Fidelia

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: Fideliinae
Genus: Fidelia
Species (12): F. borearipa – F. braunsiana – F. fasciata – F. friesei – F. hessei – F. kobrowi – F. major – F. ornata – F. pallidula – F. paradoxa – F. ulrikei – F. villosa

[Source: Catalogue of Life: 2013 Annual Checklist]
Name

Fidelia Friese, 1899

Primary references

Friese 1899: Ann. Hofmus. Wien, 14, 244.

References

Whitehead, V.B.; Eardley, C.D. 2003: African Fideliini: Genus Fidelia Friese (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Megachilidae: Fideliinae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 76(2): 250-276. JSTOR Reference page.