Eucera

Eucera
Eucera cinnamomea, male
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Superfamily: Apoidea
Family: Apidae
Subfamily: Apinae
Tribe: Eucerini
Genus: Eucera
Scopoli 1770
Synonyms
  • Eucera (Agatheucera) Sitdikov & Pesenko, 1988
  • Eucera (Atopeucera) Tkalcu, 1984
  • Eucera (Hemieucera) Sitdikov & Pesenko, 1988
  • Eucera (Pareucera) Tkalcu, 1978
  • Eucera (Pileteucera) Sitdikov & Pesenko, 1988
  • Eucera (Rhyteucera) Sitdikov & Pesenko, 1988
  • Eucera (Stilbeucera) Tkalcu, 1978
  • Eusynhalonia Ashmead, 1899
  • Synalonia Robertson, 1905

[1]

Eucera is a genus of bees in the family Apidae subfamily Apinae and the tribe Eucerini - or long-horned bees.

Eucera plumigera, female

Description

As in most members of the tribe Eucerini, the antennae of males are very long. Old world Eucera can be identified through having 5 or 6 maxillary palpomeres, first flagellomere shorter than scape and clypeus protuberan in front of compound eye by at least the width of the eye in side view. All these characteristics are found in both sexes. Additionally, the males have convergent carinae on S6. Eucera species nest in the ground. Some species are important pollinators of alfalfa.[2]

Distribution

Eucera is holarctic. [2] It is present in most of Europe, in the East Palearctic ecozone, in the Near East, in North Africa and in the Oriental ecozone. [3]

This genus has 219 species of which 78 are known from Europe.[1]

