Sphecodopsis chaotica, 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 : 18

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:E57E9F17-9C55-4745-BFB5-36840CA8848C
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F8216B-FFE7-FF90-FDCD-FDC9FBA1FCFA
treatment provided by	Plazi (2025-03-06 13:03:35, last updated by GgImagineBatch 2025-03-06 13:09:10)
scientific name	Sphecodopsis chaotica
status

Treatment

Sphecodopsis aculeata View in CoL species group

The group consists of the following two species: S. aculeata and S. chaotica sp. nov. Characteristics of this group are the following: head covered with short, white or yellowish-white hair ( Figs 11C, 13C, 15C); mesoscutum covered with short, white or yellowish-white hair ( Figs 11D, 13D, 15D); female S6 bifid posteriorly, shape as shown in Figs 12C and 16C; male gonostylus not inclined inward and slightly tapered, penis valves broader, about as long as gonostylus ( Fig. 14C). This group includes the type species of the subgenus Sphecodopsis (Pseudopasites) Bischoff, 1923 (= S. pygmaeus , syn of S. aculeata ), that Michener (2007) treated as a synonym of Sphecodopsis .