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Pseudapis
aliceae
(Cockerell, 1935)
(Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Mozambique, Namibia, South
Africa, Tanzania, Zimbabwe) |
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Pseudapis
amoenula
(Gerstaecker, 1871) (Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroun, Central African
Republic, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Equatorial
Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi,
Mali, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South
Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe)
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Pseudapis
anomala
Kirby, 1900
(Botswana, Mozambique, Tanzania, Yemen (Socotra))
Pseudapis
anthidioides
(Gerstaecker, 1858) (Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi,
Mozambique, Namibia, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe)
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Pseudapis
armata
(Olivier, 1811)
(Djibouti, Ethiopia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Sudan. Also in Palaearctic
region)
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Pseudapis
cameroni
(Cameron, 1905) (South Africa)
Pseudapis
cinerea
(Friese, 1930)
(Angola, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa)
Pseudapis
duplocincta
(Vachal, 1897) (Gambia, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal)
Pseudapis
flavicarpa
(Vachal, 1903) (Burkina Faso, Cameroun, Central African Republic, Congo,
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya,
Liberia, Malawi, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia,
Zimbabwe)
Pseudapis
gabonensis
(Pauly, 1990) (Gabon)
Pseudapis
glabiventris
(Friese, 1930) (South Africa)
Pseudapis
innesi
(Gribodo, 1894)
(Burkina Faso, Chad, Sudan. Also in Palaearctic region)
Pseudapis
interstitinervis
(Strand, 1912) (Angola, Burkina Faso, Cameroun, Central African Republic,
Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Mali, Namibia,
Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Tanzania, Togo) |
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Pseudapis
kenyensis
Pauly, 1990 (Kenya)
Pseudapis
kingi
(Cockerell, 1931)
(Kenya, Somalia. Also in Palaearctic region)
Pseudapis
megacantha
(Cockerell, 1916) (South Africa)
Pseudapis
nubica
(Warncke, 1976)
(Djibouti, Somalia. Also in Palaearctic region)
Pseudapis
pandeana
Strand, 1914 (Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania)
Pseudapis
patellata
(Magretti, 1884) (Chad, Ethiopia, Niger, Sudan)
Pseudapis
punctiventris
(Pauly, 1990) (Mozambique, South Africa)
Pseudapis
rhodocantha
(Cockerell, 1935) (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Pseudapis
riftinensis
Pauly, 1990 (Botswana, Kenya)
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Pseudapis
rugiventris
(Friese, 1930) (Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe)
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Pseudapis
sangaensis
(Pauly, 1990) (Central African Republic)
Pseudapis
semlikiana
(Cockerell, 1935) (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Pseudapis
schubotzi
(Strand, 1911) (Cameroun, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon,
Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone, Uganda)
Pseudapis
tshibindica
(Cockerell, 1935) (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Pseudapis
uelleburgensis
(Strand, 1912) (Cameroun, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial
Guinea, Liberia, Uganda)
Pseudapis
umtalica
(Cockerell, 1935) (Zimbabwe)
Pseudapis
usakoa
(Cockerell, 1939)
(Angola, Namibia)
Pseudapis
usambarae
Pauly, 1990 (Tanzania) |
Distribution
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Biology
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Solitary or eusocial with most nesting in the
ground, some nest in wood. Mass-provision individual
cells with pollen and nectar, which are then sealed after a
single egg is laid on the provision. |
Reference
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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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