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Bee Genera of Chile

Tip: To view full-size images of the bees, click on the thumbnail images. The full-size image will be shown in a new tab.

Note: Image compression has resulted in a slight loss of saturation in many of the thumbnails visible on this page. The full-size images are more accurate and more beautiful.

Acknowledgements

Produced by Laurence Packer, Liam Graham and Jonathan Huang with funding from Robert and Cecily Bradshaw – for which we are extremely grateful.

The system used to take the images was purchased through the Canadian Foundation for Innovation and Ontario Research Fund through Canadensys, a grant led by Anne Bruneau. This system has been invaluable for our work and we are most grateful to the funding agencies and Anne and the Canadensys team for making its purchase possible. We are grateful to Ray Larimer and his colleagues at Visionary Digital for producing this equipment, training us on how to use it and responding to queries as they arose.

Many of the bees imaged from PCYU were collected by past laboratory members. We are grateful for their work. Many of the bees were collected while we were on fieldtrips that were funded from a variety of sources, primarily NSERC and National Geographic.

We thank Luisa Ruz, John Ascher, Sheila Dumesh, Felipe Vivallo, Eduardo Almeida, Rafael Ferrari, James Postlethwaite, Rocio Gonzalez Vaquero for assistance with identifications.

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About the Image Bank

Some caveats are needed concerning some details of this image bank.

First, the classification of bees used herein is somewhat idiosyncratic, and will change as our understanding of the bees improves: the site will be updated occasionally. In general, we follow Michener (2007), but have raised some subgenera to genus level (thereby permitting their inclusion), especially when more recent work suggests this. However, we have not been consistent. The reasons for the lack of consistency are sometimes because we think that the changes might not be robust to further research, but most often it is because we have not had the opportunity to evaluate the recommendations in sufficient detail to make a decision. This image bank will change over time.

Second, this is a work in progress and the current state of the images has some shortcomings. In particular, we will be adding scale bars and adding some missing locality labels as time permits. Also, when material available is limited, some of the specimens are not exactly in pristine condition. We hope this too will change over time.

Family: Colletidae

Subfamily: Colletinae

Colletes fulvipes Spinola, Female

>24 species

Colletes fulvipes Spinola, Male

>24 species

Hemicotelles magallanes Toro and Cabezas, Female

2 species

Hemicotelles ruizii (Herbst), Male

2 species

Mourecotelles sp., Female

5 species

Mourecotelles sp., Male

5 species

Xanthocotelles atacama Toro and Cabezas, Female

8 species

Xanthocotelles sicheli (Vachal), Male

8 species

Subfamily: Neopasiphaeinae

Chilicolletes sp., Female

>1 species

Chilicolletes sp., Male

>1 species

Lonchopria sp., Female

>5 species

Lonchopria similis (Friese), Male

>5 species

Perditomorpha sp., Female

>9 species

Perditomorpha sp., Male

>9 species

Reedapis sp., Female

>3 species*

Reedapis sp., Male

>3 species*

Spinolapis kalen Toro, Female

3 species

Spinolapis cyanea Cockerell, Male

3 species

Torocolletes fazii (Herbst), Female

2 species*

Torocolletes ibanezii (Ruiz), Male

2 species*

Subfamily: Diphaglossinae

Cadeguala occidentalis (Haliday), Female

2 species

Cadeguala occidentalis (Haliday), Male

2 species

Caupolicana fulvicollis Spinola, Female

14 species

Caupolicana gayi Spinola, Male

14 species

Diphaglossa gayi Spinola, Female

Only species

Diphaglossa gayi Spinola, Male

Only species

Subfamily: Xeromelissinae

Chilicola vernalis (Philippi), Female

>45 species

Chilicola vernalis (Philippi), Male

>45 species

Geodiscelis longiceps Packer, Female

2 species

Geodiscelis longiceps Packer, Male

2 species

Patagonicola aenigma (Packer), Female

not yet recorded but at least one species undoubtedly occurs in the Chile Chico area

Patagonicola aenigma (Packer), Male

not yet recorded but at least one species undoubtedly occurs in the Chile Chico area

