Sphecodopsis crassipunctata, 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 : 68

publication ID

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

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scientific name

Sphecodopsis crassipunctata
status

 

Sphecodopsis namaquensis View in CoL species group

The group consists of the following two species: S. crassipunctata sp. nov. and S. namaquensis . Characteristics of this group are the following: fore tibia and tarsi completely or largely red ( Figs 51A, 53A); mesoscutum matt, densely and deeply punctate ( Figs 51D, 53D); female S6 bifid posteriorly, apical notch about four to seven times as long as its apical width, shape as shown in Figs 52C, 54C.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Apidae

Genus

Sphecodopsis