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Subgenera of Genus Hoplitis Klug
(Family Megachilidae, Subfamily Megachilinae,Tribe Osmiini)
S. No.
Name of subgenus with Author
Included no. of species [& important ref.]
Distribution
1.
Acrosomia Michener, 1947 3 [Hurd & Michener, 1955] California, Oregon, Utah in USA 2. Alcidamea Cresson, 1864 [= Osmia (Acanthosmia) Thomson, 1872; = Osmia (Liosmia) Thomson, 1872; = Osmia (Tridentosmia) Schmiedeknecht, 1885; = Autochelostoma Sladen, 1916; = Heriades (Micreriades) Mavromoustakis, 1958] 124 [Michener, 1947; Hurd & Michener, 1955; Warncke, 1991] Europe, southern Europe, southwestern Asia, southern Canada to Florida, Baja California 3. Annosmia Warncke, 1991 31 [Warncke, 1991, Zanden, 1993] Mediterranean basin, east to central Asia, southeast to Baluchistan and south to northern Sudan 4. Anthocopa Lepeletier & Serville, 1825 [= Phyllotoma Dumeril, 1860; = Pseudosmia Radoszkowski, 1872; = Osmia (Arctosmia) Schmiedeknecht, 1885; = Osmia (Furcosmia) Schmiedeknecht, 1885; = Pseudocosmia Radoszkowski, 1886; = Osmia (Lithosmia) Alfken, 1935; = Osmia (Glossosmia) Michener, 1943] 131 [Zanden, 1988 & 1993] Central Asia, Mediterranean basin, southward upto southwestern Asia to eastern Africa to South Africa and India 5. Bytinskia Mavromoustakis, 1954 4 [Warncke, 1991; Zanden, 1993] Turkey, Israel, Kenya 6. Chlidoplitis Griswold, 1998 2 [Zanden, 1980] Turkey 7. Coloplitis Griswold, 1998 2 [Griswold, 1998 & Warncke, 1991] Iran & Baluchistan 8. Cyrtosmia Michener, 1947 1 [Osmia hypocrita (Cockerell, 1906)] British Columbia (Canada) to California, east to Utah, Colorado & Arizona (USA) 9. Dasyosmia Michener, 1947 2 [Michener, 1947; Hurd & Michener, 1955] western Texas to eastern California, north to Utah (USA) and probably south into Mexico 10. Eurypariella Tkalců, 1995 1 [Hoplitis denudata (Morawitz, 1880)] China, Mongolia & Turkestan 11. Exanthocopa Tkalců, 1993 1 [Osmia oxypyga (Benoist, 1927)] Morocco & Algeria 12. Formicapis Sladen, 1916 1 [Hoplitis robusta (Nylander, 1848)] Holarctic: Alps, Finland, east to Baikal, Yakutia, Altai in Russia, Hantey in Mongolia, and Alaska in North America to Quebec, Canada, south in the mountains to California and Colorado, USA 13. Hoplitina Cockerell, 1910 [= Hoplitella Cockerell, 1910; = Hoplitina Cockerell, 1913; replacement for Hoplitella] 6 [Michener, 1947; Hurd & Michener, 1955; Parker, 1979] California, Arizona, Nevada (USA) 14. Hoplitis Klug, 1807 s.str. [= Osmia (Ctenosmia) Thomson, 1872] 43+ [Zanden, 1988] New York State [Hoplitis anthocopoides (Schenck)]; northern Africa, Canary Island to Spain, Britain to Central Asia 15. Jaxartinula Popov, 1963 2 [Zanden, 1988; Tkalců, 1995] Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Mongolia 16. Kumobia Popov, 1962 4 [Zanden, 1988] Mongolia & Turkestan 17. Megahoplitis Tkalců, 1993 1 [Hoplitis deserti (Benoist) = Hoplitis tigrina (Morawitz) in Zanden, 1991: p.352] northern Africa, Greece & Turkey 18. Megalosmia Schmiedeknecht, 1885 [= Hoplitis (Calohoplitis) Tkalců, 1995] 4 [Popov, 1962; Zanden, 1988; Tkalců, 1995] Eastern Europe to China 19. Microhoplitis Tkalců, 1993 [Osmia (Microhoplitis)] 1 [Hoplitis zandeni Teunissen & Achterberg, 1992 = Osmia holmanni Tkalců, 1993] Canary Islands 20. Monumetha Cresson, 1864 [= Andronicus Cresson, 1864; = Chlorosmia Sladen, 1916] 6 [Michener, 1947; Hurd & Michener, 1955; Mitchell, 1962; Fye, 1965] widespread in North America (as far as Alaska); Palearctic (one species) 21. Nasutosmia Griswold & Michener, 1998 2 [Zanden 1989] Northern Africa, Spain 22. Pentadentosmia Warncke, 1991 24 [Warncke, 1991, Zanden, 1993] Canary Islands, south to Sudan, eastward to Central Asia and Baluchistan 23. Penteriades Michener & Sokal, 1957 2 [Timberlake & Michener, 1950; Hurd & Michener, 1955; Parker, 1978] California east to South Dakota, Wyoming, Arizona (USA) 24. Platosmia Warncke, 1990 8 [Warncke, 1990] Morocco across northern Africa to Turkey and to Mongolia 25 Prinohoplitis Tkalců, 1993 6 [Griswold & Michener, 1998] from Spain and Algeria eastward, to Iran and Kazakhstan 26. Proteriades Titus, 1904 [= Chelostoma (Cephalapsis) Cockerell, 1910: AMNH (8)5: p. 23; = Anthocopa (Xerosmia) Michener, 1943 22 [Timberlake & Michener, 1950; Hurd & Michener, 1955; Parker, 1976] California, Nevada, New Mexico (USA), south to Coahuila & Baja California (Mexico) 27. Robertsonella Titus, 1904 3 [Mitchell, 1962] eastern North America from Connecticut to Georgia west to central Texas and Kansas
Dr. Rajiv K. Gupta
Department of Zoology
Jai Narain Vyas University
Jodhpur 342 005, India
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