TABLE 1 in The Megachilidae (Hymenoptera, Apoidea, Apiformes) of the Democratic Republic of Congo curated at the Royal Museum for Central Africa (RMCA, Belgium)

TABLE 1. Higher level of the Megachilidae retained in the phylogenetic classification. The higher-rank classification adopted here consist of genera recognised within Megachilini and each of tribes Lithurgini, Anthidiini and Osmiini. GroupsHigher-rank classificationGroups compositionReferencesTribe LithurguniAll the tribe LithurguniGenus LithurgusEardley (1988); Ascher & Pickering (2020)Megachile sensu latoLeafcutter and dauber bees cladesLeafcutter (Megachile s. str., Amegachile, Anodonteutricharaea, Creightonella, Digitella, Eurymella, Eutricharaea, Megella)Praz et al. (2008), Gonzalez et al. (2012, 2019), Litman et al. (2012), Litman et al. (2016), and Trunz et al. (2016); Ascher & Pickering (2020)Dauber bees (Callomegachile, Carinula, Chalicodoma, Cesacongoa, Maximegachile, Neglectella, Pseudomegachile and Stenomegachile)Megachile sensu latoGenus HeriadopsisGenus HeriadopsisEardley (2013); Trunz et al. (2016)Genus CoelioxysGenus CoelioxysSubgenera Coelioxys and LiothyrapisSchulten (1977), Liongo li Enkulu (1988), Eardley et al. (2010), Eardley & Urban (2010); Ascher & Pickering (2020)Genus GronocerasGenus GronocerasGenus GronocerasEardley (2012a, 2012b)Genus NoteriadesGenus NoteriadesGenus NoteriadesTrunz et al. (2016)Tribe AnthidiiniAll the tribe AnthidiiniGenera Afrostelis, Anthidium, Eoanthidium, Euaspis, Immanthidium, Pachyanthidium, Pseudoanthidium, Serapista, and TrachusaEardley & Griswold (2015; 2016; 2017; 2018); Litman et al. (2016); Ascher & Pickering (2020)Tribe OsmiiniAll the tribe OsmiiniGenera Heriades and OsmiaEardley et al. (2010); Ascher & Pickering (2020) ...Continued on the next page