Sphecodopsis semirufa (Cockerell, 1933)

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 : 103

publication ID

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

publication LSID

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15122382

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Sphecodopsis semirufa
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Sphecodopsis semirufa View in CoL species group

The group consists of the following six species: S. keiskiensis sp. nov., S. kuhlmanni Eardley, 2007 , S. leonis , S. rufipes sp. nov., S. semirufa (Cockerell, 1933) and S. villosa ( Friese, 1909) . Characteristics of this group are the following: mesoscutum shiny, with sparse punctation ( Figs 79D View Fig , 81D–E View Fig , 83D View Fig , 85D View Fig , 87D View Fig , 89D View Fig , 91D View Fig , 93D View Fig , 95D View Fig ); fore tibia and tarsi usually completely or largely red ( Figs 79D View Fig , 81D–E View Fig , 83D View Fig , 85D View Fig , 87D View Fig , 89D View Fig , 91D View Fig , 93D View Fig , 95D View Fig ); female S6 bifid posteriorly, apical notch one to one and a half times as long as its apical width ( Figs 80C View Fig , 82D View Fig , 88C View Fig , 92C View Fig ); male gonostylus broader, rounded posteriorly and straight or slightly bent inward ( Figs 84C–D View Fig , 86D View Fig , 90C–D View Fig , 94C–D View Fig , 96C–D View Fig ).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

SuperFamily

Apoidea

Family

Apidae

SubFamily

Nomadinae

Tribe

Ammobatini

Genus

Sphecodopsis

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