Eucerini

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Eucerini

Female Tetraloniella sp
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Superfamily:	Apoidea
Family:	Apidae
Subfamily:	Apinae
Tribe:	Eucerini
Genera
Over 30, see text

The Eucerini (often called long-horned bees) is 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 it is also occasionally possible to find large "sleeping" aggregations of males. Most, but not all, 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 (~500) in only 5 genera. This is a group in serious need of a thorough taxonomic overhaul, and the fusion of many genera would likely result (the most recent revision in 2000 eliminated 7 genera).

Genera

Agapanthinus LaBerge, 1957
Alloscirtetica Holmberg, 1909
Canephorula Jörgensen, 1909
Cemolobus Robertson, 1902
Cubitalia Friese, 1911
Eucera Scopoli, 1770
Eucera nigrescens
Eucerinoda Michener & Moure, 1957
Florilegus Robertson, 1900
Gaesischia Michener, LaBerge & Moure, 1955
Gaesochira Moure & Michener, 1955
Hamatothrix Urban, 1989
Lophothygater Moure & Michener, 1955
Martinapis Cockerell, 1929
Melissodes Latreille, 1829
Melissoptila Holmberg, 1884
Micronychapis Moure & Michener, 1955
Mirnapis
Notolonia Popov, 1962
Pachysvastra Moure & Michener, 1955
Peponapis Robertson, 1902
Platysvastra Moure, 1967
Santiago Urban, 1989
Simanthedon Zavortink, 1975
Svastra Holmberg, 1884
Svastrides Michener, LaBerge & Moure, 1955
Svastrina Moure & Michener, 1955
Syntrichalonia LaBerge, 1957
Tetralonia Spinola, 1839
Tetraloniella Ashmead, 1899
Thygater Holmberg, 1884
Trichocerapis Cockerell, 1904
Ulugombakia
Xenoglossa Smith, 1854

References

C. D. Michener (2000) The Bees of the World, Johns Hopkins University Press.

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