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Classification and checklist of Afrotropical Megachilidae

Checklist of Leaf Cutting bees & Membrane bees of the Afrotropical region

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

  • Subfamily Fideliinae

    • Tribe Fideliini

      • Genus Fidelia Friese, 1899

        • Fidelia borearipa Whitehead & Eardley, 2003 (South Africa)

        • Fidelia braunsiana Friese, 1905 (Namibia, South Africa)

        • Fidelia fasciata Whitehead & Eardley, 2003 (Namibia, South Africa)

        • Fidelia friesei (Brauns, 1926) (Botswana, Namibia, South Africa)

        • Fidelia hessei Whitehead & Eardley, 2003 (Namibia, South Africa)

        • Fidelia kobrowi Brauns, 1905 (Namibia, South Africa)

        • Fidelia major Friese, 1911 (Namibia, South Africa)

        • Fidelia ornata (Cockerell, 1932) (Namibia, South Africa)

        • Fidelia pallidula (Cockerell, 1935) (Namibia, South Africa)

        • Fidelia paradoxa Friese, 1899 (Namibia, South Africa)

        • Fidelia villosa Brauns, 1902 (Namibia, South Africa)

  • Subfamily Megachilinae

    • Tribe Anthidiini

      • Genus Afranthidium Michener, 1948

        • Afranthidium abdominale (Friese, 1904) (Namibia, South Africa)

        • Afranthidium ablusum (Cockerell, 1932) (South Africa)

        • Afranthidium amoenum (Pasteels, 1969) (Senegal, Sudan)

        • Afranthidium angulatum (Pasteels, 1984) (South Africa)

        • Afranthidium biangulatum Pasteels, 1984 (South Africa)

        • Afranthidium bispinosum Pasteels, 1984 (South Africa)

        • Afranthidium braunsi (Friese, 1904) (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe)

        • Afranthidium capicola (Brauns, 1905) (Namibia, South Africa)

        • Afranthidium concolor (Friese, 1913) (Namibia, South Africa)

        • Afranthidium folliculosum (du Buysson, 1897) (Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe)

        • Afranthidium guillarmodi (Mavromoustakis, 1951) (Lesotho)

        • Afranthidium hamaticauda Pasteels, 1984 (South Africa)

        • Afranthidium haplogastrum (Mavromoustakis, 1951) (South Africa)

        • Afranthidium herbsti (Pasteels, 1984) (Namibia)

        • Afranthidium hoplogastrum (Mavromoustakis, 1934) (South Africa)

        • Afranthidium hypocapicola (Mavromoustakis, 1936) (South Africa)

        • Afranthidium immaculatum (Smith, 1854) (Lesotho, South Africa)

        • Afranthidium jocosum (Pasteels, 1984) (South Africa)

        • Afranthidium junodi (Friese, 1904) (Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa)

        • Afranthidium karooense (Friese, 1905) (South Africa)

        • Afranthidium matjesfonteinense (Mavromoustakis, 1934) (South Africa)

        • Afranthidium melanopoda (Pasteels, 1984) (South Africa)

        • Afranthidium micrurum (Cockerell, 1935) (Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe)

        • Afranthidium minutulum (Friese, 1905) (Angola, Namibia, South Africa)

        • Afranthidium mlanjense (Mavromoustakis, 1936) (Malawi)

        • Afranthidium nigritarse (Friese, 1904) (South Africa)

        • Afranthidium nigronitens (Pasteels, 1984) (South Africa)

        • Afranthidium nitidorubrum (Pasteels, 1984) (South Africa)

        • Afranthidium odonturum (Cockerell, 1932) (Namibia, South Africa)

        • Afranthidium piliventre (Friese, 1913) (South Africa)

        • Afranthidium poecilodontum (Mavromoustakis, 1934) (South Africa)

        • Afranthidium polyacanthum (Mavromoustakis, 1938) (South Africa)

        • Afranthidium reicherti (Brauns, 1929) (South Africa)

        • Afranthidium repetitum (Schulz, 1906) (South Africa)

        • Afranthidium rubellum (Brauns, 1905) (South Africa)

        • Afranthidium rubellulum (Cockerell, 1932) (Namibia, South Africa)

        • Afranthidium sakaniense (Cockerell, 1936) (Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Africa, Zambia)

        • Afranthidium sjoestedti (Friese, 1909) (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Zimbabwe)

        • Afranthidium silverlocki (Mavromoustakis, 1936) (Zambia)

        • Afranthidium tanganyicola (Strand, 1911) (Botswana, South Africa, Tanzania, Zimbabwe)

        • Afranthidium tergoangulatum (Pasteels, 1984) (South Africa)

        • Afranthidium tergofasciatum (Pasteels, 1984) (South Africa)

        • Afranthidium villosomarginatum (Pasteels, 1984) (South Africa)

        • Afranthidium willowmorensis (Brauns, 1926) (Namibia, South Africa)

      • Genus Afrostelis Cockerell, 1931

        • Afrostelis aethiopica (Friese, 1925) (South Africa)

        • Afrostelis kigonserana (Friese, 1925) (Democratic Republic of the Congo)

        • Afrostelis madagascariensis Pauly, 2001 (Madagascar)

        • Afrostelis ogilviei Cockerell, 1936 (South Africa, Zimbabwe)

        • Afrostelis otavicus Cockerell, 1937 (Namibia)

        • Afrostelis tegularis Cockerell, 1931 (Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Africa, Zimbabwe)

      • Genus Anthidiellum Cockerell, 1904

        • Anthidiellum absonulum (Cockerell, 1932) (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, South Africa, Zimbabwe)

        • Anthidiellum bipectinatum Pasteels, 1984 (South Africa)

        • Anthidiellum bulawayense Mavromoustakis, 1937 (Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zimbabwe)

        • Anthidiellum eritrinum (Friese, 1915) (Eritrea)

        • Anthidiellum flavescens (Friese, 1925) (Botswana, Kenya, Namibia, Zimbabwe)

        • Anthidiellum madli Pauly, 2001 (Madagascar)

        • Anthidiellum mediale Pasteels, 1984 (South Africa)

        • Anthidiellum micheneri Pauly, 2001 (Madagascar)

        • Anthidiellum orichalciscopatum (Strand, 1912) (Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea)

        • Anthidiellum otavicum (Cockerell, 1936) (Kenya, Namibia)

        • Anthidiellum polyochrum Mavromoustakis, 1937 (Namibia)

        • Anthidiellum rubellum Friese, 1905 (South Africa)

        • Anthidiellum spilotum (Cockerell, 1920) (South Africa, Zimbabwe)

        • Anthidiellum sternale Pasteels, 1984 (South Africa)

        • Anthidiellum tegwaniense (Cockerell, 1914) (Malawi, South Africa, Zimbabwe)

        • Anthidiellum transversale Pasteels, 1984 (Zimbabwe)

        • Anthidiellum zebra (Friese, 1904) (Kenya, South Africa)

      • Genus Anthidioma Pasteels, 1984

        • Anthidioma chalicodomoides Pasteels, 1984 (South Africa)

        • Anthidioma murinum Pasteels, 1984 (Namibia)

      • Genus Anthidium Fabricius, 1804

        • Anthidium abjunctum (Cockerell, 1936) (Democratic Republic of the Congo)

        • Anthidium akermani Mavromoustakis, 1937 (South Africa)

        • Anthidium banzonis Strand, 1912 (Cameroon)

        • Anthidium basale Pasteels, 1984 (South Africa)

        • Anthidium bechuanalandicum (Mavromoustakis, 1939) (Botswana)

        • Anthidium cinctum Klug, 1832 (Namibia. Also Palaearctic)

        • Anthidium cordiforme Friese, 1922 (Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe)

        • Anthidium crassidens Cameron, 1905 (South Africa)

        • Anthidium flaviventre Friese, 1925 (Namibia)

        • Anthidium modestum Bingham, 1903 (South Africa)

        • Anthidium niveocinctum Gerstaecker, 1858 (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia)

        • Anthidium opacum Friese, 1904 (Equatorial Guinea, Namibia)

        • Anthidium pontis Cockerell, 1933 (Namibia, Zimbabwe)

        • Anthidium reversum Smith, 1854 (Gambia)

        • Anthidium rotundoscutellare Pasteels, 1984 (South Africa)

        • Anthidium rubricans Pasteels, 1984 (Mali)

        • Anthidium rubrozonatum Pasteels, 1984 (Somalia)

        • Anthidium severini Vachal, 1903 (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe)

        • Anthidium sinuetellum Pasteels, 1984 (Senegal)

        • Anthidium soni Mavromoustakis, 1935 (Botswana, Namibia)

        • Anthidium sudanicum Mavromoustakis, 1945 (Sudan)

        • Anthidium tesselatum Klug, 1832 (Eritrea, Gambia, Mali, Nigeria, Sudan)

      • Genus Aspidosmia Brauns, 1926

      • Genus Benanthis Pasteels, 1969

        • Benanthis madagascariensis (Benoist, 1962) (Madagascar)

      • Genus Cyphanthidium Pasteels, 1969

        • Cyphanthidium intermedium Pasteels, 1969 (South Africa)

