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Checklist for Family Megachilidae Schenk, 1860 (And Resin Bees)
and region Cape (Republic South Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
630
8507
21838
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
628
8495
21797
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
600
8347
21509
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
384
6839
18665
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
70
1218
3403
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
63
1190
3374
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
26
500
2369
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Apoidea
Latreille, 1802
Apoid Wasps, Bees, Social Bees, Solitary Bees
10
190
1232
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyMegachilidae
Schenk, 1860
And Resin Bees, Carder, Carder bees, Leaf cutting bees
38
281
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Cape
38 Genera with 281 Species
#ACEFHILMNOPSTW
Acedanthidium Michener, 19931SpeciesTaxom
Afranthidium Michener, 198436SpeciesTaxom
Afroheriades Peters, 19704SpeciesTaxom
Afrostelis Cockerell, 19251SpeciesTaxom
Aglaoapis Cameron, 19951SpeciesTaxom
Anthidiellum Cockerell, 19046SpeciesTaxom
Anthidioma Pasteels, 19841SpeciesTaxom
Anthidium Fabricius, 1904Carder Bees7SpeciesTaxom
Aspidosmia Brauns, 19092SpeciesTaxom
Chalicodoma Lepeletier, 1841
0SpeciesTaxom
Coelioxys Latreille, 1922Cuckoo Leaf-Cutter Bees34SpeciesTaxom
Cyphanthidium Pasteels, 19691SpeciesTaxom
Eoanthidium Popov, 19342SpeciesTaxom
Euaspis Gerstäcker, 18901SpeciesTaxom
Eutricharaea Thomson, 1872
0SpeciesTaxom
Fidelia Friese, 19358SpeciesTaxom
Heriades Spinola, 1908Armored-Resin Bees8SpeciesTaxom
Hoplitis Klug, 1909Lesser Masons4SpeciesTaxom
Immanthidium Pasteels, 1969
0SpeciesTaxom
Lithurge Latreille, 1825
0SpeciesTaxom
Lithurgopsis Fox, 1902
0SpeciesTaxom
Lithurgus Berthold, 19052SpeciesTaxom
Megachile Latreille, 1926And Resin Bees122SpeciesTaxom
Noteriades Cockerell, 1931
0SpeciesTaxom
Osmia Panzer, 1939Mason bee7SpeciesTaxom
Othinosmia Michener, 19849SpeciesTaxom
Pachyanthidium Friese, 18543SpeciesTaxom
Parafidelia Brauns, 1926
0SpeciesTaxom
Plesianthidium Cameron, 19098SpeciesTaxom
Protosmia Ducke, 1900
Chelostomopsis0SpeciesTaxom
Pseudoanthidium Friese, 19054SpeciesTaxom
Pseudoheriades Peters, 18971SpeciesTaxom
Serapista Cockerell, 19043SpeciesTaxom
Spinanthidium Mavromoustakis, 1951
0SpeciesTaxom
Stelis Sw., 2003Cuckoo Carder Bees1SpeciesTaxom
Trachusa Panzer, 1804
0SpeciesTaxom
Tuberanthidium Pasteels, 1969
0SpeciesTaxom
Wainia Tkalcu, 19364SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Cape
281 Species and 1 Subspecies
Acedanthidium flavoclypeatum Gupta, 1993
Afranthidium (Immanthidium) junodi Friese, 1904
Afranthidium (Immanthidium) repetitum Schulz, 1906Carder bee
Afranthidium (Immanthidium) sjoestedti Friese, 1909
Afranthidium (Nigranthidium) willowmorensis Brauns, 1926
Afranthidium abdominale Friese, 1904
Afranthidium ablusum Cockerell, 1932
Afranthidium angulatum Pasteels, 1984
Afranthidium biangulatum Pasteels, 1984
Afranthidium bispinosum Pasteels, 1984
Afranthidium braunsi Friese, 1904
