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Pachyanthidium africanum
(Smith, 1854)
Pachyanthidium apicatum
(Smith, 1879)
Pachyanthidium arnoldi
Mavromoustakis, 1938
Pachyanthidium ausense
(Mavromoustakis,
1934)
Pachyanthidium benguelensis
(Vachal,
1903)
Pachyanthidium bicolor
(Lepeletier,
1841)
Pachyanthidium bouyssoui
(Vachal,
1903)
Pachyanthidium cordatum
(Smith, 1854) |
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Pachyanthidium katangense
Cockerell, 1930
Pachyanthidium micheneri
Pasteels, 1968
Pachyanthidium minutulum
Pasteels, 1984
Pachyanthidium nigrum
Pasteels, 1984
Pachyanthidium obscurum
Pasteels, 1984
Pachyanthidium paulinieri
(Guérin–Méneville,
1844)
Pachyanthidium rufescens
(Friese,
1915)
Pachyanthidium semiluteum
Pasteels, 1981 |
Distribution
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Angola,
Cameroun, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon,
Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Malawi, Mali,
Mozambique, Namibia,
Nigeria,
Senegal,
Sierra
Leone, Somalia, South Africa,
Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
Also in Palaearctic region |
Biology
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Nests are
provisioned with pollen. |
References
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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
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Photographs © Laurence Packer's website: Bee
Tribes of the World
Map illustration © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa). |
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