{"id":86,"date":"2009-01-21T23:19:07","date_gmt":"2009-01-21T22:19:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpethzprd.ethz.ch\/osmiini\/?page_id=86"},"modified":"2026-06-20T11:39:21","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T10:39:21","slug":"michenerella","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethz.ch\/osmiini\/palaearctic-species\/heriades\/michenerella\/","title":{"rendered":"Subgenus Michenerella"},"content":{"rendered":"

The subgenus Michenerella<\/em> Krombein occurs in the Palaearctic, Afrotropical and Oriental region. It contains 17 described species in the Palaearctic.<\/p>\n

Species accounts<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Heriades (Michenerella) alfkeni <\/em><\/strong>Benoist, 1938<\/span><\/h3>\n

1938 Heriades Alfkeni<\/strong><\/em> Benoist, Bulletin de la Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 Entomologique de France, 43: 85. Type material<\/span>: m(m), “Turkestan: Tartugai pr\u00e8s de Perowsk” [Kazakhstan], MNHN (Paris).<\/p>\n

Distribution-Northern Asia: <\/strong>KZ<\/span>.<\/p>\n

Identification-<\/strong>Keys, Descriptions: <\/strong>Popov (1955: 283-284). Note: <\/strong>Female unknown.<\/p>\n

Nesting biology: <\/strong>Unknown.<\/p>\n

Flower preferences: <\/strong>Unknown.<\/p>\n

Heriades (Michenerella) ammodendri <\/em>Popov, 1960<\/strong><\/h3>\n

1960 Heriades (Eutrypetes) ammodendri<\/strong><\/em> Popov, Trudy Zoologiceskzo Instituta Akademija Nauk SSSR (Leningrad [St. Petersburg]), 27: 256. Type material<\/span>: Lectotype f, by designation of A. M\u00fcller (unpublished), “Orta-Kuyu (Karakum desert)”, “River Kirpili, 100 km northeast Gyzylarbat” [Turkmenistan], ZIN (St. Petersburg); paralectotype f.<\/p>\n

Distribution-Northern Asia: <\/strong>TM<\/span>.<\/p>\n

Identification-<\/strong>Keys, Descriptions: <\/strong>No supplementary or more detailed morphological description known. Note: <\/strong>Male unknown.<\/p>\n

Nesting biology: <\/strong>Unknown.<\/p>\n

Flower preferences: Unknown.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Heriades (Michenerella) cancava<\/em> Wu, 1982<\/strong><\/h3>\n

1982 Heriades cancavus<\/strong><\/em> Wu, Insects of Xizang, vol. 2, p. 406, p. 424. Type material<\/span>: Holotype m, “Xizang: Chagyab, 3600 m” [China], IZCAS (Beijing).-Combination Heriades (Heriades) cancavus<\/em> Wu in Wu (2006: 78).<\/p>\n

Distribution-Northern Asia:<\/strong> RC(WP)<\/span>.<\/p>\n

Identification-Keys, Descriptions: <\/strong>Wu (2006). Note:<\/strong> Female unknown.<\/p>\n

Nesting biology:<\/strong> Unknown.<\/p>\n

Flower preferences:<\/strong> Unknown.<\/p>\n

Heriades (Michenerella) clypeonitida<\/em> M\u00fcller & Wood, 2025<\/strong><\/h3>\n

2025 Heriades (Michenerella) clypeonitida<\/strong><\/em> M\u00fcller & Wood, Zootaxa, 5631, 84. Type material<\/span>: Holotype f, “Segovia, Carbonero el Mayor, 2 km SW C. las Tejeras to Rio Eresma” [Spain], ETH (Zurich); paratypes ff, m.<\/p>\n

Distribution-Europe: <\/strong>BG, E<\/span>, GR, GR(Aegean Islands). Southwestern Asia: <\/strong>TR.<\/p>\n

Identification-Keys, Descriptions: <\/strong>No supplementary or more detailed morphological description known.<\/p>\n

Nesting biology:<\/strong> Unknown.<\/p>\n

Flower preferences:<\/strong> Unknown. Flower records: Eryngium campestre<\/em> (Apiaceae) (M\u00fcller & Wood, 2025).<\/p>\n

Heriades (Michenerella) discrepans <\/em>Benoist, 1938<\/strong><\/h3>\n

1938 Heriades discrepans<\/strong><\/em> Benoist, Bulletin de la Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 Entomologique de France, 43: 88. Type material<\/span>: f(f), “La Calle” [Algeria], MNHN (Paris).<\/p>\n

