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Checklist for Family Megachilidae Schenk, 1860 (And Resin Bees)
and region Tanzania (East Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
521
7875
25069
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
517
7870
25062
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
498
7773
24792
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
322
6415
21860
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
56
889
2616
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
54
882
2605
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
22
391
1737
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Apoidea
Latreille, 1802
Apoid Wasps, Bees, Social Bees, Solitary Bees
9
136
778
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyMegachilidae
Schenk, 1860
And Resin Bees, Carder, Carder bees, Leaf cutting bees
21
189
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Tanzania
21 Genera with 189 Species
#ACEGHLMNOPS
Afranthidium Michener, 19113SpeciesTaxom
Amegachile Friese, 1909
0SpeciesTaxom
Anthidiellum Cockerell, 19153SpeciesTaxom
Anthidium Fabricius, 1903Carder Bees4SpeciesTaxom
Chalicodoma Lepeletier, 190319SpeciesTaxom
Coelioxys Latreille, 1854Cuckoo Leaf-Cutter Bees15SpeciesTaxom
Eoanthidium Popov, 19081SpeciesTaxom
Euaspis Gerstäcker, 18625SpeciesTaxom
Eutricharaea Thomson, 1872
0SpeciesTaxom
Gnathanthidium Pasteels, 19351SpeciesTaxom
Haetosmia Popov, 20171SpeciesTaxom
Heriades Spinola, 1912Armored-Resin Bees8SpeciesTaxom
Hoplitis Klug, 1909Lesser Masons2SpeciesTaxom
Lithurge Latreille, 01SpeciesTaxom
Lithurgus Berthold, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Megachile Latreille, 1853And Resin Bees116SpeciesTaxom
Noteriades Cockerell, 18571SpeciesTaxom
Osmia Panzer, 1853Mason bee2SpeciesTaxom
Pachyanthidium Friese, 193610SpeciesTaxom
Pseudoanthidium Friese, 19943SpeciesTaxom
Serapista Cockerell, 18541SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Tanzania
189 Species and 14 Subspecies
Afranthidium (Immanthidium) sjoestedti Friese, 1909
Afranthidium abdominale Friese, 1904
Afranthidium tanganyicola Strand, 1911
Anthidiellum (Pycnanthidium) otavicum Cockerell, 1936
Anthidiellum bipectinatum Pasteels, 1984
Anthidiellum eritrinum Friese, 1915
Anthidium (Anthidium) tesselatum Klug, 1832
Anthidium africanum (Smith, 1854)⇒ Pachyanthidium africanum Smith, 1854
Anthidium niveocinctum Gerstäcker, 1857
Anthidium severini Vachal, 1903
Chalicodoma (Callomegachile) antinorii (Gribodo, 1879)⇒ Megachile antinorii Gribodo, 1879
Chalicodoma (Callomegachile) chrysorrhoea Gerstaecker, 0
Chalicodoma (Callomegachile) montibia Strand, 0
Chalicodoma (Carinella) silverlocki Pasteels, 1965
Chalicodoma torrida pachingeri Friese, 0
Chalicodoma (Dinavis) muansae (Friese, 1911)⇒ Megachile muansae Friese, 1911
Chalicodoma (Gronoceras) bombiformis Gerstaecker, 0
Chalicodoma cincta nigrocincta
Chalicodoma (Gronoceras) felina
Chalicodoma felina felina
Chalicodoma (Gronoceras) felinum (Gerstäcker, 1857)⇒ Megachile felina Gerstäcker, 1857
Chalicodoma congruens natalensis
Chalicodoma (Pseudomegachile) cradockensis Pasteels, 1970
Chalicodoma (Pseudomegachile) kigonserana (Friese, 1903)⇒ Megachile kigonserana Friese, 1903
Chalicodoma (Pseudomegachile) marchalli
Chalicodoma (Pseudomegachile) mossambica Gribodo, 0
Chalicodoma (Pseudomegachile) neavei (Vachal, 1910)⇒ Megachile neavei Vachal, 1910
Chalicodoma sinuata sinuata
Chalicodoma laminata Friese, 1903
Coelioxys (Allocoelioxys) coturnix Perez, 1884Red-tailed Cuckoo-leaf-cutter
Coelioxys (Liothyrapis) scioensis Gribodo, 1879
Coelioxys (Torridapis) torrida Smith, 1854
Coelioxys albomarginatus Friese, 1922Malheur Cave amphipod