        • Cyphanthidium sheppardi (Mavromoustakis, 1937) (Zimbabwe)

      • Genus Dianthidium Cockerell, 1900

        • Dianthidium haematurum Cockerell, 1932 (South Africa)

        • Dianthidium opacifrons Cockerell, 1932 (South Africa)

      • Genus Eoanthidium Popov, 1950

        • Eoanthidium armaticeps (Friese, 1908) (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, Zimbabwe)

        • Eoanthidium bituberculatum (Pasteels, 1984) (Ethiopia)

        • Eoanthidium rothschildi (Vachal, 1910) (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Zimbabwe)

        • Eoanthidium turnericum (Mavromoustakis, 1934) (Namibia, South Africa)

      • Genus Euaspis Gerstaecker, 1858

        • Euaspis abdominalis (Fabricius, 1793) (Angola, Cameroon, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zimbabwe)

        • Euaspis abdominalis martini Vachal, 1910 (South Africa)

        • Euaspis abdominalis claripennis Strand, 1911 (Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Guinea, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zimbabwe)

        • Euaspis erythros (Meunier, 1890) (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mozambique, Namibia, Zimbabwe)

      • Genus Gnathanthidium Pasteels, 1969

        • Gnathanthidium prionognathum (Mavromoustakis, 1938) (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Zimbabwe)

      • Genus Icteranthidium Michener, 1948

        • Icteranthidium ferrugineum discoidale Latreille, 1809 (Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal. Also in Palaearctic region)

        • Icteranthidium ferrugineum azarense Mavromoustakis, 1934 (Nigeria)

      • Genus Lariostelis Michener and Griswold, 1994

        • Larinostelis scapulata Michener & Griswold, 1994 (Kenya)

      • Genus Pachyanthidium Friese, 1905

        • Pachyanthidium africanum (Smith, 1854) (Guinea, Sierra Leone)

        • Pachyanthidium apicatum (Smith, 1879) (Mozambique, South Africa, Zimbabwe)

        • Pachyanthidium arnoldi Mavromoustakis, 1938 (Zimbabwe)

        • Pachyanthidium ausense (Mavromoustakis, 1934) (Namibia)

        • Pachyanthidium benguelensis (Vachal, 1903) (Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zimbabwe)

        • Pachyanthidium bicolor (Lepeletier, 1841) (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Mali, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Uganda)

        • Pachyanthidium bouyssoui (Vachal, 1903) (Angola, Cameroon, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Nigeria, Senegal)

        • Pachyanthidium cordatum (Smith, 1854) (Kenya, Mozambique, South Africa)

        • Pachyanthidium katangense Cockerell, 1930 (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia)

        • Pachyanthidium micheneri Pasteels, 1968 (Malawi, South Africa)

        • Pachyanthidium minutulum Pasteels, 1984 (Somalia)

        • Pachyanthidium nigrum Pasteels, 1984 (Gabon, Ivory Coast)

        • Pachyanthidium obscurum Pasteels, 1984 (Uganda)

        • Pachyanthidium paulinieri (Guérin–Méneville, 1844) (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gambia, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Uganda)

        • Pachyanthidium rufescens (Friese, 1915) (Ethiopia)

        • Pachyanthidium semiluteum Pasteels, 1981 (Kenya. Also in Palaearctic region)

      • Genus Pleisianthidium Cameron, 1905

        • Plesianthidium bruneipes (Friese, 1913) (South Africa)

        • Plesianthidium calescens (Cockerell, 1921) (South Africa)

        • Plesianthidium cariniventris (Friese, 1904) (South Africa)

        • Plesianthidium fulvopilosum Cameron, 1905 (South Africa)

        • Plesianthidium neli (Brauns, 1929) (South Africa)

        • Plesianthidium trachusiforme (Friese, 1913) (South Africa)

        • Plesianthidium volkmanni (Friese, 1909) (Namibia, South Africa)

      • Genus Pseudoanthidium Friese, 1898

        • Pseudoanthidium acutum Pasteels, 1984 (Malawi)

        • Pseudoanthidium brachiatum Michener & Griswold, 1994 (Tanzania)

        • Pseudoanthidium damaraense Mavromoustakis, 1935 (Botswana)

        • Pseudoanthidium lanificum (Smith, 1879) (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda)

        • Pseudoanthidium latitarse Pasteels, 1984 (Senegal)

        • Pseudoanthidium tertium Pasteels, 1984 (South Africa)

        • Pseudoanthidium truncatum (Smith, 1854) (Angola, Cameroon, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe)

        • Pseudoanthidium truncatum alberti (Cockerell, 1935) (Democratic Republic of the Congo)

        • Pseudoanthidium truncatum livingstonei (Cockerell, 1936) (Tanzania)

        • Pseudoanthidium tuberculiferum Friese, 1905 (Botswana, Namibia, South Africa)

      • Genus Serapista Cockerell, 1904

        • Serapista denticulata (Smith, 1854) (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe)

        • Serapista rhodesiana Mavromoustakis, 1940 (Zambia)

        • Serapista rufipes (Friese, 1904) (Botswana, Namibia, South Africa)

        • Serapista serrata (Friese, ) (Cameroon)

      • Genus Stelis Panzer, 1806

        • Stelis rozeni Griswold & Parker, 2003 (South Africa)

      • Genus Trachusa Panzer, 1804

        • Trachusa aquiphilum (Strand, 1912) (Namibia)

        • Trachusa eburneomaculata Pasteels, 1984 (Kenya)

        • Trachusa flavorufula Pasteels, 1969 (Kenya)

        • Trachusa massauahensis Pasteels, 1984 (Ethiopia, Eritrea)

        • Trachusa schoutedeni (Vachal, 1910) (Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo)

    • Tribe Dioxyini

      • Genus Aglaoapis Cameron, 1901

        • Aglaoapis alata (Michener, 1996) (South Africa)

    • Tribe Lithurgini

      • Genus Lithurgus Berthold, 1827

        • Lithurgus hypoleucus Cockerell, 1937 (Mozambique, Zambia)

        • Lithurgus pullatus Vachal, 1903 (Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe)

        • Lithurgus sparganotes (Schletterer, 1891) (Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Uganda)

        • Lithurgus spiniferus Cameron, 1905 (Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe)

    • Tribe Megachilini

      • Genus Coelioxys Latreille, 1809

        • Coelioxys afra Lepeletier, 1941 (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Gambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, South Africa, Togo. Also in the Palaearctic region)

        • Coelioxys afra melanafra Cockerell, 1935 (South Africa)

        • Coelioxys albociliata Pasteels, 1968 (Guinea)

        • Coelioxys albomarginata Friese, 1922 (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania)

        • Coelioxys analis Friese, 1911 (Malawi, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe)

        • Coelioxys apicata Smith, 1854 (Gabon, Ghana, Mozambique, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Zambia) Also in Oriental region)

        • Coelioxys argentipes Smith, 1879 (Malawi, Sierra Leone)

        • Coelioxys ateneata Strand, 1921 (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mali, Senegal, South Africa, Uganda)

        • Coelioxys aureociliata Pasteels, 1968 (Senegal)

        • Coelioxys aurifrons Smith, 1853 (Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Malawi, Mozambique, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe)

        • Coelioxys aurulenta Pasteels, 1968 (South Africa)

        • Coelioxys bifoliata Pasteels, 1968 (South Africa)

        • Coelioxys bifoveolata Pasteels, 1968 (Namibia)

        • Coelioxys binghami Pasteels, 1968 (South Africa)

        • Coelioxys bruneipes Pasteels, 1968 (South Africa, Zimbabwe)

        • Coelioxys bulbosa Pasteels, 1985 (Botswana, Burkina Faso, Namibia, Senegal)

        • Coelioxys caeruleipennis Friese, 1905 (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Malawi, South Africa, Uganda, Zimbabwe)

        • Coelioxys caffra Friese, 1905 (Kenya, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Uganda, Zimbabwe)

        • Coelioxys calabarensis Pasteels, 1968 (Equatorial Guinea)

        • Coelioxys capensis Smith, 1854 (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, South Africa, Zimbabwe)

        • Coelioxys carinicauda Pasteels, 1968 (South Africa)

        • Coelioxys cavigena Pasteels, 1968 (Senegal)

        • Coelioxys cherenensis Friese, 1913 (Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Sudan, Uganda)

        • Coelioxys circumscriptus Schulz, 1906 (Lesotho, South Africa. Also in Palaearctic region)

        • Coelioxys coloratula Cockerell, 1939 (South Africa)

        • Coelioxys congoensis Friese, 1922 (Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Senegal, Zambia)

        • Coelioxys coriacea Pasteels, 1968 (Malawi)

        • Coelioxys coturnix Pérez,, 1884 (Gambia [?], Senegal [?]. Also in Palaearctic region) [Afrotropical material possibly misidentified])

        • Coelioxys cyanura Cockerell, 1933 (Burundi, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Liberia, Uganda, Zimbabwe)

        • Coelioxys decipiens Spinola, 1839 (Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Mauritania, Senegal, South Africa, Sudan. Also in Palaearctic region)

        • Coelioxys demeter Cockerell, 1939 (South Africa)

