Sphecodopsis albomaculata, 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 : 4

Sphecodopsis capensis species group

The group consists of the following four species: S. albomaculata sp. nov., S. aquifolia sp. nov., S. capensis ( Friese, 1915) and S. fumipennis (Bischof, 1923) . Characteristics of this group are the following: head covered with long, black hair ( Figs 1C, 3C, 5C, 7C, 9C); mesoscutum covered with long, black hair mixed with shorter, yellowish-white hair ( Figs 1D, 3D, 5D, 7D, 9D); patches with very dense white pubescence apically on the tibia ( Figs 1A, 3A, 5A, 7A, 9A); female S6 simple posteriorly, shape as shown in Figs 4D, 6D, 10D; male gonostylus approximately the same length or longer as gonocoxa ( Figs 2C–D, 8C–D). This group includes the type species of the genus Pseudodichroa Bischoff, 1923 (= S. capensis ), that Michener (2007) treated as a subgenus of Sphecodopsis .