Distribution

Botswana, Cameroon, Chad, Egypt, Gambia, Kenya, Mali, Niger, Senegal. Also in Palaearctic region

Biology

On flowers of: Aerva javanica, Balanites aegyptiaca, Borreria verticillata, Boswellia sacra, Cassia obovata, Cassia sp., Cucurbita sp., Euphorbia pubescens, Gossypium sp., Heliotropium bacciferum, Indigofera sp., Medicago sativa, Mitracarpus scaber, Retama retam, Sesamum sp., Tamarix spp., Vicia faba, Ziziphus sp., red Fabaceae (Eardley & Urban, 2010).

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 and map illustration © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa).