Oil Collecting Bees Mostly of the Summer Rainfall Area of Southern Africa (Hymenoptera: Melittidae: Rediviva)

V. B. Whitehead; K. E. Steiner; C. D. Eardley

doi:10.2317/JKES-703.12.1

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V. B. Whitehead,^* K. E. Steiner,^** C. D. Eardley^***

^*Formerly, Life Science Division, Iziko South African Museum, P.O. Box 61, Cape Town, 8000, South Africa
^**California Academy of Sciences, 875 Howard St., San Francisco, 94103, U.S.A.
^***Plant Protection Research Institute, Private bag X134, Queenswood, 0121, South Africa

Abstract

The species of Rediviva (Apoidea, Melittidae) occurring in the summer rainfall region of South Africa are revised. Nine species are recognized, four are described as new: R. brunnea, R. autumnalis, R. rhodosoma and R. transkeiana all attributed to Whitehead and Steiner. Distributions and host plants are given for all the summer rainfall area species and a key to identify both males and females is presented. Rediviva rufipes and R. bicava, a winter rainfall area species, are synonymized.

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V. B. Whitehead, K. E. Steiner, and C. D. Eardley "Oil Collecting Bees Mostly of the Summer Rainfall Area of Southern Africa (Hymenoptera: Melittidae: Rediviva)," Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 81(2), 122-141, (1 June 2008). https://doi.org/10.2317/JKES-703.12.1

Accepted: 1 October 2007; Published: 1 June 2008

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