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Lithurgus hypoleucus
Cockerell, 1937
Lithurgus pullatus
Vachal, 1903
Lithurgus sparganotes
(Schletterer,
1891)
Lithurgus spiniferus
Cameron, 1905 |
Distribution
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Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon,
Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ivory
Coast, Kenya,
Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Sierra
Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania,
Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Uganda. |
Biology
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The carder bees mostly use plant fibers in nest
construction and collect pollen. However, some species are parasitic (Eardley
& Urban 2010). |
References
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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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Map illustration
© Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa). |
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