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An Annotated                      Catalogue of the

Bee Species of the

Indian Region

 

 Subfamily Xylocopinae Latreille

[Family Apidae]

The family consist of bees that possess very diverse size and appearance. On one hand one finds very small Ceratina, Allodape like bees and on another Xylocopa like large bees. Phylogeny of Xylocopinae was discussed by Sakagami and Michener (1987) and, Roig-Alsina and Michener (1993). There are four tribes grouped under subfamily namely, Xylocopini, Allodapini, Ceratinini and Manueliini. Among them first three occurs in our specified region whereas, fourth occurs in Chile and Argentina. Australian genera have been in major revised by Houston during different years and were listed by Cardale (1993) and for majority of taxonomic revisions Michener (1965, 1975, 1977, 1981 & 2000) should be consulted. 

 

 

Names of included tribes & their respective genera found in our specified region :

 

S.No.	Tribes	Genera found in our          specified region
1.	Xylocopini	Xylocopa Latreille
2.	Allodapini	Allodape Lepeletier, Braunsapis Michener, Exoneuridia Cockerell
3.	Ceratinini	Ceratina Latreille
4.	Manuelini

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.

 

Date of release 31 May, 2003                                                          Website Created and Maintained by Dr. Rajiv K. Gupta