Eoanthidium
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Megachilidae
Subfamily: Megachilinae
Tribe: Anthidiini
Genus: Eoanthidium
Popov, 1950

Eoanthidium is a genus of bees in the Megachilidae family.[1]

Description

Eoanthidium generally have elongate, slender bodies with black integument and yellow maculations.[2] Their body length ranges from 6–10 mm.[3]

Distribution

Eoanthidium occurs in the eastern Mediterranean, southwestern Asia, southern Russia, southern India, Pakistan, and Africa.[2]

Taxonomy

Eoanthidium contains the following 4 subgenera:[3]

  • Clistanthidium
  • Eoanthidium
  • Hemidiellum
  • Salemanthidium

Species

Eoanthidium contains at least 17 species:[3]

  • Eoanthidium adentatum Gupta & Simlote, 1993
  • Eoanthidium arabicum Pasteels, 1980
  • Eoanthidium armaticeps (Friese, 1908)
  • Eoanthidium bakerorum Engel, 2004
  • Eoanthidium bituberculatum (Pasteels, 1984)
  • Eoanthidium chinense (Wu, 1962)
  • Eoanthidium clypeare (Morawitz, 1873)
  • Eoanthidium (Eoanthidium) hoplostomum (Mavromoustakis, 1945)
  • Eoanthidium insulare (Morawitz, 1873)
  • Eoanthidium judaeense (Mavromoustakis, 1945)
  • Eoanthidium nasicum (Friese, 1917)
  • Eoanthidium pictipenne Pasteels, 1972
  • Eoanthidium punjabense Gupta & Sharma, 1993
  • Eoanthidium rothschildi (Vachal, 1909)
  • Eoanthidium salemense (Cockerell, 1919)
  • Eoanthidium semicarinatum Pasteels, 1972
  • Eoanthidium tricolor Pasteels, 1972
  • Eoanthidium turnericum (Mavromoustakis, 1934)

References

  1. "Eoanthidium Popov, 1950". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2022-04-15.
  2. 1 2 Michener, Charles D. (2007). The Bees of the World (2nd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 953. ISBN 978-1-4356-9259-6. OCLC 646769600.
  3. 1 2 3 "Eoanthidium | Exotic Bee ID". idtools.org. Retrieved 2022-04-15.
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