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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
333
3740
9137
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
331
3738
9135
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
309
3639
8842
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
202
3129
7992
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
36
368
1178
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
34
363
1166
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
18
285
1047
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Apoidea
Latreille, 1802
Apoid Wasps, Bees, Social Bees, Solitary Bees
7
100
550
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyMegachilidae
Schenk, 1860
And Resin Bees, Carder, Carder bees, Leaf cutting bees
19
193
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Zambia
19 Genera with 193 Species
Afranthidium Michener, 19115SpeciesTaxom
Anthidiellum Cockerell, 19044SpeciesTaxom
Anthidium Fabricius, 1903Carder Bees2SpeciesTaxom
Chalicodoma Lepeletier, 178131SpeciesTaxom
Coelioxys Latreille, 1854Cuckoo Leaf-Cutter Bees30SpeciesTaxom
Creightoniella1SpeciesTaxom
Euaspis Gerstäcker, 18623SpeciesTaxom
Eutricharaea Thomson, 1872
0SpeciesTaxom
Heriades Spinola, 1931Armored-Resin Bees1SpeciesTaxom
Hoplitis Klug, 1909Lesser Masons1SpeciesTaxom
Immanthidium Pasteels, 01SpeciesTaxom
Lithurge Latreille, 1825
0SpeciesTaxom
Lithurgus Berthold, 19373SpeciesTaxom
Megachile Latreille, 0And Resin Bees106SpeciesTaxom
Mesanthidiellum Pasteels, 19111SpeciesTaxom
Pachyanthidium Friese, 19155SpeciesTaxom
Pseudoanthidium Friese, 19842SpeciesTaxom
Serapista Cockerell, 19403SpeciesTaxom
Stenoheriades Tkalcu, 19942SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Zambia
193 Species and 12 Subspecies
Afranthidium (Immanthidium) sjoestedti Friese, 1909
Afranthidium abdominale Friese, 1904
Afranthidium sakaniense Cockerell, 1936
Afranthidium silverlocki Mavromoustakis, 1936
Afranthidium tanganyicola Strand, 1911
Anthidiellum (Pycnanthidium) otavicum Cockerell, 1936
Anthidiellum bipectinatum Pasteels, 1984
Anthidiellum flavescens Friese, 1925
Anthidiellum zebra Friese, 1904
Anthidium niveocinctum Gerstäcker, 1857
Anthidium severini Vachal, 1903
Chalicodoma (Callomegachile) chrysorrhoea Gerstaecker, 0
Chalicodoma (Callomegachile) excavata Cockerell, 1937
Chalicodoma (Callomegachile) kamerunensis Friese, 1922
Chalicodoma (Callomegachile) meneliki (Friese, 1915)⇒ Megachile meneliki Friese, 1915
Chalicodoma (Callomegachile) perniciosa Friese, 0
Chalicodoma (Callomegachile) rufipennis Fabricius, 0
Chalicodoma (Carinella) junodi Friese, 1904
Chalicodoma (Carinella) torrida
Chalicodoma torrida pachingeri Friese, 0
Chalicodoma (Cuspidella) quadraticauda Pasteels, 1965
Chalicodoma (Gronoceras) bombiformis Gerstaecker, 0
Chalicodoma bombiformis quadrispinosa Friese, 0
Chalicodoma (Gronoceras) cincta Fabricius, 0
Chalicodoma felina felina
Chalicodoma biseta australis Pasteels, 1965
Chalicodoma (Neglectella) mimetica Cockerell, 1933
Chalicodoma (Pseudomegachile) bukamensis Cockerell, 0
Chalicodoma congruens flaviventris
Chalicodoma congruens natalensis
Chalicodoma (Pseudomegachile) fastigiata
Chalicodoma (Pseudomegachile) gibbens
Chalicodoma (Pseudomegachile) kigonserana (Friese, 1903)⇒ Megachile kigonserana Friese, 1903
Chalicodoma (Pseudomegachile) marchalli
Chalicodoma (Pseudomegachile) neavei (Vachal, 1910)⇒ Megachile neavei Vachal, 1910
Chalicodoma (Pseudomegachile) rhodoleucura (Cockerell, 1937)⇒ Megachile eurimera Smith, 1854
Chalicodoma sinuata latitarsis
