Biology:Lithurgopsis

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Short description: Genus of bees

Lithurgopsis
Lithurgopsis apicalis dorsal.jpg
Lithurgopsis apicalis
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Megachilidae
Subfamily: Lithurginae
Genus: Lithurgopsis
Fox, 1902

Lithurgopsis is a genus of northern cactus woodborers in the family Megachilidae. There are at least nine described species in Lithurgopsis.[1][2][3]

Species

These species belong to the genus Lithurgopsis.[4]

  • Lithurgopsis antilleorum (Michener, 1988)
  • Lithurgopsis apicalis (Cresson, 1875)
  • Lithurgopsis bitorulosa (Snelling, 1986)
  • Lithurgopsis echinocacti (Cockerell, 1898)
  • Lithurgopsis gibbosa (Smith, 1853)
  • Lithurgopsis listrota (Snelling, 1983)
  • Lithurgopsis littoralis (Cockerell, 1917)
  • Lithurgopsis planifrons (Friese, 1908)
  • Lithurgopsis rufiventris (Friese, 1908)

References

  1. "Lithurgopsis Genus Information". https://bugguide.net/node/view/889759. 
  2. Sharkey M.J. (2007). Phylogeny and Classification of Hymenoptera.
  3. "Phylogenetic relationships among superfamilies of Hymenoptera", Sharkey M.J., Carpenter J.M., Vilhelmsen L., et al. 2012. Cladistics 28(1): 80-112.
  4. "Discover Life, Apoidea species". http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20q?guide=Apoidea_species. 
  • Hinojosa-Díaz I (2008). "The giant resin bee making its way west: First record in Kansas (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae)". ZooKeys 1: 67–71.

Further reading

  • Ross H. Arnett (30 July 2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-0212-1. 

Wikidata ☰ Q48816828 entry