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Afrotropical Anthophorini

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

Classification

Amegilla Friese, 1897

Anthophora Latreille, 1802

 

Pachymelus Smith, 1879

Distribution

Worldwide.

Biology

Long-tongued bees, nesting in burrows in the soil or in wood. They may be solitary, semi-social or social. Some are parasitic in other bee nests. Nests are provisioned with a mixture of pollen and nectar.

Reference

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.s

Credits

Photographs © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa) or © Dave West (Randburg).


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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