Eucerini
| Eucerini | |
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| Female Tetraloniella sp | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Apidae |
| Subfamily: | Apinae |
| Tribe: | Eucerini Latreille, 1802 |
| Genera | |
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Over 30, see text | |
The Eucerini (often called long-horned bees) are the most diverse tribe in the family Apidae, with over 32 genera worldwide that were previously classified as members of the family Anthophoridae. All species are solitary, though many nest in large aggregations, and large "sleeping" aggregations of males are found occasionally. Most genera are distinctive in the unusually long male antennae from which the tribe derives its name (eucer- means true horned). They are most diverse in the Western Hemisphere.
Classification[]
The classification within the tribe is rather chaotic, as many of the genera are small and poorly characterized, with the bulk of species (about 500) in only five genera. This is a group in serious need of a thorough taxonomic overhaul, and the fusion of many genera would likely result (a revision in 2000 eliminated seven genera, another in 2018 eliminated six more).[1]
Genera[]
- LaBerge, 1957
- Holmberg, 1909
- Jörgensen, 1909
- Cemolobus Robertson, 1902 (recently moved into Eucera)
- Friese, 1911
- Eucera Scopoli, 1770
Eucera nigrescens - Eucerinoda Michener & Moure, 1957
- Florilegus Robertson, 1900
- Michener, LaBerge & Moure, 1955
- Moure & Michener, 1955
- Urban, 1989
- Moure & Michener, 1955
- Martinapis Cockerell, 1929
- Melissodes Latreille, 1829
- Holmberg, 1884
- Moure & Michener, 1955
- Popov, 1962
- Moure & Michener, 1955
- Peponapis Robertson, 1902 (recently moved into Eucera)
- Moure, 1967
- Urban, 1989
- Simanthedon Zavortink, 1975
- Svastra Holmberg, 1884
- Michener, LaBerge & Moure, 1955
- Moure & Michener, 1955
- Syntrichalonia LaBerge, 1957 (recently moved into Eucera)
- Tetralonia Spinola, 1839 (recently moved into Eucera)
- Tetraloniella Ashmead, 1899
- Thygater Holmberg, 1884
- Cockerell, 1904
- Xenoglossa Smith, 1854 (recently moved into Eucera)
References[]
- ^ Dorchin, A.; López-Uribe, M.M.; Praz, C.J.; Griswold, T.; Danforth, B.N. (2018). "Phylogeny, new generic-level classification, and historical biogeography of the Eucera complex (Hymenoptera: Apidae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 119: 81–92. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2017.10.007. ISSN 1055-7903. PMID 29122650.
- C. D. Michener (2000) The Bees of the World, Johns Hopkins University Press.
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