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Hylaeus rufipedoides (Strand)

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

Prosopis rubriplagiata var. rufipedoides Strand, 1911. Syntypes in ZMHB. Type locality: South Africa, Tanzania.

Prosopis junodi Friese, 1911. Syntypes in ZMHB. Type locality: South Africa. Synonymy by Bridwell, 1919.

Classification


Female in SANC.

Photograph © Connal Eardley, Michael Kuhlmann, Alain Pauly first published in Eardley et al. 2010.


Male in SANC.

Photograph © Connal Eardley, Michael Kuhlmann, Alain Pauly first published in Eardley et al. 2010.

Distribution

Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Africa, Tanzania.

Biology

Unknown.

References

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

Dathe HH. 2014. Studies on the systematics and taxonomy of the genus Hylaeus F. (8). Revision of the Afrotropic subgenus Hylaeus (Deranchylaeus) Bridwell (Hymenoptera: Anthophila, Colletidae). Zootaxa 3874 (1): 1–84.

Dathe HH. 2015. Studies on the systematics and taxonomy of the genus Hylaeus F. (9)
Supplement to the taxonomy and distribution of Afrotropical Hylaeus F. species (Hymenoptera: Anthophila, Colletidae). Contributions to Entomology 65 (1): 9 – 26.

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

Photographs © Connal Eardley, Michael Kuhlmann, Alain Pauly first published in Eardley et al. 2010.

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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