Sphecodopsis atricapillata, 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 : 45

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

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scientific name

Sphecodopsis atricapillata
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Sphecodopsis capicola View in CoL species group

The group consists of the following six species: S. atricapillata sp. nov., S. capicola , S. felix sp. nov., S. leliefonteinensis sp. nov., S. roggeveldensis sp. nov. and S. vespericena . Characteristics of this group are the following: head and mesosoma with conspicuously dense, long, black hair ( Figs 33C–D, 35C–D, 37C–D, 39C–D, 41C–D, 43C–D, 45C–D, 47C–D, 49C–D); female S6 bifid posteriorly, apical notch about one to one and a half times as long as its apical width, shape as shown in Figs 34C, 40C, 44C, 46C, 48C. This group includes the type species of the genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (= S. capicola ).

Bischoff H. 1923. Zur Kenntnis afrikanischer Schmarotzerbienen. Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift 1923: 585-603. Available from https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/Deutsche-Ent-Zeitschrift_1923_0585-0603.pdf [accessed 28 Jan. 2025].

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Apidae

Genus

Sphecodopsis