Andrenidae

• Subfamily Andreninae

  • Genus Andrena Fabricius, 1775

    • Andrena africana Friese, 1909 (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania)

    • Andrena argentata Smith, 1844 (Palaearctic, Ethiopia)

    • Andrena bonnefoiensis Strand, 1921 (South Africa)

    • Andrena collaris Lepeletier, 1841 (Palaearctic, Ethiopia)

    • Andrena dorsalis Brulle, 1832 (Palaearctic, Ethiopia)

    • Andrena holomelana Illiger, 1806 (Palaearctic, Ethiopia)

    • Andrena notophila Cockerell, 1933 (South Africa, Tanzania)

    • Andrena saegeri Cockerell, 1939 (São Tomé)

    • Andrena somalica Friese, 1915 (Somalia, Tanzania)

    • Andrena thomensis Cockerell, 1932 (São Tomé)

• Subfamily Panurginae

  • Tribe Meliturgini

    • Genus Melitturga Latreille, 1809

      • Melitturga barbarae Eardley, 1991 (South Africa)

      • Melitturga capensis Brauns, 1912 (South Africa)

      • Melitturga flavomarginata Patiny, 2000 (Angola)

      • Melitturga penrithorum Eardley,1991 (South Africa)

    • Genus Meliturgula Friese, 1903

      • Meliturgula braunsi Friese, 1903 (South Africa)

      • Meliturgula eardleyana Patiny, 2000 (South Africa)

      • Meliturgula flavida (Friese, 1913) (Namibia, South Africa)

      • Meliturgula fuliginosa (Friese, 1913) (Namibia)

      • Meliturgula haematospila Cockerell, 1935 (South Africa, Namibia)

      • Meliturgula insularis Benoist, 1962 (Madagascar)

      • Meliturgula rozeni Eardley, 1991 (Namibia)

      • Meliturgula scriptifrons (Walker, 1871) (Angola, Botswana, Eritrea, Kenya, Malawi, Namibia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Palaearctic)

      • Meliturgula senegaliae Patiny, 1999 (Senegal)

      • Meliturgula wilmattae Cockerell, 1932 (South Africa)

    • Genus Mermiglossa Friese, 1912

      • Mermiglossa rufa Friese, 1912 (Namibia)

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.

Michener, C.D. 2000. The Bees of the World. Johns Hopkins University Press. 953 pp.

Credits

Photograph by Sheila Dumesh (PCYU - Packer Collection York University) © Laurence Packer's website: Bee Tribes of the World