taxonID	type	description	language	source
03F8216BFFF5FF82FDB0FD9FFE09F9F0.taxon	description	The nomenclatural history and the subgeneric concept of Sphecodopsis has been discussed in detail by Eardley & Brothers (1997) and is briefly summarized here. The species currently grouped together as Sphecodopsis were originally described by Bischoff (1923) in two different genera, namely Pseudodichroa Bischoff, 1923 and Sphecodopsis, with the latter divided into two subgenera: Pseudopasites Bischoff, 1923 and Sphecodopsis s. str. Instead, Cockerell (1933 a) treated Sphecodopsis and Pseudopasites as subgenera of Morgania Smith, 1854 and consistently placed all species now belonging to Sphecodopsis in that genus (Eardley & Brothers 1997). The species described as Pseudodichroa correspond to today’s S. capensis group, while the species from the other (sub) genera represent a mix of different species groups. Based on a phylogenetic analysis, Eardley & Brothers (1997) synonymised Bischoff´s (1923) genera and subgenera and introduced five species groups instead, three of them monotypic. We basically follow this concept and use seven morphologically characterised species groups. Nine species do not fit in any of them and might represent monotypic species groups. They are summarised as ‘ isolated species’ at the end. The group affiliation of the Sphecodopsis species known to Eardley & Brothers (1997) essentially corresponds to our classification. The exception is the S. capicola group, of which only two (S. capicola Strand, 1911, S. vespericena Eardley, 1997) of the original seven species remain. The other five are distributed among three other species groups and two are monotypic. Species groups are first defined and then the species belonging to them are listed. The S. capensis species group is listed first because it can be easily separated from the others, based on the unique apically undivided female S 6. The other species groups and all species within the groups are arranged in alphabetical order.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFF2FF87FDB5FECDFEFDF973.taxon	description	Figs 1 – 2	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFF2FF87FDB5FECDFEFDF973.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis The female of S. albomaculata sp. nov. is unknown. The male can be separated from that of all other species of this genus by the combination of the following characters: metasomal terga T 1 – T 3 red (Fig. 1 B); fore legs usually black (Fig. 1 A); head and mesosoma with black hair, mixed with lighter hair (Fig. 1 C); mesoscutum densely, coarsely and deeply punctate, matt or slightly shiny (Fig. 1 D); metapostnotum twice as high as wide (Fig. 1 E); propodeum covered with white plumose hair mixed with at least a few black hairs (Fig. 1 E); gonostylus approximately the same length as gonocoxa (Fig. 2 C – D) and with a bump dorsally (Fig. 2 D).	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFF2FF87FDB5FECDFEFDF973.taxon	etymology	Etymology The name refers to the white hair patches on the legs. Type material (1 specimen) Holotype SOUTH AFRICA • ♂; C. P., Piketberg, Banghook, 32180 A; [32 ° 50 ′ S, 18 ° 40 ′ E]; 20 Sep. 1991; VBW leg.; SANC.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFF2FF87FDB5FECDFEFDF973.taxon	description	Description Female Unknown. Male BODY LENGTH. 8.5 mm. HEAD. Head distinctly wider than long. Vertex almost straight and flat, except for the ocelli. Integument black, except part of mandibles reddish-brown. Face covered with long, black hair mixed with shorter, yellowish-white hair around antenna. Face and clypeus with fairly dense (i = 0 – 0.25 d), coarse and deep punctation, except supraclypeal area with more dispersed (i = 0.5 – 1 d) punctation (Fig. 1 C). Surface between punctures slightly matt. Antenna black. MESOSOMA. Integument black, tegula dark brown to black. Mesoscutum slightly shiny. Mesoscutum, mesoscutellum and propodeum densely (i = 0.25 – 0.5 d), coarsely and deeply punctate, metapostnotum matt (Fig. 1 D – E). Mesoscutum, mesoscutellum, metanotum and mesepisternum sparsely covered with long, black, erect hair mixed with shorter, white hair (Fig. 1 D). Propodeum covered with short, white hair and few long, black hairs, metapostnotum without hair (Fig. 1 E). WINGS. Fuscous; wing venation dark brown and stigma dark brown to black (Fig. 1 A). LEGS. Integument black. Coxa and trochanter sparsely covered with long, black hair and shorter white hair. Femur with few long, black hair. Tibia and tarsi covered with short black and white hair. Patches of very dense white pubescence apically on the tibia, on middle and hind tibia, anterior leg generally less hairy (Fig. 1 A). METASOMA. Integument of T 1 dark basally. Rest of T 1 – T 3 red, T 4 – T 7 black. T 1 – T 3 sparsely covered with short white and black hair, from T 4 increasingly more and longer hair (Fig. 1 B). T 4 – T 6 marginal zone with white hair, disc with long, black hair. T 7 covered with short, white and gold hair, only few longer, black hairs (Fig. 1 F). TERMINALIA. Genitalia (Fig. 2 C – D), S 7 (Fig. 2 A) and terminal plate of S 8 (Fig. 2 B) as illustrated.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFF2FF87FDB5FECDFEFDF973.taxon	distribution	Distribution Only known from the type locality.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFF2FF87FDB5FECDFEFDF973.taxon	biology_ecology	Host bees Unknown. Seasonal activity September.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFF0FF88FDA9F931FE39FC08.taxon	description	Figs 3 – 4	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFF0FF88FDA9F931FE39FC08.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis The female of S. aquifolia sp. nov. can be separated from that of all other species of this genus by the combination of the following characters: S 6 pointed posteriorly, shiny on surface and more pointed apically (Fig. 4 D); T 6 broad and rounded apically (Fig. 4 C); Punctation on mesoscutum dense (i = 0.25 – 0.5 d) and fine, individual punctures not always clearly separated (Fig. 3 D). The male is unknown.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFF0FF88FDA9F931FE39FC08.taxon	etymology	Etymology The name refers to the undivided tip of the female S 6. Type material (7 specimens) Holotype SOUTH AFRICA • ♀; Roggeveld Mts, 2 km SE of Farm Allemansdam, burnt area; 31 ° 49 ′ 32 ″ S, 19 ° 59 ′ 55 ″ E; 1290 m a. s. l.; 2 Sep. 2017; MK leg.; SAMC. Paratypes SOUTH AFRICA • 1 ♀; Keiski Mts, 3 km E of Farm M’Vera, shale; 31 ° 45 ′ 29 ″ S, 19 ° 54 ′ 13 ″ E; 1190 m a. s. l.; 30 Aug. 2016; MK leg.; RCMK • 1 ♀; Keiskie Mts, 5 km S of Farm Nooiensrivier, new burned area; 31 ° 45 ′ 41 ″ S, 19 ° 50 ′ 17 ″ E; 1270 m a. s. l.; 1 Oct. 2014; MK leg.; RCMK • 1 ♀; same collection data as for holotype; RCMK • 2 ♀♀; same collection data as for holotype; 29 Aug. 2018; RCMK • 1 ♀; same collection data as for holotype; 20 Sep. 2022; RCMK.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFF0FF88FDA9F931FE39FC08.taxon	description	Description Female BODY LENGTH. 7.4 – 8.9 mm. HEAD. Head distinctly wider than long. Vertex almost straight and flat, except for the ocelli. Integument black, except part of mandibles reddish-brown. Face covered with long, black hair. Face and clypeus with dense (i = 0.25 – 0.5 d), coarse and deep punctation, except supraclypeal area with more dispersed (i = 1 – 1.5 d) punctation (Fig. 3 C). Surface between punctures slightly matt. Antenna black. MESOSOMA. Integument black, tegula dark brown to black. Mesoscutum slightly matt. Mesoscutum and mesoscutellum densely (i = 0.25 – 1 d) and fairly finely but deeply punctate (Fig. 3 D). Propodeum with dense (i = 0.25 – 0.5 d) and fine but deep punctation, metapostnotum matt (Fig. 4 A). Mesoscutum, mesoscutellum, metanotum and mesepisternum sparsely covered with long, black hair mixed with shorter, yellowish-white hair (Fig. 3 D). Propodeum covered with short, yellowish-white hair and few long, black hairs, metapostnotum without hair (Fig. 4 A). WINGS. Fuscous; wing venation dark brown and stigma dark brown to black (Fig. 3 A). LEGS. Integument black. Coxa and trochanter sparsely covered with long, black hair and shorter white hair. Femur with few long, black hair. Tibia and tarsi covered with long, black hair and densely covered with shorter white hair; patches with very dense white pubescence apically on the tibia, particularly conspicuous on middle and hind tibia, anterior leg generally less hairy (Fig. 3 A). METASOMA. Integument of T 1 dark basally. Rest of T 1 – T 3 red, T 4 with extension of red coloration, from basal half red to completely black, T 5 – T 6 black. T 1 – T 3 sparsely covered with short, white and black hair, from T 4 increasingly more and longer hair (Fig. 3 B). T 5 marginal zone with bright white hair, disc covered with long, black hair (Fig. 4 B). T 6 with dense long, black hair and shorter, bright white hair underneath, broad and rounded apically (Fig. 4 C). Shape of S 6 (Fig. 4 D) as illustrated. Male Unknown.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFF0FF88FDA9F931FE39FC08.taxon	distribution	Distribution Only known from the Keiskie Mts and the northern part of the Roggeveld Mts south of Calvinia.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFF0FF88FDA9F931FE39FC08.taxon	biology_ecology	Host bees Unknown. Seasonal activity August – October.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFFFFF8FFDCFFBCFFD5AFBBF.taxon	description	Figs 5 – 8	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFFFFF8FFDCFFBCFFD5AFBBF.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis The female of S. capensis can be separated from that of all other species of this species group by the combination of the following characters: S 6 pointed posteriorly, matt on surface and rounded apically (Fig. 6 D); T 6 broad and rounded apically (Fig. 6 C); punctation on mesoscutum slightly more dispersed (i = 0.25 – 1 d) and coarser, individual punctures clearly separated (Fig. 5 D). The male is here described for the first time and can be separated from that of all other species of this species group by the combination of the following characters: T 2 completely, T 1 and T 3 – T 5 to a variable extent red (Fig. 7 B); fore legs usually black (Fig. 7 A); head and mesosoma with black hair (Fig. 7 C); mesoscutum densely, coarsely and deeply punctate, matt or slightly shiny (Fig. 7 D); propodeum covered with white hair mixed with at least a few black hairs (Fig. 7 E); metapostnotum twice as wide as high (Fig. 7 E); gonostylus longer than gonocoxa (Fig. 8 C – D) and straight dorsally (Fig. 8 D). Additional material examined (49 specimens) SOUTH AFRICA • 1 ♀; 8 km WNW of Leliefontein, Fynbos, roadside; 30 ° 15 ′ 58 ″ S, 18 ° 03 ′ 17 ″ E; 1190 m a. s. l.; 14 Sep. 2017; MK leg.; RCMK • 3 ♀♀; Kamiesberg Mts, 5 km SE of Leliefontein, roadside; 30 ° 20 ′ 09 ″ S, 18 ° 06 ′ 24 ″ E; 1400 m a. s. l.; 5 Oct. 2014; MK leg.; RCMK • 4 ♀♀; same collection data as for preceding; 11 Sep. 2016; RCMK • 1 ♀; N Cape, Fynbos, 15 km NW of Nieuwoudtville, Farm Engelsepunt; 31 ° 14 ′ 31 ″ S, 18 ° 59 ′ 08 ″ E; 830 m a. s. l.; 7 Oct. 2003; KT leg.; RCMK • 1 ♀; 12 km NW of Nieuwoudtville, Farm Avontuur, Fynbos; 31 ° 16 ′ 18 ″ S, 19 ° 02 ′ 55 ″ E; 770 m a. s. l.; 1 Sep. 2009; MK leg.; RCMK • 2 ♀♀; same collection data as for preceding; 24 Aug. 2012; RCMK • 1 ♀; Nieuwoudtville, Hantam Botanical Garden, Renosterveld at entrance; 31 ° 23 ′ 25 ″ S, 19 ° 07 ′ 56 ″ E; 730 m a. s. l.; 2 Sep. 2010; MK leg.; RCMK • 1 ♀; 20 km S of Nieuwoudtville, Farm Papkuilsfontein, Fynbos; 31 ° 33 ′ 16 ″ S, 19 ° 08 ′ 31 ″ E; 680 m a. s. l.; 27 Aug. 2010; MK leg.; RCMK • 4 ♀♀; same collection data as for preceding; 20 Sep. 2014; RCMK • 1 ♀, 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; 30 Aug. 2018; RCMK • 1 ♀; 18 km S of Calvinia, Nooiensrivier Pad, dolerite; 31 ° 37 ′ 16 ″ S, 19 ° 46 ′ 20 ″ E; 1100 m a. s. l.; 31 Aug. 2016; MK leg.; RCMK • 1 ♀; Keiski Mts, 3 km E of Farm M’Vera, shale; 31 ° 45 ′ 29 ″ S, 19 ° 54 ′ 13 ″ E; 1190 m a. s. l.; 15 Sep. 2016; MK leg.; RCMK • 1 ♀; Keiski Mts, 5 km S of Farm Nooiensrivier, new burned area; 31 ° 45 ′ 41 ″ S, 19 ° 50 ′ 17 ″ E; 1270 m a. s. l.; 1 Oct. 2014; MK leg.; RCMK • 1 ♀; Keiski Mts, 5 km S of Farm Nooiensrivier, burned area; 31 ° 45 ′ 47 ″ S, 19 ° 50 ′ 17 ″ E; 1275 m a. s. l.; 28 Sep. 2009; MK leg.; RCMK • 5 ♀♀; same collection data as for preceding; 4 Oct. 2009; RCMK • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; 12 Sep. 2010; RCMK • 1 ♀; Roggeveld Mts, 2 km S of Farm Perdekloof, rivier, dolerite; 31 ° 47 ′ 35 ″ S, 19 ° 58 ′ 16 ″ E; 1220 m a. s. l.; 2 Sep. 2017; MK leg.; RCMK • 1 ♂; Roggeveld Mts, 1.5 km S of Farm Allemansdam, Renosterveld; 31 ° 49 ′ 25 ″ S, 19 ° 59 ′ 38 ″ E; 1285 m a. s. l.; 11 Sep. 2018; MK leg.; RCMK • 2 ♀♀; Roggeveld Mts, 2 km SE of Farm Allemansdam, burnt area; 31 ° 49 ′ 32 ″ S, 19 ° 59 ′ 55 ″ E; 1290 m a. s. l.; 2 Sep. 2017; MK leg.; RCMK • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; 24 Aug. 2018; RCMK • 3 ♀♀; same collection data as for preceding; 29 Aug. 2018; RCMK • 1 ♀; Tankwa Karoo, Gannaga Pass / Lodge; 32 ° 06 ′ 24 ″ S, 20 ° 07 ′ 40 ″ E; 1290 m a. s. l.; 21 Sep. 2016; HE leg.; RCMK • 2 ♀♀; Roggeveld Mts, 2 km S of Farm Houdenbek, roadside; 32 ° 18 ′ 03 ″ S, 20 ° 23 ′ 16 ″ E; 1280 m a. s. l.; 16 Sep. 2018; MK leg.; RCMK • 1 ♀; 6 km NNW of Farm Kanariesfontein, 30 km W of Sutherland, roadside; 32 ° 22 ′ 17 ″ S, 20 ° 22 ′ 50 ″ E; 1310 m a. s. l.; 16 Sep. 2017; MK leg.; RCMK • 1 ♀; 3 km NW of Farm Kanolfontein, 22 km W of Sutherland, roadside; 32 ° 23 ′ 17 ″ S, 20 ° 26 ′ 32 ″ E; 1350 m a. s. l.; 18 Sep. 2017; MK leg.; RCMK • 1 ♀; Cape Province, 28 km E of Velddrif; [32 ° 47 ′ S, 18 ° 10 ′ E]; 15 Oct. 1972; SANC • 1 ♀; Cape Province, Kommetjie; [34 ° 08 ′ S, 18 ° 20 ′ E]; 12 Oct. 1972; SANC • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; 25 Oct. 1972; SANC • 3 ♀♀; Bredasdorp, Div. Pearly Beach; [34 ° 40 ′ S, 19 ° 30 ′ E]; 1 Sep. 1959; SAM leg.; SANC.