        • Coelioxys desmieri Pasteels, 1968 (Senegal)

        • Coelioxys difformis Friese, 1905 (South Africa, Zimbabwe)

        • Coelioxys elegantula Alfken, 1934 (Yemen[?]. Also in Palaearctic region) [African records doubtful]

        • Coelioxys elongativentris Pasteels, 1968 (Niger)

        • Coelioxys emarginata onculatus Friese, 1941 (Mozambique)

        • Coelioxys erythrura Spinola, 1839 (Niger, Senegal)

        • Coelioxys erythrura rubraxillaris Pasteels, 1968 (Niger)

        • Coelioxys foveolata Smith, 1854 (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Malawi, Mozambique, Somalia, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe)

        • Coelioxys genalis Pasteels, 1985 (Namibia)

        • Coelioxys gracillima Pasteels, 1968 (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zimbabwe)

        • Coelioxys haemorrhoa Foerster, 1853 (Burundi)

        • Coelioxys heterozona Cockerell, 1939 (“East Africa”, Ghana, Nigeria, Sudan)

        • Coelioxys incarinata Friese, 1905 (South Africa, Zimbabwe)

        • Coelioxys integra Pasteels, 1968 (Cameroon)

        • Coelioxys intermedia Pasteels, 1968 (South Africa, Sudan)

        • Coelioxys junodi Friese, 1905 (Congo, South Africa)

        • Coelioxys katangensis Cockerell, 1932 (Democratic Republic of the Congo)

        • Coelioxys langi Cockerell, 1935 (Zimbabwe)

        • Coelioxys lativentris Friese, 1909 (Malawi, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe)

        • Coelioxys lativentroides Brauns, 1930 (South Africa, Zimbabwe)

        • Coelioxys longispina Pasteels, 1968 (South Africa)

        • Coelioxys loricula Smith, 1854 (Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, South Africa, Zimbabwe)

        • Coelioxys luangwana Cockerell, 1939 (Zambia)

        • Coelioxys lucidicauda Cockerell, 1939 (South Africa)

        • Coelioxys maculata Friese, 1913 (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Uganda, “West Africa”)

        • Coelioxys maculoides Pasteels,  (Ivory Coast)

        • Coelioxys (Liothyrapsis) maculoides Pasteels, 1968a: 101, 132, male holotype (MNHN) Ivory Coast)

        • Liothyrapsis (Torridapis) maculoides (Pasteels): Pasteels 1977b: 195)

        • Coelioxys (Torridapis) maculoides Pasteels: Michener 2000: 530 [by implication])

        • Coelioxys madagascariensis Benoist, 1955 (Madagascar)

        • Coelioxys magretti Friese, 1915 (Ethiopia)

        • Coelioxys marchalli Pasteels, 1968 (Zimbabwe)

        • Coelioxys nasuta Friese, 1905 (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Niger, Senegal, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe)

        • Coelioxys natalensis Cockerell, 1920 (Democratic Republic of the Congo, “East Africa”, Gabon, Kenya, Malawi, South Africa, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe)

        • Coelioxys neli Cockerell, 1933 (South Africa)

        • Coelioxys nigripes Vachal, 1903 (Gabon, Nigeria, Sierra Leone)

        • Coelioxys nigrura Pasteels, 1977 (Senegal)

        • Coelioxys nitidicauda Pasteels, 1968 (South Africa)

        • Coelioxys nivosa Pasteels, 1968 (Somalia)

        • Coelioxys odin Strand, 1912 (Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Equatorial Guinea, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda)

        • Coelioxys paludicola Strand, 1911 (South Africa)

        • Coelioxys penetratrix Smith, 1879 (Malawi, South Africa)

        • Coelioxys piligena Pasteels, 1968 (Ethiopia, Malawi)

        • Coelioxys planidens Friese, 1905 (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, Senegal, South Africa)

        • Coelioxys postponenda Schulz, 1906 (Guinea, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Senegal, South Africa)

        • Coelioxys raffrayi Dusmet y Alonso, 1912 (Distribution unknown)

        • Coelioxys recusata Schulz, 1906 (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, South Africa, Uganda)

        • Coelioxys reticulata Pasteels, 1968 (Senegal)

        • Coelioxys rotundiscutum) (Pasteels, 1977) (Senegal)

        • Coelioxys rubella Pasteels, 1968 (Senegal)

        • Coelioxys rufispina Walker, 1871 (South Africa, Sudan, Zimbabwe. Also in Palaearctic region)

        • Coelioxys scioensis Gribodo, 1879 (Eritrea, Ethiopia, Guinea, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Uganda)

        • Coelioxys scutellotuberculata Pasteels, 1968 (Niger)

        • Coelioxys seminitida Pasteels, 1985 (South Africa)

        • Coelioxys setosa Friese, 1905 (Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia)

        • Coelioxys somalica Friese, 1922 (Namibia, Somalia, Zambia, Zimbabwe)

        • Coelioxys somalina Magretti, 1895 (Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe)

        • Coelioxys spissicauda Pasteels, 1968 (South Africa)

        • Coelioxys squamosa Friese, 1922 (Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe)

        • Coelioxys squamosissima Pasteels, 1968 (South Africa)

        • Coelioxys squamosoides Pasteels, 1977 (Zambia)

        • Coelioxys squamatula Pasteels, 1968 (Rwanda)

        • Coelioxys sudanensis Cockerell, 1933 (Sudan)

        • Coelioxys subdentata Smith, 1854 (Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Africa)

        • Coelioxys subnitens Pasteels, 1977 (Senegal)

        • Coelioxys tenebrosa Pasteels, 1968 (Zimbabwe)

        • Coelioxys tenebrosoides Pasteels, 1968 (South Africa, Zambia)

        • Coelioxys togoensis Pasteels, 1968 (Togo)

        • Coelioxys torrida Smith, 1854 (Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zimbabwe)

        • Coelioxys torridula Pasteels, 1968 (Mauritius)

        • Coelioxys truncaticauda Cockerell, 1932 (Namibia, South Africa)

        • Coelioxys ultima Pasteels, 1968 (Uganda)

        • Coelioxys umbripennis Friese, 1922 (Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Malawi, Senegal, South Africa, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe)

        • Coelioxys unicula Cockerell, 1939 (South Africa, Zimbabwe)

        • Coelioxys verticalis Smith, 1854 (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Liberia, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Uganda)

      • Genus Megachile Latreille, 1802

        • Megachile abessinica Friese, 1915 (Ethiopia)

        • Megachile abnegatula Cockerell (Mozambique)

        • Megachile abongana Strand, 1911 (Cameroon, Malawi)

        • Megachile acanthura Cockerell, 1937 (South Africa)

        • Megachile accraensis Friese, 1903 (Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Liberia, Tanzania)

        • Megachile aculeata Vachal, 1910 (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe)

        • Megachile addita Pasteels, 1965 (Zambia)

        • Megachile adeloptera Schletterer, 1891 (Cameroon, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Guinea, Namibia, Somalia, South Africa)

        • Megachile admixta Cockerell, 1931 (Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Namibia, Zambia)

        • Megachile aduaensis Friese, 19019 (Ethiopia, Somalia)

        • Megachile afra Pasteels, 1965 (Mozambique)

        • Megachile africanibia Strand, 1912 (Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Nigeria)

        • Megachile akamiella Pasteels, 1965 (Democratic Republic of the Congo)

        • Megachile albicaudella Pasteels, 1965 (Zambia)

        • Megachile albiscopa Saussure, 1891 (Madagascar)

        • Megachile albocincta Radoszkowski, 1874 (Ethiopia, Senegal, Sudan)

        • Megachile albofilosa Cockerell, 1937 (South Africa)

        • Megachile albohirsuta Pasteels, 1965 (South Africa)

        • Megachile albonigra Pasteels, 1973 (Senegal)

        • Megachile albopilosa Friese, 1916 (South Africa, Zimbabwe)

        • Megachile aliceae Cockerell, 1932 (South Africa)

        • Megachile altera Vachal, 1903 (Tanzania, Zimbabwe)

        • Megachile alternans Friese, 1922 (Democratic Republic of the Congo)

        • Megachile amabilis Cockerell, 1933 (Sudan)

        • Megachile ambigua (Pasteels, 1965) (Democratic Republic of the Congo)

        • Megachile amoena (Pasteels, 1965) (Ethiopia)

        • Megachile angolensis (Cockerell, 1935) (Angola)

        • Megachile angulata Smith, 1853 (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Gambia, Malawi, Nigeria, South Africa, Zimbabwe)

        • Megachile anomomaculata (Pasteels, 1965) (Malawi, Tanzania, Zimbabwe)

        • Megachile antinorii Gribodo, 1879 (Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Sudan, Tanzania)

        • Megachile apiformis Smith, 1853 (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, South Africa, Tanzania, Zimbabwe)

        • Megachile apostolica Cockerell, 1937 (Democratic Republic of the Congo)

        • Megachile arabica Friese, 1901 (Somalia, Palaearctic)

        • Megachile aridissima Cockerell, 1937 (Ethiopia, South Africa)

        • Megachile armatipes Friese, 1909 (Equatorial Guinea, Kenya, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda)

