Afranthidium - WaspWeb

Afranthidium abdominale (Friese, 1904)

Afranthidium ablusum (Cockerell, 1932)

Afranthidium amoenum (Pasteels, 1969)

Afranthidium angulatum (Pasteels, 1984)

Afranthidium biangulatum Pasteels, 1984

Afranthidium bispinosum Pasteels, 1984

Afranthidium braunsi (Friese, 1904)

Afranthidium capicola (Brauns, 1905)

Afranthidium concolor (Friese, 1913)

Afranthidium folliculosum (du Buysson, 1897)

Afranthidium guillarmodi (Mavromoustakis, 1951)

Afranthidium hamaticauda Pasteels, 1984

Afranthidium haplogastrum (Mavromoustakis, 1951)

Afranthidium herbsti (Pasteels, 1984)

Afranthidium hoplogastrum (Mavromoustakis, 1934)

Afranthidium hypocapicola (Mavromoustakis, 1936)

Afranthidium immaculatum (Smith, 1854)

Afranthidium jocosum (Pasteels, 1984)

Afranthidium junodi (Friese, 1904)

Afranthidium karooense (Friese, 1905)

Afranthidium matjesfonteinense (Mavromoustakis, 1934)

Afranthidium melanopoda (Pasteels, 1984)

Afranthidium micrurum (Cockerell, 1935)

Afranthidium minutulum (Friese, 1905)

Afranthidium mlanjense (Mavromoustakis, 1936)

Afranthidium nigritarse (Friese, 1904)

Afranthidium nigronitens (Pasteels, 1984)

Afranthidium nitidorubrum (Pasteels, 1984)

Afranthidium odonturum (Cockerell, 1932)

Afranthidium piliventre (Friese, 1913)

Afranthidium poecilodontum (Mavromoustakis, 1934)

Afranthidium polyacanthum (Mavromoustakis, 1938)

Afranthidium reicherti (Brauns, 1929)

Afranthidium repetitum (Schulz, 1906)

Afranthidium rubellum (Brauns, 1905)

Afranthidium rubellulum (Cockerell, 1932)

Afranthidium sakaniense (Cockerell, 1936)

Afranthidium sjoestedti (Friese, 1909)

Afranthidium silverlocki (Mavromoustakis, 1936)

Afranthidium tanganyicola (Strand, 1911)

Afranthidium tergoangulatum (Pasteels, 1984)

Afranthidium tergofasciatum (Pasteels, 1984)

Afranthidium villosomarginatum (Pasteels, 1984)

Afranthidium willowmorensis (Brauns, 1926)

Distribution	Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, South Africa, Senegal, Sudan, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe. Also in the Palaearctic regions.
Biology	Construct multi-celled nests out of resin, soil and plant fibres which are combed to a cotton-like texture using their mandibles. Nests often built in existing cavities in soil or stems. Nests are provisioned with a mix of pollen and nectar.
References	Brothers D.J. 1999. Phylogeny and evolution of wasps, ants and bees (Hymenoptera, Chrysidoidea, Vespoidea and Apoidea) Zoologica Scripta 28: 233–250. 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 © Laurence Packer's website: Bee Tribes of the World

Afranthidium Michener

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