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Checklist for Family Megachilidae Schenk, 1860 (And Resin Bees)
and region Western Cape (Cape)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
528
5425
11871
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
526
5418
11860
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
502
5315
11672
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
332
4419
10200
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
65
906
2123
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
61
892
2112
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
25
380
1470
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Apoidea
Latreille, 1802
Apoid Wasps, Bees, Social Bees, Solitary Bees
9
148
791
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyMegachilidae
Schenk, 1860
And Resin Bees, Carder, Carder bees, Leaf cutting bees
29
172
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Western Cape
29 Genera with 172 Species
#ACEFHLMOPSW
Acedanthidium Michener, 19931SpeciesTaxom
Afranthidium Michener, 198426SpeciesTaxom
Afroheriades Peters, 19704SpeciesTaxom
Afrostelis Cockerell, 19251SpeciesTaxom
Aglaoapis Cameron, 19951SpeciesTaxom
Anthidiellum Cockerell, 19362SpeciesTaxom
Anthidioma Pasteels, 19841SpeciesTaxom
Anthidium Fabricius, 1984Carder Bees3SpeciesTaxom
Aspidosmia Brauns, 19261SpeciesTaxom
Chalicodoma Lepeletier, 1841
0SpeciesTaxom
Coelioxys Latreille, 1922Cuckoo Leaf-Cutter Bees21SpeciesTaxom
Euaspis Gerstäcker, 18901SpeciesTaxom
Eutricharaea Thomson, 1872
0SpeciesTaxom
Fidelia Friese, 19116SpeciesTaxom
Heriades Spinola, 1908Armored-Resin Bees6SpeciesTaxom
Hoplitis Klug, 1909Lesser Masons3SpeciesTaxom
Lithurgus Berthold, 19051SpeciesTaxom
Megachile Latreille, 1926And Resin Bees68SpeciesTaxom
Osmia Panzer, 1939Mason bee3SpeciesTaxom
Othinosmia Michener, 19097SpeciesTaxom
Pachyanthidium Friese, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Parafidelia Brauns, 1926
0SpeciesTaxom
Plesianthidium Cameron, 19097SpeciesTaxom
Protosmia Ducke, 1900
Chelostomopsis0SpeciesTaxom
Pseudoanthidium Friese, 19051SpeciesTaxom
Pseudoheriades Peters, 18971SpeciesTaxom
Serapista Cockerell, 19042SpeciesTaxom
Spinanthidium Mavromoustakis, 1951
0SpeciesTaxom
Wainia Tkalcu, 19364SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Western Cape
172 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 braunsi Friese, 1904
Afranthidium capicola Brauns, 1905
Afranthidium concolor Friese, 1913
Afranthidium folliculosum Buysson, 1897
Afranthidium haplogastrum Mavromoustakis, 1951
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 micrurum Cockerell, 1935
Afranthidium minutulum Brauns, 1905
Afranthidium nitidorubrum Pasteels, 1984
Afranthidium odonturum Cockerell, 1932
Afranthidium piliventre Friese, 1913
Afranthidium reicherti Brauns, 1929
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 orichalciscopatum Strand, 1912
Anthidiellum spilognathum Cockerell, 1936
Anthidioma chalicodomoides Pasteels, 1984
Anthidium basale Pasteels, 1984
Anthidium pontis Cockerell, 1933
Anthidium rotundoscutellare Pasteels, 1984
Aspidosmia arnoldi Brauns, 1926
Coelioxys (Allocoelioxys) afra Lepeletier, 1841Short Sharp-tail Bee
Coelioxys (Allocoelioxys) difformis Friese, 1904
Coelioxys (Torridapis) torrida Smith, 1854
Coelioxys bruneipes Pasteels, 1968
Coelioxys capensis Smith, 1854
Coelioxys circumscripta Schulz, 1906
Coelioxys coeruleipennis Friese, 1904
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 pruinosa Smith, 1854
Coelioxys recusata Schulz, 1904
Coelioxys rufispina Walker, 1871
Coelioxys spilaspis Cockerell, 1932
Coelioxys squamosa Friese, 1922
Coelioxys subdentata Smith, 1854
Coelioxys umbripennis Friese, 1922Malheur Cave amphipod
Euaspis erythros Meunier, 1890
Fidelia (Fidelia) paradoxa Friese, 1899
Fidelia (Fidelia) villosa Brauns, 1902
Fidelia braunsiana Friese, 1905
Fidelia hessei Whitehead & ..., 2003
Fidelia kobrowi Brauns, 1905
Fidelia major (Friese, 1911)⇒ Fideliopsis major Friese, 1911
Heriades (Heriades) crenulatus (Nylander, 1856)⇒ Heriades crenulata Nylander, 1856
Heriades (Heriades) freygessneri Schletterer, 1889
Heriades (Heriades) spiniscutis Cameron, 1905
Heriades strictifrons Cockerell, 1946
Heriades trigibliferus Brauns, 1929