        • Megachile armipygata Strand, 1911 (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Senegal)

        • Megachile arnoldiella (Pasteels, 1965) (Tanzania)

        • Megachile asarna Cockerell, 1937 (Malawi, South Africa)

        • Megachile astridella Pasteels, 1965 (Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, South Africa)

        • Megachile atopognatha Cockerell, 1933 (Malawi, Zimbabwe)

        • Megachile atripes Friese, 1904 (South Africa)

        • Megachile atroalbida Pasteels, 1965 (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda)

        • Megachile attenuata Vachal, 1910 (Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Uganda)

        • Megachile aurifacies Pasteels, 1985 (Angola)

        • Megachile aurifera Cockerell, 1935 (Angola, Botswana, Malawi, Namibia, Senegal, Zimbabwe)

        • Megachile aurilabris Pasteels, 1965 (Zambia, Zimbabwe)

        • Megachile aurivilli Friese, 1901 (Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon)

        • Megachile aurulenta (Pasteels, 1970) (South Africa)

        • Megachile azarica Cockerell, 1945 (Nigeria)

        • Megachile bangana Cockerell, 1931 (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Liberia)

        • Megachile barbata Smith, 1853 (Ethiopia, Malawi, South Africa, Zambia)

        • Megachile barkeri Cockerell, 1920 (South Africa)

        • Megachile basalis Smith, 1853 (Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe)

        • Megachile basirubella Pasteels, 1973 (Senegal)

        • Megachile battorensis Meade–Waldo, 1912 (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Uganda)

        • Megachile benitocola Strand, 1912 (Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, Kenya, South Africa)

        • Megachile bicornuta Friese, 1903 (Niger, Senegal, Sudan)

        • Megachile biexcisa (Pasteels, 1970) (South Africa)

        • Megachile biloba Vachal, 1910 (Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo)

        • Megachile bilobata Friese, 1915 (Ethiopia, Kenya)

        • Megachile bipunctulata (Pasteels, 1965) (Namibia, South Africa)

        • Megachile biseta Vachal, 1903 (Cameroon, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Liberia, Zambia)

        • Megachile biseta biseta (Pasteels, 1965) (Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Liberia)

        • Megachile biseta australis (Pasteels, 1965) (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia)

        • Megachile bituberculata Ritsema, 1880 (Angola, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Liberia, Malawi, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe)

        • Megachile bituberculata rubripedana Strand, 1914 (Angola)

        • Megachile bombiformis Gerstaecker, 1894 (Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Zimbabwe)

        • Megachile bombiformis bombiformis (Gerstaecker, 1909) (Mozambique

        • Megachile bombiformis yapiensis (Cockerell, 1935) (Nigeria)

        • Megachile boswendica Cockerell, 1931 (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Zimbabwe)

        • Megachile bredoi Cockerell, 1935 (Democratic Republic of the Congo)

        • Megachile brochidens Vachal, 1903 (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Nigeria)

        • Megachile brooksi Pauly, 2001 (Madagascar)

        • Megachile brunissima (Pasteels, 1965) (Ethiopia)

        • Megachile bucephala (Fabricius, 1793) (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Guinea, Malawi, South Africa, Tanzania, Zimbabwe)

        • Megachile bukamensis Cockerell, 1935 (Democratic Republic of the Congo)

        • Megachile bullata Friese, 1911 (Namibia, South Africa)

        • Megachile burungana Cockerell, 1931 (Democratic Republic of the Congo)

        • Megachile candidicauda Cockerell, 1932 (South Africa)

        • Megachile candidigena Cockerell, 1932 (South Africa)

        • Megachile capitata Smith, 1853 (Gambia, Tanzania)

        • Megachile capiticola Cockerell, 1938 (South Africa)

        • Megachile caricina Cockerell, 1907 (Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Malawi, Uganda)

        • Megachile catulus (Cockerell, 1910) (Kenya)

        • Megachile cestifera Benoist, 1955 (Madagascar)

        • Megachile chapini (Cockerell, 1935) (Democratic Republic of the Congo)

        • Megachile chelostomoides Gribodo, 1894 (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia)

        • Megachile chromatica Cockerell, 1932 (South Africa)

        • Megachile chrysognatha Cockerell, 1943 (Namibia)

        • Megachile chrysopogon Vachal, 1910 (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, South Africa, Zambia)

        • Megachile chrysorrhoea Gerstaecker, 1858 (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania)

        • Megachile cincta (Fabricius, 1781) (Angola, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Palaearctic)

        • Megachile cincta cincta (Fabricius, 1793) (Equatorial Guinea, Sierra Leone)

        • Megachile cincta combusta (Smith, 1853) (South Africa)

        • Megachile cincta nigrocincta (Ritsema, 1874) (Guinea, Mozambique)

        • Megachile cincta tricolor Friese, 1903 (Cameroon, Sierra Leone)

        • Megachile guineensis cerenensis Friese, 1926 (Eritrea)

        • Megachile cinctiventris Friese, 1916 (Namibia)

        • Megachile clypeosinuata Pasteels, 1985 (South Africa)

        • Megachile coelostoma Cockerell, 1932 (South Africa)

        • Megachile cognata Smith, 1853 (Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Namibia, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia)

        • Megachile cognata claripennis Friese, 1915 (Tanzania)

        • Megachile cognatiforme (Pasteels, 1970) (Senegal)

        • Megachile colorata Fox, 1896 (Somalia)

        • Megachile combinata (Pasteels, 1965) (Kenya)

        • Megachile commixta (Pasteels, 1970) (Ethiopia)

        • Megachile congruens Friese, 1903 (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Liberia, Malawi, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe)

        • Megachile concinna Smith, 1879 (Chad, Ghana, Senegal, South Africa, Neotropical)

        • Megachile coniformis Friese, 1922 (Tanzania, Zimbabwe)

        • Megachile conradsi Friese, 1911 (Tanzania)

        • Megachile cordata Smith, 1879 (Malawi, South Africa)

        • Megachile cornigera Friese, 1904 (South Africa)

        • Megachile cradockensis Friese, 1909 (Ivory Coast, Kenya, Namibia, Senegal, South Africa)

        • Megachile cradockensis occidentalis (Pasteels, 1970) (Ivory Coast, Senegal)

        • Megachile crassitarsis Cockerell, 1931 (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania)

        • Megachile crenulata Fox, 1896 (Somalia)

        • Megachile cupreohirta Cockerell, 1933 (Democratic Republic of the Congo)

        • Megachile curtula Gerstaecker, 1858 (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe)

        • Megachile curtuloides Pasteels, 1973 (Cameroon)

        • Megachile cyanipennis Guérin–Méneville, 1844 (Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal, Sudan)

        • Megachile dariensis Pasteels, 1965 (Malawi, Tanzania)

        • Megachile dawensis (Pasteels, 1965) (Ethiopia)

        • Megachile decemsignata Radoszkowski, 1881 (Angola, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Liberia, Kenya, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe)

        • Megachile delphinensis Benoist, 1962 (Madagascar)

        • Megachile demeter Cockerell, 1937 (South Africa, Zimbabwe)

        • Megachile derasa Gerstaecker, 1869 (Sudan, Palaearctic)

        • Megachile derelictula Cockerell, 1937 (Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal)

        • Megachile devexa Vachal, 1903 (Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East Africa, Gabon)

        • Megachile digiticauda Cockerell, 1937 (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Nigeria)

        • Megachile discolor Smith, 1853 (Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gambia, Kenya, Malawi, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, Sudan, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe)

        • Megachile discretula Cockerell, 1937 (Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Africa)

        • Megachile disjuncta (Fabricius, 1781) (Madagascar, Mauritius, Réunion, Seychelles, Tanzania, Oriental, Palaearctic)

        • Megachile dolichognatha Cockerell, 1931 (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Uganda)

        • Megachile dolichosoma Benoist, 1962 (Madagascar)

        • Megachile dorsata Smith, 1853 (Lesotho, South Africa, Zimbabwe)

        • Megachile duala Strand, 1914 (Cameroon)

        • Megachile edentata Friese, 1925 (Zimbabwe)

        • Megachile edwardsi Friese, 1922 (South Africa, Zimbabwe)

        • Megachile edwardsiana Friese, 1925 (South Africa)

        • Megachile ekuivella Cockerell, 1909 (Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe)

        • Megachile empeyi (Pasteels, 1970) (South Africa)

        • Megachile epixanthula Cockerell, 1931 (Kenya)

        • Megachile erythrura (Pasteels, 1970) (Malawi)

        • Megachile eupyrrha Cockerell, 1937 (Benin, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Malawi, Sierra Leone, Uganda)

        • Megachile eurymera Smith, 1853 (Botswana, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe)

        • Megachile excavata Cockerell, 1937 (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zimbabwe)

        • Megachile exsecta Pasteels, 1965 (Democratic Republic of the Congo)

        • Megachile familiaris Cockerell, 1916 (South Africa)

        • Megachile fastigiata Vachal, 1910 (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zimbabwe)

        • Megachile feijeni Schulten, 1977 (Malawi)

        • Megachile felina Gerstaecker, 1858 (Angola, Botswana, Comores, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Zimbabwe)

