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Allodape albolineata Cockerell, 1934 (Democratic Republic of the Congo)

Allodape armatipes Friese, 1924 (South Africa)

Allodape australissima Michener, 1975 (South Africa)

Allodape bipunctata Friese, 1924 (Tanzania)

Allodape brachycephala Michener, 1971 (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Uganda)

Allodape ceratinoides Gribodo, 1884 (South Africa)

Allodape chapini Cockerell, 1932 (Cameroun, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon)

Allodape collaris Vachal, 1903 (Cameroun, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Uganda)

Allodape dapa Strand, 1912 (Equatorial Guinea, Uganda)

Allodape derufata Strand, 1912 (Angola, Cameroun, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, Tanzania, Uganda)

Allodape flavocincta ornatibasis Cockerell, 1938 (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda)

Allodape ellioti Saussure, 1897 (Madagascar)

Allodape exoloma Strand, 1915 (Lesotho, South Africa, Tanzania)

Allodape friesei Strand, 1915 (South Africa)

Allodape greatheadi Michener, 1970 (Uganda)

Allodape interrupta Vachal, 1903 (Cameroun, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea (Bioko), Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Uganda, Zambia)

Allodape laeviceps Strand, 1912 (Equatorial Guinea)

Allodape macula Strand, 1912 (Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Liberia, Rwanda)

Allodape mea Strand, 1912 (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea)

Allodape microsticta Cockerell, 1934 (South Africa, Zimbabwe)

Allodape mirabilis Schulz, 1906 (Cameroun)

Allodape mucronata Smith, 1854 (South Africa)

Allodape nitidicollis Friese, 1921 (Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Africa)

Allodape nula Strand, 1912 (Cameroun, Equatorial Guinea)

Allodape obscuripennis Strand, 1915 (South Africa)

Allodape panurgoides Smith, 1854 (South Africa)

Allodape pernix (Bingham, 1903) (Mozambique, South Africa)

Allodape picticorpus Strand, 1912 (Equatorial Guinea)

Allodape picticorpus claristigma Strand, 1912 (Equatorial Guinea)

Allodape pictifrons Smith, 1854 (Mozambique, South Africa)

Allodape punctata (Lepeletier & Serville, 1828) (South Africa)

Allodape quadrilineata (Cameron, 1905) (South Africa)

Allodape rufogastra Lepeletier & Serville, 1825 (South Africa)

Allodape scutelligera Strand, 1912 (Equatorial Guinea)

Allodape skaifeorum Michener, 1975 (South Africa)

Allodape stellarum Cockerell, 1916 (South Africa)

Allodape tridentipes Cockerell, 1933 (South Africa)

Allodape species (South Africa)

Distribution	Afrotropical, Australasian and Oriental regions.
Biology	Nest in hollow stems. Most species feed their larvae progressively. In Allodape, the youngest larvae are at the bottom of the stem and the oldest above. Adults place food provisions on the venter of each larva.
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	Photographs © Graham Grieve or Laurence Packer's website: Bee Tribes of the World

Allodape Lepeletier and Serville

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