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Afroheriades Peters, 1970
Bekilia Benoist, 1962
Heriades Spinola, 1808
Hoplitis Klug, 1807
Noteriades Cockerell, 1931
Ochreriades Mavromoustakis, 1956
Othinosmia Michener, 1943
Pseudoheriades Peters, 1970
Stenoheriades Tkalců, 1984
Wainia Tkalců, 1980 |
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Genus Incertae sedis
Osmia
Panzer.
Osmia
is not an Afrotropical genus. The species below have been
incorrectly placed in this genus (Eardley & Urban, 2010). |
Distribution
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Aldabra, Angola, Botswana, Cameroon, Chad, Congo, Democratic
Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Gabon, Guinea, Kenya, Lesotho,
Liberia, Madagascar, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, South Africa,
Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
Also Palaearctic region. |
Biology
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Construct nests by burrowing in the ground, or construct
aerial nests out of mud or resin, or nest in hollow sticks (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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