Author: Latreille, 1802

Type species: Andrena hirtipes Fabricius, 1793 , by designation of Blanchard, 1840: 414.
Subgenus: Dasypoda s. str. Latreille, 1802; Heterodasypoda Michez, 2004; Megadasypoda Michez, 2004; Microdasypoda Michez, 2004.
Synonyms: Podasys Rafinesque, 1815
Clade: Anthophila
Family: Melittidae
SubF: Dasypodainae
Tribe: Dasypodaini
Distinctive traits
  •  very long hairs on posterior legs (posterior basitarsus with hairs more than 3x longer than basitarsus width)
  • 2 submarginal cells
  • Submarginal cell 2 smaller than submarginal cell 1
  • small mouthparts (short-tongue morphology)
  • paraglossa without dense pilosity. 
Pictures of distinctive traits.
Morphologically close genera and how to distinguish them
  • Dasypoda - Melitta
Dasypoda species have a 2 submarginal cells, normal last tarsal segment and a bare paraglossa.
Melitta species have 3 submarginal cells, an enlarged last tarsal segment and densely hairy paraglossa.
  • Dasypoda - Eucera (some Eucera females have a well developed scopa that could induce confusions)
Dasypoda species have a short tongue.
Eucera species have a long tongue.
General comments on Dasypoda species identification
Species identification requires clean hairs and visible mouthparts. In the male, genitalia and last 3 sternites should be extracted.
Sorry, but the species identification tool is not yet available for Dasypoda. 
Please check the reference(s) below for traditional keys.
List of the 19 Dasypoda species found in Europe (Ghisbain et al. 2023):
Dasypoda (Dasypoda) dusmeti Quilis, 1928
Dasypoda (Dasypoda) hirtipes (Fabricius, 1793)
Dasypoda (Dasypoda) morawitzi Radchenko, 2016
Dasypoda (Dasypoda) panzeri Spinola, 1838
Dasypoda (Dasypoda) pyriformis Radoszkowski, 1887
Dasypoda (Heterodasypoda) albimana Pérez, 1905
Dasypoda (Heterodasypoda) michezi Radchenko, 2017
Dasypoda (Heterodasypoda) morotei Quilis, 1928
Dasypoda (Heterodasypoda) pyrotrichia Förster, 1855
Dasypoda (Megadasypoda) argentata Panzer, 1809
Dasypoda (Megadasypoda) braccata Eversmann, 1852
Dasypoda (Megadasypoda) frieseana Schletterer, 1890
Dasypoda (Megadasypoda) spinigera Kohl, 1905
Dasypoda (Megadasypoda) suripes (Christ, 1791)
Dasypoda (Megadasypoda) toroki Michez, 2004
Dasypoda (Megadasypoda) visnaga (Rossi, 1790)
Dasypoda (Microdasypoda) cingulata Erichson, 1835
Dasypoda (Microdasypoda) crassicornis Friese, 1896
Dasypoda (Microdasypoda) iberica Warncke, 1973
References with identification keys for some of the species:
  • Michez D., Terzo M. et Rasmont P. 2004. Phylogénie, biogéographie et choix floraux des abeilles oligolectiques du genre Dasypoda Latreille 1802 (Hymenoptera, Apoidea, Melittidae). Annales de la Société entomologique de France (n. s.) 40: 421-435.
  • Radchenko V.G. 2016. A new widespread European bee species of the genus Dasypoda Latreille (Hymenoptera, Apoidea). Zootaxa 4184 : 491-504.
Other ressources on the web: This list is incomplete, contact us if you know of other sites.
Page contributors:
  • Adrien Perrard (Dec. 2023)
  • Matthieu Aubert (Aug. 2020)
  • Adrien Perrard (Dec. 2019)

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References used to write this page:
  • Ghisbain, G., Rosa, P., Bogusch, P., Flaminio, S., Le Divelec, R., Dorchin, A., Kasparek, M., Kuhlmann, M., Litman, J., Mignot, M., Müller, A., Praz, C., Radchenko, V.G., Rasmont, P., Risch, S., Roberts, S.P.M., Smit, J., Wood, T.J., Michez, D. & Reverte, S. (2023). The new annotated checklist of the wild bees of Europe (Hymenoptera: Anthophila). Zootaxa, 5327(1), 1-147.
  • Michener, C.D. 2007. The Bees of the World, 2nd Edition. The John Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
  • Michez D., Rasmont P., Terzo, M., Vereecken, N. 2019. Abeilles d'Europes. Hymenoptères d'Europes, Volume 1. N.A.P. Editions.
  • Nieto, A., Roberts, S. P., Kemp, J., Rasmont, P., Kuhlmann, M., García Criado, M., ... & Michez, D. 2014. European red list of bees. Luxembourg: Publication Office of the European Union, 98.
  •  Rasmont, P., Devalez, Jelle, Pauly, A., Michez, D. & Radchenko, V.G. 2017. Addition to the checklist of IUCN European wild bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea). Annales de la Société entomologique de France 53: 17-32.