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Sphecodopsis Bischoff

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera; Superfamily: Apoidea; Family: Apidae; Subfamily: Nomadinae; Tribe: Ammobatini)

Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923. Type species:

 

Sphecodopsis aculeata (Friese, 1922)

 

Sphecodopsis argyrura (Cockerell, 1933)

 

Sphecodopsis capensis (Friese, 1915)

 

Sphecodopsis capicola (Strand, 1911)

 

Sphecodopsis carolinae Eardley, 2007

 

Sphecodopsis fumipennis (Bischoff, 1923)

 

Sphecodopsis kuhlmanni Eardley, 2007

Sphecodopsis longipygidium Eardley, 1997

 

Sphecodopsis minutissima (Cockerell, 1933)

 

Sphecodopsis namaquensis Eardley, 1997

 

Sphecodopsis papilla Eardley, 2007

 

Sphecodopsis semirufa (Cockerell, 1933)

 

Sphecodopsis vespericena Eardley, 1997

 

Sphecodopsis villosa (Friese, 1909)

Distribution

South Africa, Zimbabwe.

Biology

Cleptoparasites of other bees.

References

Eardley, C & Urban, R. 2010. Catalogue of Afrotropical bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Apiformes). Zootaxa 2455: 1-548.

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

Photographs and map illustration © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa).


Web author Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum)

 

Citation: van Noort, S. 2024. WaspWeb: Hymenoptera of the World. URL: www.waspweb.org (accessed on <day/month/year>).

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