Schwarzia emmae

Schwarzia emmae Eardley

Schwarzia emmae Eardley, 2009.

Paratype female (SANC)



Photographs © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa). Female (face and dorsal habitus) and male (lateral habitus)

Photographs © Connal Eardley (Agricultural Research Council, Plant Protection Research Institute, Pretoria).
Male Photographs © Silas Bossert (Cornell University).
Male	Female
Photographs © Silas Bossert (Cornell University).

Distribution	Kenya, Tanzania.
Biology	Probably parasitize Rophitinae (Halictidae).
References	Bossert S 2019. Monotypic no more – a new species of the unusual genus Schwarzia (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Biastini). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 69: 23-37. https://doi.org/10.3897/jhr.69.32966 Bossert S, Copeland RS, Sless TJL, Branstetter MG, Gillung JP, Brady SG, Danforth BN, Policarová J, Straka J. 2020. Phylogenomic and morphological reevaluation of the bee tribes Biastini, Neolarrini, and Townsendiellini (Hymenoptera: Apidae) with description of three new species of Schwarzia. Insect Systematics and Diversity 4: 1-29. https://doi.org/10.1093/isd/ixaa013 Eardley, C. 2009. First record of the tribe Biastini from the Afrotropical Region (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Zootaxa 2264: 65–68. Eardley, C & Urban, R. 2010. Catalogue of Afrotropical bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Apiformes). Zootaxa 2455: 1-548. 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	Photographs © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa) or photographs © Connal Eardley (Agricultural Research Council, Plant Protection Research Institute, Pretoria), or © Silas Bossert (Cornell University).