Scrapter opacus

Scrapter opacus (Friese)

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

Polyglossa opacus Friese, 1909. Holotype in Berlin (ZMHB). Type locality: Steinkopf, South Africa.

Polyglossa (Strandiella) glaberrima (Friese, 1925). Lectotype in Berlin (ZMHB). Paralectotype in Iziko South African Museum, Cape Town (SAMC). Type locality: Port Nolloth, South Africa.

Scrapter pallidicinda Cockerell, 1933. Holotype in London (NHMUK). Type locality: nr. Oudtshoorn, South Africa. Synonymy by Eardley, 1996.
Scrapter flavitarsis Cockerell, 1936. Holotype in London (NHMUK). Type locality: Zeekoe Flei, Cape Town, South Africa.Synonymy by Eardley, 1996.

Distribution	South Africa.
Biology	Most species collect pollen into an external pollen carrying apparatus (scopa).
Reference	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. 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).

Scrapter opacus (Friese)

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