Afranthidium capicola Brauns, 1905
Afranthidium concolor Friese, 1913
Afranthidium folliculosum Buysson, 1897
Afranthidium guillarmodi Mavromoustakis, 1951
Afranthidium hamaticauda Pasteels, 1984
Afranthidium haplogastrum Mavromoustakis, 1951
Afranthidium herbsti Pasteels, 1984
Afranthidium honestum Cockerell, 1936
Afranthidium hoplogastrum Mavromoustakis, 1934
Afranthidium hypocapicola Mavromoustakis, 1936
Afranthidium immaculatum Smith, 1854
Afranthidium jocosum Pasteels, 1984
Afranthidium karooense Brauns, 1905
Afranthidium matjesfonteinense Mavromoustakis, 1934
Afranthidium melanopoda Pasteels, 1984
Afranthidium micrurum Cockerell, 1935
Afranthidium minutulum Brauns, 1905
Afranthidium nitidorubrum Pasteels, 1984
Afranthidium odonturum Cockerell, 1932
Afranthidium piliventre Friese, 1913
Afranthidium poecilodontum Mavromoustakis, 1934
Afranthidium polyacanthum Mavromoustakis, 1938
Afranthidium reicherti Brauns, 1929
Afranthidium rubellulum Cockerell, 1932
Afranthidium tergoangulatum Pasteels, 1984
Afranthidium tergofasciatum Pasteels, 1984
Afroheriades dolichocephalus Friese, 1925
Afroheriades geminus (Peters, 1978)⇒ Afroheriades gemina Peters, 1978
Afroheriades larvatus (Friese, 1909)⇒ Afroheriades larvata Friese, 1909
Afroheriades primus (Peters, 1970)⇒ Afroheriades prima Peters, 1970
Afrostelis aethiopica Friese, 1925
Aglaoapis alata Michener, 1995
Anthidiellum (Pycnanthidium) absonulum Cockerell, 1932
Anthidiellum (Pycnanthidium) spilotum Cockerell, 1920
Anthidiellum apicatum Smith, 1879
Anthidiellum orichalciscopatum Strand, 1912
Anthidiellum spilognathum Cockerell, 1936
Anthidiellum zebra Friese, 1904
Anthidioma chalicodomoides Pasteels, 1984
Anthidium basale Pasteels, 1984
Anthidium pontis Cockerell, 1933
Anthidium rotundoscutellare Pasteels, 1984
Anthidium severini Vachal, 1903
Anthidium sinuetellum Pasteels, 1984
Anthidium soni Mavromoustakis, 1937
Anthidium zebra (Friese, 1904)⇒ Anthidiellum zebra Friese, 1904
Aspidosmia arnoldi Brauns, 1926
Aspidosmia volkmanni Friese, 1909
Coelioxys (Allocoelioxys) afra Lepeletier, 1841Short Sharp-tail Bee
Coelioxys (Allocoelioxys) coturnix Perez, 1884Red-tailed Cuckoo-leaf-cutter
Coelioxys (Allocoelioxys) difformis Friese, 1904
Coelioxys (Coelioxys) penetratrix Smith, 1879Bunchberry dogwood
Coelioxys (Torridapis) torrida Smith, 1854
Coelioxys apicata Smith, 1854
Coelioxys aurifrons Smith, 1854
Coelioxys aurulenta Pasteels, 1968
Coelioxys barkeri Cockerell, 1920
Coelioxys bruneipes Pasteels, 1968
Coelioxys caeruleipennis Friese, 1904
Coelioxys capensis Smith, 1854
Coelioxys circumscripta Schulz, 1906
Coelioxys coeruleipennis Friese, 1904
Coelioxys eardleyi
Coelioxys foveolata Smith, 1854
Coelioxys intacta Friese, 1923
Coelioxys lativentris Friese, 1909
Coelioxys lativentroides Brauns, 1930
Coelioxys loricula Smith, 1854
Coelioxys lucidicauda Cockerell, 1939
Coelioxys neavei Vachal, 1910
Coelioxys nitidicauda Pasteels, 1968
Coelioxys obtusispina Thomson, 1872Alfilaree
Coelioxys penetatrix Smith, 1879
Coelioxys pruinosa Smith, 1854
Coelioxys recusata Schulz, 1904
Coelioxys rufispina Walker, 1871
Coelioxys setosa Friese, 1904
Coelioxys spilaspis Cockerell, 1932
