taxonID	type	description	language	source
F45C27776547046F7D85FC3BFDD9FEA1.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis: The species belongs to the subgenus Rediviva as it displays the defining characters described by KUHLMANN et al. (2020): Females show a combination of a broadened hind tibia and basitarsus with the scopa consisting of densely plumose pubescence, bidentate mandible, inconspicuous apical tergal hair bands, absence of a scale-like projection on the distal-dorsal angle of the hind basitarsus. On S 7 males have large strigate translucent lateral lobes, median lobes long and narrow lanceolate to spatulate with pilosity mostly restricted to the apical third, longest hairs about half as long as length of median lobe. In the key of WHITEHEAD & STEINER (2001) both, females and males, run to R. parva. Females of R. parvoides and R. parva are very similar and can be difficult to distinguish without reference specimens. Especially R. parva can be variable (WHITEHEAD & STEINER 2001) (for variation of diagnostic characters see Figs 3 - 4, 7 - 10, 14 - 16, 19 - 22) and colour features sometimes overlap with R. parvoides. Particularly in females they can be difficult to interpret without reference specimens, so a combination of characters should be used. To facilitate identification specimens of both species from neighbouring populations on the Bokkeveld plateau are imaged in same scale (R. parva: Farm Papkuilsfontein. R. parvoides: Farms Zoetfontein (♂♂) and Avontuur (♀♀ )) and displayed in parallel for direct comparison. Diagnostic characters and their variation in both sexes are summarized in Tab. 1.	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, A, South (2025): Rediviva (Rediviva) parvoides nov. sp. (Hymenoptera: Melittidae), a new oil-collecting bee species from western South Africa. Linzer biologische Beiträge 56 (2): 527-539, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.16957065
F45C27776547046F7D85FC3BFDD9FEA1.taxon	description	Description Female: Body-length: 11.0 - 11.5 mm (Habitus: Fig. 1). Head: Head wider than long. Integument black except tips of mandible partly dark reddish-brown. Face sparsely covered with long, whitish-grey to yellowish-brown, erect hairs, along inner eye margins, on vertex and antennal scape black hairs intermixed. Clypeus convex in profile, medially with a shallow longitudinal depression, apically impunctate; medially covered with small punctures that become gradually larger and more dispersed apically; surface between punctures shiny. Malar area medially narrow, almost linear. Antenna black, ventrally yellowish-brown. Mesosoma: Integument black. Scutal disc between punctures smooth and shiny; scattered (i = 2 - 3 d) and finely punctate. Scutum, scutellum, metanotum, mesepisternum and propodeum covered with long yellowish to greyish-white erect hairs, on scutum and scutellum intermixed with black hairs. Wings: Membrane yellowish-brown; venation dark brown. Legs: Foreleg short, 6.3 - 6.8 mm (femur to claw). Integument black. Vestiture orange, on femora yellowish-white, scopa orange. Metasoma: Integument black. Apical half of T 1 covered with long erect yellowish-white hairs, discs of T 2 - T 3 with very short whitish hairs and T 4 with very short black hairs; apical tergal hair bands on T 2 - T 4 whitish and well developed (Figs 5 - 6). Prepygidial fimbria dominantly dark blackish-brown; anterior (covering) blackish-brown hairs dense and long, usually almost reaching the end of the fimbria, but sometimes only about 2 / 3 of its length (Figs 11 - 12). T 1 - T 4 almost impunctate or with minute and scattered punctation, polished and with an intense oily-bluish shine (Fig. 6). Pygidial plate broad, superficially and indistinctly punctate (Fig. 13). M a l e: Body-length: 10.5 - 11.0 mm (Habitus: Fig. 2). Head: Head slightly wider than long. Integument black except tip of mandible partly dark reddish-brown. Face densely covered with long, white, erect