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Figs. 2-5. Hoplitis anthocopoides. 2, clypeus of female; 3, antenna of 
male; 4-5, left mandibles, lateral view (4, female; 5, male). 
Sokal (1957) removed 2 subgenera, Hoplitina and Acrosmia, from 
Hoplitis and placed them in the genus Proteriades. Michener 
(1968) has recently svnonymized Anthocopa s.l. with Eloplitis s.l. 
If the subgenera of Anthocopa are now to be considered as subgenera 
of HoplitiSj there are currently 11 subgenera of native Eloplitis : 
AndroniciiSj Monumetha, Dasyosmia J Cyrtosmia, Alcidamea , Formi- 
capis , Rohertsonella , Atoposmia , Elexosmia , Eremosmia, and Isosmia. 
The Old World Hoplitis are more abundant and diverse than their 
American counterparts, and the genus is probably of Old World 
