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Steganomus ennediensis
Pauly, 1990 (Chad) |
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Steganomus junodi
Gribodo, 1895
(Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Democratic
Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Gambia, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya,
Malawi, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania,
Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe) |
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Steganomus ogilviae
Cockerell, 1932 (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania) |
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Steganomus tessmanni
Pauly, 1990 (Central African Republic) |
Distribution
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Burkina Faso,
Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo,
Eritrea, Gambia, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Niger,
Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia,
Zimbabwe. |
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).
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
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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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