Eucera aragalli side
Eucera aragalli face
Eucera species

Species

  • Eucera acerba (Cresson, 1879)
  • Eucera actuosa (Cresson, 1878)
  • Eucera aequata Vachal, 1907
  • Eucera afghana Tkalcu, 1978
  • Eucera albescens (Timberlake, 1969)
  • Eucera alborufa (Radoszkowski, 1872)
  • Eucera alfkeni Risch, 2003
  • Eucera algeriensis Dalla Torre, 1896
  • Eucera algira Brullé, 1840
  • Eucera alopex Risch, 1999
  • Eucera alternans (Brullé, 1832)
  • Eucera amoena (Zavortink, 1982)
  • Eucera amsinckiae (Timberlake, 1969)
  • Eucera andreui (Dusmet y Alonso, 1926)
  • Eucera angustifrons (Timberlake, 1969)
  • Eucera arachosiae Tkalcu, 1978
  • Eucera aragalli (Cockerell, 1904)
  • Eucera argyrophila (Cockerell, 1909)
  • Eucera armeniaca (Morawitz, 1878)
  • Eucera atrata Klug, 1845
  • Eucera atricornis Fabricius, 1793
  • Eucera atriventris (Smith, 1854)
  • Eucera atroalba (Pérez, 1895)
  • Eucera bakeri (Timberlake, 1973)
  • Eucera barbiventris Pérez, 1902
  • Eucera basizona (Spinola, 1839)
  • Eucera belfragei (Cresson, 1872)
  • Eucera bidentata Pérez, 1887
  • Eucera birkmanniella (Cockerell, 1906)
  • Eucera biscrensis (Alfken, 1933)
  • Eucera brevitarsis Risch, 1997
  • Eucera caerulescens Friese, 1899
  • Eucera californica (Cresson, 1878)
  • Eucera carinata (Timberlake, 1961)
  • Eucera carolinensis Dalla Torre, 1896
  • Eucera caspica Morawitz, 1873
  • Eucera cassandra Nurse, 1904
  • Eucera cercidis (Timberlake, 1969)
  • Eucera chinensis (Smith, 1854)
  • Eucera chrysobotryae (Cockerell, 1908)
  • Eucera chrysophila (Cockerell, 1914)
  • Eucera chrysopyga Pérez, 1879
  • Eucera cineraria Eversmann, 1852
  • Eucera cinnamomea Alfken, 1935
  • Eucera clypeata Erichson, 1835
  • Eucera codinai Dusmet y Alonso, 1926
  • Eucera collaris Dours, 1873
  • Eucera commixta Dalla Torre & Friese, 1895
  • Eucera conditi (Timberlake, 1969)
  • Eucera conformis (Timberlake, 1969)
  • Eucera cordleyi (Viereck, 1905)
  • Eucera cuniculina Klug, 1845
  • Eucera curvitarsis Mocsáry, 1879
  • Eucera cypria Alfken, 1933
  • Eucera dalmatica Lepeletier, 1841
  • Eucera deceptrix Smith, 1879
  • Eucera decipiens Alfken, 1935
  • Eucera decolorata Gribodo, 1924
  • Eucera delphinii (Timberlake, 1969)
  • Eucera diana Nurse, 1904
  • Eucera digitata Friese, 1896
  • Eucera dimidiata Brullé, 1832
  • Eucera discoidalis Morawitz, 1878
  • Eucera distincta Lepeletier, 1841
  • Eucera distinguenda (Morawitz, 1875)
  • Eucera dorsata (Timberlake, 1969)
  • Eucera douglasiana (Cockerell, 1906)
  • Eucera doursana Dalla Torre & Friese, 1894
  • Eucera dubitata (Cresson, 1878)
  • Eucera ebmeri Risch, 1999
  • Eucera edwardsii (Cresson, 1878)
  • Eucera elongatula Vachal, 1907
  • Eucera eucnemidea Dours, 1873
  • Eucera excisa Mocsáry, 1879
  • Eucera fasciata Risch, 1999
  • Eucera fasciatella Lepeletier, 1841
  • Eucera fedtschenkoi Dalla Torre, 1896
  • Eucera ferghanica Morawitz, 1875
  • Eucera ferruginea Lepeletier, 1841
  • Eucera flavicornis Risch, 2003
  • Eucera floralia (Smith, 1854)
  • Eucera frater (Cresson, 1878)
  • Eucera friesei Risch, 2003
  • Eucera fulvitarsis (Cresson, 1878)
  • Eucera fulviventris (Smith, 1854)
  • Eucera fulvohirta (Cresson, 1878)
  • Eucera furfurea Vachal, 1907
  • Eucera gaullei Vachal, 1907
  • Eucera genofevae Vachal, 1907
  • Eucera gracilipes Pérez, 1895
  • Eucera graeca Radoszkowski, 1876
  • Eucera grandis (Fonscolombe, 1846)
  • Eucera hamata (Bradley, 1942)
  • Eucera helvola Klug, 1845
  • Eucera hermoni Risch, 2003
  • Eucera hirsuta Morawitz, 1875
  • Eucera hirsutissima (Cockerell, 1916)
  • Eucera hispaliensis Pérez, 1902
  • Eucera hispana Lepeletier, 1841
  • Eucera hungarica Friese, 1896
  • Eucera hurdi (Timberlake, 1969)
  • Eucera ignota (Timberlake, 1969)
  • Eucera illinoensis (Robertson, 1902)
  • Eucera interrupta Bär, 1850
  • Eucera jacoti (Cockerell, 1930)
  • Eucera kilikiae Risch, 1999
  • Eucera kullenbergi Tkalcu, 1978
  • Eucera kyrenaica Friese, 1923
  • Eucera lanata Sitdikov, 1988
  • Eucera lanuginosa Klug, 1845
  • Eucera latipes Risch, 1997
