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Lipotriches
ablusa
(Cockerell, 1931) (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Zambia)
Lipotriches
acaciae
(Cockerell, 1935) (South Africa)
Lipotriches
alberti
(Cockerell, 1942) (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Lipotriches
albitarsis
(Friese, 1930) (Zimbabwe)
Lipotriches
aleniana
(Strand, 1912) (Equatorial Guinea)
Lipotriches
alternata
(Cockerell, 1942) (Malawi)
Lipotriches
amatha
(Cockerell, 1935) (Botswana, Namibia)
Lipotriches
analis
(Benoist, 1964) (Madagascar)
Lipotriches
andrei
(Vachal, 1897) (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon)
Lipotriches
angustifrons
(Cockerell, 1947) (Uganda)
Lipotriches
apicata
(Cockerell, 1936) (Botswana)
Lipotriches
armatipes
(Friese, 1930) (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Nigeria, Zimbabwe)
Lipotriches
armatipes obscuripes
(Friese, 1930) (Zimbabwe)
Lipotriches
armatula
(Dalla Torre, 1896) (Cameroun, Sierra Leone)
Lipotriches
arnoldi
(Friese, 1930) (Namibia, Zimbabwe)
Lipotriches
aurifrons
(Smith, 1853) (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Liberia, Sierra
Leone)
Lipotriches
aureotecta
(Cockerell, 1931) (South Africa)
Lipotriches
azarensis
(Cockerell, 1932) (Nigeria)
Lipotriches
basinitens
(Cockerell, 1942) (Malawi)
Lipotriches
bechuanella
(Cockerell, 1939) (Botswana)
Lipotriches
betsilei
(Saussure, 1891) (Burkina Faso, Cameroun, Madagascar, Mali, Niger, Senegal)
Lipotriches
bequaertiella
(Cockerell, 1942) (Liberia)
Lipotriches
bigibba
(Saussure, 1891) (Madagascar)
Lipotriches
blandula
(Vachal, 1903) (Gabon, Somalia)
Lipotriches
brachysoma
(Schletterer, 1891) (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Nigeria, South
Africa, Tanzania)
Lipotriches
brevipennis
(Friese, 1915) (Ethiopia)
Lipotriches
brooksi
(Pauly, 1991) (Madagascar)
Lipotriches
budongensis
(Cockerell, 1947) (Uganda)
Lipotriches
chilwensis
(Cockerell, 1939) (Malawi, Mozambique)
Lipotriches
cinerascens
(Smith, 1875) (Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Zimbabwe)
Lipotriches
circumnitens
(Cockerell, 1946) (South Africa)
Lipotriches
cirrita
(Vachal, 1903) (Angola, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroun, Democratic
Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique,
Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe)
Lipotriches
clavata
(Smith, 1853) (Nigeria, Sierra Leone)
Lipotriches
clavisetis
(Vachal, 1910) (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Lipotriches
collaris
(Vachal, 1903) ("Afrique", Democratic Republic of the Congo, Madagascar,
Tanzania, Uganda)
Lipotriches
crassula
(Vachal, 1903) (Nigeria, Senegal, Sudan) |
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Lipotriches
cribrosa
(Spinola, 1843) (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mozambique, Namibia,
South Africa, Uganda, Zimbabwe) |
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Lipotriches
crocodilensis
(Pauly, 1990) (South Africa)
Lipotriches
cubitalis
(Vachal, 1897) (Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania)
Lipotriches
cubitalis bonnefoiensis
Strand, 1921 (South Africa)
Lipotriches
dentipes
(Friese, 1930) (Malawi, Zimbabwe)
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Lipotriches
derema
(Strand, 1914) (Tanzania)
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Lipotriches
desolata
(Cockerell, 1941) (Zimbabwe)
Lipotriches
digitata
(Friese, 1909) (Gabon, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe)
Lipotriches
echinata
(Friese, 1930) (Tanzania)
Lipotriches
ethioparca
(Cockerell, 1935) (Ethiopia)
Lipotriches
femorata
(Friese, 1930) (Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique, Niger, South Africa, Zimbabwe)
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Lipotriches
fimbriata
(Vachal, 1897) (Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Namibia,
Tanzania, South Africa, Zimbabwe) |
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Lipotriches
flavitarsis
(Friese, 1909) (South Africa)
Lipotriches
friesei
(Magretti, 1898) (Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Zambia)
Lipotriches
fulvohirta
(Smith, 1875) (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Guinea, Malawi, Nigeria,
Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania, Togo, Zimbabwe)
Lipotriches
fumipennigera
(Strand, 1911) (South Africa)
Lipotriches
fumipennis
(Pauly, 2001) (Madagascar)
Lipotriches
gratiosa
(Strand, 1913) (Ethiopia)
Lipotriches
guluensis
(Cockerell, 1943) (Uganda)
Lipotriches
guineenensis
(Strand, 1912) (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Uganda,
Zambia)
Lipotriches
halictiella
(Strand, 1912) (Kenya)
Lipotriches
heterodoxa
(Cockerell, 1944) (Uganda)
Lipotriches
hirsutissima
(Cockerell, 1935) (South Africa)
Lipotriches
hirsutula
(Cockerell, 1947) (South Africa) |
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Lipotriches
hylaeoides
(Gerstaecker, 1858) (Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial
Guinea, Gabon, Kenya, Mozambique, Sao Tomé, South Africa, Tanzania,
Zimbabwe) |
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Lipotriches
inaequalis
