Eoanthidium

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Hymenopterida
Ordo: Hymenoptera
Subordo: Apocrita
Superfamilia: Apoidea

Familia: Megachilidae
Subfamilia: Megachilinae
Tribus: Anthidiini
Genus: Eoanthidium
Species: Eoanthidium adentatum Eoanthidium arabicum Eoanthidium armaticeps Eoanthidium bakerorum Eoanthidium bituberculatum Eoanthidium chinense Eoanthidium clypeare Eoanthidium insulare Eoanthidium judaeense Eoanthidium nasicum Eoanthidium pictipenne Eoanthidium punjabense Eoanthidium rothschildi Eoanthidium salemense Eoanthidium semicarinatum Eoanthidium tricolor Eoanthidium turnericum
Name

Eoanthidium

Primary references

Eoanthidium is a genus of bees in the Megachilidae family.[1]

Description

Eoanthidium generally have elongate, slender bodies with black integument and yellow maculations.[2] Their body length ranges from 6–10 mm.[3]
Distribution

Eoanthidium occurs in the eastern Mediterranean, southwestern Asia, southern Russia, southern India, Pakistan, and Africa.[2]
Taxonomy

Eoanthidium contains the following 4 subgenera:[3]

Clistanthidium
Eoanthidium
Hemidiellum
Salemanthidium

Species

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

"Eoanthidium Popov, 1950". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2022-04-15.
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.
"Eoanthidium | Exotic Bee ID". idtools.org. Retrieved 2022-04-15.