A review of the anthidiine bees (Apoidea, Megachilidae) in Thailand
Author
Nalinrachatakan, Pakorn
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7962-5844
Center of Excellence in Biology and Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
Author
Ascher, John S.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7887-2461
Insect Diversity Lab, Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, 16 Science Drive 4 S 3 Level 4, 117558 Singapore, Singapore
Author
Kasparek, Max
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5604-6791
Moenchhofstr., 16, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
Author
Traiyasut, Prapun
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7114-0890
Program in Biology, Faculty of Science, Ubon Ratchathani Rajabhat University, Ubon Ratchathani 34000, Thailand
Author
Thanoosing, Chawatat
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4228-748X
Center of Excellence in Biology and Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand & Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW 7 5 BD, UK
Author
Warrit, Natapot
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6338-1782
Center of Excellence in Biology and Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
ich108@hotmail.com
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Stelis Panzer, 1806
Trachusa
Jurine, 1801: 164 (nec
Panzer 1804
). Type species:
Apis aterrima
Panzer, 1798, by designation of Morice and Durrant 1915: 426. Suppressed by Commission Opinion 135, 1939 (Direction 4).
Stelis
Panzer, 1806: 246. Type species:
Apis aterrima
Panzer, 1798 (nec
Christ 1791
) =
Apis punctulatissima
Kirby, 1802, monobasic.
Gyrodroma
Klug in
Illiger 1807
: 198;
Klug 1807
: 225. Type species:
Apis aterrima
Panzer, 1798 (not
Christ 1791
) =
Apis punctulatissima
Kirby, 1802, designated by
Sandhouse 1943
: 555. [Sandhouse incorrectly considered
Gyrodroma
to be monobasic; two species were listed by Klug in
Illiger 1807
, which has page priority over
Klug 1807
].
Gymnus
Spinola, 1808: 9. Type species:
Apis aterrima
Panzer, 1798 (nec
Christ 1791
) =
Apis punctulatissima
Kirby, 1802, monobasic.
Ceraplastes
Gistel, 1848: x [10], unjustified replacement for
Stelis
Panzer, 1806. Type species:
Apis aterrima
Panzer, 1798 (nec
Christ 1791
) =
Apis punctulatissima
Kirby, 1802, autobasic.
Chelynia
Provancher, 1888: 322. Type species:
Chelynia labiata
Provancher, 1888, monobasic [see
Provancher 1889
].
Melanostelis
Ashmead, 1898: 283. Type species:
Melanostelis betheli
Ashmead, 1898 =
Stelis rubi
Cockerell, 1898, by original designation.
Stelidium
Robertson, 1902: 323. Type species:
Stelidium trypetinum
Robertson, 1902, monobasic [see
Michener 1997
].
Microstelis
Robertson, 1903: 170, 175. Type species:
Stelis lateralis
Cresson, 1864, by original designation.
Stelis (Pavostelis)
Sladen, 1916: 313. Type species:
Stelis montana
Cresson, 1864, monobasic.
Stelis (Stelidina)
Timberlake, 1941: 131. Type species:
Stelis hemirhoda
Linsley, 1939, by original designation.
Stelis (Stelidiella)
Timberlake, 1941: 133.
Lapsus
for
Stelidina
Timberlake, 1941.
Stelis (Leucostelis)
Noskiewicz, 1961: 126, 132. Type species:
Gyrodroma ornatula
Klug, 1807, by original designation.
Note.
Most of the cleptoparasitic bees of the
Anthidiini
are attributed to the genus
Stelis
due to the very diverse morphs. The recent works by
Michener and Griswold (1994)
,
Michener (2000
,
2007
), and
Kasparek (2015)
for species in Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East provide comprehensive information for
Stelis
. Female
Stelis
notably lack scopa and juxta-antennal carina, while the carinae on prosoma and mesosoma can be absent or weakly present. In males, T7 is round, weakly bilobed, or trilobed. The only subgenus discovered in Thailand is
Malanthidium
(see Nalinrachatakan 2021b), only known by males and can be recognized by its distinct postero-lateral hook on its axilla.