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFFFFF8FFDCFFBCFFD5AFBBF.taxon	description	Description Female BODY LENGTH. 5.9 – 8.8 mm. HEAD. Head distinctly wider than long. Vertex almost straight and flat, except for the ocelli. Integument black, except part of mandibles reddish-brown. Face covered with long, black hair (Fig. 5 C). Face and clypeus with fairly dense (i = 0 – 0.25 d), coarse and deep punctation, except supraclypeal area more dispersed (i = 0.5 – 1 d) (Fig. 5 C). Surface between punctures slightly matt. Antenna black. MESOSOMA. Integument black, tegula reddish-brown. Mesoscutum slightly shiny. Mesoscutum, mesoscutellum and propodeum densely (i = 0.25 – 0.5 d) and finely but deeply punctate, metapostnotum matt (Figs 5 D, 6 A). Mesoscutum, mesoscutellum, metanotum and mesepisternum sparsely covered with long, black hair mixed with shorter, yellowish-white hair (Fig. 5 D). Propodeum covered with short, yellowish-white hair and few long, black hairs posteriorly, metapostnotum glabrous (Fig. 6 A). WINGS. Fuscous; wing venation brown to dark brown and stigma dark brown to black (Fig. 5 A). LEGS. Integument black. Coxa and trochanter sparsely covered with long, black hair and shorter white hair. Femur with few long, black hair. Tibia and tarsi sparsely covered with long, black hair and densely covered with shorter white hair. Patches with very dense white pubescence apically on the tibia, particularly conspicuous on middle and hind tibia, anterior leg generally less hairy (Fig. 5 A). METASOMA. Integument of T 1 dark basally, rest of T 1 and T 2 red, T 3 – T 5 to a variable extent red, from completely red to completely black; T 6 black. T 1 – T 3 sparsely covered with short white and black hair, from T 4 with increasingly more and longer hair (Fig. 5 B). T 5 marginal zone with bright white hair, disc covered with long, black hair (Fig. 6 B). T 6 broad and rounded apically (Fig. 6 C), with long, black hair and shorter, bright white hair underneath. Shape of S 6 (Fig. 6 D) as illustrated. Male BODY LENGTH. 7.8 – 9.0 mm. HEAD. Head distinctly wider than long. Vertex almost straight and flat, except for the ocelli. Integument black, except part of mandibles reddish-brown. Face covered with long, black hair. Face and clypeus with fairly dense (i = 0 – 0.25 d), coarse and deep punctation, except supraclypeal area more dispersed (i = 0.5 – 1 d) (Fig. 7 C). Surface between punctures slightly matt. Antenna black. MESOSOMA. Integument black, tegula dark brown to black. Mesoscutum slightly shiny. Mesoscutum, mesoscutellum and propodeum densely (i = 0.25 – 0.5 d) and finely but deeply punctate, metapostnotum matt (Fig. 7 D – E). Mesoscutum, mesoscutellum, metanotum and mesepisternum sparsely covered with long, black, erect hair mixed with shorter, yellowish-white hair (Fig. 7 D). Propodeum covered with short, yellowish-white hair and few long, black hairs, metapostnotum glabrous (Fig. 7 E). WINGS. Fuscous; wing venation dark brown and stigma dark brown to black (Fig. 7 A). LEGS. Integument black. Coxa and trochanter sparsely covered with long, black hair and shorter white hair. Femur with few long, black hair. Tibia and tarsi sparsely covered with long, black hair and densely covered with shorter white hair. Patches with very dense white pubescence apically on the tibia, particularly conspicuous on middle and hind tibia, anterior leg generally less hairy (Fig. 7 A). METASOMA. Integument of T 1 dark basally. Rest of T 1 – T 3 red, T 4 to a variable extent red, from basal half red to completely black; T 5 – T 7 black. T 1 – T 3 sparsely covered with short white and black hair, from T 4 increasingly more and longer hair. T 4 – T 6 marginal zone with bright white hair increasingly denser, disc with long, black hair (Fig. 7 B). T 7 covered with short, bright white hair, only few longer, black hairs (Fig. 7 F). TERMINALIA. Genitalia (Fig. 8 C – D), S 7 (Fig. 8 A) and terminal plate of S 8 (Fig. 8 B) as illustrated.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFFFFF8FFDCFFBCFFD5AFBBF.taxon	distribution	Distribution Found throughout western South Africa from Namaqualand in the north to the Cape Peninsula in the south (Eardley & Brothers 1997).	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFFFFF8FFDCFFBCFFD5AFBBF.taxon	biology_ecology	Host bees Confirmed host bee is Scrapter niger Lepeletier & Serville, 1828 (= S. longula Friese, 1912) (Rozen & Michener 1968). Seasonal activity August – November (Eardley & Brothers 1997).	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFF8FF90FDE8FB7CFD5AFE21.taxon	description	Figs 9 – 10	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFF8FF90FDE8FB7CFD5AFE21.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis The female of S. fumipennis can be separated from that of all other species of the genus by the combination of the following characters: S 6 pointed posteriorly (Fig. 10 D); T 6 narrow and almost truncate apically (Fig. 10 B). The male is unknown. Additional material examined (17 specimens) SOUTH AFRICA • 2 ♀♀; 12 km NW of Nieuwoudtville, Farm Avontuur, dolerite hill; 31 ° 16 ′ 02 ″ S, 19 ° 04 ′ 05 ″ E; 830 a. s. l.; 27 Aug. 2008; HE leg.; RCMK • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; 6 Sep. 2008; MK leg.; RCMK • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; 9 Sep. 2022; HE leg.; RCMK • 2 ♀♀; N Cape, Nieuwoudtville, Flower Reserve East; 31 ° 21 ′ 56 ″ S, 19 ° 08 ′ 52 ″ E; 735 m a. s. l.; 6 Sep. 2002; MK leg.; RCMK • 2 ♀♀; same collection data as for preceding; 11 Sep. 2002; RCMK • 2 ♀♀; same collection data as for preceding; 11 Sep. 2003; RCMK • 2 ♀♀; same collection data as for preceding; 13 Aug. 2004; RCMK • 1 ♀; Nieuwoudtville, Wild Flower Reserve, dolerite hills; 31 ° 22 ′ 10 ″ S, 19 ° 08 ′ 50 ″ E; 770 m a. s. l.; 21 Aug. 2007; KT leg.; RCMK • 1 ♀; N Cape, Nieuwoudtville, Flower Reserve, Rondell, Car Park East; 31 ° 22 ′ 18 ″ S, 19 ° 08 ′ 58 ″ E; 730 m a. s. l.; 30 Sep. 2006; MK leg.; RCMK • 1 ♀; Nieuwoudtville, Wild Flower Reserve, Car Park East; 31 ° 22 ′ 18 ″ S, 19 ° 08 ′ 58 ″ E; 730 a. s. l.; 14 Aug. 2010; MK leg.; RCMK • 1 ♀; Nieuwoudtville, Wild Flower Reserve; 31 ° 22 ′ 25 ″ S, 19 ° 08 ′ 46 ″ E; 770 m a. s. l.; 10 Sep. 2007; KT leg.; RCMK • 1 ♀; Bredasdorp, Div. Pearly Beach; [34 ° 40 ′ S, 19 ° 30 ′ E]; 1 Sep. 1959; SAM leg.; SANC.