Subgenus Rhopaloheriades
The only species of the subgenus Rhopaloheriades Griswold & Michener is confined to the Palaearctic region.
Species accounts
Heriades (Rhopaloheriades) clavicornis Morawitz, 1875
1875 Heriades clavicornis Morawitz, Travel to Turkestan by A. P. Fedtschenko, p. 75. Type material: Lectotype m, by designation of Zanden (1994a: 171), “prope Warsaminor” [Turkestan], ZMUM (Moscow); paralectotype m. Type species of Rhopaloheriades Griswold & Michener.-Combination Heriades (Eutrypetes) clavicornis Morawitz in Zanden (1989: 79).
Distribution-Europe: ARM, GR. Northern Asia: TJ; Turkestan. Southwestern Asia: CY, IL, RL, SYR, TR.
Identification-Keys, Descriptions: Friese (1898); Mavromoustakis (1948a: 180).
Nesting biology: Unknown.
Flower preferences: Probably oligolectic on Asteraceae (A. Müller, unpublished, based on 11 pollen samples from 5 different localities).
- subspecies armeniacus Popov, 1956
1956 Heriades clavicornis armeniacus Popov, Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie, 35: 165. Type material: Syntypes mm, “Zeravshan” [Armenia ], ZIN (St. Petersburg).
Distribution-Europe: ARM.
Identification-Keys, Descriptions: No supplementary or more detailed morphological description known. Note: Female unknown.
- subspecies clavicornis Morawitz, 1875
1875 Automatically established nominotypical subspecific taxon (original description and type specimen are identical with those of the species rank taxon of the same name above).
Distribution-Europe: GR. Northern Asia: TJ; Turkestan. Southwestern Asia: CY, IL, RL, SYR, TR.
Identification-Keys, Descriptions: No supplementary or more detailed morphological description known.