(Cockerell, 1931) (Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Africa, Tanzania,
Zimbabwe)
Lipotriches
johannis
(Cockerell, 1933) (South Africa, Zimbabwe)
Lipotriches
kabindana
(Strand, 1921) (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Lipotriches
kamerunensis
(Friese, 1916) (Cameroun, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Liberia)
Lipotriches
kampalana
(Cockerell, 1935) (Uganda)
Lipotriches
kasoutina
(Cockerell, 1943) (Kenya)
Lipotriches
katonana
(Strand, 1913) (Tanzania)
Lipotriches
kondeana
(Strand, 1913) (Tanzania)
Lipotriches
lactinea
(Vachal, 1903) (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Lipotriches
lamellicornis
(Friese, 1911) (Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania)
Lipotriches
langi
(Cockerell, 1932)
(Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Liberia, Uganda)
Lipotriches
latifacies
(Strand, 1911) (Tanzania)
Lipotriches
leucomelanura
(Cockerell, 1935) (Botswana, Namibia, Zimbabwe)
Lipotriches
ligata
(Vachal, 1903) (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Lipotriches
longipes
(Strand, 1913) (Malawi)
Lipotriches
lucidula
(Vachal, 1910) (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Lipotriches
luridipes
(Benoist, 1964) (Madagascar)
Lipotriches
macropus
(Friese, 1930) (Botswana, Namibia, Zimbabwe)
Lipotriches
magniventris
(Friese, 1914) (Ethiopia)
Lipotriches
makomensis
(Strand, 1912) (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea)
Lipotriches
meadewaldoi
(Brauns, 1912) (Botswana, Namibia, South Africa)
Lipotriches
medani
(Cockerell, 1942) (Sudan)
Lipotriches
media
(Benoist, 1964)
(Madagascar)
Lipotriches
melanosoma
(Benoist, 1964) (Madagascar)
Lipotriches
natalensis
(Cockerell, 1916) (Angola, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroun, Central African
Republic, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Ethiopia, Ivory
Coast, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Sudan,
Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zimbabwe)
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Lipotriches
neglecta
(Smith, 1879) (South Africa)
Lipotriches
nitidibasis
(Cockerell, 1920) (Malawi, South Africa)
Lipotriches
notabilis
(Schletterer, 1891) (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea,
Lipotriches
nubecula
(Smith, 1875) (Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone,
Uganda)
Lipotriches
nubilosa
(Cockerell, 1942) (South Africa)
Lipotriches
nubipennis
(Cockerell, 1943) (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Lipotriches
oberthurella
(Saussure, 1891) (South Africa, Tanzania)
Lipotriches
obscura
(Benoist, 1964) (Madagascar)
Lipotriches
odontostoma
(Cockerell, 1941) (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Lipotriches
opacibasis
(Cockerell, 1935) (South Africa)
Lipotriches
opacicollis
(Cockerell, 1935) (Tanzania)
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Lipotriches
orientalis
(Friese, 1909) (Gabon, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Somalia,
South Africa,
Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe)
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Lipotriches
pallidibasis
(Cockerell, 1936) (Namibia)
Lipotriches
pallidicincta
(Cockerell, 1932) (Kenya)
Lipotriches
pallidiventer
(Cockerell, 1943) (Malawi)
Lipotriches
panganina
(Strand, 1911) (Cameroun, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon,
Kenya, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania)
Lipotriches
patellifera
(Westwood, 1875) (Cameroun, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, South
Africa, Tanzania, Zimbabwe)
Lipotriches
parca
(Kohl, 1906)
(Niger, South Yemen, Sudan)
Lipotriches
petterssoni
(Pauly, 1991) (Madagascar)
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Lipotriches
picardi
(Gribodo, 1894) (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho,
South Africa, Zimbabwe)
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Lipotriches
platycephala
(Cockerell, 1917) (South Africa)
Lipotriches
pristis
(Vachal, 1903) (Gabon)
Lipotriches
pulchricornis
(Cockerell, 1943) (South Africa)
Lipotriches
quartinae
(Gribodo, 1884) (East Africa)
Lipotriches
raialii
(Pauly, 2001) (Madagascar)
Lipotriches
rainandriamampandryi
(Pauly, 2001) (Madagascar)
Lipotriches
ranomafanae
(Pauly, 2001) (Madagascar)
Lipotriches
reichardia
(Strand, 1911) (Kenya, Tanzania)
Lipotriches
rubella
(Smith, 1875) (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gambia, Malawi, Mozambique,
Nigeria, South Africa, Uganda, Zimbabwe)
Lipotriches
rufipes
(Smith, 1875) (Cameroun, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gambia, Kenya,
Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe)
Lipotriches
russuloides
(Strand, 1912) (Cameroun)
Lipotriches
ruwenzorica
(Cockerell, 1935) (Uganda)
Lipotriches
sanguinolenta
(Friese, 1930) (Namibia)
Lipotriches
sansibarica
(Strand, 1911) (Tanzania)
Lipotriches
saussurei
(Friese, 1901) (Madagascar)
Lipotriches
schroederi
(Strand, 1914) (Tanzania)
Lipotriches
semihirta
(Cockerell, 1933) (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon)
Lipotriches
senegalicola
(Strand, 1912) (Senegal)
Lipotriches
serratipes
nigriventris
Friese, 1941 (South Africa).