Xenochilicola sp., Female

>3 species

Xenochilicola mamigna Toro and Moldenke, Male

>3 species

Xeromelissa rozeni (Toro and Moldenke), Female

~40 species

Xeromelissa chusmiza (Toro), Male

~40 species

Subfamily: Hylaeinae

Hylaeus punctatus Brullé, Female

2 species

Hylaeus punctatus Brullé, Male

2 species

Family: Andrenidae

Subfamily: Andreninae

Euherbstia excellens Friese, Female

only species*

Euherbstia excellens Friese, Male

only species*

Orphana sp., Female

2 species*

Orphana sp., Male

2 species*

Subfamily: Panurginae

Acamptopoeum submetallicum Spinola, Female

one species

Acamptopoeum submetallicum Spinola, Male

one species

Anthrenoides sp., Female

>5 species

Anthrenoides sp., Male

>5 species

Austropanurgus danunciae Ramos & Ruz, Female

two species*

Austropanurgus punctatus Toro, Male

two species*

Calliopsis rigormortis Dumesh & Packer, Female

3 species

Calliopsis trifasciata Friese, Male

3 species

Callonychium sp., Female

>= 5 species

Callonychium aricense Toro & Herrera, Male

>= 5 species

Liphanthus sp., Female

>> 30 species

Liphanthus sabulosus Reed, Male

>> 30 species

Neffapis longilingua Ruz, Female

only species*

Neffapis longilingua Ruz, Male

only species*

Nolanomelissa toroi Rozen, Female

only species*

Nolanomelissa toroi Rozen, Male

only species*

Parasarus atacamensis Ruz, Female

> 2 species*

Parasarus atacamensis Ruz, Male

> 2 species*

Psaenythia interrupta Friese, Female

one species

Psaenythia interrupta Friese, Male

one species

Pseudosarus virescens Ruz, Female

two species*

Pseudosarus virescens Ruz, Male

two species*

Rhophitulus sp., Female

two species

Rhophitulus sp., Male

two species

Spinoliella sp., Female

> 9 species

Spinoliella sp., Male

> 9 species

Family: Halictidae

Subfamily: Rophitinae

Penapis sp., Female

4 species*

Penapis sp., Male

4 species*

Subfamily: Halictinae

Agapostemon nasutus Smith, Female

one species

Agapostemon nasutus Smith, Male

one species

Caenohalictus dolator Vachal, Female

>17 species

Caenohalictus iodurus Vachal, Male

>17 species

Corynura aureoviridis Friese, Female

>19 species

Corynura chilensis (Spinola), Male

>19 species

Halictillus verissimus Gonçalves, Female

two species

Halictillus verissimus Gonçalves, Male

two species

Lasioglossum, Female

>4 species*

Lasioglossum, Male

>4 species*

Ruizantheda proxima (Spinola), Female

three species

Ruizantheda proxima (Spinola), Male

three species

Sphecodes, Female

> 4 species

Sphecodes, Male

> 4 species

Family: Megachilidae

Subfamily: Fideliinae

Neofidelia profuga Moure & Michener, Female

five species

Neofidelia profuga Moure & Michener, Male

five species

(New genus) (Spinola), Female

one species

(New genus) (Male not known), Male

one species

Subfamily: Lithurginae

Trichothurgus dubius (Sichel), Female

> 6 species

Trichothurgus dubius (Sichel), Male

>6 species

Subfamily: Megachilinae

Anthidium gayi (Spinola), Female

21 species

Anthidium kuscheli (Spinola), Male

21 species

Coelioxys pergandei Schletterer, Female

13 species

Coelioxys pergandei Schletterer, Male

13 species

Megachile flammiventris Vachal, Female

24 species

Megachile saulcyi Guerin-Meneville, Male

24 species

Notanthidium bizonatum (Friese), Female

five species

Notanthidium bizonatum (Friese), Male

five species

Family: Apidae

Subfamily: Xylocopinae

Manuelia postica (Spinola), Female

three species

Manuelia gayi (Spinola), Male

three species

Xylocopa viridigaster Lepeletier, Female

3 species

Xylocopa viridigaster Lepeletier, Male

3 species

Subfamily: Nomadinae

Doeringiella gayi Spinola, Female

3 species

Doeringiella mamabee Packer, Male

3 species

Kelita chilensis Friese, Female

>4 species

Kelita toroi Ehrenfeld & Rozen, Male

>4 species

Triepeolus sp., Female

one species

Triepeolus cecilyae Packer, Male

one species

Subfamily: Apinae

Alloscirtetica weyrauchi Michener, Female

16 species

Alloscirtetica sp., Male

16 species

Anthophora arequipensis Brèthes, Female

three species

Anthophora arequipensis Brèthes, Male

three species

Apis mellifera Linnaeus, Female

one species

Apis mellifera Linnaeus, Male

one species

Bombus dahlbomii Guérin-Méneville, Female

four species

Bombus funebris Smith, Male

four species

Centris nigerrima (Spinola), Female

>12 species

Centris tamarugalis Toro and Chiappa, Male

>12 species

Chalepogenus sp., Female

6 species

Chalepogenus sp., Male

6 species

Chilimalopsis parvula Toro, Female

one species

Chilimalopsis parvula Toro, Male

one species

Diadasia sp., Female

four species

Diadasia sp., Male

four species

Epiclopus sp., Female

four species

Epiclopus sp., Male

four species

Eucerinoda gayi (Spinola), Female

only species*

Eucerinoda gayi (Spinola), Male

only species*

Exomalopsis bruesi Cockerell, Female

one species

Exomalopsis bruesi Cockerell, Male

one species

Isepeolus wagenknechti Toro & Rojas, Female

>7 species

Isepeolus wagenknechti Toro & Rojas, Male

>7 species

Melectoides triseriatus (Friese), Female

>3 species

Melectoides triseriatus (Friese), Male

>3 species

Melissodes ecuadorius Bertoni & Schrottky, Female

one species

Melissodes ecuadorius Bertoni & Schrottky, Female

one species

Melissoptila sp., Female

three species

Melissoptila sp., Male

three species

Mesonychium garleppi (Schrottky), Female

one species

Mesonychium garleppi (Schrottky), Male

one species

Mirnapis inca Urban, Female

one species

Mirnapis inca Urban, Male

one species

Parepeolus stuardi Ruiz, Female

>1 species

Parepeolus stuardi Ruiz, Male

>1 species

Svastra flavitarsis (Spinola), Female

one species

Svastra flavitarsis (Spinola), Male

one species

Svastrides melanura (Spinola), Female

two species

Svastrides melanura (Spinola), Male

two species

Toromelissa nemaglossa (Toro & Ruz), Female

only species*

Toromelissa nemaglossa (Toro & Ruz), Male

only species*

Dr. Laurence Packer
Ph.D. (Toronto)
Professor of Biology
xeromelissa@gmail.com
416-736-2100 ext. 22663

Lumbers Building 345
York University
4700 Keele Street
Toronto, Ontario
M3J1P3, Canada