MELLIFERA (Rees).
B y D r . F e r d i n a n d M o r a v i t z .
F e d c h e n k o hoped to treat the Apidae section himself, but only succeeded
in finishing the determination and description of the greater part of the
species of the genus Anth.oph.ora. With what ardour he worked, and
to what extent he devoted himself to the labour of investigating’ the
Apidae, his observations show. He did not confine himself to the examination
of the external peculiarities only of these insects, but observed
also certain of their internal organs, .especially the sexual organs, intending
to explain the relation between their different forms, and to attempt
a genetical morphology. For this purpose he made ready a number of
microscopic preparations, but did not succeed in completing them,,
leaving only very disconnected observations.
The bees collected by Fedchenko form a very rich collection. Other
travellers in Turkistan collected no bees, and, therefore, the country may
be called, in this respect, unexplored. Lehmann, who went as far as
Bokhara and Samarkand, sent to the museum of the Academy of
Sciences only seven species of bees, collected by him in the environj
of Orenburg, and near Fort Novo Alexandrovsk, which were described'
by Erichson in iC Menetries’ Catalogue des Insectes recueillis par feu
M. Lehmann.” Eversmann, who had also travelled in Turkistan, did
not, it seems, then collect any Apidae. Though in his work (“ Fauna
Hymenopterologica Volgo-Uralensis,” B u ll, de Afosc., 1852) he often
mentions that other species inhabit not only the country between the
Ural and Volga, but beyond the Ural, yet all the specimens seen by me
were not collected in Turkistan, but, as is shown by the localities marked
on their tickets, near Indersk, Orsk, Irkutsk, and even Kiakhta. Thus
the whole literature of Turkistan bees is limited to the work of O. K.
Radoszkovsky, who received some species from Fedchenko, and described
four new species from the environs of Samarkand {Hor<z Soc. Entomol.
Rossicce, tomus viii.). .
The genus Anthophora is included in my work as the special labour ot
Fedchenko. I have only had to verify the determination of all the species,
to compile diagnoses, grouping, and synoptical tables, and give short descriptions
of certain species, the majority of which had been already
described by other entomologists. I must here remark that Fedchenko
did not separate Saropoda from A nthophora, and I have followed his
plan, as Saropoda is only distinguished from Anthophor a by its maxillary
palpi consisting of five, and those of Anthophora of six, joints ,
but the last joint of the labial palpi of Saropoda is not turned away from
the preceding one, as it should be in Anthophor a. Belonging, however,
to the latter genus we find a tolerably large number of transitory
species, having a special arrangement of palpi, which do not correspond
with either Saropoda or Anthophora. For instance, Anth.
magnilabris, montivaga, velocissima, and ruficornis have all the
labial palpi with the last joint not turned aside ; in magnilabris, montivaga,
and velocissima the maxillary palpi consist of five, and in ru ficornis
of four joints. We observe, however, a like difference m the
palpi among the species of other genera of mellifera ; for we rarely find
among Megachile or Osmia two species having a perfectly identical
exist at all, as in Pasites, and, therefore, it is impossible to ascribe to
them any important signification, as in the absence of other important
distinguishing marks, they do not serve as generic characters.
I A P I D A E G E N U I N A E .
A . SCOPULIPEDES.
( I . Sociales.)
Apis, Linné.
1 . A p i s m e l l i f i c a , L .
Bombus, Fabr.
2 . „ t e r r e s t r i s , L .
3 . „ l e u c o p y g u s , n.s.
4. „ m o n t a n u s , L e p e l e t .
5- „ f r a g r a n s , P a l l a s .
6 . „ l a e s u s , n.s.
7- » m e n d a x , G e r s t a c k .
8 . „ h o r t o r u m , L .
9 * a l t a i c u s , E v e r s m .
1 0 . „ F e d c h e n k o i , n.s.
Apathus, Newman.
1 1 . A p a t h u s R o s s i e l l u s , K i r b y
( 2 . Solitariae.)
A . A n t h o p h o r i d a e . '
Anthophora, Latr,
1 2 . A n t h o p h o r a p a r i e t i n a , F a b r .
1 3 - „ t u r a n i c a , n.s., F e d c h .
1 4 . ' , , E v e r s m a n n i , R a d o s z k .
