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Lipotriches Gerstaecker

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera; Superfamily: Apoidea; Family: Halictidae; Subfamily: Nomiinae)

Lipotriches Gerstaecker, 1858

Classification

 

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)

Lipotriches cribrosa (Spinola, 1843) (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Uganda, Zimbabwe)

 

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)

Lipotriches derema (Strand, 1914) (Tanzania)

 

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)

Lipotriches fimbriata (Vachal, 1897) (Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Namibia, Tanzania, South Africa, Zimbabwe)

 

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)

Lipotriches hylaeoides (Gerstaecker, 1858) (Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Kenya, Mozambique, Sao Tomé, South Africa, Tanzania, Zimbabwe)

 

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)

 

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)

Lipotriches orientalis (Friese, 1909) (Gabon, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe)

 

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)

Lipotriches picardi (Gribodo, 1894) (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho, South Africa, Zimbabwe)

 

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)

Lipotriches testacea (Friese, 1914) (Benin, Cameroun, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Guinea, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe)

 

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)

Lipotriches vulpina (Gerstaecker, 1858) (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mozambique, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia)

 

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

Worldwide.

Biology

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

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). 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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