Coelioxys aurifrons Smith, 1854
Coelioxys bulbosa Pasteels, 1985
Coelioxys coelura (Cockerell, 1932)⇒ Coelioxys natalensis Cockerell, 1920
Coelioxys loricula Smith, 1854
Coelioxys nasuta Friese, 1904
Coelioxys natalensis Cockerell, 1920
Coelioxys odin Strand, 1912
Coelioxys planidens Friese, 1904
Coelioxys setosus Friese, 1904
Coelioxys spilaspis Cockerell, 1932
Coelioxys torridus Smith, 1854
Eoanthidium armaticeps Friese, 1908
Euaspis (Euaspis) abdominalis Fabricius, 1773
Euaspis abdominalis claripennis (Strand, 1911)⇒ Euaspis abdominalis Fabricius, 1773
Euaspis abdominalis martini (Vachal, 1910)⇒ Euaspis abdominalis Fabricius, 1773
Euaspis erythros Meunier, 1890
Euaspis rufiventris (Gerstäcker, 1862)⇒ Euaspis abdominalis Fabricius, 1773
Gnathanthidium prionognathum Mavromoustakis, 1935
Haetosmia ethiopiensis Müller & Gri..., 2017
Heriades (Heriades) spiniscutis Cameron, 1905
Heriades eximia Friese, 1904
Heriades fuelleborni Friese, 1922Malheur Cave amphipod
Heriades humilis (Cockerell, 1937)⇒ Heriades spiniscutis Cameron, 1905
Heriades langenburgica Strand, 1911
Heriades langenburgicus nigriventer Strand, 1911
Heriades longicornis Friese, 1915
Heriades orientis (Strand, 1912)⇒ Heriades curviventris Strand, 1912
Hoplitis rhodesiae Cockerell, 1944
Hoplitis similis Friese, 1909
Lithurge pullatus Vachal, 0
Lithurgus (Lithurgus) pullatus Vachal, 1903
Megachile (Amegachile) bicolor Fabricius, 1781
Megachile (Amegachile) bituberculata Ritsema, 1880
Megachile (Amegachile) fimbriata Smith, 1853Stout tagelus
Megachile (Amegachile) nasalis Smith, 1879Bunchberry dogwood
Megachile (Callomegachile) antinorii Gribodo, 1879
Megachile (Callomegachile) chrysorrhoea Gerstaecker, 1858
Megachile (Callomegachile) disjuncta Fabricius, 1781
Megachile (Callomegachile) fervida Smith, 1853Neighbor tagelus
Megachile (Callomegachile) montibia Strand, 1911
Megachile (Callomegachile) rufipennis Fabricius, 1793
Megachile (Callomegachile) rufipes Fabricius, 1781
Megachile (Callomegachile) rufiventris Guérin-Ménev..., 1834
Megachile (Chelostomoides) armaticeps Cresson, 1869
Megachile (Creightonella) angulata Smith, 1853Stout tagelus
Megachile (Creightonella) cognata Smith, 1853Stout tagelus
Megachile cognata claripennis Friese, 1915
Megachile (Creightonella) discolor Smith, 1853Stout tagelus
Megachile (Creightonella) frontalis Fabricius, 1804Hairy cockle
Megachile (Creightonella) funebris Radoszkowski, 1874
Megachile (Creightonella) ianthoptera Smith, 1853Bunchberry dogwood
Megachile (Creightonella) rufa Friese, 1903
Megachile (Creightonella) rufoscopacaea Friese, 1903
Megachile (Cressoniella) veterna Vachal, 1908
Megachile (Eurymella) latimetatarsalis (Strand, 1911)⇒ Megachile basalis Smith, 1853
Megachile vittatula orientalis Pasteels, 1965
Megachile (Eutricharaea) basalis Smith, 1853Stout tagelus
Megachile (Eutricharaea) ekuivella (Cockerell, 1909)⇒ Megachile cordata Smith, 1879
Megachile (Eutricharaea) eurymera (Smith, 1854)⇒ Megachile eurimera Smith, 1854
Megachile (Eutricharaea) gratiosa Smith, 1853
Megachile gratiosa gratiosa
Megachile gratiosa marusa Cameron, 1905
Megachile (Eutricharaea) harthulura (Cockerell, 1937)⇒ Megachile cordata Smith, 1879
Megachile (Eutricharaea) pyrrhothorax Schletterer, 1891
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 cincta nigrocincta (Ritsema, 1874)⇒ Megachile cincta Fabricius, 1781
Megachile (Gronoceras) felina Gerstäcker, 1857
Megachile (Paracella) apiformis (Smith, 1853)⇒ Megachile ungulata Smith, 1853
Megachile (Paracella) chrysopogon Vachal, 1910
Megachile (Paracella) coelostoma (Cockerell, 1932)⇒ Megachile barbata Smith, 1853
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) kigonserana Friese, 1903
