Anthophora [1] ( lat. Anthophora ), previously in a separate family of Anthophoridae ) is one of the largest and most widespread bee species worldwide, including more than 400 species.
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Anthophora plumipes
Biology
Single species, but colonial colonize. Pollinators. Nest in the soil.
Distribution
They are found all over the world, but are most diverse in the Holarctic and Africa .
Feature
Large and medium sized bees. The upper lip is usually wider than its length or narrowed at the junction with the clypeus, the tongue is long.
Synonyms of the genus
- Anthemoessa robertson
- Anthomegilla marikovskaya
- Anthophora latreille
- Anthophora (Anthophora) Latreille
- Anthophora (Caranthophora) Brooks
- Anthophora (Dasymegilla) Brooks
- Anthophora (Lophanthophora) Brooks
- Anthophora (Mystacanthophora) Brooks
- Anthophora (Petalosternon) Brooks
- Anthophora (Pyganthophora) Brooks
- Anthophora (Rhinomegilla) Brooks
- Anthophoroides Cockerell & Cockerell
- Caranthophora brooks
- Clisodon patton
- Dasymegilla brooks
- Heliophila klug
- Lasius Jurine, 1801
- Lasius Panzer, 1804
- Lophanthophora brooks
- Megilla fabricius
- Melea sandhouse
- Micranthophora cockerell
- Mystacanthophora brooks
- Paramegilla friese
- Petalosternon brooks
- Podalirius latreille
- Podalirius (Paramegilla) Friese
- Pyganthophora brooks
- Rhinomegilla brooks
- Saropoda latreille
- Solamegilla marikovskaya
Classification
The genus belongs to the tribe Anthophorini and includes more than 400 species of bees and about 15 subgenus.
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- Additions on the subgenus Anthophora ( Micranthophora ), which in 2018 was restored from synonymy with the subgenus Anthophora ( Heliophila ), and 7 new species are described: Anthophora (Micranthophora) caudata Orr, 2018; Anthophora (Micranthophora) chihuahua Orr, 2018; Anthophora (Micranthophora) escalante Orr, 2018; Anthophora (Micranthophora) parkeri Orr, 2018; Anthophora (Micranthophora) rara Orr, 2018; Anthophora (Micranthophora) striata Orr, 2018; Anthophora (Micranthophora) timberlakei Orr, 2018. Altogether there are 26 species in the subgenus in the Western Hemisphere [2] .
Views of Europe
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See also
- Purple Carpenter Bee
Notes
- ↑ Striganova B.R. , Zakharov A.A. The Bilingual Dictionary of Animal Names: Insects (Latin-Russian-English-German-French) /Ed. Dr. biol. sciences, prof. B.R. Striganova . - M .: RUSSO, 2000 .-- S. 304. - 1060 copies. - ISBN 5-88721-162-8 .
- ↑ Michael C. Orr, James P. Pitts, Terry Griswold. (2018). Revision of the bee group Anthophora (Micranthophora) (Hymenoptera: Apidae), with notes on potential conservation concerns and a molecular phylogeny of the genus . Zootaxa 4511 (1): 1–193.
Literature
- Osychnyuk A.Z. , Panfilov D.V., Ponomareva A.A. Superfamily Apoidea. // Key to insects of the European part of the USSR. T. 3, part 1: Hymenoptera. - L., 1978. - S. 279–518.