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Allodapula acutigera
Cockerell, 1936 (South Africa)
Allodapula
brunnescens (Cockerell), 1934 (South Africa))
Allodapula
dichroa (Strand, 1915) (South Africa)
Allodapula
empeyi Michener, 1975 (South Africa)
Allodapula
guillarmodi Michener, 1970 (South Africa)
Allodapula
hessei Michener, 1971 (South Africa)
Allodapula
jucunda (Smith, 1879) (South Africa)
Allodapula
maculithorax Michener, 1971 (South Africa)
Allodapula
melanopus (Cameron, 1905) (South Africa) |
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Allodapula
monticola (Cockerell, 1933) (South Africa) |
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Allodapula
ornaticeps Michener, 1971 (South Africa) |
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Allodapula
palliceps (Friese, 1924) (South Africa) |
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Allodapula
rozeni Michener, 1971 (South Africa) |
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Allodapula
turneri (Cockerell, 1934) (South Africa) |
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Allodapula
variegata (Smith, 1854) (South Africa, Tanzania, Zimbabwe) |
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Allodapula
xerica Michener, 1970 (South Africa) |
Distribution
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Afrotropical,
Australasian and Oriental regions. |
Biology
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Nest in hollow stems. Most species feed their larvae
progressively. Arrangement of larvae and pupae within the nest varies
according to genus. In Allodapula, the larvae are clustered
together in a clump and feed from a common food mass. |
References
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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 © Vida van der Walt (Pretoria).
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