hairs intermixed with black hairs along the inner eye margins and on the vertex. Malar area medially narrow, almost linear. Antenna black. Mesosoma: Mesoscutal disc between punctures smooth and shiny; scattered (i = 2 - 3 d) and finely punctate. Scutum, scutellum, metanotum, mesepisternum and propodeum covered with long yellowish-white to white erect hairs, on scutum and scutellum intermixed with black hairs. Wings: Membrane yellowish-brown; venation dark brown. Legs: Integument mostly black, hind tibia and tarsus yellowish-brown. Vestiture mostly whitish, hind tibia and hind basitarsus on apical half dorsally with dense dark, brown to blackish, hair (Fig. 17). Metasoma: Integument black. Disc of T 1 covered with very long, on T 2 - T 3 with shorter erect white hairs and T 3 medially with a spot of short black hairs; discs of T 4 - T 6 with short erect black hairs, laterally with few white hairs. Apical tergal hair bands on T 2 - T 5 white and well developed (Fig. 2). Apical hair fringes on T 6 - T 7 dark blackish brown (Fig. 18). T 1 - T 5 almost impunctate or with minute and scattered punctation, polished and with an intense oily-bluish shine. Terminalia: Genitalia (Fig. 23) and S 7 (Figs 24, 27 - 28) as illustrated. Type material (11 specimens):	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, A, South (2025): Rediviva (Rediviva) parvoides nov. sp. (Hymenoptera: Melittidae), a new oil-collecting bee species from western South Africa. Linzer biologische Beiträge 56 (2): 527-539, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.16957065
F45C27776547046F7D85FC3BFDD9FEA1.taxon	materials_examined	Holotype: ³, South Africa: 12 km NW Nieuwoudtville, Farm Avontuur, Fynbos, 31 ° 16´18 ´´ S 19 ° 02´55 ´´ E, 770 m, 10. viii. 2012, leg. M. Kuhlmann (SAMC). Paratypes: South Africa: 1 ♀, 12 km NW Nieuwoudtville, Farm Avontuur, Fynbos, 31 ° 16´18 ´´ S 19 ° 02´55 ´´ E, 770 m, 6. ix. 2009, leg. M. Kuhlmann (RCMK); 1 ♀, idem, 19. ix. 2009 (RCMK); 2 ♀♀, idem, 3. ix. 2012 (1 ♀ RCMK, 1 ♀ SAMC); 2 ♀♀, idem, 3. ix. 2016 (RCMK); 1 ♀, idem, 18. ix. 2016 (RCMK); 1 ♀, idem, 21. ix. 2022 (RCMK); 2 ³³, 15 km NW Nieuwoudtville, Farm Zoetfontein E, Fynbos, 31 ° 14´05 ´´ S 19 ° 02´50 ´´ E, 775 m, 11. viii. 2023, leg. M. Kuhlmann (RCMK).	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, A, South (2025): Rediviva (Rediviva) parvoides nov. sp. (Hymenoptera: Melittidae), a new oil-collecting bee species from western South Africa. Linzer biologische Beiträge 56 (2): 527-539, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.16957065
F45C27776547046F7D85FC3BFDD9FEA1.taxon	etymology	E t y m o l o g y: Named for its similarity with the closely related R. parva.	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, A, South (2025): Rediviva (Rediviva) parvoides nov. sp. (Hymenoptera: Melittidae), a new oil-collecting bee species from western South Africa. Linzer biologische Beiträge 56 (2): 527-539, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.16957065
F45C27776547046F7D85FC3BFDD9FEA1.taxon	distribution	G e n e r a l d i s t r i b u t i o n: Only known from a small area of the Bokkeveld plateau north of Nieuwoudtville that is characterized by Fynbos vegetation on sandy soils.	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, A, South (2025): Rediviva (Rediviva) parvoides nov. sp. (Hymenoptera: Melittidae), a new oil-collecting bee species from western South Africa. Linzer biologische Beiträge 56 (2): 527-539, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.16957065
F45C27776547046F7D85FC3BFDD9FEA1.taxon	biology_ecology	H o s t p l a n t s: Females apparently only visit Hemimeris racemosa (HOUTT.) MERR. (Scrophulariaceae) for collecting floral oil.	en	Kuhlmann, Michael, A, South (2025): Rediviva (Rediviva) parvoides nov. sp. (Hymenoptera: Melittidae), a new oil-collecting bee species from western South Africa. Linzer biologische Beiträge 56 (2): 527-539, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.16957065
