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Checklist for Tribe Megachilini Latreille, 1802
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
 
SubfamilyMegachilinae
Latreille, 1802
25
165
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
TribeMegachilini
Latreille, 1802
4
89
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Western Cape
4 Genera with 89 Species
Chalicodoma Lepeletier, 1841
0SpeciesTaxom
Coelioxys Latreille, 1922Cuckoo Leaf-Cutter Bees21SpeciesTaxom
Eutricharaea Thomson, 1872
0SpeciesTaxom
Megachile Latreille, 1926And Resin Bees68SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Western Cape
89 Species
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
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


Links, sources and further information
Megachilini at itis.gov