Author: Warncke, 1972

Type species:  Panurgus phyllopodus Warncke, 1972, by original designation.

Clade: Anthophila
Family: Andrenidae
Subfamily: Panurginae
Tribe: Panurgini

Estimated min and max body length from the genus.

Countries with known records of the genus (based on Nieto et al. 2014)

Estimated difficulty to accurately identify a specimen as belonging to this genus.

Distinctive traits

• Small bees with yellow markings on the body
• 2 submarginal cells of equivalent size
• truncated marginal cell
• first recurrent vein distant from the first cubital transverse vein.
  
• Restricted to the Iberian Peninsula, like Flavipanurgus.
  
  

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Morphologically close genera, and how to distinguish them:

• Simpanurgus - Flavipanurgus (Spain only)

Males of Simpanurgus species have convex inner margin of the eyes, so that they are closer from one another in their middle.  (Females of Simpanurgus are unknown)
Males of Flavipanurgus species have eyes ventrally diverging, so that they are closer from one another at the top.

• Simpanurgus - Camptopoeum

Camptopoeum species have a glossa longer than the prementum.
Simpanurgus species have a glossa shorter than the prementum.

• Simpanurgus - Panurgus

Simpanurgus species have a cuticle with yellow markings on the head and / or metasoma.
Panurgus has a brown/black cuticle on the head and / or metasoma.

• Simpanurgus - Clavipanurgus & Panurginus

Simpanurgus species have submarginal cell 1 of similar size than cell 2, recurrent vein 1 distant from cubital transverse vein 1. The female is unknown, but should have dense and long pilosity on posterior tibia and basitarsus.
Clavipanurgus & Panurginus 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.

• Simpanurgus - Ammobates, Biastes, Parammobatodes & Pasites

Simpanurgus 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 Simpanurgus species identification
There is only one species recorded in Europe.

Simpanurgus species found in Europe (IUCN 2014 + Rasmont et al 2017):
Simpanurgus (Simpanurgus) phyllopodus (Warncke, 1972)

Online resources:
Atlas hymenoptera (Europe)
WestPalBees (West Palearctic)

Page contributors:

• Adrien Perrard (Dec. 2019)

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References used to write this page:

• 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. (IUCN 2014)
•  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.