Megachile (Pseudomegachile) schulthessi Friese, 1903
Megachile (Pseudomegachile) sinuata Friese, 1903
Megachile (Sayapis) pugnata Say, 1837Pugnacious Leaf-cutter Bee
Megachile accraensis Friese, 1903
Megachile aculeata Vachal, 1910
Megachile altera Vachal, 1903
Megachile anomomaculata Pasteels, 1965
Megachile armipygata Strand, 1911
Megachile arnoldiella Pasteels, 1965
Megachile attenuata Vachal, 1910
Megachile bucephala (Fabricius, 1793)⇒ Megachile pugnatus Say, 1837
Megachile capitata Smith, 1853Stout tagelus
Megachile coniformis Friese, 1922Malheur Cave amphipod
Megachile conradsi Friese, 1911
Megachile cordata Smith, 1879Bunchberry dogwood
Megachile cornigera Friese, 1904
Megachile crassitarsis Cockerell, 1931
Megachile eurimera Smith, 1854Stout tagelus
Megachile filicornis Friese, 1908
Megachile flammicauda (Cockerell, 1937)⇒ Megachile cordata Smith, 1879
Megachile flavescens Friese, 1904
Megachile fulvitarsis Friese, 1909
Megachile gastracantha Cockerell, 1931
Megachile harrarensis Friese, 1915
Megachile hecate Vachal, 1903
Megachile ikuthaensis Friese, 1903
Megachile imperialis Friese, 1903
Megachile invenita Pasteels, 1965
Megachile janthopteriana Strand, 1911
Megachile katonana Strand, 1911
Megachile kimilolana Cockerell, 1931
Megachile konowiana Friese, 1903
Megachile laminata Friese, 1903
Megachile latimetatarsis Smith, 1853
Megachile leucospila Cockerell, 1933
Megachile mackieae (Cockerell, 1937)⇒ Megachile cordata Smith, 1879
Megachile malangensis Friese, 1904
Megachile manguna Strand, 1911
Megachile manyara Eardley & R...., 2006
Megachile marshalli Friese, 1904
Megachile maxillosa Guérin-Ménev..., 1845
Megachile meruensis Friese, 1909
Megachile mossambica Gribodo, 1895
Megachile muansae Friese, 1911
Megachile natalica (Cockerell, 1920)⇒ Megachile cordata Smith, 1879
Megachile neavei Vachal, 1910
Megachile nigripollex Vachal, 1910
Megachile nigrocincta (Ritsema, 1874)⇒ Megachile cincta Fabricius, 1781
Megachile opaculina Cockerell, 1937
Megachile persimilis Cockerell, 1937
Megachile planatipes Fabricius, 1793
Megachile pseudolaminata Pasteels, 1965
Megachile pugnatus Say, 1837
Megachile riggenbachiana Strand, 1911
Megachile ruficheloides Strand, 1911
Megachile rufigaster Cockerell, 1945
Megachile rufiventri Guérin-Ménev..., 1834
Megachile rufohirtula Cockerell, 1937
Megachile semivestita Smith, 1853
Megachile septentrionella Pasteels, 1965
Megachile silverlocki Meade-Waldo, 1913
Megachile sternintegra Pasteels, 1965
Megachile tangensis Cockerell, 1937
Megachile transiens Pasteels, 1965
Megachile truncaticeps Friese, 1909
Megachile utra Vachal, 1903
Megachile venustella Smith, 1853
Noteriades argentata Gerstäcker, 1857
Osmia fervida (Smith, 1853)⇒ Megachile perplexa Smith, 1853
Pachyanthidium africanum Smith, 1854
Pachyanthidium benguelense Vachal, 1903
Pachyanthidium bicolor Lepeletier, 1841
Pachyanthidium bouyssoui Vachal, 1903
Pachyanthidium katangense Cockerell, 1930
Pachyanthidium micheneri Pasteels, 1968
Pachyanthidium paulinieri Guérin-Ménev..., 1845
Pachyanthidium paulinierii Guérin-Ménev..., 1844Pacific false-bean
Pachyanthidium salamense Friese, 1915
Pachyanthidium truncatum livingstonei Cockerell, 1936
Pseudoanthidium (Micranthidium) lanificum Smith, 1879
Pseudoanthidium (Pseudoanthidium) truncatum Smith, 1854
Pseudoanthidium brachiatum Michener & G..., 1994
Serapista denticulata Smith, 1854

Subnodes of Megachilidae with occurrences in Tanzania
SubfamilyLithurginae
Newman, 1834
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyMegachilinae
Latreille, 1802
18
187
Genera
Species

Taxom



Megachilidae (Schenk 1860)
Megachilidae (Schenk 1860)


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