Coelioxys squamosa Friese, 1922
Coelioxys squamosissima Pasteels, 1968
Coelioxys subdentata Smith, 1854
Coelioxys umbripennis Friese, 1922Malheur Cave amphipod
Cyphanthidium intermedium Pasteels, 1969
Eoanthidium rothschildi Vachal, 1909
Eoanthidium turnericum Mavromoustakis, 1934
Euaspis erythros Meunier, 1890
Fidelia (Fidelia) paradoxa Friese, 1899
Fidelia (Fidelia) villosa Brauns, 1902
Fidelia braunsiana Friese, 1905
Fidelia friesei Brauns, 1926
Fidelia hessei Whitehead & ..., 2003
Fidelia kobrowi Brauns, 1905
Fidelia major (Friese, 1911)⇒ Fideliopsis major Friese, 1911
Fidelia pallidula Cockerell, 1935
Heriades (Heriades) crenulatus (Nylander, 1856)⇒ Heriades crenulata Nylander, 1856
Heriades (Heriades) freygessneri Schletterer, 1889
Heriades (Heriades) spiniscutis Cameron, 1905
Heriades capicola Strand, 1912
Heriades rowlandi Cockerell, 1947
Heriades strictifrons Cockerell, 1946
Heriades trigibliferus Brauns, 1929
Heriades wellmani Cockerell, 1908
Hoplitis brachypogon brachypogon Perez, 1879
Hoplitis conchophila Kuhlmann, 2011
Hoplitis infrapicta Cockerell, 1916
Hoplitis similis Friese, 1909
Lithurgus (Lithurgus) pullatus Vachal, 1903
Lithurgus (Lithurgus) spiniferus Cameron, 1905
Megachile (Amegachile) bituberculata Ritsema, 1880
Megachile (Amegachile) fimbriata Smith, 1853Stout tagelus
Megachile (Amegachile) nasalis Smith, 1879Bunchberry dogwood
Megachile (Argyropile) parallela Smith, 1853Parallel Leaf-cutter Bee
Megachile (Austrochile) resinifera Meade-Waldo, 1915
Megachile (Callomegachile) flavipennis Smith, 1853Stout tagelus
Megachile (Callomegachile) rufipennis Fabricius, 1793
Megachile (Callomegachile) rufipes Fabricius, 1781
Megachile (Callomegachile) rufiventris Guérin-Ménev..., 1834
Megachile (Callomegachile) torrida Smith, 1853Stout tagelus
Megachile (Chalicodoma) murina Friese, 1913
Megachile (Chalicodoma) niveofasciata Friese, 1904
Megachile (Chelostomoides) abacula Cresson, 1878
Megachile (Creightonella) cognata Smith, 1853Stout tagelus
Megachile (Creightonella) discolor Smith, 1853Stout tagelus
Megachile (Creightonella) frontalis Fabricius, 1804Hairy cockle
Megachile (Creightonella) funebris Radoszkowski, 1874
Megachile (Creightonella) hopilitis (Vachal, 1903)⇒ Megachile angulata Smith, 1853
Megachile (Creightonella) ianthoptera Smith, 1853Bunchberry dogwood
Megachile (Creightonella) rufa Friese, 1903
Megachile (Cressoniella) veterna Vachal, 1908
Megachile (Eutricharaea) aliceae (Cockerell, 1932)⇒ Megachile semierma Vachal, 1903
Megachile (Eutricharaea) basalis Smith, 1853Stout tagelus
Megachile (Eutricharaea) caricina Cockerell, 1907
Megachile (Eutricharaea) concinna Smith, 1853Elegant leaf-cutter bee
Megachile (Eutricharaea) ekuivella (Cockerell, 1909)⇒ Megachile cordata Smith, 1879
Megachile (Eutricharaea) gratiosa Smith, 1853
Megachile (Eutricharaea) gratiosella (Cockerell, 1935)⇒ Megachile cordata Smith, 1879
Megachile (Eutricharaea) harthulura (Cockerell, 1937)⇒ Megachile cordata Smith, 1879
Megachile (Eutricharaea) meadewaldoi Brauns, 1912
Megachile (Eutricharaea) pyrrhothorax Schletterer, 1891
Megachile (Eutricharaea) rudihirta (Cockerell, 1931)⇒ Megachile malangensis Friese, 1904