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFF8FF90FDE8FB7CFD5AFE21.taxon	description	Description Female BODY LENGTH. 7.4 – 8.9 mm. HEAD. Head distinctly wider than long. Vertex almost straight and flat, except for the ocelli. Integument black, except part of mandibles reddish-brown. Face covered with long, black hair. Face and clypeus with dense (i = 0.25 – 0.5 d), coarse and deep punctation, supraclypeal almost without punctation (Fig. 9 C). Surface between punctures slightly shiny. Antenna black. MESOSOMA. Integument black, tegula reddish-brown. Mesoscutum slightly shiny. Mesoscutum and mesoscutellum densely (i = 0.25 – 0.5 d) and finely but deeply punctate (Fig. 9 D). Propodeum densely (i = 0.25 – 0.5 d), finely and shallowly punctate, metapostnotum matt (Fig. 10 A). Mesoscutum sparsely covered with long, black hair mixed with shorter, yellowish-white hair (Fig. 9 D). Mesoscutellum, metanotum, mesepisternum and propodeum sparsely covered with long, black, erect hair mixed with shorter, dark brown hair, metapostnotum glabrous (Figs 9 D, 10 A). WINGS. Yellowish-brown; wing venation dark brown and stigma dark brown to black (Fig. 9 A). LEGS. Integument black. Coxa and trochanter sparsely covered with long, black hair and shorter, white hair. Femur with few long, black hairs. Tibia and tarsi covered with long, black hair and densely covered with shorter, white hair. Patches with very dense white pubescence apically on the tibia, particularly conspicuous on middle and hind tibia, anterior leg generally less hairy (Fig. 9 A). METASOMA. Integument of T 1 dark basally. Rest of T 1 and T 2 red, T 3 variable color expansion of red, from completely red to completely black and T 4 – T 6 black. T 1 – T 4 sparsely covered with short, white and black hair (Fig. 9 B). T 5 marginal zone with bright white hair, disc covered with long, black hair. T 6 with dense long, black hair, narrow and almost straight apically (Fig. 10 B). Shape of S 6 (Fig. 10 D) as illustrated. Male Unknown.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFF8FF90FDE8FB7CFD5AFE21.taxon	distribution	Distribution Found from southern Namaqualand to the Cape Peninsula (Eardley & Brothers 1997).	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFF8FF90FDE8FB7CFD5AFE21.taxon	biology_ecology	Host bees Confirmed host bee is Scrapter erubescens (Friese, 1925) (= S. crassula Cockerell, 1932) (Rozen & Michener 1968). Seasonal activity August – November (Eardley & Brothers 1997).	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFE7FF97FDCFFCBEFD08FADA.taxon	description	Figs 11 – 14	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFE7FF97FDCFFCBEFD08FADA.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis The female of S. aculeata can be separated from that of all other species of the genus by the combination of the following characters: S 6 bifid posteriorly, apical notch without a small tip distally, shape as in Fig. 12 C; body length> 6 mm; metasoma partially red (Fig. 11 B); T 6 covered with white hair (Fig. 12 B); front legs completely black (Fig. 11 A); head and mesosoma with white hair (Fig. 11 C – D); T 6 rounded apically (Fig. 12 B). The male can be separated from that of all other species of the genus by the combination of the following characters: metasoma at least partially red (Fig. 13 B); fore legs black (Fig. 13 A); head and mesosoma with white hair (Fig. 13 C – D); gonostylus not inclined inward and slightly tapered, penis valves broader, about as long as gonostylus (Fig. 14 C). Additional material examined (68 specimens) SOUTH AFRICA • 1 ♀; Remhoogte slope; 30 ° 14 ′ S, 18 ° 10 ′ E; 5 Sep. 2003; yellow trap; CM leg.; SANC • 1 ♂; C. P., Kamieskroonberg near Kamieskroon; 30 ° 32 ′ S, 18 ° 08 ′ E; 3 Oct. 1990; CE leg.; SANC • 1 ♀, 3 ♂♂; 12 km NW of Nieuwoudtville, Farm Avontuur, Fynbos; 31 ° 16 ′ 18 ″ S, 19 ° 02 ′ 55 ″ E; 770 m a. s. l.; 24 Aug. 2012; MK leg.; RCMK • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; 25 Sep. 2014; RCMK • 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; 25 Aug. 2017; RCMK • 1 ♀, 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; 30 Aug. 2018; RCMK • 5 ♀♀, 5 ♂♂; same collection data as for preceding; 9 Sep. 2018; RCMK • 1 ♀; Nieuwoudtville, Farm Glen Lyon, garden; 31 ° 23 ′ 50 ″ S, 19 ° 08 ′ 26 ″ E; 700 m a. s. l.; 4 Sep. 2003; MK leg.; RCMK • 3 ♀♀, 1 ♂; Gemsbokrivier-Pad, 4.5 km NE of Grootdrif, roadside; 31 ° 25 ′ 54 ″ S, 18 ° 55 ′ 16 ″ E; 170 m a. s. l.; 20 Aug. 2010; MK leg.; RCMK • 1 ♀, 2 ♂♂; 20 km S of Nieuwoudtville, Farm Papkuilsfontein, Fynbos; 31 ° 33 ′ 16 ″ S, 19 ° 08 ′ 31 ″ E; 680 m a. s. l.; 27 Aug. 2010; MK leg.; RCMK • 1 ♀; 18 km S of Calvinia on R 355, 200 m S of Farm Boskloof; 31 ° 38 ′ 36 ″ S, 19 ° 44 ′ 36 ″ E; 1000 m a. s. l.; 22 Sep. 2022; MK leg.; RCMK • 1 ♂; Keiski Mts, 3 km E of Farm M’Vera, shale; 31 ° 45 ′ 29 ″ S, 19 ° 54 ′ 13 ″ E; 1190 m a. s. l.; 13 Sep. 2016; MK leg.; RCMK • 2 ♀♀, 11 ♂♂; Roggeveld Mts, 2 km S of Farm Perdekloof, rivier, dolerite; 31 ° 47 ′ 35 ″ S, 19 ° 58 ′ 16 ″ E; 1220 m a. s. l.; 1 Sep. 2017; MK leg.; RCMK • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; 20. Sep. 2022; RCMK • 1 ♂; Ouberg Pass, 27 km SE of Vanrhynsdorp, Fynbos; 31 ° 48 ′ 07 ″ S, 18 ° 55 ′ 00 ″ E; 380 m a. s. l.; 23 Aug. 2012; MK leg.; RCMK • 1 ♀, 13 ♂♂; Roggeveld Mts, 1.5 km S of Farm Allemansdam, Renosterveld; 31 ° 49 ′ 25 ″ S, 19 ° 59 ′ 38 ″ E; 1285 m a. s. l.; 11 Sep. 2018; MK leg.; RCMK • 2 ♀♀; Roggeveld Mts, 2 km SE of Farm Allemansdam, burnt area; 31 ° 47 ′ 35 ″ S, 19 ° 58 ′ 16 ″ E; 1220 m a. s. l.; 29 Aug. 2018; MK leg.; RCMK • 1 ♀; W Cape S of Lamberts Bay; [32 ° 04 ′ S, 18 ° 20 ′ E]; 7 – 9 Oct. 1999; MH leg.; RCMS • 1 ♂; Lamberts Bay, Strandveld, sand; 32 ° 06 ′ 19 ″ S, 18 ° 18 ′ 16 ″ E; 5 m a. s. l.; 7 Sep. 2017; MK leg.; RCMK • 1 ♂; Pakhuis Pass, C. P.; [32 ° 08 ′ S, 19 ° 01 ′ E]; SANC • 3 ♀♀; W Cape, Kunje Farm, 28 km SE of Citrusdal; 32 ° 40 ′ S, 19 ° 10 ′ E; 23 Sep. 2001; CE leg.; SANC • 1 ♀; Pearly Beach, Bredasdorp; [34 ° 40 ′ S, 19 ° 30 ′ E]; SANC.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFE7FF97FDCFFCBEFD08FADA.taxon	description	Description Female BODY LENGTH. 