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Meliturgula braunsi
Friese, 1903
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Meliturgula eardleyana
Patiny, 2000
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Meliturgula flavida
(Friese, 1913)
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Meliturgula fuliginosa
(Friese, 1913)
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Meliturgula haematospila
Cockerell, 1935
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Meliturgula insularis
Benoist, 1962
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Meliturgula rozeni
Eardley, 1991
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Meliturgula scriptifrons
(Walker, 1871)
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Meliturgula senegaliae
Patiny, 1999
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Meliturgula wilmattae
Cockerell, 1932
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Distribution
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Angola,
Botswana, Eritrea, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Namibia, Senegal, South
Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Zimbabwe. Also Palaearctic region. |
Biology
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Provision their nest with pollen and nectar, nest in
burrows in the soil. |
References
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Brothers D.J. 1999.
Phylogeny and evolution of wasps, ants and bees (Hymenoptera, Chrysidoidea,
Vespoidea and Apoidea) Zoologica Scripta 28: 233–250.
Eardley, C & Urban, R. 2010. Catalogue
of Afrotropical bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Apiformes).
Zootaxa 2455: 1-548.
Eardley, C, Finnamore, A.T. & Michener, C.D. 1993. Superfamily Apoidea (pp.
279-357). In GOULET, H. & HUBER, J. (eds). Hymenoptera of the World:
an identification guide to families. Research Branch, Agriculture
Canada, Ottawa, Canada, 668 pp.
Eardley C.,Kuhlmann M., Pauly A. 2010.
The Bee Genera and Subgenera of sub-Saharan Africa. Abc Taxa vol 7: i-vi,
138 pp.
Michener, C.D. 2000. The Bees of the World. Johns Hopkins
University Press. 953 pp. |
Credits
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Photographs by Sheila
Dumesh (PCYU - Packer Collection York University) ©
Laurence Packer's website:
Bee Tribes of the World
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