Apoid_wasps

Afrotropical Apoidea

Distribution	Worldwide
Biology	Either provision the nest with arthropods as food for the larva (spheciformes wasps) or provision the nest with pollen and nectar (bees)
References	Brothers D.J. 1999. Phylogeny and evolution of wasps, ants and bees (Hymenoptera, Chrysidoidea, Vespoidea and Apoidea) Zoologica Scripta 28: 233–250. 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.
Links	CATALOG OF WORLD SPHECIDAE sensu lato (= Apoidea excluding Apidae) compiled by Wojciech J. Pulawski (California Academy of Sciences).
Credits	Photographs © Simon van Noort and Norman Larsen (Iziko Museums of Cape Town)