Author: Scopoli 1770
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Type species: Apis longicornis Linnaeus, 1758, by designation of Latreille, 1810: 439.
Subgenera: Eucera s.str.; Synhalonia; Tetralonia. Synonyms: Macrocera Latreille 1810 (not Meigen 1803); Xenoglossodes; Melissina. |
Clade: Anthophila
Family: Apidae Subfamily: Eucerinae Tribe: Eucerini |
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Distinctive traits
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Pictures of distinctive traits
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Morphologically close genera and how to distinguish them:
Tetralonia species have three submarginal cells, a flat clypeus, a non-linear malar space and normally plumose scopal hairs.
Anthophora, Amegilla & Habropoda species have submarginal cells of equivalent sizes
- Eucera - Tetralonia
Tetralonia species have three submarginal cells, a flat clypeus, a non-linear malar space and normally plumose scopal hairs.
- Eucera - Anthophora, Amegilla & Habropoda
Anthophora, Amegilla & Habropoda species have submarginal cells of equivalent sizes
General comments on Eucera species identification
Since Dorchin (2018), Eucera now comprises every species of Eucerini in Europe, and is subdivided in three subgenera: Eucera s.str (2 submarginal cells), Synhalonia and Tetralonia.
Currently, Eucera species are amongst the most difficult bees to identify in Europe. In absence of a revision of the european species, we lack proper criteria for species identification, and putting a species name on specimens without having proper reference specimens compared to type specimens is hazardous. Unless you are in areas with very few species, an expert's eye will be required to sort out the specimens.
Since Dorchin (2018), Eucera now comprises every species of Eucerini in Europe, and is subdivided in three subgenera: Eucera s.str (2 submarginal cells), Synhalonia and Tetralonia.
Currently, Eucera species are amongst the most difficult bees to identify in Europe. In absence of a revision of the european species, we lack proper criteria for species identification, and putting a species name on specimens without having proper reference specimens compared to type specimens is hazardous. Unless you are in areas with very few species, an expert's eye will be required to sort out the specimens.
Sorry, but the species identification tool is not yet available for Eucera.
Please check the reference(s) at the bottom of the page for traditional keys.
Please check the reference(s) at the bottom of the page for traditional keys.
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List of the 89 Eucera species found in Europe (Ghisbain et al. 2023):
Eucera (Cubitalia) breviceps Friese, 1911 Eucera (Cubitalia) morio Friese, 1911 Eucera (Cubitalia) parvicornis Mocsáry, 1878 Eucera (Cubitalia) tristis Morawitz, 1875 Eucera (Eucera) aequata Vachal, 1907 Eucera (Eucera) albofasciata Friese, 1895 Eucera (Eucera) algira Lepeletier, 1841 Eucera (Eucera) atriceps Morawitz, 1877 Eucera (Eucera) barbiventris Pérez, 1902 Eucera (Eucera) bidentata Pérez, 1887 Eucera (Eucera) caerulescens Friese, 1899 Eucera (Eucera) caspica Morawitz, 1873 Eucera (Eucera) cineraria Eversmann, 1852 Eucera (Eucera) clypeata Erichson, 1835 Eucera (Eucera) codinai Dusmet y Alonso, 1926 Eucera (Eucera) collaris Dours, 1873 Eucera (Eucera) confinis Pérez, 1895 Eucera (Eucera) curvitarsis Mocsáry, 1879 Eucera (Eucera) cypria Alfken, 1933 Eucera (Eucera) dafnii Dorchin, 2019 Eucera (Eucera) dalmatica Lepeletier, 1841 Eucera (Eucera) digitata Friese, 1896 Eucera (Eucera) dimidiata Brullé, 1832 Eucera (Eucera) ebmeri Risch, 