        • Megachile fervida (Smith, 1853) (Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Africa, Zimbabwe)

        • Megachile filicornis Friese, 1908 (Mozambique, Tanzania)

        • Megachile fimbriata Smith, 1853 (Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Namibia, Senegal, South Africa, Togo, Zimbabwe)

        • Megachile fimbriata sanguinea Friese, 1911 (Senegal, Togo)

        • Megachile fimbriata vulpecula Pasteels, 1973 (Kenya)

        • Megachile flammicauda Cockerell, 1937 (South Africa)

        • Megachile flavibasis Cockerell, 1920 (South Africa)

        • Megachile flavipennis Smith, 1853 ("Africa", South Africa)

        • Megachile flavipes Spinola, 1839 (Ethiopia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Sudan, Palaearctic)

        • Megachile flavipes meridionalis (Pasteels, 1970) (Mali, Mauritania, Niger)

        • Megachile formosa (Pasteels, 1970) (Kenya)

        • Megachile fuliginosa Friese, 1925 (South Africa)

        • Megachile fulva Smith, 1853 ("Africa", Namibia, South Africa, Uganda)

        • Megachile fulva nigrocaudata (Pasteels, 1970) (Uganda)

        • Megachile fulvitarsis Friese, 1909 (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda)

        • Megachile fulvohirta Friese, 1904 (South Africa)

        • Megachile funebris Radoszkowski, 1874 (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia)

        • Megachile fuscicauda Cockerell, 1933 (Angola)

        • Megachile galactogagates Gribodo, 1894 (Ethiopia)

        • Megachile gambiensis Cockerell, 1973 (Gambia)

        • Megachile garambana Pasteels, 1965 (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia)

        • Megachile gastracantha Cockerell, 1931 (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Uganda)

        • Megachile gathela Cameron, 1908 (Sudan, Oriental)

        • Megachile geoffrei Cockerell, 1919 (Gambia, Nigeria)

        • Megachile gessi Eardley, 2012 (Namibia)

        • Megachile gessorum Eardley, 2012 (Namibia)

        • Megachile gibbidens Vachal, 1910 (Democratic Republic of the Congo)

        • Megachile globiceps (Pasteels, 1970) (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda)

        • Megachile gobabebensis Eardley, 2013 (Namibia)

        • Megachile goegabensis Eardley, 2013 (South Africa)

        • Megachile gordoni Cockerell, 1937 (Sudan)

        • Megachile gowdeyi Cockerell, 1931 (Ethiopia, Uganda)

        • Megachile granulicauda Cockerell, 1931 (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, South Africa, Tanzania)

        • Megachile gratiosa Gerstaecker, 1858 (Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe)

        • Megachile gratiosa marusa Cameron, 1905 (South Africa)

        • Megachile gratiosella Cockerell, 1935 (Botswana, South Africa)

        • Megachile griseola Cockerell, 1931 (Kenya)

        • Megachile guineae Strand, 1912 (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea)

        • Megachile haematognatha Cockerell, 1937 (Namibia, South Africa)

        • Megachile harrarensis Friese, 1915 (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda)

        • Megachile harthulura Cockerell, 1937 (South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe)

        • Megachile hecate Vachal, 1903 (Tanzania)

        • Megachile heinii Kohl, 1906 (Ethiopia)

        • Megachile hemirhodura Cockerell, 1937 (Kenya)

        • Megachile heptadonta Cockerell, 1937 (South Africa)

        • Megachile heteroscopa Cockerell, 1937 (South Africa)

        • Megachile heterotricha Cockerell, 1920 (South Africa)

        • Megachile hirsutula Pasteels, 1973 (Cameroon, Senegal)

        • Megachile hirticauda Cockerell, 1937 (Kenya, Uganda)

        • Megachile holostoma Cockerell, 1937 (Malawi)

        • Megachile hopilitis Vachal, 1903 (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Zimbabwe)

        • Megachile horrida Schulten, 1977 (Malawi)

        • Megachile hypopyrrha Cockerell, 1937 (Democratic Republic of the Congo)

        • Megachile ianthoptera Smith, 1853 (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania)

        • Megachile ianthoptera consanguinea Smith, 1879 (Lesotho, South Africa)

        • Megachile consanguinea zamelaena Cockerell, 1937 (South Africa)

        • Megachile ikuthaensis Friese, 1903 (Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Kenya, Uganda, Zimbabwe)

        • Megachile imitata Smith, 1853 (South Africa)

        • Megachile imperialis Friese, 1903 (Tanzania)

        • Megachile inexpectata Pasteels, 1973 (Malawi)

        • Megachile insolita (Pasteels, 1965) (Namibia)

        • Megachile invenita (Pasteels, 1965) (Tanzania)

        • Megachile ituriana Cockerell, 1935 (Democratic Republic of the Congo)

        • Megachile ituriella Pasteels, 1965 (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia)

        • Megachile janthopteriana Strand, 1911 (Tanzania)

        • Megachile japoma Strand, 1911 (Cameroon)

        • Megachile johannis (Pasteels, 1965) (South Africa)

        • Megachile johannis fulvosetosa) (Pasteels, 1985) (South Africa)

        • Megachile junodi Friese, 1904 (Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Africa, Zimbabwe)

        • Megachile kamerunensis Friese, 1922 (Cameroon, Zimbabwe)

        • Megachile kamerunensis totafusca (Pasteels, 1965) (Zimbabwe)

        • Megachile karooensis (Brauns, 1912) (South Africa)

        • Megachile kasiana (Pasteels, 1965) (Ethiopia)

        • Megachile katonana Strand, 1911 (Tanzania)

        • Megachile kelnerae Pasteels, 1978 (Congo)

        • Megachile khamana Cockerell, 1938 (Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mozambique, South Africa)

        • Megachile kigonserana Friese, 1903 (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe)

        • Megachile kimilolana Cockerell, 1931 (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania)

        • Megachile konowiana Friese, 1903 (Botswana, Kenya, Malawi, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania)

        • Megachile konowiana albitarsata Friese, 1909 (Kenya)

        • Megachile krebsiana Strand, 1911 (South Africa, Zimbabwe)

        • Megachile laminata Friese, 1903 (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda)

        • Megachile lanata (Fabricius, 1804) (Ethiopia, Madagascar, Réunion, Oriental

        • Megachile laticeps Smith, 1853 (Seychelles)

        • Megachile latimetatarsis Strand, 1911 (Botswana, Cameroon, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, Sudan, Togo)

        • Megachile leonum (Cockerell, 1930) (Kenya)

        • Megachile leucopsis Schletterer, 1891 (Democratic Republic of the Congo)

        • Megachile leucospila Cockerell, 1933 (Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Africa)

        • Megachile leucospilura Cockerell, 1937 (Namibia, South Africa)

        • Megachile lineatula Cockerell, 1937 (Zambia)

        • Megachile lineofasciata (Pasteels, 1965) (South Africa)

        • Megachile louisae Brauns, 1926 (South Africa)

        • Megachile luangwae Meade–Waldo, 1912 (Malawi, Zambia)

        • Megachile luteicornis Pasteels, 1973 (Senegal)

        • Megachile luteoalba Pasteels, 1973 (Democratic Republic of the Congo)

        • Megachile luteociliata Pasteels, 1965 (Kenya)

        • Megachile luteohirta Pasteels, 1973 (Malawi)

        • Megachile luteola Pasteels, 1965 (Malawi, South Africa)

        • Megachile lutescens Cockerell, 1931 (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi)

        • Megachile lydenburgiana Strand, 1911 (South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda)

        • Megachile mabirensis Cockerell, 1937 (Uganda)

        • Megachile mackieae Cockerell, 1937 (South Africa)

        • Megachile maculosella Pasteels, 1965 (Democratic Republic of the Congo)

        • Megachile magadiensis Cockerell, 1937 (Kenya)

        • Megachile magadiensis hamiltoni Cockerell, 1937 (Kenya)

        • Megachile malangensis Friese, 1904 (Angola, Lesotho)

        • Megachile malangensis mamalapia Pasteels, 1965 (Lesotho)

        • Megachile malimbana Strand, 1911 (Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria)

        • Megachile manguna Strand, 1911 (Chad, Gambia, Ghana, Nigeria, Sudan, Togo)

        • Megachile manyara Eardley & Urban, 2006 (Kenya, Tanzania)

        • Megachile marshalli Friese, 1904 (Angola, Botswana, Ethiopia, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, Zimbabwe)

        • Megachile masaiella Cockerell, 1930 (Chad, Ghana, Kenya, South Africa, Sudan)

        • Megachile mastrucatella Strand, 1911 (East Africa)

        • Megachile maxillosa Guérin–Méneville, 1844 (Botswana, Ethiopia, Gambia, Kenya, Malawi, Namibia, Senegal, South Africa, Sudan, Zimbabwe)

        • Megachile meadewaldoi Brauns, 1912 (South Africa, Zimbabwe)

        • Megachile mediana (Pasteels, 1965) ("Afrique occidentale française")

        • Megachile mediorufa Cockerell, 1930 (Sudan)

        • Megachile meesi Pasteels, 1966 (Zimbabwe)

