Author: Friese, 1896

Type species: Schmiedeknechtia oraniensis Friese 1896, monobasic.
Clade: Anthophila
Family: Apidae
Subfamily: Nomadinae
Tribe: Ammobatoidini
Distinctive traits
  • Small-size bees
  • No scopa (Cleptoparasitic bees)
  • 2 submarginal cells
  • Submarginal cell 1 much larger than cell 2 so that recurrent vein 1 connects with submarginal cell 1.
  • Oval marginal cell (not truncate)
  • Long mouthparts
Pictures of distinctive traits
Morphologically close genera, and how to distinguish them:
  • Schmiedeknechtia - Ammobatoides
Schmiedeknechtia body size is < 7mm, inner margin of the eyes straight, males with non-converging eyes, legs yellow.
Ammobatoides body size is > 10mm, inner margin of the eyes concave, males with converging eyes, legs black.
  • Schmiedeknechtia - Ammobates, Biastes, Chiasmognathus, Parammobatodes & Pasites
Schmiedeknechtia has an oval marginal cell, basal part of submarginal cell 1 is around twice as long as that of submarginal cell 2, reccurent vein 1 ending in submarginal cell 1.
Ammobates, Biastes, Chiasmognathus, Parammobatodes & Pasites have a truncated marginal cell, basal part submarginal cell 1 is about as long as that of submarginal cell 2, reccurent vein 1 ending in submarginal cell 2.
General comments on Schmiedeknechtia species identification
There is only one species of Schmiedeknechtia in Europe.
Schmiedeknechtia species found in Europe (Ghisbain et al. 2023)
Schmiedeknechtia oraniensis Friese, 1896
Online resources:
WestPalBees (West Palearctic)
Page contributors:
  • Adrien Perrard (Dec. 2023)
  • Adrien Perrard (Dec. 2019)

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