Classification and checklist of Afrotropical Melittidae

• Subfamily Dasypodainae

  • Tribe Hesperapini

    • Genus Capicola Friese, 1911

    • Capicola aliceae Cockerell, 1932 (Namibia, South Africa)

    • Capicola braunsiana Friese, 1911 (Namibia, South Africa)

    • Capicola danforthi Eardley, 2007 (South Africa)

    • Capicola flavicara Eardley, 2007 (South Africa)

    • Capicola flavitarsis Friese, 1912 (South Africa)

    • Capicola gessorum Eardley, 2007 (South Africa)

    • Capicola hantamensis Michez & Kuhlmann, 2007 (South Africa)

    • Capicola micheneri Michez, 2007 (South Africa)

    • Capicola nanula (Cockerell, 1936) (Namibia, South Africa)

    • Capicola nigerrima Cockerell, 1932 (South Africa)

    • Capicola rhodostoma Cockerell, 1932 (South Africa)

    • Capicola richtersveldensis Patiny & Michez, 2007 (South Africa)

    • Capicola rufiventris Friese, 1912 (South Africa)

  • Tribe Promelittini

    • Genus Afrodasypoda Engel, 2005

      • Afrodasypoda plumipes (Friese, 1912) (South Africa)

    • Genus Haplomelitta Cockerell, 1934

    • Haplomelitta atra Michener, 1981 (South Africa)

    • Haplomelitta diversipes (Cockerell, 1932) (South Africa)

    • Haplomelitta fasciata Michener, 1981 (Namibia)

    • Haplomelitta griseonigra Michener, 1981 (South Africa)

    • Haplomelitta ogilviei (Cockerell, 1932) (South Africa)

    • Haplomelitta tridentata Michener, 1981 (South Africa)

  • Tribe Dasypodaini

    • Genus Samba Friese, 1908

      • Samba calcarata Friese, 1908 (Kenya, Tanzania)

• Subfamily Meganomiinae

  • Genus Ceratomonia Michener, 1981

    • Ceratomonia rozenorum Michener, 1981 (Namibia)

  • Genus Meganomia Cockerell, 1909

    • Meganomia andersoni (Meade–Waldo, 1916) (Kenya, Tanzania)
    • Meganomia binghami (Cockerell, 1909) (Botswana, Namibia, Zimbabwe)
    • Meganomia gigas Michener, 1981 (Namibia).
    • Meganomia rossi Michener, 1981 (Kenya)

  • Genus Pseudophilanthus Alfken, 1939

  • Pseudophilanthus taeniatus Alfken, 1939 (Kenya)

  • Pseudophilanthus tavetensis Cockerell, 1934 (Kenya)

  • Pseudophilanthus tsavoensis (Strand, 1921) (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya)

  • Pseudophilanthus wenzeli (Michener & Brooks, 1987) (Madagascar)

  • Genus Uromonia Michener, 1981

  • Uromonia flaviventris (Benoist, 1964) (Madagascar)

  • Uromonia stagei Michener, 1981 (Kenya, Mali)

• Subfamily Melittinae

  • Genus Melitta Kirby, 1802

  • Melitta albida Cockerell, 1935 (Botswana, South Africa)

  • Melitta arrogans (Smith, 1879) (Namibia, South Africa)

  • Melitta barbarae Eardley, 2006 (Namibia)

  • Melitta danae Eardley, 2006 (Lesotho, South Africa)

  • Melitta guichardi Michez, 2007 (Ethiopia)

  • Melitta katherinae Eardley, 2006 (Kenya)

  • Melitta schultzei Friese, 1909 (South Africa)

  • Melitta whiteheadi Eardley, 2006 (South Africa)

  • Genus Rediviva Friese, 1911

  • Rediviva albifasciata Whitehead & Steiner, 1994 (South Africa)

  • Rediviva alonsoae Whitehead & Steiner, 2001 (South Africa)

  • Rediviva autumnalis Whitehead & Steiner, 2008 (South Africa)

  • Rediviva aurata Whitehead & Steiner, 2001 (South Africa)

  • Rediviva brunnea Whitehead |& Steiner, 2008 (South Africa)

  • Rediviva colorata Michener, 1981 (South Africa)

  • Rediviva emdeorum Vogel & Michener, 1985 (South Africa)

  • Rediviva gigas Whitehead & Steiner, 1993 (South Africa)

  • Rediviva intermedia Whitehead & Steiner, 2001 (South Africa)

  • Rediviva intermixta (Cockerell, 1934) (South Africa)

  • Rediviva longimanus Michener, 1981 (South Africa)

  • Rediviva macgregori Whitehead & Steiner, 2001 (South Africa)

  • Rediviva micheneri Whitehead & Steiner, 2001 (South Africa)

  • Rediviva neliana Cockerell, 1931 (Lesotho, South Africa)

  • Rediviva nitida Whitehead & Steiner, 2001 (South Africa)

  • Rediviva pallidula Whitehead & Steiner, 1992 (South Africa)

  • Rediviva parva Whitehead & Steiner, 2001 (South Africa)

  • Rediviva peringueyi (Friese, 1911) (South Africa)

  • Rediviva rhodosoma Whitehead & Steiner, 2008 (South Africa)

  • Rediviva ruficornis Whitehead & Steiner, 2001 (South Africa)

  • Rediviva rufipes (Friese, 1913) (South Africa)

  • Rediviva rufocincta (Cockerell, 1944) (South Africa)

  • Rediviva saetigera Whitehead & Steiner, 1992 (South Africa)

  • Rediviva transkeiana Whitehead & Steiner, 2008 (South Africa)

  • Rediviva tropicalis (Cockerell, 1934) (Democratic Republic of the Congo)

  • Genus Redivivoides Michener, 1981

    • Redivivoides simulans Michener, 1981 (South Africa)

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.

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