4.5 – 6.0 mm. HEAD. Head wider than long. Vertex slightly rounded, ocelli highest point. Integument black, except part of mandibles red or reddish-brown. Face covered with short, yellowish-white hair. Face with dense (i = 0.25 – 0.5 d) and coarse but shallow punctation, clypeus and supraclypeal area with finer and denser (i = 0 – 0.25 d) punctation (Fig. 11 C). Surface between punctures slightly shiny. Antenna black. MESOSOMA. Integument black, tegula red. Mesoscutum slightly shiny. Mesoscutum and mesoscutellum densely (i = 0.25 – 1 d) and coarsely but shallowly punctate (Fig. 11 D). Propodeum with dense (i = 1 – 1.5 d), coarse and deep punctation, metapostnotum matt (Fig. 12 A). Mesoscutum, mesoscutellum, metanotum, propodeum and mesepisternum sparsely covered with short, yellowish-white hair, metapostnotum glabrous (Figs 11 D, 12 A). WINGS. Yellowish-brown; wing venation brown and stigma brown to dark brown (Fig. 11 A). LEGS. Integument black. Coxa, trochanter and femur sparsely covered with relatively long, white hair mixed with shorter, plumose, white hair. Tibia and tarsus covered with short, plumose, white hair (Fig. 11 A). METASOMA. Integument of T 1 and T 2 red; T 3 and T 4 to a variable extent red, from T 3 basal half red to T 4 basal quarter red; T 5 and T 6 black. T 1 and T 2 with few short, white hair, from T 3 increasingly more and longer hair (Fig. 11 B). T 6 covered with short, white hair, broad and rounded apically (Fig. 12 B). Shape of S 6 (Fig. 12 C) as illustrated. Male BODY LENGTH. 5.0 – 6.8 mm. HEAD. Head wider than long. Vertex slightly rounded, ocelli highest point. Integument black, except part of mandibles red or reddish-brown. Face covered with short, yellowish-white hair. Face with dense (i = 0.25 – 0.5 d) and coarse but shallow punctation, clypeus and supraclypeal area and denser (i = 0 – 0.5 d), finer and shallow punctation (Fig. 13 C). Surface between punctures slightly shiny. Antenna black. MESOSOMA. Integument black, tegula red. Mesoscutum slightly shiny. Mesoscutum and mesoscutellum densely (i = 0.25 – 1 d) and coarsely but shallowly punctate (Fig. 13 D). Propodeum with dense (i = 1 – 1.5 d), coarse and deep punctation, metapostnotum matt (Fig. 13 E). Mesoscutum, mesoscutellum, metanotum, propodeum and mesepisternum sparsely covered with short, yellowish-white hair, metapostnotum glabrous (Fig. 13 D – E). WINGS. Yellowish-brown; wing venation brown and stigma brown to dark brown (Fig. 13 A.). LEGS. Integument black. Coxa, trochanter and femur sparsely covered with fairly long, white hair mixed with short, plumose, white hair. Tibia and tarsi covered with short, white hair (Fig. 13 A). METASOMA. Integument of T 1 – T 3 to a variable extent red, from only T 1 basal half and T 2 basal half red to T 3 basal quarter red; T 4 – T 7 black. T 1 and T 2 with few short, white hair, from T 3 increasingly more and longer hair (Fig. 13 B). T 7 covered with short, white hair (Fig. 13 F). TERMINALIA. Genitalia (Fig. 14 C), S 7 (Fig. 14 A) and terminal plate of S 8 (Fig. 14 B) as illustrated.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFE7FF97FDCFFCBEFD08FADA.taxon	distribution	Distribution A widespread species that has been recorded from southern Namaqualand to the Cape Peninsula and eastwards to Algoa Bay and Grahamstown (Eardley & Brothers 1997).	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFE7FF97FDCFFCBEFD08FADA.taxon	biology_ecology	Host bees Unknown. Seasonal activity July – November (Eardley & Brothers 1997).	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFE7FF97FDCFFCBEFD08FADA.taxon	discussion	Comment Sphecodopsis aculeata is quite variable in size and some morphological characters. Based on the rich new material we confirm the synonymization of Eardley & Brothers (1997). However, two single specimens show more marked differences: Sphecodopsis cf. 1 aculeata is clearly larger with a body length of about 9 mm and the apical notch of S 6 about three times as long as its apical width, compared to about twice as long, and overall narrower. In S. cf. 2 aculeata T 6 is broader and more truncate apically and the apical notch of S 6 about three times as long as its apical width and narrower. At present their taxonomic status is unclear so we do not assign them to S. aculeata but make their collection data available here to enable further investigations: Sphecodopsis cf. 1 aculeata: SOUTH AFRICA • 1 ♀; 15 km NW of Nieuwoudtville, Farm Zoetfontein E, Fynbos; 31 ° 14 ′ 05 ″ S, 19 ° 02 ′ 50 ″ E; 775 m a. s. l.; 7 Oct. 2022; MK leg.; RCMK. Sphecodopsis cf. 2 aculeata: SOUTH AFRICA • 1 ♀; W Cape, Greyton, Riviersonderend r.; [34 ° 03 ′ S, 19 ° 37 ′ E]; 21 Oct. 1999; MH leg.; RCMK.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFE0FF98FD94FA99FE77FE96.taxon	description	Figs 15 – 16	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFE0FF98FD94FA99FE77FE96.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis The female of S. chaotica sp. nov. can be separated from that of all other species of the genus by the combination of the following characters: S 6 bifid posteriorly, apical notch two times as long as its apical width (Fig. 16 C); metasoma completely black (Fig. 15 B); T 6 sparsely covered with short white hair (Fig. 16 B). The male is unknown.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFE0FF98FD94FA99FE77FE96.taxon	etymology	Etymology This taxonomically difficult species is named for the initially chaotic process of clarifying its true identity. Type material (6 specimens) Holotype SOUTH AFRICA • ♀; Betty’s Bay Botanical Gardens; 34 ° 21 ′ S, 18 ° 55 ′ E; 29. Sep. 2001; CE leg.; SANC. Paratypes SOUTH AFRICA • 1 ♀; Cape Town; [33 ° 57 ′ S, 18 ° 27 ′ E]; 1913; GP leg.; SANC • 1 ♀; W Cape, Kleinmond, coast; [34 ° 20 ′ S, 19 ° 02 ′ E]; 6. Nov. 1999; MH leg.; RCMS • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; RCMK • 1 ♀; W Cape, 25 km S of Bredasdorp, coast; [34 ° 40 ′ S, 20 ° 02 ′ E]; 23. Oct. 1999; MSn leg.; RCMS • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; RCMK.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFE0FF98FD94FA99FE77FE96.taxon	description	Description Female BODY LENGTH. 6.0 – 7.5 mm. HEAD. Head wider than long. Vertex slightly rounded, ocelli highest point. Integument black, except part of mandibles reddish-brown. Face covered with short, white hair. Face with dense (i = 0.25 – 0.5 d), coarse and deep punctation, clypeus and supraclypeal area with denser (i = 0 – 0.25 d), finer, shallow punctation (Fig. 15 C). Surface between punctures slightly shiny. Antenna black. MESOSOMA. Integument black, tegula reddish-brown. Mesoscutum slightly shiny. Mesoscutum, mesoscutellum and metanotum densely (i = 0.25 – 0.5 d) and coarsely but shallowly punctate (Fig. 15 D). Propodeum with dense (i = 0.25 – 1 d) and coarse but shallow punctation, metapostnotum matt (Fig. 16 A). Mesoscutum, mesoscutellum, metanotum, propodeum and mesepisternum covered with long, white hair, metapostnotum glabrous (Figs 15 D, 16 A). WINGS. Yellowish-brown; wing venation brown and stigma brown to dark brown (Fig. 15 A). LEGS. Integument black. Coxa, trochanter and femur sparsely covered with short, white hair. Tibia and tarsus densely covered with short, white hair (Fig. 15 A). METASOMA. Integument of T 1 – T 6 completely black. T 1 and T 2 with few short, white hair, from T 3 with longer, white hair (Fig. 15 B). T 6 broad and rounded apically, covered with short, white hair (Fig. 16 B). Shape of S 6 (Fig. 16 C) as illustrated. Male Unknown.