Chalicodoma sinuata sinuata
Chalicodoma (Stenomegachile) chelostomoides (Gribodo, 1894)⇒ Megachile chelostomoides Gribodo, 1894
Chalicodoma atopognatha Cockerell, 0
Chalicodoma laminata Friese, 1903
Chalicodoma rufipes Fabricius, 1781
Coelioxys (Liothyrapis) rotundicauda (Cockerell, 1935)⇒ Coelioxys umbripennis Friese, 1922
Coelioxys (Torridapis) torrida Smith, 1854
Coelioxys analis Friese, 1911
Coelioxys apicatus Smith, 1854
Coelioxys aurifrons Smith, 1854
Coelioxys bulbosa Pasteels, 1985
Coelioxys caeruleipennis Friese, 1904
Coelioxys congoensis Friese, 1922Malheur Cave amphipod
Coelioxys foveolata Smith, 1854
Coelioxys foveolatus Smith, 1854
Coelioxys lativentris Friese, 1909
Coelioxys lativentroides Brauns, 1930
Coelioxys loricula Smith, 1854
Coelioxys luangwanus Cockerell, 1939
Coelioxys nasuta Friese, 1904
Coelioxys nasutus Friese, 1904
Coelioxys natalensis Cockerell, 1920
Coelioxys neavei Vachal, 1910
Coelioxys nyasica (Cockerell, 1939)⇒ Coelioxys natalensis Cockerell, 1920
Coelioxys planidens Friese, 1904
Coelioxys pruinosa Smith, 1854
Coelioxys setosa Friese, 1904
Coelioxys setosus Friese, 1904
Coelioxys somalicus Friese, 1922Malheur Cave amphipod
Coelioxys somalina Magretti, 1895
Coelioxys somalinus Magretti, 1895
Coelioxys squamosoides Pasteels, 1968
Coelioxys tenebrosoides Pasteels, 1968
Coelioxys umbripennis Friese, 1922Malheur Cave amphipod
Coelioxys verticalis Smith, 1854
Creightoniella sternintegra Pasteels, 1965
Euaspis (Euaspis) abdominalis Fabricius, 1773
Euaspis erythros Meunier, 1890
Euaspis rufiventris (Gerstäcker, 1862)⇒ Euaspis abdominalis Fabricius, 1773
Heriades cingulata Benoist, 1931
Hoplitis similis Friese, 1909
Immanthidium sjoestedti Friese, 0
Lithurgus (Lithurgus) pullatus Vachal, 1903
Lithurgus (Lithurgus) spiniferus Cameron, 1905
Lithurgus hypoleucus Cockerell, 1937
Megachile (Amegachile) bicolor Fabricius, 1781
Megachile (Amegachile) bituberculata Ritsema, 1880
Megachile (Amegachile) fimbriata Smith, 1853Stout tagelus
Megachile (Amegachile) nasalis Smith, 1879Bunchberry dogwood
Megachile (Callomegachile) fervida Smith, 1853Neighbor tagelus
Megachile (Callomegachile) montibia Strand, 1911
Megachile (Callomegachile) rufipennis Fabricius, 1793
Megachile (Callomegachile) rufipes Fabricius, 1781
Megachile (Callomegachile) torrida Smith, 1853Stout tagelus
Megachile (Creightonella) angulata Smith, 1853Stout tagelus
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) ianthoptera Smith, 1853Bunchberry dogwood
Megachile (Creightonella) rufa Friese, 1903
Megachile (Creightonella) rufoscopacaea Friese, 1903
Megachile (Eurymella) kimilonana
Megachile (Eurymella) latimetatarsalis (Strand, 1911)⇒ Megachile basalis Smith, 1853
Megachile (Eutricharaea) apostolica Cockerell, 1937
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 (Eutricharaea) gratiosella (Cockerell, 1935)⇒ Megachile cordata Smith, 1879
Megachile (Eutricharaea) rhodesica (Cockerell, 1920)⇒ Megachile cordata Smith, 1879
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 bombiformis bombiformis
Megachile (Gronoceras) cincta Fabricius, 1781
Megachile cincta combusta (Smith, 1853)⇒ Megachile cincta Fabricius, 1781
Megachile cincta nigrocincta (Ritsema, 1874)⇒ Megachile cincta Fabricius, 1781
Megachile (Gronoceras) felina Gerstäcker, 1857
Megachile (Gronomegachile) praetexta Vachal, 1910
Megachile (Megachile) schultessi
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) kigonserana Friese, 1903
Megachile (Pseudomegachile) schulthessi Friese, 1903
Megachile (Pseudomegachile) sinuata Friese, 1903
Megachile aculeata Vachal, 1910
