neal 
GENERA AND SUBGENERA OF BEES—SANDHOUSE 520 
Agrobombus Vocr. 
Sitz.-Ber. Ges. naturf, Freunde Berlin, p. 52, 1911. Seven species. 
Type.—(Apis) Bombus agrorum (Fapricius), 1787, not ScHRANK, 1781. 
(Present designation because of virtual tautonymy.) 
Proposed as a subgenus of Bombus Latreille. 
Apis agrorum Fabricius, 1787, is preoccupied by Apis agrorum Schrank, 1781, 
but Richards, The generic names of British insects, pt. 5, p. 94, 1937, has 
proposed the retention of agrorum Fabricius under suspension of the law 
of priority. 
Alcidamea CRrESSON. 
Proe. Ent. Soe. Philadelphia, vol. 2, p. 885, 1864. Two species. 
Type.—Alcidamea producta Cresson, 1864. (By designation of Michener, 
Amer. Midland Nat., vol. 26, p. 158, 1941.) 
(Alfkenella Borner) =Amegilla FRIESE. 
Biol. Zentralblatt, vol. 39, p. 168, 1919. Four species. 
Type.—(Apis) Podalirius quadrifasciatus (VittERS), 1789. (Original 
designation. ) 
TIsogenotypic with Amegilla Friese. 
(Allodapa ScHutz) for Allodape LEPELETIER AND SERVILLE. 
Spolia Hymenopterologica, p. 244, 1906. 
Allodape LEPELETIER AND SERVILLE (=—Allodapa ScHUILZ). 
Encycl. Méthod., Hist. Nat., Ins., vol. 10, p. 18, 1825. 
Type.—Allodape rufogastra LEPELETIER AND SERVILLE, 1825. (Monobasic.) 
Allodapula CocKERELL. 
Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 10, vol. 14, pp. 220 and 237, 1984. Hight species. 
Type.—Allodape variegata F. SmirH, 1854. (Original designation.) 
Proposed as a subgenus of Allodape Lepeletier and Serville. 
Alloperdita VIERECK. 
Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., vol. 37, p. 241, 1917. 
Type.—Perdita (Alloperdita) novaeangliae VieREcK, 1917. (Monobasic.) 
Proposed as a subgenus of Perdita F. Smith. 
Allopsithyrus Popov. 
Hos, vol. 7, p. 136, 1931. Two species. 
Type.—(Apis) Psithyrus barbutellus (Kirsy), 1802. (Original designation.) 
Proposed as a subgenus of Psithyrus Lepeletier. 
Alloscirtetica Hotmerera (=Scirtetica Hormperc, 1903, not SAussuRE, 1884; 
Neoscirtetica ScHrotrKy ; Holmbergiapis COCKERELL). 
Apuntes Historia Natural, Buenos Aires, vol. 1, p. 77, 1909. 
Type.—Scirtetica antarctica HoLMBerG, 1909. (Autobasic.) 
Neoscirtetica and Holmbergiapis were also proposed to replace Scirtetica 
Holmberg, preoccupied. 
Alloxylocopa MA. 
Lingnan Sci. Journ., vol. 18, p. 155, 1989. ( ?Original reference.) 
Type.—Xylocopa appendiculata F. Smiru, 1852. (Monobasie and original 
designation?) 
Proposed as a subgenus of Xylocopa Latreille. 
Aiphaneura Wesrwoop (—Aphaneura GRIFFITH). 
In Cuvier, The animal kingdom ... with supplementary additions ... by 
Edward Griffith and others, vol. 15, pl. 3, fig. 1, 1832. 
Type.—Alphaneura rufescens WESTWOOD, 1832. (Monobasic.) 