Heriades wellmani Cockerell, 1908
Hoplitis brachypogon brachypogon Perez, 1879
Hoplitis infrapicta Cockerell, 1916
Hoplitis similis Friese, 1909
Lithurgus (Lithurgus) spiniferus Cameron, 1905
Megachile (Amegachile) fimbriata Smith, 1853Stout tagelus
Megachile (Callomegachile) flavipennis Smith, 1853Stout tagelus
Megachile (Callomegachile) rufipennis Fabricius, 1793
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) discolor Smith, 1853Stout tagelus
Megachile (Creightonella) frontalis Fabricius, 1804Hairy cockle
Megachile (Creightonella) hopilitis (Vachal, 1903)⇒ Megachile angulata Smith, 1853
Megachile (Creightonella) ianthoptera Smith, 1853Bunchberry dogwood
Megachile (Cressoniella) veterna Vachal, 1908
Megachile (Eutricharaea) aliceae (Cockerell, 1932)⇒ Megachile semierma Vachal, 1903
Megachile (Eutricharaea) concinna Smith, 1853Elegant leaf-cutter bee
Megachile (Eutricharaea) ekuivella (Cockerell, 1909)⇒ Megachile cordata Smith, 1879
Megachile (Eutricharaea) gratiosa Smith, 1853
Megachile (Eutricharaea) harthulura (Cockerell, 1937)⇒ Megachile cordata Smith, 1879
Megachile (Eutricharaea) meadewaldoi Brauns, 1912
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 (Paracella) apiformis (Smith, 1853)⇒ Megachile ungulata Smith, 1853
Megachile (Paracella) chrysopogon Vachal, 1910
Megachile (Paracella) ungulata Smith, 1853Stout tagelus
Megachile (Pseudomegachile) fulva Smith, 1853Stout tagelus
Megachile (Pseudomegachile) schulthessi Friese, 1903
Megachile (Pseudomegachile) sinuata Friese, 1903
Megachile acanthura (Cockerell, 1937)⇒ Megachile murina Friese, 1913
Megachile aculeata Vachal, 1910
Megachile albohirsuta Pasteels, 1965
Megachile aridissima Cockerell, 1937
Megachile atripes Friese, 1904
Megachile barbata Smith, 1853Stout tagelus
Megachile benitocola (Strand, 1912)⇒ Megachile curtula Gerstäcker, 1857
Megachile bullata Friese, 1911
Megachile congruens (Friese, 1903)⇒ Megachile schulthessi Friese, 1903
Megachile demeter Cockerell, 1937
Megachile dorsata Smith, 1853Stout tagelus
Megachile eurimera Smith, 1854Stout tagelus
Megachile familiaris Cockerell, 1916
Megachile fulvohirta Friese, 1904
Megachile gowdeyi Cockerell, 1931
Megachile haematognatha Cockerell, 1937
Megachile ituriana Cockerell, 1935
Megachile johannis Friese, 1922
Megachile karooensis Brauns, 1912
Megachile konowiana Friese, 1903
Megachile mackieae (Cockerell, 1937)⇒ Megachile cordata Smith, 1879
Megachile malangensis Friese, 1904
Megachile maxillosa Guérin-Ménev..., 1845
Megachile meesi Pasteels, 1966
Megachile nasicornis Friese, 1903
Megachile nasutula Brauns, 1912
Megachile natalica (Cockerell, 1920)⇒ Megachile cordata Smith, 1879
Megachile obesa Pasteels, 1965
Megachile perniciosa (Friese, 1903)⇒ Megachile rufiventris Guérin-Ménev..., 1834
Megachile pilosella Friese, 1922Malheur Cave amphipod
Megachile reicherti Brauns, 1929
Megachile ruficheloides Strand, 1911
Megachile rufohirtula Cockerell, 1937
Megachile sosia (Pasteels, 1970)⇒ Megachile ianthoptera Smith, 1853
Megachile spinarum Cockerell, 1937
Megachile willowmorensis Brauns, 1926
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 schultzei Friese, 1909
Pachyanthidium benguelense Vachal, 1903
Plesianthidium (Carinanthidium) cariniventre Friese, 1904
Plesianthidium bruneipes Friese, 1913
Plesianthidium calescens Cockerell, 1921
Plesianthidium neli Brauns, 1929
Plesianthidium rufocaudatum Friese, 1909
Plesianthidium trachusiforme Friese, 1913
Plesianthidium volkmanni Friese, 1909
Pseudoanthidium tuberculiferum Brauns, 1905
Pseudoheriades moricei Friese, 1897
Serapista denticulata Smith, 1854
Serapista rufipes Friese, 1904
Wainia albobarbata Cockerell, 1937
Wainia algoensis Brauns, 1926
Wainia elizabethae Friese, 1909
Wainia sakaniensis Cockerell, 1936

Subnodes of Megachilidae with occurrences in Western Cape
SubfamilyAnthidiinae
Fabricius, 1775
1
0
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyFideliinae
Cockerell, 1932
2
6
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyLithurginae
Newman, 1834
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyMegachilinae
Latreille, 1802
25
165
Genera
Species

Taxom



Megachilidae (Schenk 1860)
Megachilidae (Schenk 1860)


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