Distribution-Northern Africa: <\/strong>DZ<\/span>, MA, TN.<\/p>\n

Identification-<\/strong>Keys, Descriptions: <\/strong>No supplementary or more detailed morphological description known. Note: <\/strong>Male unknown.<\/p>\n

Nesting biology: Unknown.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Flower preferences: <\/strong>Probably polylectic (A. M\u00fcller, unpublished, based on 1 pollen sample).<\/span><\/p>\n

Heriades (Michenerella) fujiyamai<\/em> Yasumatsu & Hirashima, 1952<\/strong><\/h3>\n

1952 Heriades fujiyamai<\/strong><\/em> Yasumatsu & Hirashima. Type material<\/span>: “Hachijo Island” [Japan].<\/p>\n

Distribution-Northern Asia:<\/strong> J<\/span>.<\/p>\n

Identification-Keys, Descriptions:<\/strong> Yasumatsu and Hirashima (1965: 254)<\/p>\n

Nesting biology: <\/strong>Unknown.<\/span><\/p>\n

Flower preferences:<\/strong> Unknown.<\/p>\n

Heriades (Michenerella) hissarica <\/em>Popov, 1955<\/strong><\/h3>\n

1955 Heriades (Eutrypetes) hissarica<\/strong><\/em> Popov, Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie, 34: 285. Type material<\/span>: Lectotype f, by designation of A. M\u00fcller (unpublished), “Kondara, 1100 m” [Tajikistan], ZIN (St. Petersburg).<\/p>\n

Distribution-<\/strong>Northern Asia: <\/strong>KZ, TJ<\/span>, UZ. Southwestern Asia:<\/strong> <\/em>IR, <\/em>TR.<\/em><\/p>\n

Identification-<\/strong>Keys, Descriptions:<\/strong> Khodoparast & Monfared (2013: 243).<\/p>\n

Nesting biology: Unknown.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Flower preferences: <\/strong>The only four pollen samples available so far (from three different localities) consist of pollen of Resedaceae (A. M\u00fcller, unpublished). Flower records: Caylurea hexagona<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Heriades (<\/em><\/strong>Michenerella) <\/em><\/strong>judaica<\/em><\/strong> <\/em><\/strong>Mavromoustakis, 1948<\/span><\/h3>\n

1948 Heriades judaica<\/strong><\/em> Mavromoustakis, The Annals and Magazine of Natural History (London), ser. 12, 1: 180. Type material<\/span>: Holotype f, “Palestine: Jerusalem” [Israel], DAAN (Nicosia).<\/p>\n

Distribution-Southwestern Asia: <\/strong>IL<\/span>, JOR, RL, SYR.<\/p>\n

Identification-<\/strong>Keys, Descriptions: <\/strong>No supplementary or more detailed morphological description known.<\/p>\n

Nesting biology: <\/strong>Unknown.
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Flower preferences: <\/strong>Probably oligolectic on Allium<\/em> (Amaryllidaceae) (A. M\u00fcller, unpublished, based on 11 pollen loads from 3 different localities).<\/p>\n

Heriades (Michenerella) latipes <\/em>Popov, 1960<\/strong><\/h3>\n

1960 Heriades (Eutrypetes) latipes<\/strong><\/em> Popov, Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie, 39: 427. Type material<\/span>: Syntypes mm, ff, “Tartugai”, “Baigakum near Juleck” [Kazakhstan], ZIN (St. Petersburg).<\/p>\n

Distribution-Northern Asia: <\/strong>KZ<\/span>.<\/p>\n

Identification-<\/strong>Keys, Descriptions:<\/strong>No supplementary or more detailed morphological description known.<\/p>\n

Nesting biology: Unknown.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Flower preferences: Unknown.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Heriades (Michenerella) longicornis <\/em>Popov, 1960<\/strong><\/h3>\n

1960 Heriades longicornis<\/strong><\/em> Popov, Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie, 39: 424. Type material<\/span>: Syntypes mm, f, “Tartugai” [Kazakhstan], ZIN (St. Petersburg).<\/p>\n

Distribution-Northern Asia: <\/strong>KZ<\/span>.<\/p>\n

Identification-<\/strong>Keys, Descriptions: <\/strong>No supplementary or more detailed morphological description known.<\/p>\n

Nesting biology: Unknown.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Flower preferences: Unknown.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Heriades (Michenerella) parvula<\/em> Bingham, 1897<\/strong><\/h3>\n

