Eoanthidium

Eoanthidium is a genus of bees in the Megachilidae family.

Description
Eoanthidium generally have elongate, slender bodies with black integument and yellow maculations. Their body length ranges from 6–10 mm.

Distribution
Eoanthidium occurs in the eastern Mediterranean, southwestern Asia, southern Russia, southern India, Pakistan, and Africa.

Taxonomy
Eoanthidium contains the following 4 subgenera:


 * Clistanthidium
 * Eoanthidium
 * Hemidiellum
 * Salemanthidium

Species
Eoanthidium contains at least 17 species: • Eoanthidium adentatum Gupta & Simlote, 1993

• Eoanthidium arabicum Pasteels, 1980

• Eoanthidium armaticeps (Friese, 1908)

• Eoanthidium bakerorum Engel, 2004

• Eoanthidium bituberculatum (Pasteels, 1984)

• Eoanthidium chinense (Wu, 1962)

• Eoanthidium clypeare (Morawitz, 1873)

• Eoanthidium (Eoanthidium) hoplostomum (Mavromoustakis, 1945)

• Eoanthidium insulare (Morawitz, 1873)

• Eoanthidium judaeense (Mavromoustakis, 1945)

• Eoanthidium nasicum (Friese, 1917)

• Eoanthidium pictipenne Pasteels, 1972

• Eoanthidium punjabense Gupta & Sharma, 1993

• Eoanthidium rothschildi (Vachal, 1909)

• Eoanthidium salemense (Cockerell, 1919)

• Eoanthidium semicarinatum Pasteels, 1972

• Eoanthidium tricolor Pasteels, 1972

• Eoanthidium turnericum (Mavromoustakis, 1934)