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 (UICN 2014 + Rasmont et al. 2017)
Schmiedeknechtia (Schmiedeknechtia) oraniensis Friese, 1896
Online resources:
WestPalBees (West Palearctic)
Page contributors:
  • Adrien Perrard (Dec. 2019)

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