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Checklist for Superfamily Apoidea Latreille, 1802 (Apoid Wasps)
and region Tamil Nadu (South India, India)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
287
2180
4314
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
286
2178
4312
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
271
2122
4231
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
172
1642
3307
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
38
308
571
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
37
305
568
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
14
122
237
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Apoidea
Latreille, 1802
Apoid Wasps, Bees, Social Bees, Solitary Bees
7
58
144
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Tamil Nadu
7 Families width 144 Species
Halictidae (Thomson, 1869)Flower bees29SpeciesTaxom
Apidae Latreille, 1802Bumble bees61SpeciesTaxom
Crabronidae Latreille, 1802Bee Wolves2SpeciesTaxom
Sphecidae Latreille, 1802Digger & Sand wasps2SpeciesTaxom
Andrenidae Webster, 1913Andrenid bees3SpeciesTaxom
Megachilidae Schenk, 1860And Resin Bees45SpeciesTaxom
Colletidae Lepeletier, 1841Colletid bees2SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Tamil Nadu
58 Genera with 144 Species
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Afronomia Pauly, 1990
0SpeciesTaxom
Agapostemon Guérin-Ménev..., 1901Agapostemon Sweat Bee1SpeciesTaxom
Amegilla Friese, 187911SpeciesTaxom
Ammatomus A. Costa, 1859
0SpeciesTaxom
Ammophila W. Kirby, 1852Beachgrass1SpeciesTaxom
Andrena Fabricius, 1898Mining bee2SpeciesTaxom
Anthidiellum Cockerell, 18973SpeciesTaxom
Anthophora Latreille, 1931Common Digger Bees2SpeciesTaxom
Apis Linnaeus, 1787Honey Bee4SpeciesTaxom
Ashmeadiella Cockerell, 18371SpeciesTaxom
Bembecinus A. Costa, 1859
0SpeciesTaxom
Bombus Latreille, 1858Bumble Bee1SpeciesTaxom
Braunsapis Michener, 19293SpeciesTaxom
Calliopsis Smith, 20031SpeciesTaxom
Centris Fabricius, 1841Centris Bees1SpeciesTaxom
Ceratina Latreille, 1969Little Carpenter Bees13SpeciesTaxom
Ceylalictus Strand, 19021SpeciesTaxom
Chalicodoma Lepeletier, 1841
0SpeciesTaxom
Chlorion Latreille, 17751SpeciesTaxom
Coelioxys Latreille, 1897Cuckoo Leaf-Cutter Bees10SpeciesTaxom
Colletes Latreille, 1906Cellophane bees1SpeciesTaxom
Creightonella Cockerell, 1908
0SpeciesTaxom
Dianthidium Cockerell, 1914Leaf-cutter Bee2SpeciesTaxom
Encopognathus Kohl, 18971SpeciesTaxom
Eoanthidium Popov, 19723SpeciesTaxom
Euaspis Gerstäcker, 19951SpeciesTaxom
Eupetersia Blüthgen, 19741SpeciesTaxom
Eutricharaea Thomson, 1872
0SpeciesTaxom
Evylaeus Robertson, 1902
0SpeciesTaxom
Gastrosericus Spinola, 19951SpeciesTaxom
Halictus Latreille, 1894End-banded Furrow Bees4SpeciesTaxom
Heterotrigona Schwarz, 1939
0SpeciesTaxom
Hoplisoides Gribodo, 1884
0SpeciesTaxom
Hylaeus Fabricius, 1911Masked Bees1SpeciesTaxom
Koptortosoma Gribodo, 1894
0SpeciesTaxom
Lasioglossum Curtis, 1913Base-banded Furrow Bees4SpeciesTaxom
Lipotriches Gerstaecker, 19117SpeciesTaxom
Lithurgus Berthold, 19073SpeciesTaxom
Macronomia Cockerell, 1917
0SpeciesTaxom
Megachile Latreille, 1903And Resin Bees17SpeciesTaxom
Nomada Scopoli, 1878Cuckoo Bees5SpeciesTaxom
Nomia Latreille, 18946SpeciesTaxom
Osmia Panzer, 1897Mason bee3SpeciesTaxom
Pachyanthidium Friese, 18791SpeciesTaxom
Pithitis Klug, 1807
0SpeciesTaxom
Pseudapis W. F. Kirby, 20023SpeciesTaxom
Pseudoanthidium Friese, 18971SpeciesTaxom
Sphecodes Latreille, 1835Blood Bees1SpeciesTaxom
Steganomus Ritsema, 18751SpeciesTaxom
Stelis Sw., 1919Cuckoo Carder Bees1SpeciesTaxom
Tachysphex Kohl, 1883
Black cockroach hunter0SpeciesTaxom
Tetragonula Moure, 18541SpeciesTaxom
