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Anthidium

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

Classification

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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, 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)

Distribution

Worldwide.

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 © Graham Grieve (South Africa).


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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