Female
Photograph © Connal Eardley, Michael Kuhlmann, Alain Pauly first published in Eardley et al. 2010.
Male
Photograph © Connal Eardley, Michael Kuhlmann, Alain Pauly first published in Eardley et al. 2010.
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Distribution
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Angola, Botswana, Eritrea, Kenya, Malawi, Namibia, South Africa,
Sudan, Tanzania, Zimbabwe. Also Palaearctic. |
Biology
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Provision their nest with pollen and nectar, nest in
burrows in the soil. |
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 © Connal Eardley, Michael Kuhlmann, Alain Pauly first published in Eardley et al. 2010.
Map illustration ©
Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa).
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