Tetralonia Spinola, 20061SpeciesTaxom
Tetraloniella Ashmead, 1899
0SpeciesTaxom
Thyreus Panzer, 19118SpeciesTaxom
Trypoxylon Latreille, 1796
0SpeciesTaxom
Xeromelecta Linsley, 18781SpeciesTaxom
Xylocopa Latreille, 0Carpenter bees11SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Tamil Nadu
144 Species
Agapostemon (Agapostemon) femoratus Crawford, 1901
Amegilla (Amegilla) confusa Smith, 1854
Amegilla (Zebramegilla) albigena Lepeletier, 1841
Amegilla (Zebramegilla) quadrata Cockerell, 1911
Amegilla (Zebramegilla) subcoerulea Lepeletier, 1841
Amegilla (Zonamegilla) andrewsi Cockerell, 1910
Amegilla (Zonamegilla) cingulifera Cockerell, 1910
Amegilla (Zonamegilla) comberi Cockerell, 1911
Amegilla (Zonamegilla) niveocincta Smith, 1854
Amegilla (Zonamegilla) puttalama Strand, 1913
Amegilla (Zonamegilla) zonata Linnaeus, 1758
Amegilla candida Smith, 1879
Ammophila atripes F. Smith, 1852
Andrena (Poecilandrena) viridescens Viereck, 1916
Andrena (Tylandrena) hallii Dunning, 1898
Anthidiellum (Loyolanthidium) notatum Latreille, 1809Cancellate semele
Anthidiellum latipes Bingham, 1897
Anthophora (Heliophila) exigua Cresson, 1879
Anthophora ferreola Cockerell, 1931
Apis (Apis) cerana Fabricius, 1793Asian honey bee
Apis (Apis) indica (Fabricius, 1798)⇒ Apis cerana Fabricius, 1793
Apis (Megapis) dorsata Fabricius, 1793Giant honey bee
Apis (Micrapis) florea Fabricius, 1787Dwarf honey bee
Ashmeadiella (Ashmeadiella) bucconis Say, 1837
Bombus (Bombus) occidentalis (Greene, 1858)⇒ Bombus terricola Kirby, 1837
Braunsapis mixta Smith, 1852
Braunsapis picitarsis Cameron, 1902
Braunsapis puangensis Cockerell, 1929
Calliopsis (Verbenapis) michenerella Shinn & Engel, 2003
Centris violacea Lepeletier, 1841
Ceratina (Ceratinidia) accusator Cockerell, 1919
Ceratina (Ceratinidia) simillima Smith, 1854
Ceratina (Neoceratina) dentipes Friese, 1914Central Kentucky cave amphipod
Ceratina (Pithitis) binghami Cockerell, 1908
Ceratina (Pithitis) smaragdula Fabricius, 1787Small carpenter bee
Ceratina (Zadontomerus) acantha Provancher, 1895Prickly Ceratina
Ceratina (Zadontomerus) nanula Cockerell, 1897Dwarf Ceratina
Ceratina apatela Engel, 2018
Ceratina beata Cameron, 1897
Ceratina impunctata
Ceratina indica Hirashima, 1969
Ceratina rugosoclypeata
Ceratina waini Shiokawa & S..., 1969
Ceylalictus (Ceylalictus) cereus Nurse, 1902
Chlorion lobatum Fabricius, 1775
Coelioxys (Allocoelioxys) capitata Smith, 1854
Coelioxys (Allocoelioxys) coturnix Perez, 1884Red-tailed Cuckoo-leaf-cutter
Coelioxys (Coelioxys) fuscipennis Smith, 1854
Coelioxys apicata Smith, 1854
Coelioxys confusa Smith, 1875
Coelioxys dormitans Cockerell, 1919
Coelioxys minuta Smith, 1879
Coelioxys pachyrhina Cockerell, 1919
Coelioxys ramakrishnae Cockerell, 1919
Coelioxys sexmaculata Cameron, 1897
Colletes phaceliae Cockerell, 1906Phacelia Cellophane Bee
Dianthidium (Dianthidium) pudicum Cresson, 1879
Dianthidium (Dianthidium) subparvum Swenk, 1914
Encopognathus bellulus Dalla Torre, 1897
Eoanthidium (Salemanthidium) salemense Cockerell, 1919
Eoanthidium semicarinatum Pasteels, 1972
Eoanthidium tricolor Pasteels, 1972
Euaspis edentata Baker, 1995
Eupetersia nathani Baker, 1974
Gastrosericus incisus Pulawski, 1995
Halictus (Seladonia) lucidipennis Smith, 1853Stout tagelus
Halictus (Seladonia) tripartitus Cockerell, 1895
Halictus latisignatus Cameron, 1908
Halictus vicinus Vachal, 1894
Hylaeus granulatus Metz, 1911
Lasioglossum (Ctenonomia) albescens Smith, 1853Neighbor tagelus
Lasioglossum (Ctenonomia) serenum Cameron, 1897
Lasioglossum (Lasioglossum) egregium Vachal, 1904
Lasioglossum lasioglossum Strand, 1913
Lipotriches (Lipotriches) elongatula (Cockerell, 1915)⇒ Lipotriches minutula Friese, 1909