Megachile addita Pasteels, 1965
Megachile admixta Cockerell, 1931
Megachile albicaudella Pasteels, 1965
Megachile altera Vachal, 1903
Megachile atopognatha Cockerell, 1933
Megachile attenuata Vachal, 1910
Megachile aurilabris Pasteels, 1965
Megachile barbata Smith, 1853Stout tagelus
Megachile biseta Vachal, 1903
Megachile biseta australis Pasteels, 1965
Megachile bucephala (Fabricius, 1793)⇒ Megachile pugnatus Say, 1837
Megachile bukamensis Cockerell, 1935
Megachile capitata Smith, 1853Stout tagelus
Megachile chelostomoides Gribodo, 1894
Megachile chrysorrhea Gerstäcker, 1857
Megachile cordata Smith, 1879Bunchberry dogwood
Megachile corneipalmis (Vachal, 1910)⇒ Megachile ungulata Smith, 1853
Megachile cornigera Friese, 1904
Megachile crassitarsis Cockerell, 1931
Megachile digiticauda Cockerell, 1937
Megachile eupyrrha Cockerell, 1937
Megachile eurimera Smith, 1854Stout tagelus
Megachile fastigiata Vachal, 1910
Megachile filicornis Friese, 1908
Megachile fulvitarsis Friese, 1909
Megachile garambana Pasteels, 1965
Megachile gibbidens Vachal, 1910
Megachile granulicauda (Cockerell, 1931)⇒ Megachile curtula Gerstäcker, 1857
Megachile junodi Friese, 1904
Megachile kamerunensis Friese, 1922Malheur Cave amphipod
Megachile kimilolana Cockerell, 1931
Megachile konowiana Friese, 1903
Megachile laminata Friese, 1903
Megachile latimetatarsis Smith, 1853
Megachile lineatula Cockerell, 1937
Megachile luangwae Meade-Waldo, 1913
Megachile malangensis Friese, 1904
Megachile meneliki Friese, 1915
Megachile mimetica Cockerell, 1933
Megachile neavei Vachal, 1910
Megachile nigriceps (Friese, 1903)⇒ Megachile rufipennis Fabricius, 1793
Megachile nigripollex Vachal, 1910
Megachile perniciosa (Friese, 1903)⇒ Megachile rufiventris Guérin-Ménev..., 1834
Megachile pilosella Friese, 1922Malheur Cave amphipod
Megachile pinguiventris Pasteels, 1965
Megachile planatipes Fabricius, 1793
Megachile pulvinata Vachal, 1910
Megachile quadraticauda Pasteels, 1965
Megachile rauda (Vachal, 1903)⇒ Megachile curtula Gerstäcker, 1857
Megachile regina Cheesman, 1938
Megachile rhodoleucura (Cockerell, 1937)⇒ Megachile eurimera Smith, 1854
Megachile rufohirtula Cockerell, 1937
Megachile salsburyana Friese, 1922Malheur Cave amphipod
Megachile semicognata Cockerell, 1937
Megachile serraticauda Cockerell, 1938
Megachile silverlocki Meade-Waldo, 1913
Megachile sternintegra Pasteels, 1965
Megachile venustella Smith, 1853
Megachile wahlbergi Friese, 1901
Megachile zebrafusca
Mesanthidiellum tanganyicola (Strand, 1911)⇒ Afranthidium tanganyicola Strand, 1911
Pachyanthidium arnoldi Mavromoustakis, 1935
Pachyanthidium benguelense Vachal, 1903
Pachyanthidium bicolor Lepeletier, 1841
Pachyanthidium katangense Cockerell, 1930
Pachyanthidium rufescens Friese, 1915
Pseudoanthidium (Pseudoanthidium) truncatum Smith, 1854
Pseudoanthidium acutum Pasteels, 1984
Serapista aethiops (Cockerell, 1930)⇒ Serapista denticulata Smith, 1854
Serapista denticulata Smith, 1854
Serapista rhodesiana Mavromoustakis, 1940
Stenoheriades mackieae Cockerell, 1936
Stenoheriades prionota Griswold, 1994

Subnodes of Megachilidae with occurrences in Zambia
SubfamilyAnthidiinae
Fabricius, 1775
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyLithurginae
Newman, 1834
2
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyMegachilinae
Latreille, 1802
14
187
Genera
Species

Taxom



Megachilidae (Schenk 1860)
Megachilidae (Schenk 1860)


Links, sources and further information
Megachilidae at artfakta.se
Megachilidae at dyntaxa.se
Megachilidae at gbif.org
Megachilidae at irmng.org
Megachilidae at itis.gov