Taxonomy of Bees of Bangladesh Forest Research Institute Campus, Chittagong. Bangladesh

Rozina Jasmin¹ and Mohannned Ismail Miah²

'Lecturer, Department of Zoo log)'

Nawbab Serajdoulla Government College, Natore department of Zoology, University of Chittagong, Chittagong

Email: ismail_cu@yahoo.com

Abstract

A total of 19 species under four families belonging to Apiformes were identified from sweep net collections from Bangladesh Forest Research Institute (BFRI) Campus, Chittagong, Bangladesh. The identified species and families are: Hylaeus mixta Smith under Colletidae; Nomin iridescens Smith and Lasioglossuiu albescens Smith under Malictidae; Megachile disjucta Fabricius, M. umbripennis Smith, Coelioxys cuneatus Smith and Euaspis carbonaria Smith under Megachilidae; Xylocopa aestuans Linnaeus, X. iridipennis Lepeletier, X. latipes Drury, Ceratina hieroghyphica Smith, C. binghami Cockerell, Nomada adusta Smith, Amegilla andrewsi Cockerell, A. fimbriata Smith, Thy reus histrio Fabricius, Trigona iridipennis Smith, Apis cerana Fabricius and A. dorsata Fabricius under Apidae. The seven species namely H. mixta, N. iridescens, M. umbripennis, C. cuneatus, E. carbonaria, A. andrewsi and T. iridipennis are new records from Bangladesh.

Keywords : Apoidea, Apidae, Colletidae, Halicidae, Megachilidae

Bangladesh Journal of Forest Science Vol. 32 (2) : 1-14, 2013