Habropoda Smith, 1854

Tran, Ngat Thi, Engel, & Michael S., 2025, A contribution to the knowledge of Habropoda from Vietnam (Hymenoptera: Apidae), Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 73, pp. 125-152 : 126

Genus Habropoda Smith, 1854

As noted, the genus Habropoda is often confused with Anthophora if care is not taken to observe the wing venation or male terminalia. Indeed, some authors have confused Habropoda with other genera of the tribe Melectini , for example Tetralonioidella meghalayensis Dohling & Dey, 2024 was synonymised with Habropoda radoszkowskii (Dalla Torre, 1896) by Orr et al. (2024) in the same year it was first published. The genus Habropoda can be characterised by the absence of a flabellum on the glossa, the mandible bidentate in both sexes, the length of flagellomere I of females 2.75× or more its apical width and 0.75× or more the length of the scape, malar space linear to slightly less than flagellomere width, forewing pterostigma typically longer than wide, 1m-cu terminating at or near apex of second submarginal cell, anterior border of third submarginal cell much shorter than posterior border owing to curvature of 2rs-m, hind wing cu-a conspicuously oblique, gonostylus of male divided into dorsal and ventral processes, and sternum VII of males strongly sclerotised with the disc giving rise to a large apical process, the base of which often bears a transverse ridge. In Palearctic species the procoxae of males often have a long apical spur. Keys to the genera of Anthophorini distinguishing Habropoda are provided by Michener (2007) and Engel (2018). The following species and subspecies are currently understood to occur in Vietnam:

H. mimetica disconota Lieftinck, 1974 , new status H. pierwolae , new species

H. sutepensis Cockerell, 1929

H. tainanicola vietnamica , new subspecies

H. tumidifrons Lieftinck, 1974