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFE0FF98FD94FA99FE77FE96.taxon	distribution	Distribution So far only known from the SW coast of South Africa from Cape Town to Bredasdorp.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFE0FF98FD94FA99FE77FE96.taxon	biology_ecology	Host bees Unknown. Seasonal activity September – November.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFEFFF9AFD86FD35FEA6FE03.taxon	description	Figs 17 – 18	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFEFFF9AFD86FD35FEA6FE03.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis The female of S. acuta sp. nov. can be separated from that of all other species of the genus by the combination of the following characters: S 6 bifid posteriorly, tips barely curved inward, apical notch with a small tip distally, shape as shown in Fig. 18 C. Body length max. 5.3 mm; metasomal terga T 1 – T 2 red (Fig. 17 B); fore tibia and tarsi usually black (Fig. 17 A); T 6 covered with black hair (Fig. 17 B); head and mesosoma with shorter black hair and more dispersed punctation (Fig. 17 C – D); propodeum covered with short, white hair only (Fig. 18 A); mesoscutum more finely and densely (i = 0.25 – 0.5 d) punctate (Fig. 17 D). The male is unknown.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFEFFF9AFD86FD35FEA6FE03.taxon	etymology	Etymology The name refers to the unusual thin and needle-like sharp tip of the female S 6. Type material (1 specimen) Holotype SOUTH AFRICA • ♀; N Cape, Nieuwoudtville, Glen Lyon, Renosterveld; 31 ° 24 ′ 42 ″ S, 19 ° 09 ′ 00 ″ E; 700 m a. s. l.; 25 Aug. 2006; KT leg.; SAMC.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFEFFF9AFD86FD35FEA6FE03.taxon	description	Description Female BODY LENGTH. 4.9 mm. HEAD. Head wider than long. Vertex slightly rounded, ocelli highest point. Integument black, except part of mandibles red or reddish-brown. Face covered with long, black hair mixed with short, white hair. Face with dense (i = 0.25 – 0.5 d), fine and shallow punctation, clypeus and supraclypeal area with more dispersed (i = 0.5 – 1.5 d) punctation (Fig. 17 C). Surface between punctures matt. Antenna reddish-brown to dark brown. MESOSOMA. Integument black, tegula reddish-brown, partially translucent. Mesoscutum matt. Mesoscutum and mesoscutellum densely (i = 0.25 – 0.5 d), very finely and shallowly punctate (Fig. 17 D). Propodeum with dense (i = 0.5 – 1 d), fine and shallow punctation, metapostnotum matt (Fig. 18 A). Mesoscutum, mesoscutellum and mesepisternum sparsely covered with long, black hair mixed with shorter, white hair (Fig. 17 D). Metanotum and propodeum very sparsely covered with short, white hair, metapostnotum glabrous (Figs 17 D, 18 A). WINGS. Fuscous; wing venation dark brown and stigma dark brown to black (Fig. 17 A). LEGS. Integument black. Coxa, trochanter and femur sparsely covered with long, black hair mixed with shorter white hair. Tibia and tarsi very sparsely covered with short, black hair mixed with short white hair (Fig. 17 A). METASOMA. Integument of T 1 black basally. T 1 and T 2 red and T 3 – T 6 black. T 1 and T 2 with only few short, white hair, from T 3 increasingly more black hair (Fig. 17 B). T 5 marginal zone with few white, short hairs. T 6 narrow and almost straight apically, covered with long, black hair (Fig. 18 B). Shape of S 6 (Fig. 18 C) as illustrated. Male Unknown.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFEFFF9AFD86FD35FEA6FE03.taxon	distribution	Distribution Only known from the type locality near Nieuwoudtville.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFEFFF9AFD86FD35FEA6FE03.taxon	biology_ecology	Host bees Unknown. Seasonal activity August.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFEDFF9FFDAAF980FE18FD63.taxon	description	Figs 19 – 20	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFEDFF9FFDAAF980FE18FD63.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis The female of S. angulata sp. nov. can be separated from that of all other species of the genus by the combination of the following characters: S 6 bifid posteriorly, apical notch one and a half times as long as its apical width and without a small tip distally, notch wide, shape as shown in Fig. 20 C; T 1 – T 3 to a variable extent red, from only T 1 apical half and T 2 basal half red to completely red (Fig. 19 B); fore tibia and tarsi with small reddish spots (Fig. 19 A); T 6 covered with black hair (Fig. 20 B); head and mesosoma with short black hair and more dispersed punctation (Fig. 19 C – D); T 6 almost truncate apically (Fig. 20 B). The male is unknown.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFEDFF9FFDAAF980FE18FD63.taxon	etymology	Etymology The species is named for its conspicuously angular female T 6. Type material (3 specimens) Holotype SOUTH AFRICA • ♀; Gemsbokrivier-Pad, 4.5 km NE of Grootdrif, roadside; 31 ° 25 ′ 54 ″ S, 18 ° 55 ′ 16 ″ E; 170 m a. s. l.; 17 Aug. 2010; MK leg.; SAMC. Paratypes SOUTH AFRICA • 1 ♀; 30 km N of Vanrhynsdorp, Knersvlakte, Sukkulent Karoo, Pf K 1; 31 ° 22 ′ 23 ″ S, 18 ° 42 ′ 37 ″ E; 146 m a. s. l.; 6 Sep. 2003; KT leg.; RCMK • 1 ♀; W Cape, Knersvlakte, Kaapse Drif; 31 ° 26 ′ 01 ″ S, 18 ° 47 ′ 34 ″ E; 23 Sep. 1999; MK leg.; RCMK.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFEDFF9FFDAAF980FE18FD63.taxon	description	Description Female BODY LENGTH. 