Eoanthidium
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Megachilidae |
| Subfamily: | Megachilinae |
| Tribe: | Anthidiini |
| Genus: | Eoanthidium Popov, 1950 |
Eoanthidium is a genus of bees in the Megachilidae family.[1]
Description
[edit]Eoanthidium generally have elongate, slender bodies with black integument and yellow maculations.[2] Their body length ranges from 6–10 mm.[3]
Distribution
[edit]Eoanthidium occurs in the eastern Mediterranean, southwestern Asia, southern Russia, southern India, Pakistan, and Africa.[2]
Taxonomy
[edit]Eoanthidium contains the following 4 subgenera:[3]
- Clistanthidium
- Eoanthidium
- Hemidiellum
- Salemanthidium
Species
[edit]Eoanthidium contains at least 17 species:[3]
- Eoanthidium adentatum Gupta & Simlote, 1993
- Eoanthidium arabicum Pasteels, 1980
- Eoanthidium armaticeps (Friese, 1908)
- Eoanthidium bakerorum Engel, 2004
- Eoanthidium bituberculatum (Pasteels, 1984)
- Eoanthidium chinense (Wu, 1962)
- Eoanthidium clypeare (Morawitz, 1873)
- Eoanthidium (Eoanthidium) hoplostomum (Mavromoustakis, 1945)
- Eoanthidium insulare (Morawitz, 1873)
- Eoanthidium judaeense (Mavromoustakis, 1945)
- Eoanthidium nasicum (Friese, 1917)
- Eoanthidium pictipenne Pasteels, 1972
- Eoanthidium punjabense Gupta & Sharma, 1993
- Eoanthidium rothschildi (Vachal, 1909)
- Eoanthidium salemense (Cockerell, 1919)
- Eoanthidium semicarinatum Pasteels, 1972
- Eoanthidium tricolor Pasteels, 1972
- Eoanthidium turnericum (Mavromoustakis, 1934)
References
[edit]- ^ "Eoanthidium Popov, 1950". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2022-04-15.
- ^ a b Michener, Charles D. (2007). The Bees of the World (2nd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 953. ISBN 978-1-4356-9259-6. OCLC 646769600.
- ^ a b c "Eoanthidium | Exotic Bee ID". idtools.org. Retrieved 2022-04-15.
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