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 Borgatomelissa Patiny, 2000

      • Borgatomelissa brevipennis (Walker, 1871) (Eritrea, Ethiopia, Mali, Mauritania, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Yemen)

      • Borgatomelissa flavimaura Ortiz-Sánchez & Patiny, 2019 (Morocco)

      • Borgatomelissa niveopilosa Patiny, 2002 (Yemen)

    • 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. Also 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.

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

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