''Eoanthidium'' is a genus of bees in the

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 ...

family.

Description

''Eoanthidium'' generally have elongate, slender bodies with black

integument In biology, an integument is the tissue surrounding an organism's body or an organ within, such as skin, a husk, shell, germ or rind. Etymology The term is derived from ''integumentum'', which is Latin for "a covering". In a transferred, or ...

and yellow maculations. Their body length ranges from 6–10 mm.

Distribution

''Eoanthidium'' occurs in the eastern Mediterranean, southwestern Asia, southern Russia, southern India, Pakistan, and Africa.

Taxonomy

''Eoanthidium'' contains the following 4

subgenera In biology, a subgenus (plural: subgenera) is a taxonomic rank directly below genus. In the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, a subgeneric name can be used independently or included in a species name, in parentheses, placed betwee ...

: * ''Clistanthidium'' * ''Eoanthidium'' * ''Hemidiellum'' * ''Salemanthidium''

Species

''Eoanthidium'' contains at least 17 species:

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q14457269 Megachilidae Insects described in 1950