List of bees of Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka is a tropical island situated close to the southern tip of India. The invertebrate fauna is as large as it is common to other regions of the world. There are about 2 million species of arthropods found in the world, and still it is counting. So many new species are discover up to this time also. So it is very complicated and difficult to summarize the exact number of species found within a certain region. The following list provide the bees of Sri Lanka.

Bees

Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera. Suborder: Apocrita.

Bees are the primary pollinators of terrestrial flowering plants. The hairs within its body helps to function as efficient pollinators. The highest bee diversity is confined to warm temperate regions of the world. There are about 70,000 bee species described in the world with nearly 450 genera and 7 families. Out of them, Sri Lanka comprises 149 species included to 38 genera and 4 families. The bee researches are extensively carried out by Dr. Inoka Karunaratne et. al. from University of Peradeniya.[1][2]

Family: Apidae Common bees

Family Colletidae - Polyester bees

Family: Halictidae - Sweat bees

Family: Megachilidae - Leafcutter bees

Undescribed

  • Austronomia sp. 1 determined by Pauly 2003
  • Austronomia sp. 2 determined by Pauly 2003
  • Gnathonomia sp. 2
  • Leuconomia sp. determined by Pauly 2003
  • Maynenomia sp. 1
  • Maynenomia sp. 2
  • Pachynomia sp.
  • Amegilla sp.[manuscript name scintillans of Lieftinck, 1977]
  • Trigona sp. [3]

References

Notes

  1. ↑ "Dr. Inoka Karunaratne". Faculty of Science, University of Peradeniya. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
  2. ↑ "Keys to the identification of common bees of Sri Lanka". Academia,edu. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
  3. ↑ "An updated checklist of bees of sri lanka with new records". Academia. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
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