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Ceylalictus capverdensis (Cameron)

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

Ceylalictus capverdensis Pesenko, Pauly and La Roche, 2002. Holotype in collection of Laroche & Museo Insular de Ciencas Naturales de Tenerife (MT). Type locality: Cape Verde, Fogo, Caldeira, Monte Cruz.

Classification


Female


Distribution

Cape Verde.

Biology

Recorded visiting flowers of: Cajanus cajan, Echium stenosiphon, Heliotropium ramosissimum, Lavandula rotundifolia, Polycwpaea gayi, Satureja forbesii, Zygophyllum simplex (Pauly et al 2002).

References

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.

Pauly A., Pesenko Yu.A., La Roche F. 2002. The Halictidae of the Cape Verde Islands. Bulletin de l’Istitut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Entomologie 72: 201-211.

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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