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Scrapter mellonholgeri Kuhlmann

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera; Superfamily: Apoidea; Family: Colletidae; Subfamily: Colletinae; Genus: Scrapter)

Scrapter mellonholgeri Kuhlmann, 2020. Holotype in Iziko South African Museum, Cape Town (SAMC). Type locality: Roggeveld Mts, 2 km SE of Farm Allemansdam, burnt area, 31°49′32″ S, 19°59′55″ E, alt. 1290 m a.s.l., South Africa.

Classification


Paratype female.


Holotype male.

Distribution

South Africa.

Biology

Most species collect pollen into an external pollen carrying apparatus (scopa).

References

Brothers D.J. 1999. Phylogeny and evolution of wasps, ants and bees (Hymenoptera, Chrysidoidea, Vespoidea and Apoidea) Zoologica Scripta 28: 233–250.

Eardley, C.D. 1996. The genus Scrapter Lepeletier and Serville (Hymenoptera: Colletidae).
African Entomology 4: 37-92.

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.

Kuhlmann, M. & Friehs T. 2020. Nine new species and new records of euryglossiform Scrapter Lepeletier & Serville (Hymenoptera: Colletidae) from South Africa. European Journal of Taxonomy 647: 1-33. https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2020.647

Michener, C.D. 2000. The Bees of the World. Johns Hopkins University Press. 953 pp.

Credits

Photographs © Michael Kuhlmann (University of Kiel).

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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