        • Megachile melanops Cockerell, 1937 (Ethiopia)

        • Megachile melanura Cockerell, 1937 (South Africa)

        • Megachile meneliki Friese, 1915 (Ethiopia)

        • Megachile mephistophelica Gribodo, 1894 (Cameroon, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal, Sudan)

        • Megachile meruensis Friese, 1909 (Tanzania)

        • Megachile michaelis Cockerell, 1931 (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi)

        • Megachile mimetica Cockerell, 1933 (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Nigeria, Zambia)

        • Megachile mimeticana Eardley & Urban, 2006 (Nigeria)

        • Megachile minutissima Radoszkowski, 1874 (Ethiopia)

        • Megachile mixtura Eardley & Urban, 2006 (Senegal, Sudan)

        • Megachile mlanjensis Meade–Waldo, 1913 (Malawi)

        • Megachile mlunguziensis Schulten, 1977 (Malawi)

        • Megachile modestissima Dalla Torre, 1896 (Sudan)

        • Megachile montibia Strand, 1911 (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Zambia, Zimbabwe)

        • Megachile morsitans Saussure, 1891 (Madagascar)

        • Megachile mossambica Gribodo, 1895 (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mozambique, South Africa)

        • Megachile muansae Friese, 1911 (Tanzania, Zimbabwe)

        • Megachile multidens Fox, 1891 (Democratic Republic of the Congo [introduced], Nearctic)

        • Megachile murina Friese, 1913 (South Africa)

        • Megachile musculus Friese, 1913 (Namibia, South Africa)

        • Megachile mutala Strand, 1912 (Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Liberia)

        • Megachile mystacea (Fabricius, 1775) (Mauritius, Seychelles, Oriental)

        • Megachile namibensis Eardley, 2012 (Namibia)

        • Megachile nasalis Smith, 1879 (Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe)

        • Megachile nasalis ventrifasciata Strand, 1911 (Namibia)

        • Megachile nasicornis Friese, 1903 (South Africa)

        • Megachile nasutula (Brauns, 1912) (South Africa)

        • Megachile natalica Cockerell, 1920 (South Africa)

        • Megachile natansiella Cockerell, 1944 (Botswana)

        • Megachile neavei Vachal, 1910 (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Tanzania,

        • Megachile neli Cockerell, 1937 (South Africa)

        • Megachile nigeriensis Cockerell, 1937 (Nigeria)

        • Megachile nigra Schulten, 1977 (Malawi)

        • Megachile nigrimanus Schulten, 1977 (Malawi)

        • Megachile nigripollex Vachal, 1910 (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Malawi)

        • Megachile nigroaurea Pasteels, 1965 (Malawi, Uganda)

        • Megachile nigrocaudata Friese, 1903 (Kenya)

        • Megachile nigrorufa Pasteels, 1973 (Senegal)

        • Megachile niveicauda Cockerell, 1931 (Democratic Republic of the Congo)

        • Megachile niveofasciata Friese, 1904 (South Africa)

        • Megachile obesa Pasteels, 1965 (South Africa)

        • Megachile opaculina Cockerell, 1937 (Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Sudan)

        • Megachile ornaticoxis Cockerell, 1935 (Democratic Republic of the Congo)

        • Megachile ornithica Cockerell, 1937 (Democratic Republic of the Congo)

        • Megachile ovatomaculata Pasteels, 1965 (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zimbabwe)

        • Megachile pachyceps Friese, 1922 (South Africa)

        • Megachile pallida Radoszkowski, 1881 (Angola, South Africa)

        • Megachile pallorea Vachal, 1903 (Democratic Republic of the Congo)

        • Megachile panda Cockerell, 1931 (Democratic Republic of the Congo)

        • Megachile parabukamensis (Pasteels, 1965) (Democratic Republic of the Congo)

        • Megachile paracantha (Pasteels, 1965) (Democratic Republic of the Congo)

        • Megachile parancinnula Cockerell, 1937 (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Zimbabwe)

        • Megachile patellimana Spinola, 1839 (Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Sudan)

        • Megachile pauliani Benoist, 1950 (Madagascar)

        • Megachile paupera Pasteels, 1965 (Democratic Republic of the Congo)

        • Megachile perfimbriata Cockerell, 1931 (Democratic Republic of the Congo)

        • Megachile perniciosa Friese, 1903 (Namibia, South Africa)

        • Megachile persimilis Cockerell, 1937 (Tanzania)

        • Megachile pillaultae Pasteels, 1978 (Congo)

        • Megachile piliceps Saussure, 1891 (Madagascar)

        • Megachile pilosella Friese, 1922 (Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe)

        • Megachile pinguicula Pasteels, 1965 (Democratic Republic of the Congo)

        • Megachile pinguiventris Pasteels, 1965 (Zambia)

        • Megachile planatipes Cockerell, 1933 (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Lesotho, Zambia)

        • Megachile platystoma Pasteels, 1965 (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Senegal)

        • Megachile polychroma Cockerell, 1935 (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda)

        • Megachile pondonis Cockerell, 1944 (Mozambique, South Africa)

        • Megachile postnigra Cockerell, 1937 (Uganda)

        • Megachile praetexta Vachal, 1910 (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia)

        • Megachile pretoriaensis Pasteels, 1965 (South Africa)

        • Megachile pseudocincta (Pasteels, 1970) (Liberia)

        • Megachile pseudofulva (Pasteels, 1965) (Namibia, South Africa)

        • Megachile pseudolaminata Pasteels, 1965 (Tanzania)

        • Megachile pseudotaraxis Eardley, 2012 (South Africa)

        • Megachile pulchrifrons Cockerell, 1933 (Angola)

        • Megachile pulvinata Vachal, 1910 (Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia)

        • Megachile punctolineata Cockerell, 1935 (Democratic Republic of the Congo)

        • Megachile punctomarginata Schulten, 1977 (Malawi)

        • Megachile pycnocephala Pasteels, 1966 (Zimbabwe)

        • Megachile pyrrhothorax Schletterer, 1891 (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Liberia, Malawi, Nigeria, Tanzania, Uganda)

        • Megachile quadraticauda (Pasteels, 1965) (Democratic Republic of the Congo)

        • Megachile reicherti Brauns, 1929 (South Africa)

        • Megachile regina Friese, 1903 (Mozambique, Zambia)

        • Megachile rhodesica Cockerell, 1920 (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe)

        • Megachile rhodoleucura Cockerell, 1937 (Zimbabwe)

        • Megachile richtersveldensis Eardley, 2012 (South Africa)

        • Megachile riggenbachiana Strand, 1911 (Botswana, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Senegal, Tanzania)

        • Megachile riomii (Pasteels, 1970) (Senegal)

        • Megachile robertiana Cameron, 1905 (South Africa)

        • Megachile rosarum Cockerell, 1931 (Kenya)

        • Megachile rozenii Pasteels, 1976 (South Africa)

        • Megachile rubeola Pasteels, 1965 (South Africa)

        • Megachile rubrigena (Pasteels, 1965) (Nigeria)

        • Megachile rubrociliata Pasteels, 1965 (South Africa)

        • Megachile ruda (Pasteels, 1965) (Democratic Republic of the Congo)

        • Megachile rudihirta Cockerell, 1937 (South Africa)

        • Megachile rufa Friese, 1903 (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, South Africa, Uganda, Zambia)

        • Megachile ruficheloides Strand, 1911 (Tanzania)

        • Megachile rufigaster Cockerell, 1945 (Ethiopia, Tanzania)

        • Megachile rufiscopa Saussure, 1891 (Madagascar)

        • Megachile rufisetosa Pasteels, 1976 (South Africa)

        • Megachile rufipennis (Fabricius, 1793) (Cape Verde, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania. Also Neotropical region)

        • Megachile rufipes (Fabricius, 1781) (Cameroon, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Liberia, Madagascar, Mauritius, Nigeria, Réunion, Rodriguez, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Togo, Uganda)

        • Megachile rufiscopa Saussure, 1891 (Comores, Madagascar)

        • Megachile rufiventris Guérin–Méneville, 1834 (Comoro Islands, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Mozambique, Namibia, Réunion, Seychelles, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania)

        • Megachile rufohirtula Cockerell, 1937 (Malawi, Tanzania)

        • Megachile rufoscopacaea Friese, 1903 (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, South Africa, Zimbabwe)

        • Megachile rufosuffusa Cockerell, 1937 (Namibia)

        • Megachile rufulina Cockerell, 1937 (South Africa)

        • Megachile saba Strand, 1914 (Cameroon)

        • Megachile saganeitana Gribodo, 1894 (Eritrea)

        • Megachile salsburyana Friese, 1922 (Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe)

        • Megachile sarahae Eardley, 2012 (Namibia)

        • Megachile schulthessi Friese, 1903 (South Africa)

        • Megachile scindularia du Buysson, 1903 (Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo)

        • Megachile seclusa Cockerell, 1931 (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, South Africa, Zimbabwe)

        • Megachile seewaldi Strand, 1911 (Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe)

        • Megachile selenostoma Cockerell, 1931 (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya)

        • Megachile semibarbata Cockerell, 1937 (Democratic Republic of the Congo)

