Author: Warncke, 1972

Type species: Panurgus clavatus Warncke, 1972, by original designation.
Clade: Anthophila
Family: Andrenidae
Subfamily: Panurginae
Tribe: Panurgini
Distinctive traits
  • Small bees
  • 2 submarginal cells with cell 1 longer than 2
  • truncated marginal cell
  • Females with sparse and short pilosity on posterior tibia and basitarsus.
  • Rare, recorded only from Eastern Europe.
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Morphologically close genera, and how to distinguish them:
  • Clavipanurgus - Panurginus
Clavipanurgus species have a vertex elevated on the sides (above the gena), so that the bee seem square-headed. They tend to be larger (vertex to sting around 9mm).
Panurginus species have a rounded vertex. They tend to be smaller (vertex to sting < 8mm)
  • Clavipanurgus - Camptopoeum, Flavipanurgus, Panurgus & Simpanurgus
Clavipanurgus species have submarginal cell 2 smaller than cell 1, recurrent vein 1 almost touching cubital transverse vein 1. Females have sparse and short hairs on posterior tibia and basitarsus.
Camptopoeum, Flavipanurgus, Panurgus & Simpanurgus species submarginal cell 1 of similar size than cell 2, recurrent vein 1 distant from cubital transverse vein 1. Females have dense and long pilosity on posterior tibia and basitarsus.
  • Clavipanurgus - Ammobates, Biastes, Parammobatodes & Pasites
Clavipanurgus has a flat clypeus and a short-tongue morphology of mouthparts (short maxillary palpi).
Ammobates, Biastes, Parammobatodes & Pasites have a somewhat protruding clypeus and a long-tongue morphology (segments 1 and 2 of maxillary palpi are strongly elongated)
General comments on Clavipanurgus species identification
There is only one species recorded in Europe.
Clavipanurgus species found in Europe (Ghisbain et al. 2023):
Clavipanurgus (Clavipanurgus) sculpturatus (Morawitz, 1873)
Online resources:
Atlas hymenoptera (Europe)
WestPalBees (Europe)
Page contributors:
  • Adrien Perrard (Dec. 2019)
  • Adrien Perrard (Dec. 2023)

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References used to write this page:
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