1897 Heriades parvula<\/strong><\/em> Bingham, The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma, Hymenoptera, vol. 1, p. 508.Type material<\/span>: f(f), “Rangoon, Burma” [Burma], BMNH (London).-Combination Heriades (Heriades) parvulus<\/em> Bingham in Wu (2006: 78).<\/p>\n

1925 Heriades binghami<\/strong><\/em> Dover, The Annals and Magazine of Natural History (London), ser. 9, 15: 230. NOMEN NOVUM with same type specimen for presumptively preoccupied Heriades parvulus<\/em> Bingham, 1897 [not unavailable Megachile parvula<\/em> Cameron, 1896].<\/p>\n

Distribution-Northern Asia:<\/strong> RC(SW). Extralimital:<\/strong> Oriental (Burma<\/span>).<\/p>\n

Identification-Keys, Descriptions:<\/strong> Wu (2006). Note:<\/strong> Male unknown.<\/p>\n

Nesting biology: <\/strong>Unknown.<\/p>\n

Flower preferences: <\/strong>Unknown.<\/p>\n

Heriades (Michenerella) punctulifera<\/em><\/strong> Schletterer, 1889<\/strong><\/h3>\n

1889 Heriades punctulifera <\/strong><\/em>Schletterer, Zoologisches Jahrbuch f\u00fcr Systematik, 4: 670. Type material<\/span>: Syntypes mm, “Adalia in Kleinasien” [Turkey], ZMHB (Berlin).<\/p>\n

1922 Eriades (Trypetes) dalmaticus<\/strong><\/em> Maidl, Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, 35: 93. Type material<\/span>: Holotype f, “Spalato” [Croatia], NMW (Wien).-Combination Heriades (Eutrypetes) dalmaticus<\/em> Maidl in Mavromoustakis (1958: 443). New synonymy based on type material (A. M\u00fcller, unpublished).<\/p>\n

Distribution-Europe:<\/strong> AZ, BG, GR, GR(Aegean Islands), HR, I(Si), M. <\/em>Southwestern Asia: <\/strong>CY, IL, RL, SYR, TR<\/span>.<\/p>\n

Identification-<\/strong>Keys, Descriptions:<\/strong>Friese (1898); Mavromoustakis (1958: 443).<\/p>\n

Nesting biology: Unknown.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Flower preferences: <\/strong>Polylectic (A. M\u00fcller, unpublished, based on 8 pollen samples from 6 different localities). Flower records: Dittrichia viscosa, Calamintha nepeta<\/em> (Standfuss et al., 2003).<\/p>\n

– <\/em>subspecies <\/span>punctulifera<\/strong><\/em> Schletterer, 1889<\/strong><\/h3>\n

1922 Automatically established nominotypical subspecific taxon (original description and type specimen are identical with those of the species rank taxon of the same name above).<\/p>\n

Distribution-Europe: <\/strong><\/strong>AZ, BG, GR, HR, I(Si), M. <\/em>Southwestern Asia:<\/strong> IL, RL, SYR, TR<\/span>.<\/p>\n

Identification-<\/strong>Keys, Descriptions:<\/strong> <\/strong>No supplementary or more detailed morphological description known.<\/p>\n

– <\/em>subspecies <\/span>troodica<\/em> <\/span>Mavromoustakis, 1951<\/strong><\/h3>\n

1951 Eriades dalmatica troodica<\/strong><\/em> Mavromoustakis, The Annals and Magazine of Natural History (London), ser. 12, 4: 352. Type material<\/span>: Holotype f, “Mt. Troodos, open slopes, 5500 ft.” [Cyprus], DAAN (Nicosia); paratypes ff.<\/p>\n

Distribution-Southwestern Asia:<\/strong> <\/em>CY<\/span>.<\/p>\n

Identification-<\/strong>Keys, Descriptions:<\/strong> <\/strong>No supplementary or more detailed morphological description known. Note: <\/strong>Male unknown.<\/p>\n

Heriades (Michenerella) sakishimana<\/em> Yasumatsu & Hirashima, 1965<\/strong><\/h3>\n

1<\/span><\/span>911 <\/span><\/span>Heriades sakishimanus<\/strong> Yasumatsu & Hirashima, Kontyu, 33: 253. <\/span><\/span>Type material<\/span><\/span><\/span>: Holotype f, “Shirahama, Iriomote-jima” [Japan], KUEC (Fukuoka); paratype f.<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Distribution-Northern Asia:<\/strong> J<\/span><\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Identification-Keys, Descriptions:<\/strong> No supplementary or more detailed morphological description known. Note: <\/strong>Male unknown.<\/p>\n