4.4 mm. HEAD. Head wider than long. Vertex slightly rounded, ocelli highest point. Integument black, except part of mandibles red or reddish-brown. Face covered with long, black hair mixed with short, white hair. Face with dense (i = 0.25 – 0.5 d), fine and shallow punctation, clypeus and supraclypeal area with more dispersed (i = 0.5 – 1.5 d) punctation (Fig. 19 C). Surface between punctures matt. Antenna black. MESOSOMA. Integument black, tegula orange. Mesoscutum slightly shiny. Mesoscutum and mesoscutellum densely (i = 0.25 – 0.5 d), finely and shallowly punctate (Fig. 19 D). Propodeum with dense (i = 0.5 – 1 d), fine and shallow punctation, metapostnotum matt (Fig. 20 A). Mesoscutum, mesoscutellum and mesepisternum sparsely covered with long, black hair mixed with shorter, gold hair (Fig. 19 D). Metanotum and propodeum very sparsely covered with short, yellowish-white hair, metapostnotum glabrous (Figs 19 D, 20 A). WINGS. Fuscous; wing venation dark brown and stigma dark brown to black (Fig. 19 A). LEGS. Integument black. Coxa, trochanter and femur sparsely covered with long, black hair mixed with shorter white hair. Tibia and tarsi very sparsely covered with short, black hair mixed with short white hair (Fig. 19 A). METASOMA. Integument of T 1 black basally. T 1 – T 3 to a variable extent red, from only T 1 apical half and T 2 basal half red to completely red; T 4 – T 6 black. T 1 and T 2 with only few short, white hair, from T 3 increasingly more black hair (Fig. 19 B). T 5 marginal zone with few white, short hairs. T 6 very narrow and almost straight apically, covered with long, black hair (Fig. 20 B). Shape of S 6 (Fig. 20 C) as illustrated. Male Unknown.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFEDFF9FFDAAF980FE18FD63.taxon	distribution	Distribution Apparently restricted to the Knersvlakte in southern Namaqualand.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFEDFF9FFDAAF980FE18FD63.taxon	biology_ecology	Host bees Unknown. Seasonal activity August – September.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFE8FFA3FD9EFD2DFE12FCDA.taxon	description	Figs 21 – 24	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFE8FFA3FD9EFD2DFE12FCDA.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis The female of S. magna sp. nov. can be separated from that of all other species of the genus by the combination of the following characters: S 6 bifid posteriorly, apical notch with a small tip distally, shape as shown in Fig. 22 C; body length approx. 5.8 – 6.6 mm, metasoma partially red (Fig. 21 B); fore tibia and tarsi with small reddish spots (Fig. 21 A); T 6 covered with black hair (Fig. 21 B); head and mesosoma with short black hair, mixed with lighter and more dispersed hair (Fig. 21 C – D); propodeum densely covered with relatively long, yellowish-white hair mixed with long, black hair (Fig. 22 A). The male can be separated from that of all other species of the genus by the combination of the following characters: metasoma at least partially red (Fig. 23 B); fore legs with small reddish spots (Fig. 23 A); head and mesosoma with black hair, mixed with lighter hair (Fig. 23 C – D); mesoscutum densely, coarsely and deeply punctate, matt or slightly shiny (Fig. 23 D); propodeum covered with white hair mixed with at least a few black hairs (Fig. 23 E); gonostylus shorter than gonocoxa (Fig. 24 C – D).	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFE8FFA3FD9EFD2DFE12FCDA.taxon	etymology	Etymology The species is named for its size because it is the largest in the species group. Type material (7 specimens) Holotype SOUTH AFRICA • ♀; Kamiesberg Mts, 5 km SE of Leliefontein, roadside; 30 ° 20 ′ 09 ″ S, 18 ° 06 ′ 24 ″ E; 1400 m a. s. l.; 7 Sep. 2016; MK leg.; SAMC. Paratypes SOUTH AFRICA • 1 ♀; Witwater, slope; 30 ° 13 ′ S, 18 ° 07 ′ E; 25 Sep. 2003; CM leg.; yellow + white trap; RCMK • 1 ♀; Kamiesberg Mts, 5 km SE of Leliefontein, roadside; 30 ° 20 ′ 09 ″ S, 18 ° 06 ′ 24 ″ E; 1400 m a. s. l.; 6 Oct. 2014; MK leg.; RCMK • 1 ♀, 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; 11 Sep. 2016; RCMK • 2 ♀♀; same collection data as for preceding; 10 Sep. 2017; RCMK.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFE8FFA3FD9EFD2DFE12FCDA.taxon	description	Description Female BODY LENGTH. 5.8 – 6.6 mm. HEAD. Head wider than long. Vertex slightly rounded, ocelli highest point. Integument black, except part of mandibles red or reddish-brown. Face covered with long, black hair mixed with short, white hair. Face with dense (i = 0.25 – 0.5 d) and fine but deep punctation, except clypeus and supraclypeal area with more dispersed (i = 0.5 – 1.5 d) punctation (Fig. 21 C). Surface between punctures slightly matt. Antenna reddish-brown to dark brown. MESOSOMA. Integument black, tegula orange. Mesoscutum slightly shiny. Mesoscutum and mesoscutellum densely (i = 0.5 – 1 d), finely and shallowly punctate (Fig. 21 D). Propodeum with dense (i = 0.5 – 1 d), fine and shallow punctation, metapostnotum matt (Fig. 22 A). Mesoscutum, mesoscutellum and mesepisternum sparsely covered with long, black hair mixed with shorter, white hair (Fig. 21 D). Metanotum and propodeum very sparsely covered with short, white hair, propodeum interspersed with few long, black hair apically, metapostnotum glabrous (Figs 21 D, 22 A). WINGS. Yellowish-brown; wing venation brown and stigma brown to dark brown (Fig. 21 A). LEGS. Integument black. Coxa, trochanter and femur sparsely covered with long, black hair mixed with shorter white hair. Tibia and tarsi very sparsely covered with short, black hair mixed with short white hair, very diffuse patches of white pubescence apically on the tibia, less on anterior leg, generally with less hair (Fig. 21 A). METASOMA. Integument of T 1 black basally, T 1 and T 2 red, T 3 to a variable extent red, from only basal quarter red to completely red; T 4 – T 6 black. T 1 and T 2 with few short, white and black hair, from T 3 increasingly more and longer black hair (Fig. 21 B). T 5 marginal zone covered with white, short hairs. T 6 narrow and almost straight apically, densely covered with short, black hair (Fig. 22 B). Shape of S 6 (Fig. 22 C) as illustrated. Male BODY LENGTH. 6.4 mm. HEAD. Head wider than long. Vertex slightly rounded, ocelli highest point. Integument black, except part of mandibles red or reddish-brown. Face covered with long, black hair mixed with short, white hair. Face with dense (i = 0.25 – 0.5 d) and fine but deep punctation, clypeus and supraclypeal area with more dispersed (i = 0.5 – 1.5 d) punctation (Fig. 23 C). Surface between punctures matt. Antenna reddish-brown to dark brown. MESOSOMA. Integument black, tegula reddish-brown. Mesoscutum matt. Mesoscutum and mesoscutellum densely (i = 0.5 – 1 d), finely and shallowly punctate (Fig. 23 D). Propodeum with dense (i = 0.5 – 1 d), fine and shallow punctation, metapostnotum matt (Fig. 23 E). Mesoscutum, mesoscutellum, metanotum, propodeum and mesepisternum sparsely covered with long, black hair mixed with shorter, white hair, metapostnotum glabrous (Fig. 23 D – E). WINGS. Yellowish-brown; wing venation brown and stigma dark brown to black (Fig. 23 A). LEGS. Integument black. Coxa, trochanter and femur sparsely covered with long, black hair mixed with shorter white hair. Tibia and tarsi very sparsely covered with short, black hair mixed with short white hair (Fig. 23 A). METASOMA. Integument of T 1 black basally, T 1 – T 3 red, T 4 basal quarter red and T 4 – T 7 black. T 1 and T 2 very sparsely covered with short white and black hair, from T 3 increasingly more and longer, black hair (Fig. 23 B). T 6 marginal zone covered with short, white hair. T 7 covered with short, golden-white hair and longer, black hair (Fig. 23 F). TERMINALIA. Genitalia (Fig. 24 C – D), S 7 (Fig. 24 A) and terminal plate of S 8 (Fig. 24 B) as illustrated.