Megachile (Eutricharaea) semierma Vachal, 1903
Megachile (Eutricharaea) semiflava (Cockerell, 1937)⇒ Megachile cordata Smith, 1879
Megachile (Eutricharaea) stellarum (Cockerell, 1920)⇒ Megachile malangensis Friese, 1904
Megachile (Eutricharaea) venusta Smith, 1853Stout tagelus
Megachile (Gronoceras) bombiformis Gerstäcker, 1857
Megachile (Gronoceras) cincta Fabricius, 1781
Megachile (Gronoceras) felina Gerstäcker, 1857
Megachile (Megachile) inermis Provancher, 1888Freckled milkvetch
Megachile (Megachile) relativa Cresson, 1878Golden-Tailed Leafcutter
Megachile (Paracella) apiformis (Smith, 1853)⇒ Megachile ungulata Smith, 1853
Megachile (Paracella) chrysopogon Vachal, 1910
Megachile (Paracella) curtula Gerstäcker, 1857
Megachile (Paracella) semivenusta (Cockerell, 1931)⇒ Megachile venustella Smith, 1853
Megachile (Paracella) ungulata Smith, 1853Stout tagelus
Megachile (Pseudomegachile) cradockensis Friese, 1909
Megachile (Pseudomegachile) fulva Smith, 1853Stout tagelus
Megachile (Pseudomegachile) schulthessi Friese, 1903
Megachile (Pseudomegachile) sinuata Friese, 1903
Megachile (Sayapis) pugnata Say, 1837Pugnacious Leaf-cutter Bee
Megachile acanthura (Cockerell, 1937)⇒ Megachile murina Friese, 1913
Megachile aculeata Vachal, 1910
Megachile addita Pasteels, 1965
Megachile admixta Cockerell, 1931
Megachile afra Pasteels, 1965
Megachile albohirsuta Pasteels, 1965
Megachile aridissima Cockerell, 1937
Megachile armatipes (Friese, 1909)⇒ Megachile mossambica Gribodo, 1895
Megachile astridella Pasteels, 1965
Megachile atripes Friese, 1904
Megachile aurifera Cockerell, 1935
Megachile aurivillii Friese, 1901
Megachile barbata Smith, 1853Stout tagelus
Megachile benitocola (Strand, 1912)⇒ Megachile curtula Gerstäcker, 1857
Megachile bipunctulata Pasteels, 1965
Megachile bucephala (Fabricius, 1793)⇒ Megachile pugnatus Say, 1837
Megachile bullata Friese, 1911
Megachile capitata Smith, 1853Stout tagelus
Megachile chrysognatha Cockerell, 1943
Megachile chrysorrhea Gerstäcker, 1857
Megachile congruens (Friese, 1903)⇒ Megachile schulthessi Friese, 1903
Megachile cordata Smith, 1879Bunchberry dogwood
Megachile cornigera Friese, 1904
Megachile demeter Cockerell, 1937
Megachile dolichognatha Cockerell, 1931
Megachile dorsata Smith, 1853Stout tagelus
Megachile edwardsi Friese, 1922Malheur Cave amphipod
Megachile eurimera Smith, 1854Stout tagelus
Megachile familiaris Cockerell, 1916
Megachile flammicauda (Cockerell, 1937)⇒ Megachile cordata Smith, 1879
Megachile fulvohirta Friese, 1904
Megachile gowdeyi Cockerell, 1931
Megachile haematognatha Cockerell, 1937
Megachile hypopyrrha Cockerell, 1937
Megachile imitata (Smith, 1853)⇒ Megachile australasiae Dalla Torre, 1896
Megachile ituriana Cockerell, 1935
Megachile johannis Friese, 1922
Megachile karooensis Brauns, 1912
Megachile konowiana Friese, 1903
Megachile latericauda Cockerell, 1921
Megachile laticeps Smith, 1853Stout tagelus
Megachile lineofasciata Pasteels, 1965
Megachile louisae Brauns, 1926
Megachile mackieae (Cockerell, 1937)⇒ Megachile cordata Smith, 1879
Megachile malangensis Friese, 1904
Megachile maxillosa Guérin-Ménev..., 1845
Megachile meesi Pasteels, 1966
