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An Annotated

Catalogue of the

Bee Species of the

Indian Region

    

 

 

 

 

 

 Genus Anthophora Latreille 

  [Family Apidae, Subfamily Apinae, Tribe Anthophorini]

 

 

 

  • Podalirius Latreille, 1802: p.430; Type species: Apis pilipes Fabricius, 1775 = Apis plumipes Pallas, 1772. Podalirius was suppressed by Commission Opinion 151 (1944) (Direction 4).

  • Anthophora Latreille, 1803: p.167, replacement for Podalirius Latreille, 1802; Type species: Apis pilipes Fabricius, 1775 = Apis plumipes Pallas, 1772, designated by Commission Opinion 151 (1944).

  • Lasius Panzer, 1804: tab.16; Type species Lasius salviae Panzer, 1804 = Anthophora crinipes Smith, 1854, monobasic. Suppressed by Commission Opinion 151 (1944) (Direction 4). [According to Opinion 151 (1944), the correct date for Lasius Panzer is 1801-1802.]

  • Megilla Fabricius, 1804: p.328; Type species: Apis pilipes Fabricius, 1775 = Apis plumipes Pallas, 1772, designated by Commission Opinion 1383 (1986). [For previous type designations, see Sandhouse (1943) and Michener (1997).]

 

 

S. No.

Name of Species with Author & Year

Distribution OR

Collection Site 
1. amolita Cockerell, 1911 India
2. atricillus Eversmann, 1846 [= atricilla aegyptorum Priesner, 1957 (Anthophora), Syn.] Quetta

3.

 atroalba Lepeletier, 1841[ = antiope Bingham, 1898 (Anthophora), Syn. = vedettus Nurse, 1904 (Anthophora), Syn. Simla, Kashmir

4.

 dubia Eversmann, 1852 [= albomacu-lata Radoszkowski, 1874 (Anthophora), Syn. = saussurei Fedtschenko, 1875 (Anthophora), Syn. = semperi Fedtschenko, 1875 (Anthophora), Syn. = carbonaria Morawitz, 1876 (Anthophora), Syn. =  faddei Radoszkowski, 1882 (Anthophora), Syn. = semperi cerberus Friese, 1919, Syn.] Pichpek [Himalaya ?]

5.

 fraterna Bingham, 1897 Tenasserim
6. fulvitarsis Brullé, 1832 (Anthophora) [= personata Illiger, 1806 (Megilla), Nomen. Nud. =  nasuta Lepeletier, 1841 (Anthophora), Syn. =  arietina Dours, 1869 (Anthophora), Syn. = personata euris Dours, 1869 (Anthophora), Syn.] Quetta
7. indica Radoszkowski, 1882 India
8. iole Bingham, 1898 (Anthophora) = unispina Wu, 1982 (Heliophila), Syn. Simla, Himachal Pradesh
9. megarrhina Cockerell, 1910 Sikkim
10. megarrhina soluta Cockerell, 1910 Sikkim
11. orientalis Morawitz, 1878 [= orientalis flaviventris Friese, 1896, Syn.] Quetta
12. orophila Cockerell, 1911 India
13. plagiata [Illiger, 1806 (Megilla); = parietina Fabricius, 1793 (Apis), Homo. (nec Fourcroy, 1785); = villosa Herrich-Schäffer, 1840 (Anthophora), Syn. = parietina fulvocinerea Dours, 1869 (Anthophora), Syn. = parietina schenkii Dalla Torre, (Anthophora), Syn. = simplicipes Morawitz, 1880 (Anthophora), Syn. = mlokosewitzi Radoszkwski, 1884 (Anthophora), Syn. = nigripes Morawitz, 1886 (Anthophora), Homo. = simplicipes Morawitz, 1894 (Anthophora), Homo. = simplex Morawitz, 1894 (Anthophora), Syn. =  simplicipes semiater Friese, 1896 (Podalirius), Syn. = parietinus nigrescens Friese, 1897 (Podalirius), Syn. = pulcherrima Bingham, 1897 (Anthophora), Syn. = filchnerae Friese, 1908 (Anthophora), Syn. = khambana Cockerell, 1910 (Anthophora), Syn. = khambana atramentata Cockerell, 1911 (Anthophora), Syn. = pilosella Friese, 1919 (Anthophora), Syn. = parietina iricola Hedicke, 1931 (Anthophora), Syn. = khambana chodjana Hedicke, 1938 (Anthophora), Syn. = parietina ladakhana Hedicke, 1940 (Anthophora), Syn. = parietina baltistanica Hedicke, 1940 (Anthophora), Syn. = pulcherrima himalayensis Wu, 1982 (Anthophora), Syn. Laddakh, Sikkim, Malaya
14. rothneyi Cameron, 1897 Mussooree
15. sergia [Nurse, 1904 (Podalirius)] Quetta
16. sichelii Radoszkowski, 1868 (Anthophora) = dimidiozonata Dours, 1869 (Anthophora), Syn. =  persica Radoszkowski, 1876 (Anthophora), Syn. = connexus Nurse, 1904 (Podalirius), Syn.] Quetta

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                       

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Political territories have been mentioned as such (as   mentioned  by original authors): Burma [Present day Myanmar], Ceylon [Present day Sri Lanka], Bengal [Present day East Bengal  in India and the present day Bangla Desh], Punjab  [western part of the state is the present day Punjab in Pakistan].       

 

 

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

 

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Dr. Douglas Yanega

Department of Entomology

Entomology Research Museum
University of California

Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521
Phone: 909-787-4315

E-mail: dyanega@ucr.edu

 

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