Lipotriches
sessensis
(Cockerell, 1943) (Uganda)
Lipotriches
setulosa
(Benoist, 1962) (Madagascar)
Lipotriches
shanganiensis
(Cockerell, 1935) (Zimbabwe)
Lipotriches
sikorai
(Pauly, 1990) (Madagascar)
Lipotriches
sjoestedti
(Friese, 1909) (Ethiopia, Kenya, South Africa, Zimbabwe)
Lipotriches
smaragdula
(Pauly, 1984) (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zimbabwe)
Lipotriches
speciosana
(Strand, 1913) (Mozambique, Namibia)
Lipotriches
sphecodoides
(Pauly, 1991) (Madagascar)
Lipotriches
speculina
(Cockerell, 1942) (Malawi, Mozambique)
Lipotriches
spinulifera
(Cockerell, 1933) (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda)
Lipotriches
stordyi
(Cockerell, 1943) (Ethiopia)
Lipotriches
subarmata
(Cockerell, 1943) (Kenya)
Lipotriches
sublucens
(Cockerell, 1939) (Botswana)
Lipotriches
subnitida
(Benoist, 1964) (Madagascar)
Lipotriches
swalei
(Cockerell, 1939) (Malawi, Zimbabwe)
Lipotriches
tampoloensis
(Pauly, 1991) (Madagascar)
Lipotriches
tanganyicensis
(Strand, 1913) (Malawi, South Africa, Tanzania) |
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Lipotriches
testacea
(Friese, 1914) (Benin, Cameroun, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Guinea,
Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe) |
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Lipotriches
tetraloniformis
(Strand, 1912) (Cameroun, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon)
Lipotriches
triodonta
(Kohl, 1906) (Cameroun, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Mali, Niger,
Senegal, Yemen)
Lipotriches
tridentata
(Smith, 1875) (Angola, Botswana; Cameroun, Central African Republic, Congo,
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana,
Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal,
Sierra Leone, South Africa, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe)
Lipotriches
tristemme
(Pauly, 2001) (Madagascar)
Lipotriches
trochanterica
(Friese, 1908) (Mozambique, Zambia)
Lipotriches
tulearensis
(Benoist, 1962) (Madagascar)
Lipotriches
umbiloensis
(Cockerell, 1916) (Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Africa, Zimbabwe)
Lipotriches
vicina
(Stadelman, 1898) (Tanzania)
Lipotriches
viciniformis
(Cockerell, 1939) (Somalia)
Lipotriches
voeltzkowi
(Friese, 1907) (Madagascar) |
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Lipotriches
vulpina
(Gerstaecker, 1858) (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mozambique, Somalia,
South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia) |
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Lipotriches
welwitschi
(Cockerell, 1908) (Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, South
Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda)
Lipotriches
whitfieldi
(Cockerell, 1942) (Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroun, Chad, Kenya, Niger,
Senegal, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo)
Lipotriches
yapiensis
(Cockerell, 1943) (Ghana)
Lipotriches
zuala
(Strand, 1911)
(Tanzania) |
Distribution
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Worldwide. |
Biology
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Solitary or eusocial with most nesting in the
ground, some nest in wood. Mass-provision individual
cells with pollen and nectar, which are then sealed after a
single egg is laid on the provision. |
Reference
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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).
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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
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The Bee Genera and Subgenera of sub-Saharan Africa. Abc Taxa vol 7: i-vi,
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Credits
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Photographs © Connal Eardley, Michael Kuhlmann, Alain Pauly first published in Eardley et al. 2010.
Map illustration © Simon
van Noort (Iziko Museums
of South Africa).
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