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Subfamily Apinae Latreille
[Family Apidae]
As stated earlier the subfamily in its present sense is recognised by Michener (2000) in the phylogenetic parsimony-based study by Roig-Alsina and Michener (1993). It now consists of the corbiculate Apidae (i.e. tribes Apini, Bombini, Euglossini and Meliponini) plus most of the taxa sometimes included in the Anthophoridae or Anthophorinae. Thus it includes not only the Apidae of authors such as Michener (1944) but also his Anthophorinae minus the cleptoparasitic forms here placed in Nomadinae. Biology and immature stages of the tribe Tetrapediini (Rozen, 2002) and oocyte, eggs and ovarioles of some long tongued bees described by Rozen (2003) are some of the recentmost important references, one should consult. Engel & Schulz (1997) described phylogeny and behaviour of honey bees the most abundant faunal group in the tribe Apini.
Meliponini is now the most widely distributed tribe of Apidae; in appropriate climatic zones it occurs worldwide. The other three tribes are little geographically limited; Apini to Eurasia and Africa, before being dispered by humans, Bombini to holarctic, oriental (montane), and neotropical regions and Euglossini to the neotropics.
Summary of included tribes & their respective genera found in our specified region :
S. No. Tribes
Genera found in our specified region 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Ancyla Lepeletier, Tarsalia Morawitz 6. 7. 8. Ctenoplectra Kirby 9. 10. Eucera Scopoli, Notolonia Popov, Tetralonia Spinola & Tetraloniella Ashmead 11. Amegilla Friese, Anthophora Latreille, Elaphropoda Lieftinck, Habropoda Smith 12. 13. 14. 15. Melecta Latreille, Tetralonioidella Strand, Thyreus Panzer 16. 17. Bombus Latreille 18. Lisotrigona Moure, Pariotrigona Moure, Trigona Jurine 19. Apis Linnaeus * Go to detailed tribes of Apinae 1
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.