Lithurgopsis
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''Lithurgopsis'' is a genus of northern cactus woodborers in the family
Megachilidae Megachilidae is a cosmopolitan family of mostly solitary bees. Characteristic traits of this family are the restriction of their pollen-carrying structure (called a '' scopa'') to the ventral surface of the abdomen (rather than mostly or exclu ...
. 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.


Further reading

* Megachilidae Bee genera {{Megachilidae-stub