Sphecodopsis acuta, Pöllein & Kuhlmann, 2025

Pöllein, Daniela & Kuhlmann, Michael, 2025, Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae), European Journal of Taxonomy 980, pp. 1-157 : 26

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805

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scientific name

Sphecodopsis acuta
status

 

Sphecodopsis acuta species group

The group consists of the following five species: S. acuta sp. nov., S. angulata sp. nov., S. magna sp. nov., S. obscura sp. nov. and S. subtilis sp. nov. Characteristics of this group are the following: mesoscutum shiny with dense, fine and shallow punctation ( Figs 17D, 19D, 21D, 23D, 25D, 27D, 29D, 31D); propodeum sparsely covered with short, white hair ( Figs 18A, 20A, 22A, 23E, 26A, 27E, 30A, 31E); female S6 bifid posteriorly, apical notch one to three times as long as its apical width, needle-thin tips, partly apical notch with a small tip distally, shape as shown in Figs 18C, 20C, 22C, 26C, 30C; male gonostylus shorter than gonocoxa ( Figs 24C–D, 28C, 32C).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Apidae

Genus

Sphecodopsis