''Lithurgopsis'' is a genus of northern cactus woodborers in the family

Megachilidae Megachilidae is a cosmopolitan family of mostly solitary bees. Both that their pollen-carrying structure (called a ''scopa'') is restricted to the ventral surface of the abdomen (rather than mostly or exclusively on the hind legs as in other b ...

. There are at least nine described species in ''Lithurgopsis''.Sharkey M.J. (2007). ''Phylogeny and Classification of Hymenoptera''."Phylogenetic relationships among superfamilies of Hymenoptera", Sharkey M.J., Carpenter J.M., Vilhelmsen L., et al. 2012. ''Cladistics'' 28(1): 80-112.

Species

These species belong to the genus ''Lithurgopsis''. * '' Lithurgopsis antilleorum'' (Michener, 1988) * '' Lithurgopsis apicalis'' (Cresson, 1875) * '' Lithurgopsis bitorulosa'' (Snelling, 1986) * '' Lithurgopsis echinocacti'' (Cockerell, 1898) * '' Lithurgopsis gibbosa'' (Smith, 1853) * '' Lithurgopsis listrota'' (Snelling, 1983) * '' Lithurgopsis littoralis'' (Cockerell, 1917) * '' Lithurgopsis planifrons'' (Friese, 1908) * '' Lithurgopsis rufiventris'' (Friese, 1908)

References

* Hinojosa-Díaz I (2008). "The giant resin bee making its way west: First record in Kansas (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae)". ''ZooKeys'' 1: 67–71.

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