Sphecodopsis capensis (Friese, 1915)

Sphecodopsis capensis View in CoL 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 View Fig , 3C View Fig , 5C View Fig , 7C View Fig , 9C View Fig ); mesoscutum covered with long, black hair mixed with shorter, yellowish-white hair ( Figs 1D View Fig , 3D View Fig , 5D View Fig , 7D View Fig , 9D View Fig ); patches with very dense white pubescence apically on the tibia ( Figs 1A View Fig , 3A View Fig , 5A View Fig , 7A View Fig , 9A View Fig ); female S6 simple posteriorly, shape as shown in Figs 4D View Fig , 6D View Fig , 10D View Fig ; male gonostylus approximately the same length or longer as gonocoxa ( Figs 2C–D View Fig , 8C–D View Fig ). This group includes the type species of the genus Pseudodichroa Bischoff, 1923 (= S. capensis ), that Michener (2007) treated as a subgenus of Sphecodopsis .