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Tribe Osmiini
[Family Megachilidae, Subfamily Megachilinae]
S. No.
Name of Genus with Author
Included subgenera and [no. of species]
Distribution
1.
Genus Afroheriades Peters, 1970
- [8]
South Africa
2.
Genus Ashmeadiella Cockerell, 1897: EN 8: p.197
a. Arogochila Michener, 1939 [18]
b. Ashmeadiella Cockerell, 1897 [33]
c. Chilosima Michener, 1939 [2]
d. Cubitognatha Michener, 1939 [1] [Ashmeadiella xenomastax Michener]
e. Isosmia Michener & Sokal, 1957 [2]
a.W. Texas, Idaho, Washington State, Mexico
b. Disjunt area from North Carolina to Florida, USA & Mexoco
c. W. Texas to E. California, USA & Mexico
d. Deserts of E. California & Nevada, USA & Mexico
e. W. Texas to Nevada & E. California, USA & Mexico
3.
Genus Atoposmia Cockerell, 1935: PPE 11: p.50
a. Atoposmia Cockerell, 1935 [12]
b. Eremosmia Michener, 1943 [14]
c. Hexosmia Michener, 1943 [2]
a. Mountains of Baja California, Mexico to Washington State, east to Montana, Colorado & Arizona, USA
b. Oklahoma & W. Texas to coastal California, USA & Mexico
c. California to British Columbia, east to Wyoming, colorado and Arizona, USA
4.
Genus Bekilia Benoist, 1962
- [1] [Bekilia mimetica Benoist]
Michener (2000 p. 438) refers the genus represented by one species from Madagascar and states the probability of being some parasitic Anthidiini like Afrostelis
5.
Genus Chelostoma Latreille, 1809
a. Ceraheriades Tkalů,
1984 [1]
[Chelostoma petersi (Tkalů)]
b. Chelostoma Latreille, s. str. 1809 [27]
c. Eochelostoma Griswold, 1998 [1] [Chelostoma aureocinctum (Bingham)]
d. Foveosmia Warncke, 1991 [19]
e. Gyrodromella Michener, 1997 [6]
f. Prochelostoma Robertson, 1903 [1]
[Chelostoma philadelphi (Robertson)]
a. Central Asia
b. Palearctic region two species introduced in New York State, USA
c. Northeast India, Burma, northern Thailand
d. Palearctic region (not in China and Japan) and North America
e. northern & Central Europe
f. eastern half of North America from New York to Georgia and west to Kansas, USA
6.
Genus Haetosmia Popov, 1952
- [5]
Egypt, Kenya, Canary Islands, central Asia to Baluchistan (Pakistan)
7.
Genus Heriades Spinola, 1808
Both Hemisphere
8.
Genus Hofferia Tkalů, 1984
- [2]
Mediterranean region: Morocco, Algeria, Turkey, Bulgaria, Romania, Greece
9.
Genus Hoplitis Spinola, 1808
Both Hemisphere
10.
Genus Hoplosmia Thomson, 1872
a. Hoplosmia s.str. Thomson, 1872: 233 [no included species] Schmiedeknecht, 1884: 23, included species. [3]
b. Odontanthocopa Tkalů, 1974 [9]
c. Paranthocopa Tkalů, 1974 [1]
[Hoplosmia pinquis (Pérez)]
a. northern Europe to Mediterranean and Egypt
b. Mediterranean basin, south-eastern Europe
c. northern Africa, Israel
11.
Genus Noteriades Cockerell, 1931
- [19]
Tropical and temperated part of sub-Saharan Africa, India, Burma & Thailand
12.
Genus Ochreriades Mavromoustakis, 1956
- [2]
Israel Syria and from Namibia
13.
Genus Osmia Panzer, 1806
Both Hemisphere
14.
Genus Othinosmia Michener, 1943
a. Afrosmia Griswold, 1998 [1] [Othinosmia stupenda Griswold]
b. Megaloheriades Peters, 1984 [7]
c. Othinosmia Michener s.str., 1943 [5]
a. Kenya
b. Cape Province, South Africa & Namibia
c. Cape Province, South Africa & Namibia
15.
Genus Protosmia Ducke, 1900
a. Chelostomopsis Cockerell, 1925 [4]
b. Dolichosmia Griswold, 1998 [1] [Protosmia burmanicum (Bingham)]
c. Nanosmia Griswold, 1998 [6]
d. Protosmia Ducke, s.str., 1900 [19]
a. Morocco to Lebanon & Turkey and western North America from British Columbia, Canada to Baja California, Mexico & Northern Arizona, USA
b. Burma
c. Mediterranean basin, southwestern Asia, Kashmir
d. Mediterranean basin (Spain to Israel), north to Bulgaria & east through Asia Minor to the Transcaucasus
16.
Genus Pseudoheriades Peters, 1970
- [10]
sub-Saharan Africa, north to Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Iran, east to Arabian Peninsula, India
17.
Genus Stenoheriades Tkalů, 1984
- [16]
Morocco to southwest Asia, Bulgaria to South Africa & Madagascar
18.
Genus Stenosmia Michener, 1941
- [11]
central Asia, east to the Gobi desert in China, Egypt
19.
Genus Wainia Tkalů, 1980
a. Caposmia Peters, 1984 [4]
b. Wainia Tkalů, s.str. 1980 [3]
c. Wainiella Griswold, 1998 [2]
a. Israel, South Africa
b. Namibia, South Africa, north to Kenya and east to Yemen, Pakistan, India, Philippines
c. South Africa to Kenya
20.
Genus Xeroheriades Griswold, 1986
- [1] [Xeroheriades micheneri Griswold]
Mojave Desert, California, USA
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.