Afroheriades dolichocephala ( FRIESE , 1925)

Afroheriades dolichocephala ( FRIESE, 1925) View in CoL

Osmia dolichocephala FRIESE, 1925: 505 View in CoL . Holotype ♀ (Ookiep [= Okiep], South Africa) ( American Museum of Natural History , New York, United States of America).

Eriades reicherti BRAUNS, 1929: 140-141. Lectotype J ( Willowmore , South Africa) ( Ditsong National Museum of Natural History , Pretoria, South Africa [former Transvaal Museum]).

Archeriades hennigi PETERS, 1978: 340 View in CoL . Holotype ♀ ( Kamieskroon , South Africa) (SAMC).

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d (59♀♀, 19JJ).

South Africa: 12♀♀, 20 km NW Steinkopf, Escarpment , 29°08´49´´S 17°35´07´´E, 960 m, 12.ix.2017, leg. M. Kuhlmann GoogleMaps ; 2♀♀, Kamiesberg Mts. , 26 km NNE Kamieskroon, road side, 30°03´45´´S 18°00´25´´E, 770 m, 3.x.2014, leg. M. Kuhlmann GoogleMaps ; 1♀, Hantam Mts. , 32 km N Calvinia, S Klipwerf Farm, river bank, 31°12´09´´S 19°50´04´´E, 870 m, 30.viii.2010, leg. M. Kuhlmann GoogleMaps ; 5♀♀, 15 km NW Nieuwoudtville, Farm Zoetfontein , Fynbos, 31°14´05´´S 19°02´50´´E, 775 m, 7.x.2022, leg. M. Kuhlmann GoogleMaps ; 11♀, idem, 8.x.2022 GoogleMaps ; 2♀♀, idem, 9.x.2022 GoogleMaps ; 1J, idem, 11.viii.2023 GoogleMaps ; 1♀, 1J, 15 km NW Nieuwoudtville, near farm Engelsepunt , Fynbos, 31°14´08´´S 18°58´23´´E, 843 m, 30.viii.2003, leg. K. Timmermann GoogleMaps ; 1J, 15 km NW Nieuwoudtville, Farm Engelsepunt , 31°14´31´´S 18°59´08´´E, 830 m, 7.viii.2003, leg. K. Timmermann GoogleMaps ; 1J, 12 km NW Nieuwoudtville, Farm Avontuur , dolerite hill, 31°16´02´´S 19°04´05´´E, 830 m, 27.viii.2008, leg. H. Erhardt GoogleMaps ; 1J, idem, 6.ix.2008, leg. M. Kuhlmann GoogleMaps ; 2♀♀, 12 km NW Nieuwoudtville, Farm Avontuur , Fynbos, 31°16´18´´S 19°02´55´´E, 770 m, 25.viii.2010, leg. M. Kuhlmann GoogleMaps ; 1J, idem, 25.viii.2017 GoogleMaps ; 1♀, idem, 30.viii.2018 GoogleMaps ; 1J, idem, 7.ix.2023, leg. H. Erhardt GoogleMaps ; 1J, Nieuwoudtville , Flower Reserve East, 31°21´55´´S 19°08´52´´E, 735 m, 13.ix.2002, leg. M. Kuhlmann GoogleMaps ; 1J, idem, 16.ix.2002 GoogleMaps ; 1J, idem, 18.ix.2007 GoogleMaps ; 1♀, Nieuwoudtville , Flower Reserve, dolerite hills, 31°22´10´´S 19°08´50´´E, 770 m, 27.viii.2006, leg. K. Timmermann GoogleMaps ; 9♀♀, idem, 19.ix.2007 GoogleMaps ; 2JJ, Nieuwoudtville , Glen Lyon, garden, 31°24´03´´S 19°08´34´´, 700 m, 23.viii.2003, leg. M. Kuhlmann ; 1♀, 20 km S Nieuwoudtville, Farm Papkuilsfontein , Fynbos, 31°33´16´´S 19°08´31´´E, 680 m, 7.ix.2007, leg. M. Kuhlmann GoogleMaps ; 1♀, idem, 27.viii.2012 GoogleMaps ; 1♀, 23 km ESE Vanrhynsdorp, Knersvlakte , road side, 31°44´06´´S 18°55´32´´E, 200 m, 17.viii.2010, leg. M. Kuhlmann GoogleMaps ; 1J, Keiskie Mts. , 3 km E Farm M´Vera, shale, 31°45´29´´S 19°54´13´´E, 1190 m, 30.viii.2016, leg. M. Kuhlmann GoogleMaps ; 1J, Keiskie Mts. , 5 km S Farm Nooiensrivier, burned area, 31°45´47´´S 19°50´17´´E, 1275 m, leg. M. Kuhlmann GoogleMaps ; 1♀, 27 km SE Vanrhynsdorp, Ouberg Pass , Fynbos, 31°48´07´´S 18°55´00´´E, 380 m, 23.viii.2012, leg. M. Kuhlmann GoogleMaps ; 2♀♀, idem, 30.viii.2012 GoogleMaps ; 1♀, idem, 24.ix.2014 GoogleMaps ; 2♀♀, idem, 19.ix.2016 GoogleMaps ; 1♀, Cederberg Mts. , road to Algeria, Olifants River bridge, 32°21´55´´S 18°57´06´´E, 150 m, 8.ix.2017, leg. M. Kuhlmann GoogleMaps ; 4♀♀, 5JJ, 20 km W Sutherland, Farm Kanolfontein , road side, 32°24´43´´S 20°27´28´´E, 1385 m, 17.ix.2017, leg. M. Kuhlmann. GoogleMaps

G e n e r a l d i s t r i b u t i o n: The species seems to have a more restricted distribution and has been found throughout Namaqualand southwards to the vicinity of Sutherland in the Roggeveld Mts. and the Cederberg Mts. ( PETERS 1978).