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Redivivoides Friese

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera; Superfamily: Apoidea; Family: Melittidae; Subfamily: Melittinae)

Redivivoides Michener, 1981

Classification

 

Redivivoides capensis Kuhlmann, 2012 (South Africa)

 

Redivivoides eardleyi Kuhlmann, 2012 (South Africa)

 

Redivivoides kamieskroonensis Kuhlmann, 2012 (South Africa)

 

Redivivoides karooensis Kuhlmann, 2012 (South Africa)

 

Redivivoides namaquaensis Kuhlmann, 2012 (South Africa)

 

Redivivoides simulans Michener, 1981 (South Africa)

 

Redivivoides variabilis Kuhlmann, 2012 (South Africa)

Distribution

South Africa.

Biology

 

References

Brothers D.J. 1999. Phylogeny and evolution of wasps, ants and bees (Hymenoptera, Chrysidoidea, Vespoidea and Apoidea) Zoologica Scripta 28: 233–250.

Cockerell, T.D.A. 1934. Descriptions and records of bees.—CXLVIII. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (ser. 10) 13: 444–456.

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.

Friese, H. 1909. 8. Hymenoptera. 5. Apidae. In: Sjoestedts, B.Y. (Ed.) Kilimandjaro-Meru Expedition. Stockholm, 8: pp. 119–168.

Friese, H. 1915. Zur Bienenfauna von Abessinien. (Hym.). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, 1915: 265–298.

Kuhlmann, M. 2009. Patterns of diversity, endemism and distribution of bees (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Anthophila) in southern Africa. South African Journal of Botany, 75: 726–738.

Kuhlmann, M. 2012. Revision of the South African endemic bee genus Redivivoides Michener, 1981 (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Melittidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 34: 1-34 http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2012.34

Kuhlmann, M. & Eardley, C.D. 2012. Pollen resources of non-Apis bees in southern Africa. In: Patiny, S. (Ed.) Evolution of plant-pollinator relationships. Oxford University Press, Cambridge, pp. 439–456.

Michener, C.D. 1981. Classification of the bee family Melittidae with a review of species of Meganomiinae. Contributions of the American Entomological Institute, 18: 1–135.

Michener, C.D. 2007. The Bees of the World. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Maryland, 992 pp.

Michez, D., Patiny, S. & Danforth, B.N. 2009. Phylogeny of the bee family Melittidae (Hymenoptera: Anthophila) based on combined molecular and morphological data. Systematic Entomology, 34: 574–597.

Robertson, H.G. & Cochrane, M.A. 2005. Obituary - Vincent Booth Whitehead (2 September 1921–11 April 2005). African Entomology, 13: 386–389.

Credits

Photographs © Michael Kuhlmann (Natural History Museum London).

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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