        • Megachile semicognata Cockerell, 1937 (Malawi, Zambia)

        • Megachile semierma Vachal, 1903 (Cameroon, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Uganda)

        • Megachile semiflava Cockerell, 1937 (Malawi, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe)

        • Megachile semifulva Friese, 1922 (South Africa)

        • Megachile semivestita (Smith, 1853) (Tanzania, Oriental)

        • Megachile senex Smith, 1853 (South Africa)

        • Megachile septentrionella Pasteels, 1965 (Ethiopia, Ghana, Sudan)

        • Megachile serraticauda Cockerell, 1938 (Namibia, South Africa)

        • Megachile serrigera Cockerell, 1937 (Ethiopia)

        • Megachile seychellensis Cameron, 1907 (Aldabra, Madagascar, Seychelles)

        • Megachile sheppardi (Pasteels, 1965) (Zimbabwe)

        • Megachile sikorae Friese, 1901 (Madagascar)

        • Megachile silverlocki Meade–Waldo, 1913 (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Somalia, Tanzania, Togo, Zambia)

        • Megachile silverlocki septentrionalis (Pasteels, 1965) (Somalia)

        • Megachile simonyi Friese, 1903 (Ethiopia, Somalia, Palaearctic)

        • Megachile simulator Cockerell, 1937 (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Sudan)

        • Megachile sinuata Friese, 1903 (Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe)

        • Megachile sinuata latitarsis (Friese, 1904) (South Africa)

        • Megachile sinuata bokanica (Cockerell, 1937) (South Africa)

        • Megachile sinuata senegalensis Pasteels, 1970 (Mali, Niger, Senegal)

        • Megachile sosia (Pasteels, 1970) (Malawi)

        • Megachile soutpansbergensis Eardley, 2012 (South Africa)

        • Megachile spatulicornis Pasteels, 1973 (South Africa)

        • Megachile spinarum Cockerell, 1937 (Namibia, South Africa)

        • Megachile spinosiventris Pasteels, 1965 (Namibia)

        • Megachile stefanellii Friese, 1903 (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Nigeria)

        • Megachile stellarum Cockerell, 1920 (South Africa)

        • Megachile stellensis Pasteels, 1965 (South Africa)

        • Megachile sternintegra (Pasteels, 1965) (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Nigeria, Zambia, Zimbabwe)

        • Megachile striatula (Cockerell, 1931) (Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo)

        • Megachile submetallica Benoist, 1955 (Madagascar)

        • Megachile sudanica Magretti, 1898 (Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan)

        • Megachile tangensis Cockerell, 1937 (Tanzania)

        • Megachile tantilla Cockerell, 1937 (South Africa)

        • Megachile taraxis Eardley, 2012 (South Africa)

        • Megachile tardula Cameron, 1905 (South Africa)

        • Megachile temora Cameron, 1905 (South Africa)

        • Megachile tessmanni Pasteels, 1965 (Cameroon)

        • Megachile tetracantha Cockerell, 1937 (Ghana, Senegal)

        • Megachile tetrodonta Pasteels, 1965 (Mozambique)

        • Megachile torrida Smith, 1853 (Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Neotropical – introduced)

        • Megachile transiens (Pasteels, 1965) (Tanzania)

        • Megachile trapezicauda Pasteels, 1965 (Democratic Republic of the Congo; Zimbabwe)

        • Megachile trichroma Friese, 1922 (Nigeria, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Democratic Republic of the Congo)

        • Megachile tricolor (Pasteels, 1970) (Senegal)

        • Megachile trisecta (Pasteels, 1976) (South Africa)

        • Megachile tritacantha (Pasteels, 1970) (South Africa)

        • Megachile truncata Friese, 1903 (Equatorial Guinea, Togo)

        • Megachile truncaticeps Friese, 1909 (Tanzania)

        • Megachile tsimbazazae (Pauly, 2001) (Madagascar)

        • Megachile uamiella Pasteels, 1965 (Central African Republic, Malawi)

        • Megachile umbiloensis Cockerell, 1920 (South Africa, Tanzania)

        • Megachile ungulata Smith, 1853 (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe)

        • Megachile unifasciata Radoszkowski, 1881 (Angola)

        • Megachile utra Vachal, 1903 (Tanzania)

        • Megachile vachali (Pasteels, 1965) (Ethiopia)

        • Megachile vandeveldii (Meunier, 1888) (Democratic Republic of the Congo)

        • Megachile variscopula Cockerell, 1931 (Sudan)

        • Megachile venusta Smith, 1853 (Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe)

        • Megachile venusta malelana Cockerell, 1935 (Democratic Republic of the Congo)

        • Megachile venustella Cockerell, 1917 (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Liberia, Malawi, South Africa, Uganda, Zambia)

        • Megachile venustella zambesica Cockerell, 1937 (Zambia)

        • Megachile vittatula Cockerell, 1920 (Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Namibia, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania)

        • Megachile voiensis Cockerell, 1937 (Kenya)

        • Megachile vulpinella Pasteels, 1973 (Cameroon)

        • Megachile wahlbergi Friese, 1901 (Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Namibia, South Africa)

        • Megachile waterbergensis Strand, 1927 (Namibia, South Africa)

        • Megachile whiteana Cameron, 1905 (South Africa)

        • Megachile willowmorensis Brauns, 1926 (South Africa)

        • Megachile zambezica Pasteels, 1965 (Mozambique, South Africa)

        • Megachile zebrella Pasteels, 1973 (Kenya)

        • Megachile zombae Schulten, 1977 (Malawi)

    • Tribe Osmiini

      • Genus Afroheriades Peters, 1970

        • Afroheriades dolichocephala (Friese, 1925) (Namibia, South Africa)

        • Afroheriades geminus (Peters, 1978) (South Africa)

        • Afroheriades hennigi (Peters, 1978) (South Africa)

        • Afroheriades larvatus (Friese, 1909) (South Africa)

        • Afroheriades primus (Peters, 1970) (South Africa)

        • Afroheriades reicherti (Brauns, 1929) (South Africa)

      • Genus Bekilia Benoist, 1962

        • Bekilia mimetica Benoist, 1962 (Madagascar)

      • Genus Heriades Spinola, 1808

        • Heriades abessinicus (Friese, 1915) (Eritrea)

        • Heriades albiscopanus (Strand, 1912) (South Africa)

        • Heriades aldabranus Cockerell, 1912 (Aldabra)

        • Heriades ambiguus Cockerell, 1947 (South Africa)

        • Heriades angusticeps Cockerell, 1937 (South Africa)

        • Heriades angustulus Cockerell, 1937 (South Africa)

        • Heriades apriculus Griswold, 1998 (South Africa)

        • Heriades arcuatellus Cockerell, 1937 (South Africa)

        • Heriades arcuatus Cockerell, 1947 (South Africa)

        • Heriades arnoldi (Friese, 1922) (Zimbabwe)

        • Heriades bequerti Cockerell, 1931 (Democratic Republic of the Congo)

        • Heriades bevisi Cockerell, 1916 (South Africa)

        • Heriades binodosus Cockerell, 1936 (South Africa)

        • Heriades bouyssoui (Vachal, 1903) (Congo, Gabon)

        • Heriades brage (Strand, 1912) (Guinea)

        • Heriades burgeoni Benoist, 1931 (Democratic Republic of the Congo)

        • Heriades canalicaulata Benoist, 1931 (Gabon)

        • Heriades capicola (Strand, 1912) (South Africa)

        • Heriades centralis Benoist, 1931 (Democratic Republic of the Congo)

        • Heriades chariensis Benoist, 1931 (Chad)

        • Heriades chlorops Cockerell, 1917 (South Africa)

        • Heriades chubbi Cockerell, 1916 (South Africa, Zimbabwe)

        • Heriades cingulata Benoist, 1931 (Zambia)

        • Heriades civicus Cockerell, 1937 (South Africa)

        • Heriades communis Cockerell, 1931 (Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zimbabwe)

        • Heriades curviventris (Strand, 1912) (Togo)

        • Heriades cyclodontus Cockerell, 1947 (South Africa)

        • Heriades diminutus Cockerell, 1937 (South Africa)

        • Heriades edentatus (Friese, 1922) (Cameroon)

        • Heriades ellenbergeri Benoist, 1931 (Lesotho)

        • Heriades erythrosoma (Friese, 1922) (Madagascar)

        • Heriades eximius (Friese, 1904) (Tanzania)

        • Heriades filicornis (Friese, 1915) (Eritrea)

        • Heriades flocciferus (Brauns, 1929) (South Africa)

        • Heriades freygessneri Schletterer, 1889 (South Africa)

        • Heriades frontosus Schletterer, 1889 (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Guinea)

        • Heriades fuelleborni (Friese, 1922) (Tanzania)

        • Heriades fumipennis Cockerell, 1947 (South Africa)

        • Heriades gibbosus (Friese, 1909) (South Africa)

        • Heriades globiventris Friese, 1925 (South Africa, Zimbabwe)

        • Heriades glomerans Schletterer, 1889 (“East Africa”)

        • Heriades hercules Strand, 1911 (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Zimbabwe)

        • Heriades heterognathus Cockerell, 1947 (South Africa)