Nesting biology:<\/strong> Unknown.<\/p>\n

Flower preferences:<\/strong> Unknown.<\/p>\n

Heriades (Michenerella) <\/em><\/strong>sauteri <\/em>Cockerell, 1911<\/strong><\/h3>\n

1911 Heriades sauteri<\/strong><\/em> Cockerell, The Annals and Magazine of Natural History (London), ser. 8, 7: 314. Type material<\/span>: Syntypes m(m), f(f), “Formosa” [Taiwan], ZMHB (Berlin), San Francisco.-Combination Heriades (Heriades) sauteri<\/em> Cockerell in Wu (2006: 77).<\/p>\n

Distribution-Northern Asia: <\/strong>J, RC(SW), TW<\/span>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Identification-Keys, Descriptions: <\/strong>Wu (2006); Yasumatsu and Hirashima (1965: 253-254).<\/p>\n

Nesting biology: Unknown.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Flower preferences: Unknown.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Heriades (Michenerella) shestakovi <\/em>Popov, 1960<\/strong><\/h3>\n

1960 Heriades (Eutrypetes) shestakovi<\/strong><\/em> Popov, Trudy Zoologiceskzo Instituta Akademija Nauk SSSR (Leningrad [St. Petersburg]), 27: 257. Type material<\/span>: Syntypes mm, ff, “Uch-Aji in the Bairam-Alpine region”, “Farab, 8 km from Chardzhou” [Turkmenistan], ZIN (St. Petersburg).<\/p>\n

Distribution-Northern Asia: <\/strong>TM<\/span>.<\/p>\n

Identification-<\/strong>Keys, Descriptions:<\/strong>No supplementary or more detailed morphological description known.<\/p>\n

Nesting biology: Unknown.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Flower preferences: Unknown.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Heriades (Michenerella) turcomanica <\/em>Popov, 1955<\/strong><\/h3>\n

1955 Heriades (Eutrypetes) turcomanica<\/strong><\/em> Popov, Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie, 34: 281. Type material<\/span>: Lectotype m, by designation of A. M\u00fcller (unpublished), “Southern Turkmenistan, Iman-Baba” [Turkmenistan], ZIN (St. Petersburg).<\/p>\n

Distribution-Northern Asia: <\/strong>TM<\/span>.<\/p>\n

Identification-<\/strong>Keys, Descriptions:<\/strong>No supplementary or more detailed morphological description known.<\/p>\n

Nesting biology: Unknown.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Flower preferences: Unknown.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Heriades (Michenerella) <\/em><\/strong>yunnanensis <\/em>Wu, 1993<\/strong><\/h3>\n

1993 Heriades yunnanensis<\/strong><\/em> Wu, Insects of the Hengduan Mountains Region, vol. 2, p. 1389, p. 1418. Type material<\/span>: Holotype m, “Yunnan, Yongshengludei, 2250 m” [China], IZCAS (Beijing); paratypes m, f.<\/p>\n

Distribution-Northern Asia:<\/strong>RC(SW)<\/span>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Identification-Keys, Descriptions: <\/strong>Wu (2006).<\/p>\n

Nesting biology: Unknown.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Flower preferences: <\/strong>Flower records: Lithospermum erythrorhizon<\/em> (Wu, 2006).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The subgenus Michenerella Krombein occurs in the Palaearctic, Afrotropical and Oriental region. It contains 17 described species in the Palaearctic. Species accounts Heriades (Michenerella) alfkeni Benoist, 1938 1938 Heriades Alfkeni Benoist, Bulletin de la Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 Entomologique de France, 43: 85. Type material: m(m), “Turkestan: Tartugai pr\u00e8s de Perowsk” [Kazakhstan], MNHN (Paris). Distribution-Northern Asia: KZ. Identification-Keys, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1092,"featured_media":0,"parent":38,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-86","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethz.ch\/osmiini\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/86","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethz.ch\/osmiini\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethz.ch\/osmiini\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethz.ch\/osmiini\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1092"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethz.ch\/osmiini\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethz.ch\/osmiini\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/86\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7455,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethz.ch\/osmiini\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/86\/revisions\/7455"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethz.ch\/osmiini\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/38"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethz.ch\/osmiini\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}