  • Eucera laxiscopa Alfken, 1935
  • Eucera lepida (Cresson, 1878)
  • Eucera longicornis (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Eucera lucasi (Gribodo, 1893)
  • Eucera lunata (Timberlake, 1969)
  • Eucera lutziana (Cockerell, 1933)
  • Eucera lycii (Cockerell, 1897)
  • Eucera maroccana (Dusmet y Alonso, 1928)
  • Eucera mastrucata (Morawitz, 1875)
  • Eucera matalae Tkalcu, 2003
  • Eucera mauritaniae Tkalcu, 1984
  • Eucera maxima Tkalcu, 1987
  • Eucera mediterranea Friese, 1896
  • Eucera melanocephala Morawitz, 1875
  • Eucera metallescens (Morawitz, 1888)
  • Eucera microsoma Cockerell, 1922
  • Eucera minulla Risch, 2003
  • Eucera mohavensis (Timberlake, 1969)
  • Eucera monozona (Timberlake, 1969)
  • Eucera monticola Risch, 2003
  • Eucera moricei Alfken, 1935
  • Eucera nigrescens Pérez, 1879
  • Eucera nigrifacies Lepeletier, 1841
  • Eucera nigrilabris Lepeletier, 1841
  • Eucera nigripes Klug, 1845
  • Eucera nigrita Friese, 1895
  • Eucera nipponensis (Pérez, 1911)
  • Eucera nitidiventris Mocsáry, 1879
  • Eucera notata Lepeletier, 1841
  • Eucera numida Lepeletier, 1841
  • Eucera obliterata Pérez, 1896
  • Eucera occidentalis Risch, 1999
  • Eucera oraniensis Lepeletier, 1841
  • Eucera oreophila Risch, 2003
  • Eucera pagosana (Cockerell, 1925)
  • Eucera pallidihirta (Timberlake, 1969)
  • Eucera pannonica Mocsáry, 1878
  • Eucera paraclypeata Sitdikov, 1988
  • Eucera parnassia Pérez, 1902
  • Eucera pedata Dours, 1873
  • Eucera pekingensis Yasumatsu, 1946
  • Eucera penicillata Risch, 1997
  • Eucera phaceliae (Cockerell, 1911)
  • Eucera pici Vachal, 1907
  • Eucera pitalomasa (Dover, 1925)
  • Eucera polita Pérez, 1895
  • Eucera pollinaris (Kirby, 1802)
  • Eucera pomeranzevii (Morawitz, 1888)
  • Eucera pomona Nurse, 1904
  • Eucera popovi Sitdikov, 1988
  • Eucera primiveris (Timberlake, 1969)
  • Eucera pseudeucnemidea Risch, 1997
  • Eucera pulveracea Dours, 1873
  • Eucera punctatissima Pérez, 1895
  • Eucera puncticollis Morawitz, 1876
  • Eucera punctissima de Gaulle, 1908
  • Eucera punctulata Alfken, 1942
  • Eucera pusilla Morawitz, 1875
  • Eucera pythagoras Risch, 2003
  • Eucera quadricincta (Timberlake, 1969)
  • Eucera quilisi (Dusmet y Alonso, 1926)
  • Eucera rosae (Robertson, 1900)
  • Eucera ruficollis (Brullé, 1832)
  • Eucera rufipes Smith, 1879
  • Eucera salamita Vachal, 1907
  • Eucera seminuda Brullé, 1832
  • Eucera serraticornis Risch, 1999
  • Eucera sociabilis Smith, 1873
  • Eucera sogdiana Morawitz, 1875
  • Eucera spatulata Gribodo, 1893
  • Eucera speciosa (Cresson, 1878)
  • Eucera spectabilis (Morawitz, 1875)
  • Eucera speculifer Pérez, 1911
  • Eucera spinipes Risch, 2003
  • Eucera spurcatipes Pérez, 1911
  • Eucera squamosa Lepeletier, 1841
  • Eucera stretchii (Cresson, 1878)
  • Eucera suavis (Cresson, 1878)
  • Eucera subrufa Lepeletier, 1841
  • Eucera syriaca Dalla Torre, 1896
  • Eucera taurica Morawitz, 1871
  • Eucera tegularis Morawitz, 1875
  • Eucera territella (Cockerell, 1909)
  • Eucera texana (Timberlake, 1969)
  • Eucera thoracica Spinola, 1839
  • Eucera tibialis Morawitz, 1875
  • Eucera transitoria (Morawitz, 1875)
  • Eucera tricincta Erichson, 1835
  • Eucera tricinctella (Timberlake, 1969)
  • Eucera troglodytes Risch, 2003
  • Eucera truttae (Cockerell, 1905)
  • Eucera tuberculata (Fabricius, 1793)
  • Eucera turcomannica (Morawitz, 1880)
  • Eucera vachali Pérez, 1895
  • Eucera velutina (Morawitz, 1873)
  • Eucera venusta (Timberlake, 1961)
  • Eucera vernalis (Morawitz, 1875)
  • Eucera vicina (Morawitz, 1876)
  • Eucera vidua Lepeletier, 1841
  • Eucera virgata (Cockerell, 1905)
  • Eucera vittulata Noskiewicz, 1934
  • Eucera vulpes Brullé, 1832
  • Eucera warnckei Risch, 1999
  • Eucera yunnanensis (Wu, 2000)
  • Eucera zeta Dalla Torre, 1896
  • Eucera zonata (Timberlake, 1969)

References

  1. 1 2 Biolib
  2. 1 2 Michener, C. D. (2007) The bees of the world, second edition. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore and London, 953 pp
  3. Fauna europaea
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