Lipotriches bombayensis Cameron, 1908
Lipotriches fervida Smith, 1875
Lipotriches fulvinerva Cameron, 1907
Lipotriches karnatakaensis Pauly, 2009
Lipotriches madrasensis Pauly, 2009
Lipotriches phenacura Cockerell, 1911
Lithurgus (Lithurgus) atratus Smith, 1853Stout tagelus
Lithurgus dentipes (Smith, 1853)⇒ Lithurgus atratus Smith, 1853
Lithurgus huberi Ducke, 1907
Megachile (Amegachile) bicolor Fabricius, 1781
Megachile (Callomegachile) cephalotes Smith, 1853Stout tagelus
Megachile (Callomegachile) disjuncta Fabricius, 1781
Megachile (Eutricharaea) apostolica Cockerell, 1937
Megachile (Eutricharaea) concinna Smith, 1853Elegant leaf-cutter bee
Megachile (Eutricharaea) hera Bingham, 1897
Megachile (Litomegachile) onobrychidis Cockerell, 1908Western Little Leaf-cutter Bee
Megachile (Neocressoniella) anthracina Smith, 1853Stout tagelus
Megachile (Neocressoniella) carbonaria (Smith, 1853)⇒ Megachile gemula Cresson, 1878
Megachile (Neoeutrichaea) rotundata Fabricius, 1793Alfalfa leaf-cutter bee
Megachile (Pseudomegachile) lanata Fabricius, 1775Wooly Wall Bee
Megachile (Xanthosarus) perihirta Cockerell, 1898Furry Leaf-cutter Bee
Megachile bellula (Bingham, 1897)⇒ Megachile binghami Meade-Waldo, 1912
Megachile conjuncta Smith, 1853Stout tagelus
Megachile devadatta Cockerell, 1907
Megachile laticeps Smith, 1853Stout tagelus
Megachile perniciosa (Friese, 1903)⇒ Megachile rufiventris Guérin-Ménev..., 1834
Nomada adusta Smith, 1875
Nomada bicellula Schwarz, 1990
Nomada breviuscula Schwarz, 1990
Nomada ceylonica Cameron, 1897
Nomada crotchii Cresson, 1878
Nomia crassipes Fabricius, 1789
Nomia curvipes Fabricius, 1793
Nomia fulvata Fabricius, 1804Hairy cockle
Nomia iridescens Smith, 1853Dosinia lucine
Nomia nasicana (Cockerell, 1911)⇒ Nomia aurata Bingham, 1897
Nomia westwoodi Gribodo, 1894
Osmia (Acanthosmioides) nigrifrons Cresson, 1878
Osmia (Helicosmia) coloradensis Cresson, 1878Colorado Osmia
Osmia (Melanosmia) bruneri Cockerell, 1897
Pachyanthidium (Trichanthidiolum) lachrymosum Smith, 1879
Pseudapis (Pseudapis) oxybeloides Smith, 1875
Pseudapis (Pseudapis) patellata Magretti, 1884
Pseudapis (Pseudapis) stenotarsus Baker, 2002
Pseudoanthidium flaviventre Cameron, 1897
Sphecodes scabricollis Wesmael, 1835Rough-backed blood bee
Steganomus nodicornis (Smith, 1875)⇒ Steganomus bipunctatus Fabricius, 1804
Stelis tuberculata Cockerell, 1919
Tetragonula iridipennis Smith, 1854
Tetralonia macroceps Engel & Baker, 2006
Thyreus ceylonicus Friese, 1905
Thyreus himalayensis Radoszkowski, 1893
Thyreus histrio Fabricius, 1775
Thyreus massuri Radoszkowski, 1893
Thyreus medius Meyer, 1921
Thyreus smithii Dalla Torre, 1896
Thyreus surniculus Lieftinck, 1959
Thyreus takaonis Cockerell, 1911
Xeromelecta (Melectomorpha) californica Cresson, 1878California Xeromelecta
Xylocopa (Biluna) auripennis (Lepeletier, 1841)⇒ Xylocopa mimetica Cockerell, 1915
Xylocopa (Biluna) nasalis Westwood, 1842Cultivated tobacco
Xylocopa (Ctenoxylocopa) fenestrata Fabricius, 1798
Xylocopa (Koptortosoma) bryorum Fabricius, 1775
Xylocopa (Koptortosoma) ruficornis Fabricius, 1804Aleutian macoma
Xylocopa (Mesotrichia) latipes Drury, 1773Tropical carpenter bee
Xylocopa (Mesotrichia) tenuiscapa Westwood, 1840Aztec tobacco
Xylocopa (Nodula) amethystina Fabricius, 1793
Xylocopa madurensis Friese, 1913
Xylocopa phanerocephala

Subnodes of Apoidea with occurrences in Tamil Nadu
FamilyCrabronidae
Latreille, 1802
Bee Wolves, Cicadakillers, Crabronid wasps, Mud daubers, Sand wasps
7
2
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Apoidea at westpalbees.myspecies.info
Apoidea at artfakta.se
Apoidea at dyntaxa.se
Apoidea at itis.gov