Distribution
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Cape Verde, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Mozambique,
Namibia,
Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania.
Also Neotropical region. |
Biology
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Provision the nest with pollen and nectar. Recorded
visiting flowers of: Cajanus cajan, Cleome angustifolia,
Crotalaria argyraea, Crotalaria sp., Phaseolus
coccineus, Stachytarpheta angustifolia (Eardley & Urban,
2010). |
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.
Latreille, P.A. 1809. Genera
Crustaceorum et Insectorum Secundum Ordinem Naturalem in Familias Disposita,
Iconibus Exemplisque Plurimis Explicata. Tome 4. 399 pp. König, Paris et
Argentorati.
Michener, C.D. 2000. The Bees of the World. Johns Hopkins
University Press. 953 pp. |
