Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
c. from Santiago, Chile and, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, north through the tropics to the Greater Antilles and southern Texas, USA
17.
Genus Micronychapis Moure & Michener, 1955
- [1] [Micronychapis duckei (Friese)]
from state of Pará and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
18.
Genus Notolonia Popov, 1962
- [1] [Notolonia astragali Popov]
Turkmenistan
19.
Genus Pachyvastra Moure & Michener, 1955
- [1] [Pachyvastra leucocephala (Bertoni & Schrottky)]
from São Paulo to Mato Grosso and Minas, Gerais, Brazil
20.
Genus Peponapis Robertson, 1902: CE 34: p.324
- [13]
from Ontario, Canada and, Maine to California and Georgia, USA and throughout Mesoamerica to Trinidad, Venezuela, the Andean countries (except Chile), and in eastern South America from Bahia, Brazil, to Río Negro and Jujuy provinces, Argentina
21.
Genus Platysvastra Moure, 1967
- [1]
[Platysvastra macraspis Moure]
Guyana
22.
Genus Santiago Urban, 1989
- [1]
[Santiago mourei Urban]
Minas Gerais, Brazil
23.
Genus Simanthedon Zavortink, 1975
- [1]
[Simanthedon linsleyi Zavortink]
New Mexico and Arizona, USA, south to Durango, Mexico
24.
Genus Svastra Holmberg, 1884
a. Anthedonia Michener, 1942 [2]
b. Brachymelissodes LaBerge, 1956 [2]
c. Epimelissodes Ashmead, 1899 [13]
d. Idiomelissodes LaBerge, 1956 [1]
[Svastra duplocincta (Cockerell)]
e. Svastra Holmberg, 1884 s.str. [3]
a. from New Jersey to Georgia, thence west to California, USA, and south to Durango, Mexico
b. from Nebraska to Texas, USA, and Durango, Chihuahua, and Sonora, Mexico
c. from Quebec, Canada, to Florida, west to Washington state, USA, and Baja California and south to Veracruz and Oaxaca, Mexico and, Costa Rica
d. from Baja California Sur to Durango and Coahuila, Mexico, north to California to New Mexico, USA
e. from central Chile and from Río Negro to Misiones, Argentina
25. Genus Svastrides Michener, LaBerge & Moure, 1955 - [4] from Aisen, Chile, and Neuquén, Argentina, north to Santiago del Estero, Argentina and in the Andean uplift to Peru 26. Genus Svastrina Moure & Michener, 1955 - [1]
[Svastrina subapicalis (Bréthes)]
from provinces of Sante Fe and Formosa, Argentina, and the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil 27. Genus Syntrichalonia LaBerge, 1957 - [2] from southern Arizona to Texas, USA, south to Oaxaca, Mexico 28.
Genus Tetralonia Spinola, 1839
a. Eucara Friese, 1905 [7]
b. Tetralonia Spinola, 1839 s.str. [3]
c. Thygatina Cockerell, 1911: TAES 37: p. 237 [26]
a. from eastern Cape Province, South Africa, north to Ethiopia and Burkina Faso
b. Mediterranean basin, north to Germany and Russia
c. southern India and Sri Lanka and in Africa from eastern Cape Province north to Tanzania and Ivory Coast
29.
Genus Tetraloniella Ashmead, 1899
a. Glazunovia Baker, 1998 [1]
[Tetraloniella nigriceps (Morawitz)]
b. Loxoptilus LaBerge, 1957 [2]
c. Tetraloniella Ashmead, 1899, s.str. [135+]
a. Central Asia
b. from Sonora to Morelos, Puebla, and Yucatan, Mexico
c. in North America from South Dakota and Illinois to Texas, west to California, USA, and south to Oaxaca, Mexico; in Palearctic region from Spain to India and Central Asia, ranging north as far as northern Germany; in sub-Saharan Africa and Namibia, and also in Madagascar
30.
Genus Thygater Holmberg, 1884
a. Nectarodiaeta Holmberg, 1887 [2]
b. Thygater Holmberg, 1884 s.str. [23]
a. Buenos Aires Province, Argentina and the state of Paraná, Brazil
b. from Córdoba Province, Argentina, and the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, north through the tropics to the states of San Luis Potosí, Chihuahua, and Sonora, Mexico
31.
Genus Trichocerapis Cockerell, 1904: EN 15: p.292
a. Dithygater Moure & Michener, 1955 [1]
[Trichocerapis seabrai (Moure & Michener)]
b. Trichocerapis Cockerell, 1904 s.str. [5]
a. from the state of São Paulo to Minas Gerais, Brazil
b. from Pernambuco, Brazil, to Paraguay and northwest to Peru
32.
