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Sphecodopsis Bischoff

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera; Superfamily: Apoidea; Family: Apidae; Subfamily: Nomadinae; Tribe: Ammobatini)

Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923. Type species:

 

Sphecodopsis aculeata (Friese, 1922)

  Sphecodopsis acuta Pollein & Kuhlmann, 2025
  Sphecodopsis albomaculata Pollein & Kuhlmann, 2025
  Sphecodopsis angulata Pollein & Kuhlmann, 2025
  Sphecodopsis aquifolia Pollein & Kuhlmann, 2025
 

Sphecodopsis argyrura (Cockerell, 1933)

  Sphecodopsis atra Pollein & Kuhlmann, 2025
  Sphecodopsis atricapillata Pollein & Kuhlmann, 2025
  Sphecodopsis bifida Pollein & Kuhlmann, 2025
  Sphecodopsis capensis (Friese, 1915)
  Sphecodopsis capicola (Strand, 1911)
  Sphecodopsis carolinae Eardley, 2007
  Sphecodopsis catastropha Pollein & Kuhlmann, 2025
  Sphecodopsis chaotica Pollein & Kuhlmann, 2025
  Sphecodopsis chrysea Pollein & Kuhlmann, 2025
  Sphecodopsis corona Pollein & Kuhlmann, 2025
  Sphecodopsis crassipunctata Pollein & Kuhlmann, 2025
  Sphecodopsis directa Pollein & Kuhlmann, 2025
  Sphecodopsis felix Pollein & Kuhlmann, 2025
  Sphecodopsis fimbriata Pollein & Kuhlmann, 2025
  Sphecodopsis fumipennis (Bischoff, 1923)
  Sphecodopsis keiskiensis Pollein & Kuhlmann, 2025
  Sphecodopsis kuhlmanni Eardley, 2007
 

Sphecodopsis leliefonteinensis Pollein & Kuhlmann, 2025

  Sphecodopsis leonis (Cockerell, 1933)

Sphecodopsis longipygidium Eardley, 1997

 

Sphecodopsis magna Pollein & Kuhlmann, 2025

  Sphecodopsis microscopica Pollein & Kuhlmann, 2025
  Sphecodopsis minuta Pollein & Kuhlmann, 2025
  Sphecodopsis minutissima (Cockerell, 1933)
 

Sphecodopsis namaquensis Eardley, 1997

  Sphecodopsis nana Pollein & Kuhlmann, 2025
  Sphecodopsis nigra Pollein & Kuhlmann, 2025
  Sphecodopsis obscura Pollein & Kuhlmann, 2025
  Sphecodopsis papilla Eardley, 2007
  Sphecodopsis parvula Pollein & Kuhlmann, 2025
 

Sphecodopsis regina Pollein & Kuhlmann, 2025

 

Sphecodopsis roggeveldensis Pollein & Kuhlmann, 2025

 

Sphecodopsis rufipes Pollein & Kuhlmann, 2025

 

Sphecodopsis semirufa (Cockerell, 1933)

 

Sphecodopsis subtilis Pollein & Kuhlmann, 2025

 

Sphecodopsis tenera Pollein & Kuhlmann, 2025

 

Sphecodopsis vespericena Eardley, 1997

 

Sphecodopsis vicfalls Pollein & Kuhlmann, 2025

 

Sphecodopsis villosa (Friese, 1909)

Distribution

South Africa, Zimbabwe.

Biology

Cleptoparasites of other bees.

References

Eardley, C & Urban, R. 2010. Catalogue of Afrotropical bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Apiformes). Zootaxa 2455: 1-548.

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.

Pöllein D. & Kuhlmann M. 2025. Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1–157.https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805

Credits

Photographs and map illustration © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa).


Web author Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum)

 

Citation: van Noort, S. 2025. WaspWeb: Hymenoptera of the World. URL: www.waspweb.org (accessed on <day/month/year>).

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