        • Heriades humilis Cockerell, 1937 (Tanzania)

        • Heriades impressus Schletterer, 1889 (Democratic Republic of the Congo)

        • Heriades ingogoensis Cockerell, 1947 (South Africa)

        • Heriades langenburgicus (Strand, 1911) (Tanzania)

        • Heriades langenburgicus nigriventer (Strand, 1911) (Tanzania)

        • Heriades libericus Cockerell, 1931 (Liberia)

        • Heriades longicornis (Friese, 1915) (Tanzania)

        • Heriades longispinis Cockerell, 1944 (South Africa)

        • Heriades macrognatus (Vachal, 1909) (Kenya)

        • Heriades mamilliferus (Brauns, 1929) (South Africa)

        • Heriades mandibularis (Friese, 1922) (South Africa)

        • Heriades microstictus Cockerell, 1936 (Zimbabwe)

        • Heriades minor Cockerell, 1947 (South Africa)

        • Heriades multistriates Cockerell, 1937 (Namibia)

        • Heriades nasiferus Cockerell, 1946 (South Africa)

        • Heriades nitescens Cockerell, 1931 (Democratic Republic of the Congo)

        • Heriades nodulosus Cockerell, 1937 (South Africa)

        • Heriades orientis (Strand, 1912) (Tanzania)

        • Heriades ornaticornis Cockerell, 1936 (Zimbabwe)

        • Heriades otaviensis Cockerell, 1947 (Namibia)

        • Heriades otavica Eardley & Urban, 2006 (Namibia)

        • Heriades pachyacanthus Cockerell, 1940 (Democratic Republic of the Congo)

        • Heriades pachygnathus Cockerell, 1937 (South Africa)

        • Heriades perminutus Cockerell, 1935 (Botswana)

        • Heriades perparvus Cockerell, 1947 (South Africa)

        • Heriades perpolitus Cockerell, 1947 (Zimbabwe)

        • Heriades phthisicus Gerstaecker, 1858 (Mozambique)

        • Heriades pogonura Benoist, 1931 (Kenya)

        • Heriades pretorii Cockerell, 1947 (South Africa)

        • Heriades prionsa (Cameron, 1905) (South Africa)

        • Heriades prosopifrons Cockerell, 1947 (South Africa)

        • Heriades psiadiae Pauly & Griswold, 2001 (Seychelles)

        • Heriades punctulatus Cockerell, 1917 (South Africa)

        • Heriades rowlandi (Cockerell, 1947) (South Africa)

        • Heriades rufifrons Cockerell, 1932 (South Africa)

        • Heriades scutellatus (Friese, 1922) (South Africa, Zimbabwe)

        • Heriades seyrigi Pauly & Griswold, 2001 (Madagascar)

        • Heriades speculiferus Cockerell, 1937 (South Africa)

        • Heriades spiniscutis (Cameron, 1905) (South Africa)

        • Heriades strictifrons Cockerell, 1947 (South Africa)

        • Heriades subfrontosus Cockerell, 1939 (Democratic Republic of the Congo)

        • Heriades sulcatiferus Cockerell, 1937 (Democratic Republic of the Congo)

        • Heriades sulcatifrons Cockerell, 1936 (Botswana, Zimbabwe)

        • Heriades sulcatulus Cockerell, 1931 (Democratic Republic of the Congo)

        • Heriades swarzi Griswold, 1998 (Namibia)

        • Heriades trigibliferus (Brauns, 1929) (South Africa)

        • Heriades truncorum (Linnaeus, 1758) (Eritrea, Kenya. Also Palaearctic region)

        • Heriades umtalicus Cockerell, 1947 (Zimbabwe)

        • Heriades usakensis Cockerell, 1937 (Namibia)

        • Heriades ustulata Benoist, 1931 (Congo)

        • Heriades victoriae (Friese, 1922) (Cameroon)

        • Heriades wellmani Cockerell, 1908 (Angola, South Africa, Zimbabwe)

        • Heriades xanthogaster Cockerell, 1932 (South Africa)

        • Heriades zimbabwicus Cockerell, 1947 (Zimbabwe)

      • Genus Hoplitis Klug, 1807

        • Hoplitis infrapicta (Cockerell, 1916) (South Africa)

      • Genus Noteriades Cockerell, 1931

        • Noteriades argentatus (Gerstaecker, 1858) (Eritrea, Mozambique, Tanzania)

        • Noteriades bicornutus (Friese, 1904) (Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Africa, Zimbabwe)

        • Noteriades capensis (Friese, 1922) (Zimbabwe)

        • Noteriades chapini (Cockerell, 1933) (Democratic Republic of the Congo)

        • Noteriades clypeatus Friese, 1904 (South Africa, Zimbabwe)

        • Noteriades ekuivensis (Cockerell, 1908) (Angola)

        • Noteriades heterostictus Cockerell, 1936 (Zimbabwe)

        • Noteriades quinquecostatus (Strand, 1912) (Gabon, Guinea)

        • Noteriades striatibasis (Cockerell, 1937) (South Africa)

        • Noteriades tricarinatus (Bingham, 1903) (Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Africa)

        • Noteriades zulu (Strand, 1917) (South Africa)

      • Genus Ochreriades Mavromoustakis, 1956

        • Ochreriades rozeni Griswold, 1994 (Namibia)

      • Genus Othinosmia Michener, 1943

        • Othinosmia braunsiana (Friese, 1909) (South Africa)

        • Othinosmia calviniae (Cockerell, 1932) (South Africa)

        • Othinosmia filifera (Cockerell, 1936) (South Africa)

        • Othinosmia globicola (Stadelmann, 1892) (Namibia, South Africa)

        • Othinosmia jansei (Brauns, 1926) (South Africa)

        • Othinosmia monilifera (Cockerell, 1932) (South Africa)

        • Othinosmia namanus (Strand, 1912) (Namibia)

        • Othinosmia nitidula (Cockerell, 1947) (South Africa)

        • Othinosmia rhodognathus (Cockerell, 1947) (South Africa)

        • Othinosmia schultzei (Friese, 1909) (South Africa)

        • Othinosmia securicornis Peters, 2000 (South Africa)

        • Othinosmia stupenda Griswold, 1944 (Kenya)

      • Genus Pseudoheriades Peters, 1970

        • Pseudoheriades moricei (Friese, 1897) (Chad, Ethiopia, South Africa. Also Palaearctic region)

        • Pseudoheriades pellucidus (Cockerell, 1920) (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe)

        • Pseudoheriades unispinosa (Friese, 1925) (Zimbabwe)

      • Genus Stenoheriades Tkalců, 1984

        • Stenoheriades blommersi Pauly & Griswold, 2001 (Madagascar)

        • Stenoheriades braunsi (Cockerell, 1932) (Zimbabwe)

        • Stenoheriades livingstonei (Cockerell, 1932) (Zimbabwe)

        • Stenoheriades mackieae Cockerell, 1936 (Zimbabwe)

        • Stenoheriades prionotus Griswold, 1994 (South Africa, Zambia)

        • Stenoheriades truncaticeps (Friese, 1922) (Namibia)

      • Genus Wainia Tkalců, 1980

        • Wainia algoensis (Brauns, 1926) (South Africa)

        • Wainia braunsi Peters, 1984 (South Africa)

        • Wainia albobarbata (Cockerell, 1937) (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe)

        • Wainia sakaniensis (Cockerell, 1936) (Democratic Republic of the Congo)

    • Genus Incertae sedis

      • Genus Osmia Panzer. Osmia is not an Afrotropical genus. The species below have been incorrectly placed in this genus (Eardley & Urban, 2010).

        • Osmia atrorufa Friese, 1931 (South Africa)

        • Osmia ausica Cockerell, 1944 (Namibia)

        • Osmia capicola Friese, 1909 (South Africa)

        • Osmia flavipes Friese, 1909 (South Africa)

        • Osmia forficulina Cockerell, 1921 (Lesotho)

        • Osmia karooensis Brauns, 1926 (South Africa)

        • Osmia mediorufa Cockerell, 1932 (South Africa)

        • Osmia namaquaensis Friese, 1913 (South Africa)

        • Osmia natalensis Cockerell, 1920 (South Africa)

        • Osmia neavei Cockerell, 1936 (Zimbabwe)

        • Osmia ogilviae Cockerell, 1932 (South Africa)

        • Osmia ornatula Cockerell, 1932 (South Africa)

        • Osmia orthodonta Cockerell, 1932 (South Africa)

        • Osmia pachyceps Friese, 1922 (South Africa)

        • Osmia piliventris Friese, 1913 (South Africa)

        • Osmia reginae Cockerell, 1932 (Democratic Republic of the Congo)

        • Osmia rhodognatha Cockerell, 1932 (South Africa)

        • Osmia similis Friese, 1909 (South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe)

        • Osmia turneri Cockerell, 1937 (South Africa)

References

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Eardley C. 2013. A taxonomic revision of the southern African leaf-cutter bees, Megachile Latreille sensu stricto and Heriadopsis Cockerell (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Megachilidae). Zootaxa 3601: 1-134. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3601.1.1

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.

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Photographs © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa).


Web author Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum)

 

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