15- i ) p e d a t a , E v e r s m .
1 6 . „ I I e i n e m a i l n i , n.s. , F e d .
17- » K o c h i , n.s., , ,
1 8 . , , C l e s s i n i , n.s., , ,
19- » B o g d a n o w i ; n.s., ,,
2 0 . „ F r e i m u t h i , n .s., , ,
2 1 . , . a t r i c i l l a , E v e r s m .
2 2 . , , S t s c h u r o y s k y i , « . j . , F e d .
2 3 . , , O s c h a n i n i , n .s., , ,
2 4 . „ K r o n e b e r g i , n.s., „
2 5 . , ) b i f a s c i a t a , n .s.,. -..
26. „ p e r s o n a t a , E r i c h s o n . '
2 7 . , , K e s s l e r i , n.s., F e d c h .
2 8 . „ s i m i l i s , n.s. •
2 9 . U l j a n i n i , n.s., F e d c h .
3 0 . „ F e d c h e n k o i , R a d o s z k .
3 1 . S O l g a e , n.s., F e d c h .
3 2 . „ m a g n i l a b r i s , n.s., , ,
3 3 - „ S i c h e l i i , R a d o s z k .
3 4 - t i , l i t u r a t a , L e p ê l .
13 5 - B m o n a c h a , E r i c h s .
3 6 . „ S t r a u c h i , n.s., F e d c h .
3 7 - » m u s c a r i a , n.s., , ,
3 8 . c l a v i c o r n i s , n.s.
3 9 - 1 1 t a r s i d e n s , » . r . , F e d c h .
4 0 . „ K a u f m a n n i , n.s., , ,
4 1 . 1 . g r a c i l i p e s , M o r .
4 2 . „ S a u s s u r e i , n.s., F e d c h .
4 3 . „ S o l s k y i , n .s., „
4 4 .
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A n t h o p h o r a q u a d r i f a s c i a t a , D e V i l i .
M a c L a c h l a n i , n.s..¥ e d .
a l b i g e n a , L e p e l .
v e l o c i s s i m a , n .s .,¥ e d .
m o n t i v a g a , n .s., „
p i c i c o r n i s , n.s., ,,
r u f i c o r n i s , n .s., , ,.
b i m a c u l a t a , P a n z e r ,
m e r i d i o n a l i s , n .s., F e d .
L o e w i , n.s.,
b a r b i p e s , n.s.,- , ,
d e s e r t i c o l a , M o r .
E r s c h o w i , n.s., F e d .
R a d o s z k o w s k y i , n.s., „
S e m p e r i , n .s., F e d .
A b r a m o w i , n.s.,
e x c e l s a , n.s.,
f l a v e s c e n s , n.s.,
m u r i n a , n.s.,
m e l a n o p y g a , n.s.,
M a r t e n s i , n.s.,
Plistotrichia, Mor.
P l i s t o t r i c h i a c o m p a c t a , n.s.
Tetralonia, Spinola.
T e t r a l o n i a v e m a l i s . n.s.
„ s p e c t a b i l i s , n.s.
„ r u f i c o l l i s , B r u l l é .
• „ ’ t r a n s i t o r i a , n.s.
„ t r i c i n c t a , E r i c h s .
„ d i s t i n g u e n d a , n.s.
„ i n t e r m e d i a , n.s.
„ m a s t r u c a t a , n.s.
„ R a d o s z k o v s k y i , M o r .
„ v e s t i t a , n.s.
,, r u f e s c e n s , n.s.
„ a l b o - r u f a , R a d o s z k .
„ m a l v a e , R o s s i .
„ n a n a , M o r .
, , r u f i c o r n i s , F a b r .
, , d e s e r t o r u m , n.s.
„ p o l l i n o s a , L e p e l .
Encera, Scop.
E u c e r a m e l a n o c e p h a l a . n.s.
„ t i b i a l i s , n.s.
„ h i r s u t a , n.s.
„ s i m i l i s , L e p e l .
„ p r ó x i m a , n.s.
„ c l y p e a t a , E r i c h s .
„ p u s i l l a , n.s.
„ c a u c á s i c a , M o r .
„ t e g u l a r i s , n.s.
„ s u b r u f a , L e p e l .