Protandrenini Explained

Protandrenini is a tribe of mining bees in the family Andrenidae. There are at least 12 genera and at least 380 described species in Protandrenini.^[1]

Genera

These 12 genera belong to the tribe Protandrenini (some authors treat subgenera within this classification as genera):

• Anthemurgus Robertson, 1902
• Anthrenoides Ducke, 1907
• Chaeturginus Lucas de Oliveira & Moure, 1963
• Liphanthus Reed, 1894
• Neffapis Ruz, 1995
• Parapsaenythia Friese, 1908
• Protandrena Cockerell, 1896
• Psaenythia Gerstäcker, 1868
• Psaenythisca Ramos, 2014
• Pseudopanurgus Cockerell, 1897
• Rhophitulus Ducke, 1907
• Stenocolletes Schrottky, 1909 (incertae sedis)

Further reading

• Web site: 2019-07-02. Discover Life bee species guide and world checklist (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila). 2019. Ascher . J.S.. Pickering . J..
• Book: The Bees of the World. 2007. Michener . Charles D.. Johns Hopkins University Press. 978-0801885730.

Notes and References

1. Engel M, Gonzalez V (2011) Andinopanurgus, a new Andean subgenus of Protandrena (Hymenoptera, Andrenidae). ZooKeys 126: 57-76. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.126.1676