Biology
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Recorded
visiting flowers of the families: Amaranthaceae, Campanulaceae, Fabaceae, and Zygophyllaceae; nesting in level, compacted, friable soil;
prey: Cicadellidae (Homoptera) (Gess
& Gess, 2003; 2006; Gess et al. 2015). |
References
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Gess, S.K. & Gess, F.W. 2003. A catalogue of flower
visiting records for aculeate wasps and bees in the semi-arid to arid
areas of southern Africa. Grahamstown: Albany Museum. 529pp.
Gess, S.K. & Gess, F.W.
2006. Survey of flower visiting
by solitary aculeate wasps and bees in the semi-arid to arid areas of
southern Africa. Annals of the Eastern Cape Museums 5:
1-51.
Gess FW, Pulawski, WJ, Gess, SK.
2015. A Revision of the rhopalocerus Species Group of
Bembecinus Costa (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae: Bembicinae).
Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 62: 207-256. |