1999 Eucera (Eucera) elongatula Vachal, 1907 Eucera (Eucera) excisa Mocsáry, 1879 Eucera (Eucera) fasciata Risch, 1999 Eucera (Eucera) ferghanica Morawitz, 1875 Eucera (Eucera) flavicornis Risch, 2003 Eucera (Eucera) furfurea Vachal, 1907 Eucera (Eucera) gaullei Vachal, 1907 Eucera (Eucera) gracilipes Pérez, 1895 Eucera (Eucera) grisea Fabricius, 1793 Eucera (Eucera) helvola Klug, 1845 Eucera (Eucera) hispana Lepeletier, 1841 Eucera (Eucera) interrupta Bär, 1850 Eucera (Eucera) kullenbergi Tkalců, 1978 Eucera (Eucera) laxiscopa Alfken, 1935 Eucera (Eucera) longicornis (Linnaeus, 1758) Eucera (Eucera) matalae Tkalců, 2003 Eucera (Eucera) microsoma Cockerell, 1922 Eucera (Eucera) nigrescens Pérez, 1879 Eucera (Eucera) nigrifacies Lepeletier, 1841 Eucera (Eucera) nigrilabris Lepeletier, 1841 |
Eucera (Eucera) notata Lepeletier, 1841 Eucera (Eucera) numida Lepeletier, 1841 Eucera (Eucera) obliterata Pérez, 1896 Eucera (Eucera) oraniensis Lepeletier, 1841 Eucera (Eucera) palaestinae Friese, 1922 Eucera (Eucera) pannonica Mocsáry, 1878 Eucera (Eucera) paraclypeata Sitdikov, 1988 Eucera (Eucera) parnassia Pérez, 1902 Eucera (Eucera) penicillata Risch, 1997 Eucera (Eucera) pollinosa Smith, 1854 Eucera (Eucera) proxima Morawitz, 1875 Eucera (Eucera) pseudeucnemidea Risch, 1997 Eucera (Eucera) punctatissima Pérez, 1895 Eucera (Eucera) puncticollis Morawitz, 1876 Eucera (Eucera) punctulata Alfken, 1942 Eucera (Eucera) pythagoras Risch, 2003 Eucera (Eucera) rufipes Smith, 1879 Eucera (Eucera) seminuda Brullé, 1832 Eucera (Eucera) sogdiana Morawitz, 1875 Eucera (Eucera) squamosa Lepeletier, 1841 Eucera (Eucera) syriaca Dalla Torre, 1896 Eucera (Eucera) taurea Vachal, 1907 Eucera (Eucera) taurica Morawitz, 1871 Eucera (Eucera) terminata Pérez, 1895 Eucera (Eucera) vittulata Noskiewicz, 1934 Eucera (Eucera) vulpes Brullé, 1832 Eucera (Synhalonia) alborufa (Radoszkowski, 1872) Eucera (Synhalonia) brachycera (Gribodo, 1893) Eucera (Synhalonia) hungarica Friese, 1896 Eucera (Synhalonia) intermedia (Morawitz, 1875) Eucera (Synhalonia) lanuginosa Klug, 1845 Eucera (Synhalonia) maroccana (Dusmet y Alonso, 1928) Eucera (Synhalonia) mastrucata (Morawitz, 1875) Eucera (Synhalonia) mediterranea Friese, 1896 Eucera (Synhalonia) melectoides (Radoszkowski, 1893) Eucera (Synhalonia) obscura (Brullé, 1832) Eucera (Synhalonia) plumigera (Kohl, 1905) Eucera (Synhalonia) pollinaris (Kirby, 1802) Eucera (Synhalonia) quilisi (Dusmet y Alonso, 1926) Eucera (Synhalonia) rufa (Lepeletier, 1841) Eucera (Synhalonia) ruficollis (Brullé, 1832) Eucera (Synhalonia) transitoria (Morawitz, 1875) Eucera (Synhalonia) tricincta Erichson, 1835 Eucera (Synhalonia) velutina (Morawitz, 1873) Eucera (Synhalonia) vernalis (Morawitz, 1875) |
References with identification keys for some of the species:
- Osytshnjuk, A.Z., Panfilov, D.V. & Ponomareva A.A. (1978) Superfamily Apoidea. In: Tobias, V.I. (Ed). Key to the insects of European part of the USSR. Vol. 3. Hymenoptera. Pt. 1. Nauka, Leningrad, 279-519. (In Russian)
- Amiet, F., Herrmann, M., Müller, A. and Neumeyer, R., 2007. Apidae 5: Ammobates, Ammobatoides, Anthophora, Biastes, Ceratina, Dasypoda, Epeoloides, Epeolus, Eucera, Macropis, Melecta, Melitta, Nomada, Pasites, Tetralonia, Thyreus, Xylocopa (Vol. 5). Centre suisse de cartographie de la faune
- Falk, S.J., 2015. Field guide to the bees of Great Britain and Ireland. British Wildlife Publishing
Online resources:
Atlas hymenoptera (Belgium)
BWARS (UK)
Discover Life (World)
WestPalBees (West Palearctic)
Atlas hymenoptera (Belgium)
BWARS (UK)
Discover Life (World)
WestPalBees (West Palearctic)
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