''Panurgus'' is a genus of mining bees belonging to the family

Andrenidae The Andrenidae (commonly known as mining bees) are a large, nearly cosmopolitan family of solitary, ground-nesting bees. Most of the family's diversity is located in temperate or arid areas (warm temperate xeric). It includes some enormous gener ...

, subfamily

Panurginae The bee subfamily Panurginae is a diverse lineage of 33 genera in 7 tribes. They are particularly diverse in the New World, though scarce in the tropics, and in the Old World they can be found primarily in the Palaearctic and Africa, but absent ...

Description

''Panurgus'' species are small to medium in size, reaching . Most species (subgenus Panurgus s.str.) are almost entirely black. The hair is relatively sparse, but the male has a thick, long, black facial hair. The body surface area largely bald and shiny. The abdomen has a typical, slightly diamond-shaped outline. ''Panurgus'' have one generation per year, adults can be found especially in late Summer. They are dependent on

Asteraceae The family Asteraceae, alternatively Compositae, consists of over 32,000 known species of flowering plants in over 1,900 genera within the order Asterales. Commonly referred to as the aster, daisy, composite, or sunflower family, Compositae w ...

as a pollen source and they prefers yellow flowers. The nests are laid in sandy soil or loess.

Distribution

These bees are confined entirely to the

Palearctic realm The Palearctic or Palaearctic is the largest of the eight biogeographic realms of the Earth. It stretches across all of Eurasia north of the foothills of the Himalayas, and North Africa. The realm consists of several bioregions: the Euro-Sib ...

, the range extends from the Canary Islands to China and Japan.

Species

Subgenus ''Flavipanurgus'' Warncke, 1972 * '' Panurgus flavus'' Friese, 1897 * '' Panurgus fuzetus'' Patiny, 1999 * '' Panurgus granadensis'' Warncke, 1987 * '' Panurgus ibericus'' Warncke, 1972 * '' Panurgus merceti'' Vachal, 1910 * '' Panurgus venustus'' Erichson, 1835 Subgenus ''Panurgus'' Panzer, 1806 * '' Panurgus banksianus'' (Kirby, 1802) * '' Panurgus calcaratus'' (Scopoli, 1763) Subgenus ''Simpanurgus'' Warncke, 1972 * '' Panurgus acutus'' Patiny, 2002 * '' Panurgus afghanensis'' Warncke, 1972 * '' Panurgus annulipes'' (Lucas, 1846) * '' Panurgus arctos'' (Erichson, 1806) * '' Panurgus avarus'' Warncke, 1972 * '' Panurgus buteus'' Warncke, 1972 * '' Panurgus calceatus'' Pérez, 1895 * '' Panurgus canarius'' Warncke, 1972 * '' Panurgus canescens'' Latreille, 1811 * '' Panurgus canohirtus'' Friese, 1922 * '' Panurgus catulus'' Warncke, 1972 * '' Panurgus cavannae'' Gribodo, 1880 * '' Panurgus cephalotes'' Latreille, 1811 * '' Panurgus convergens'' Pérez, 1895 * '' Panurgus corsicus'' Warncke, 1972 * '' Panurgus cyrenaikensis'' Warncke, 1972 * '' Panurgus dargius'' Warncke, 1972 * '' Panurgus dentatus'' Friese, 1901 * '' Panurgus dentipes'' Latreille, 1811 * '' Panurgus farinosus'' Warncke, 1972 * '' Panurgus friesei'' Mocsary, 1894 * '' Panurgus intermedius'' Rozen, 1971 * '' Panurgus maroccanus'' Pérez, 1895 * '' Panurgus meridionali''s Patiny, Ortiz-Sánchez & Michez, 2005 * '' Panurgus minor'' Warncke, 1972 * '' Panurgus nasutus'' Spinola, 1838 * '' Panurgus nigriscopus'' Pérez, 1895 * '' Panurgus niloticus'' Warncke, 1972 * '' Panurgus oblitus'' Warncke, 1972 * '' Panurgus ovatulus'' Warncke, 1972 * '' Panurgus perezi'' Saunders, 1882 * '' Panurgus phyllopodus'' Warncke, 1972 * '' Panurgus pici'' Pérez, 1895 * '' Panurgus platymerus'' Pérez, 1895 * '' Panurgus posticus'' Warncke, 1972 * '' Panurgus pyropygus'' Friese, 1901 * '' Panurgus rungsii'' Benoist, 1937 * '' Panurgus siculus'' Morawitz, 1872 * '' Panurgus sidensis'' Warncke, 1987 * '' Panurgus soikai'' Pittioni, 1950 * '' Panurgus vachali'' Pérez, 1895 * '' Panurgus variegatus'' Morawitz, 1876

References

* Charles D. Michener: The Bees of the World. 2nd Edition. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore 2007
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