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An Annotated                      Catalogue of the

Bee Species of the

Indian Region

 

Tribe Xylocopini

[Family Apidae, Subfamily Xylocopinae]

S. No.	Name of Genus with Author	Included subgenera   and [no. of species]	Distribution
1.	Genus Xylocopa Latreille 1802	Subgenera of Xylocopa	Both Hemisphere

 

 

 

Tribe Allodapini

 

[Family Apidae, Subfamily Xylocopinae]

 

 

 

S. No.	Name of Genus with Author	Included subgenera   and [no. of species]	Distribution
1.	Genus Allodape Lepeletier & Serville, 1825	-                       [30]	Southernmost Africa north to Tanzania, Uganda, Central AFrican Republic and, west to Guinea
2.	Genus Allodapula Cockerell, 1934	a. Allodapula Cockerell, 1934 s.str.                  [9]   b. Allodapulodes Michener, 1969 [9]   c. Dalloapula Michener, 1975 [2]	a. South Africa, Zimbabwe & perhaps Tanzania   b. Cape Province, South Africa   c. Cape Province, Natal in South Africa
3.	Genus Braunsapis Michener	-                       [70]	southernmost Africa north to Senegal, Ethiopia, Madagascar, Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka to southermost China, Taiwan, the Philippines, Soloman Islands and Australia
4.	Genus Compsomelissa Alfken, 1924: p.251	a. Compsomelissa Alfken, 1924 s.str.                 [6]   b. Halterapis Michener        [12]	a. Cape Province, Natal in South Africa, north to Ethiopia and west to Nigeria and, east to Yemen b. Cape Province to Natal, north to Zimbabwe, Madagascar
5.	Genus Effractapis Michener, 1977	-                        [1] [Effractapis furax Michener]	Madagascar
6.	Genus Eucondylops Brauns, 1902	-                        [2]	South Africa [in the nests of Allodapula s.str.]
7.	Genus Exoneura Smith, 1854	a. Brevineura Michener, 1965 [26] b. Exoneura Smith, 1854 s.str.         [40] c. Inquilina Michener, 1961  [2]	a. Australia: north to the latitude of southern Queensland b. throughout Australia, Tasmania   c. Victoria to southern queensland in nest of Exoneura s.str., in eastern Australia
8.	Genus Exoneurella Michener, 1963	-                         [4]	central and eastern Australia: Northern Territory to South Australia and Queensland to Victoria
9.	Genus Exoneuridia Cockerell, 1911 AMNH 8(7): P.232	-                         [3]	mountains of Iran, Turkey, Lebanon and Israel
10.	Genus Macrogalea Cockerell, 1930	-                         [5]	Madagascar, in Africa: Ethiopia to Tanzania and Namibia
11.	Genus Nasutapis Michener, 1970	-                         [1] [Nasutapis straussorum Michener]	Natal Province, South Africa [in nests of Braunsapis facialis (Gerstaecker)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tribe Ceratini

 

[Family Apidae, Subfamily Xylocopinae]

 

 

S. No.	Name of Genus with Author	Included subgenera   and [no. of species]	Distribution
1.	Genus Ceratina Latreille, 1802	Subgenera of Ceratina	Both Hemisphere
2.	Genus Megaceratina Hirashima, 1971	-                           [1] [Megaceratina sculpturata (Smith)]	Tropical Africa: from senegal to Zaire and east to Uganda

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tribe Manueliini

 

[Family Apidae, Subfamily Xylocopinae]

 

 

 

S. No.	Name of Genus with Author	Included subgenera   and [no. of species]	Distribution
1.	Genus Manuelia Vachal, 1905	-                          [3]	Chile from Coquimbo to Llanquihue and in adjacent parts of Río Negra and Chubut and Argentina

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dr. Rajiv K. Gupta

Department of Zoology

Jai Narain Vyas University

Jodhpur 342 005, India

Ph. +91-291-272 6666

E-mail: beesind@sancharnet.in

 

 

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