Megachile mossambica Gribodo, 1895
Megachile multidens Fox, 1891
Megachile nasicornis Friese, 1903
Megachile nasutula Brauns, 1912
Megachile natalica (Cockerell, 1920)⇒ Megachile cordata Smith, 1879
Megachile obesa Pasteels, 1965
Megachile pachyceps Friese, 1922Malheur Cave amphipod
Megachile perfimbriata Cockerell, 1931
Megachile perniciosa (Friese, 1903)⇒ Megachile rufiventris Guérin-Ménev..., 1834
Megachile pilosella Friese, 1922Malheur Cave amphipod
Megachile pseudofulva Pasteels, 1965
Megachile reicherti Brauns, 1929
Megachile richtersveldensis Eardley, 2012
Megachile rubeola Pasteels, 1965
Megachile ruficheloides Strand, 1911
Megachile rufohirtula Cockerell, 1937
Megachile seewaldi Strand, 1911
Megachile serraticauda Cockerell, 1938
Megachile silverlocki Meade-Waldo, 1913
Megachile sosia (Pasteels, 1970)⇒ Megachile ianthoptera Smith, 1853
Megachile spinarum Cockerell, 1937
Megachile wahlbergi Friese, 1901
Megachile waterbergensis Strand, 1911
Megachile willowmorensis Brauns, 1926
Osmia (Melanosmia) virga Sandhouse, 1939Twig Mason Bee
Osmia atrorufa (Friese, 1913)⇒ Wainia atrorufa Friese, 1913
Osmia capicola (Friese, 1906)⇒ Dasypoda comberi Cockerell, 1911
Osmia fervida (Smith, 1853)⇒ Megachile perplexa Smith, 1853
Osmia karooensis (Brauns, 1926)⇒ Hoplitis karooensis Brauns, 1926
Osmia ogilviae (Cockerell, 1932)⇒ Hoplitis ogilviae Cockerell, 1932
Osmia tanneri Sandhouse, 1939
Othinosmia braunsiana Friese, 1909
Othinosmia calviniae Cockerell, 1932
Othinosmia globicola Stadelmann, 1892
Othinosmia jansei Brauns, 1926
Othinosmia monilifera Cockerell, 1932
Othinosmia namana Strand, 1912
Othinosmia nitidula Cockerell, 1946
Othinosmia schultzei Friese, 1909
Othinosmia securicornis Peters, 1984
Pachyanthidium ausense Mavromoustakis, 1934
Pachyanthidium benguelense Vachal, 1903
Pachyanthidium cordatum Smith, 1854
Plesianthidium (Carinanthidium) cariniventre Friese, 1904
Plesianthidium bruneipes Friese, 1913
Plesianthidium calescens Cockerell, 1921
Plesianthidium fulvopilosum Cameron, 1905
Plesianthidium neli Brauns, 1929
Plesianthidium rufocaudatum Friese, 1909
Plesianthidium trachusiforme Friese, 1913
Plesianthidium volkmanni Friese, 1909
Pseudoanthidium (Pseudoanthidium) truncatum Smith, 1854
Pseudoanthidium damaraense Mavromoustakis, 1936
Pseudoanthidium inequale
Pseudoanthidium tuberculiferum Brauns, 1905
Pseudoheriades moricei Friese, 1897
Serapista denticulata Smith, 1854
Serapista friesei (Brauns, 1905)⇒ Serapista rufipes Friese, 1904
Serapista rufipes Friese, 1904
Stelis rozeni Griswold & P..., 2003
Wainia albobarbata Cockerell, 1937
Wainia algoensis Brauns, 1926
Wainia elizabethae Friese, 1909
Wainia sakaniensis Cockerell, 1936

Subnodes of Megachilidae with occurrences in Cape
SubfamilyAnthidiinae
Fabricius, 1775
3
0
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyFideliinae
Cockerell, 1932
2
8
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyLithurginae
Newman, 1834
3
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyMegachilinae
Latreille, 1802
30
271
Genera
Species

Taxom



Megachilidae (Schenk 1860)
Megachilidae (Schenk 1860)


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