Lithurgus

Lithurgus
Lithurgus chrysurus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Megachilidae
Subfamily:	Lithurginae
Genus:	Lithurgus Berthold, 1827
Synonyms
LithurgeLatreille, 1825 (Unav.) LiturgusAshmead, 1899 (Missp.)

Lithurgus is a genus of bees in the family Megachilidae.

Species

• Lithurgus albofacialis Gupta, 1993
• Lithurgus andrewsi Cockerell, 1909
• Lithurgus atratiformis Cockerell, 1905
• Lithurgus atratus Smith, 1853
• Lithurgus australior Cockerell, 1919
• Lithurgus bractipes Perkins & Cheesman, 1928
• Lithurgus cephalotes (van der Zanden, 1977)
• Lithurgus chrysurus Fonscolombe, 1834 (Mediterranean wood-boring bee) ^[1]
• Lithurgus collaris Smith, 1873
• Lithurgus collieri Cockerell, 1929
• Lithurgus cornutus (Fabricius, 1787) ^[2]
• Lithurgus fortis Cockerell, 1929
• Lithurgus huberi Ducke, 1907
• Lithurgus hypoleucus Cockerell, 1937
• Lithurgus indicus Gupta, 1993
• Lithurgus illudens Saussure, 1890
• Lithurgus lissopoda (Cameron, 1908)
• Lithurgus magnus (Rahman, 1997)
• Lithurgus nigricans (Cameron, 1898)
• Lithurgus nigroabdominalis Gupta, 1993
• Lithurgus ogasawarensis Yasumatsu, 1955
• Lithurgus ovoabdominalis Gupta, 1993
• Lithurgus pullatus Vachal, 1903
• Lithurgus rufipes Smith, 1853
• Lithurgus scabrosus (Smith, 1859)
• Lithurgus sparganotes (Schletterer, 1891)
• Lithurgus spiniferus Cameron, 1905
• Lithurgus tibialis Morawitz, 1875
• Lithurgus tiwarii Gupta & Tewari, 1987
• Lithurgus unifasciatus Radoszkowski, 1882
• Lithurgus veeravaliensis Gupta, 1993
• Lithurgus xishuangensis Wu, 2006

References

1. Rust, Richard W.; Cambon, Geneviève; Grossa, Jean-Paul Torre; Vaissière, Bernard E. (2004). "Nesting Biology and Foraging Ecology of the Wood-boring Bee Lithurgus chrysurus (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae)". Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. 77 (3): 269–279. doi:10.2317/0402.17.1. ISSN   0022-8567.
2. Borański, Mikołaj; Celary, Waldemar; Jachuła, Jacek (2021-12-07). "First record of Lithurgus cornutus (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Megachilidae) from Poland". Biodiversity Data Journal. 9. Pensoft Publishers. doi: 10.3897/bdj.9.e75997 . ISSN   1314-2828.

Further reading

• Ascher, J.S.; Pickering, J. (2025). "Discover Life bee species guide and world checklist (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila)" . Retrieved 2025-02-28.
• Michener, C. D. (2000). "78. Tribe Lithurgini". Bees of the World. Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 427–430. ISBN   0801861330.

External links

• "Lithurgus Berthold, 1827". Atlas of Living Australia.
• Media related to Lithurgus at Wikimedia Commons