Genus Xenoglossa Smith, 1854
a. Eoxenoglossa Hurd & Linsley, 1970 [2]
b. Xenglossa Smith, 1854 s.str. [5]
a. from Maryland to Florida west to Wisconsin and California, USA, and south to San Luis Potosí, Durango, and Baja California, Mexico
b. from California to Texas, USA, and south through Mesoamerica to Nicaragua and possibly Panama and Venezuela
Tribe Anthophorini
S. No.
Name of Genus with Author
Included subgenera and [no. of species]
Distribution
1.
Genus Amegilla Friese, 1897
- [253]
throughout Africa (including Madagascar), Mediterranean basin and from the Canary Islands east across southern Europe to Japan, Korea and northeast China, south to Yemen, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, New Guinea and, the whole of Australia (including Tasmania)
2.
Genus Anthophora Latreille, 1829
Abundant in holarctic and African regions, scare in the neotropics and southeast Asia, and absent (?) in the Indo-Australian area and Madagascar [Michener, 2000: p. 722]
3.
Genus Deltoptila LaBerge & Michener, 1963
- [10]
from the states of Veracruz and México, Mexico, south to Panama (mountains)
4.
Genus Elaphropoda Lieftinck, 1966
- [14+]
in mountains from northern India eastward to southeast China and Taiwan, and south to Java
5.
Genus Habrophorula Lieftinck, 1974
- [3]
China
6. Genus Habropoda Smith, 1854 - [50] from southern France and Algeria eastward through Europe as far north as Hungary, and through Asia Minor, Central Asia, to northeastern China, and southward to northern India, Thailand, Vietnam and, Taiwan; in western hemisphere from British Columbia, Canada, to Baja California, Mexico, east across the continent to Connecticut to Florida, USA and one species east of Texas and the Great Plains 7.
Genus Pachymelus Smith, 1879
a. Pachymelopsis Cockerell, 1905: TAES 31: p.331 [5]
b. Pachymelus Smith, 1879 s.str. [15+]
a. from Namibia and South Africa north through East Africa to Ethiopia
b. in Madagascar only except one species in western Cape Province, South Africa and in Namibia
Tribe Centridini
S. No.
Name of Genus with Author
Included subgenera and [no. of species]
Distribution
1.
Genus Centris Fabricius, 1804
North and South America
2.
Genus Epicharis Klug, 1807
North and South America
Tribe Rhathymini
S. No.
Name of Genus with Author
Included subgenera and [no. of species]
Distribution
1.
Genus Rhathymus Lepeletier & Serville, 1825
- [8+]
from the state of San Luis Potosí, Mexico, south through the tropics to eastern Bolivia and the Province of Misiones, Argentina
Tribe Ericrocidini
S. No.
Name of Genus with Author
Included subgenera and [no. of species]
Distribution
1.
Genus Acanthopus Klug, 1807
- [2+]
from Goíás, Brazil, north to the Guianas and Trinidad, with a doulbtful record from Panama
2.
Genus Aglaomelissa Snelling & Brooks, 1985
- [1]
[Aglaomelissa duckei (Friese)]
from Costa Rica to Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad, and the state of Pará, Brazil
3.
Genus Ctenioschelus Romand, 1840
- [1]
[Ctenioschelus goryi (Romand)]
from state of Jalisco, Mexico, south through tropical America to Uruguay and Paraguay
4.
Genus Epiclopus Spinola, 1851
- [3]
from Coquimbo to Aisén, Chile, and in Neuquén, Argentina
5.
Genus Ericrocis Cresson, 1887
- [2+]
from Southern California and Nevada east to Kansas and northern Florida, USA, south to the state of Oaxaca, Mexico
6. Genus Hopliphora Lepeletier, 1841 - [7] from the Brazilian state of São Paulo to the Guianas 7. Genus Mesocheira Lepeletier & Serville, 1825 - [1+] from Mexican states of Sonora and Veracruz and the Greater Antilles south through the tropics to Paraguay 8. Genus Mesonychium Lepeletier & Serville, 1825 - [12] from central Chile and Argentina north to Peru, and through Brazil to french Guiana 9.
Genus Mesoplia Lepeletier, 1841
a. Eumelissa Snelling & Brooks, 1985 [5]
b. Mesoplia Lepeletier, 1841 s.str. [18]
a. from Costa Rica southward through Brazil to eastern Bolivia
b. from southern Arizona, USA, the state of Tamaulipas, Mexico, and the Greater Antilles south through tropical America to the state of Paraná, Brazil
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Dr. Rajiv K. Gupta
Department of Zoology
Jai Narain Vyas University
Jodhpur 342 005, India
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