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFE8FFA3FD9EFD2DFE12FCDA.taxon	distribution	Distribution Only known from the Kamiesberg Mts.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFE8FFA3FD9EFD2DFE12FCDA.taxon	biology_ecology	Host bees Unknown. Seasonal activity September – October.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFD5FFA6FD90FECDFEA6FC63.taxon	description	Figs 25 – 28	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFD5FFA6FD90FECDFEA6FC63.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis The female of S. obscura sp. nov. can be separated from that of all other species of the genus by the combination of the following characters: S 6 bifid posteriorly, apical notch three times as long as its apical width (Fig. 26 C); metasoma completely black (Fig. 25 B); T 6 covered with long black hair (Fig. 26 B). The male can be separated from that of all other species by the combination of the following characters: metasoma completely black (Fig. 25 B); head and mesosoma with black hair (Fig. 27 C – D).	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFD5FFA6FD90FECDFEA6FC63.taxon	etymology	Etymology The name refers to the dominantly dark coloration of the species that is unusual in this species group. Type material (23 specimens) Holotype SOUTH AFRICA • ♀; 20 km S of Nieuwoudtville, Farm Papkuilsfontein, Fynbos; 31 ° 33 ′ 16 ″ S, 19 ° 08 ′ 31 ″ E; 680 m a. s. l.; 27 Aug. 2012; MK leg.; SAMC. Paratypes SOUTH AFRICA • 17 ♀♀, 3 ♂♂; 20 km S of Nieuwoudtville, Farm Papkuilsfontein, Fynbos; 31 ° 33 ′ 16 ″ S, 19 ° 08 ′ 31 ″ E; 680 m a. s. l.; 27 Aug. 2012; MK leg.; RCMK • 1 ♀, 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; 30 Aug. 2018; RCMK.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFD5FFA6FD90FECDFEA6FC63.taxon	description	Description Female BODY LENGTH. 4.0 – 5.2 mm. HEAD. Head wider than long. Vertex slightly rounded, ocelli highest point. Integument black, except part of mandibles red or reddish-brown. Face covered with long, black hair mixed with short, white hair. Face with dense (i = 0.25 – 0.5 d), fine and shallow punctation (Fig. 25 C). Surface between punctures slightly shiny. Antenna reddish-brown to dark brown. MESOSOMA. Integument black, tegula brown. Mesoscutum slightly shiny. Mesoscutum and mesoscutellum densely (i = 0.25 – 1 d), finely and shallowly punctate (Fig. 25 D). Propodeum with dense (i = 0.5 – 1 d), fine and shallow punctation, metapostnotum matt (Fig. 26 A). Mesoscutum, mesoscutellum and mesepisternum sparsely covered with long, black hair mixed with shorter, white hair (Fig. 25 D). Metanotum and propodeum sparsely covered with short, white hair, metapostnotum glabrous (Figs 25 D, 26 A). WINGS. Yellowish-brown; wing venation brown and stigma brown (Fig. 25 A). LEGS. Integument black. Coxa, trochanter and femur sparsely covered with long, black hair mixed with shorter white hair. Tibia and tarsi very sparsely covered with short, black hair mixed with short white hair (Fig. 25 A). METASOMA. Integument black. T 1 and T 2 with few short, white and black hair, from T 3 increasingly more and longer black hair (Fig. 25 B). T 5 marginal zone covered with white, short hairs. T 6 covered with long, black hair, narrow and almost straight apically (Fig. 26 B). Shape of S 6 (Fig. 26 C) as illustrated. Male BODY LENGTH. 4.4 – 5.0 mm. HEAD. Head wider than long. Vertex slightly rounded, ocelli highest point. Integument black, except part of mandibles red or reddish-brown. Face covered with long, black hair mixed with short, white hair. Face with dense (i = 0.25 – 0.5 d) and fine but deep punctation (Fig. 27 C). Surface between punctures slightly matt. Antenna reddish-brown to dark brown. MESOSOMA. Integument black, tegula reddish-brown. Mesoscutum slightly shiny. Mesoscutum and mesoscutellum densely (i = 0.25 – 0.1 d), finely and shallowly punctate (Fig. 27 D). Propodeum with dense (i = 0.5 – 1 d), fine and shallow punctation, metapostnotum matt (Fig. 27 E). Mesoscutum, mesoscutellum and mesepisternum sparsely covered with long, black hair mixed with shorter, white hair (Fig. 27 D). Metanotum and propodeum very sparsely covered with short, white hair, metapostnotum without hair (Fig. 27 D – E). WINGS. Yellowish-brown; wing venation brown and stigma brown (Fig. 27 A). LEGS. Integument black. Coxa, trochanter and femur sparsely covered with long, black hair mixed with shorter white hair. Tibia and tarsi very sparsely covered with short, black hair mixed with short white hair (Fig. 27 A). METASOMA. Integument black. T 1 and T 2 very sparsely covered with short white and black hair, from T 3 increasingly more and longer black hair (Fig. 27 B). T 7 covered with short, gold hair and longer, black hair (Fig. 27 F). TERMINALIA. Genitalia (Fig. 28 C), S 7 (Fig. 28 A) and terminal plate of S 8 (Fig. 28 B) as illustrated.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFD5FFA6FD90FECDFEA6FC63.taxon	distribution	Distribution Only known from the type locality south of Nieuwoudtville.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFD5FFA6FD90FECDFEA6FC63.taxon	biology_ecology	Host bees Likely hosts are equally small species of euryglossiform Scrapter (Kuhlmann 2014; Kuhlmann & Friehs 2020) that were found in association with this cuckoo bee. Seasonal activity August.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFD1FFADFD9DFC21FCE5FE1B.taxon	description	urn: lsid: zoobank. org: act: 2 E 30712 B- 7 E 0 C- 462 A- 8 C 6 D- 031 D 5343 EB 30 Figs 29 – 32	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFD1FFADFD9DFC21FCE5FE1B.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis The female of S. subtilis sp. nov. can be separated from that of all other species of the genus by the combination of the following characters: S 6 bifid posteriorly, tips slightly more curved inward, apical notch with a small tip distally (Fig. 30 C); body length max. 5.2 mm; metasoma partially red (Fig. 29 B); fore tibia and tarsi usually black (Fig. 29 A); T 6 covered with black hair (Fig. 30 B); head and mesosoma with short black hair, mixed with white hair (Fig. 29 C – D); propodeum covered with short, white hair only (Fig. 30 A); punctation of mesoscutum slightly coarser and more dispersed (i = 0.25 – 1 d) (Fig. 29 D). The male can be separated from that of all other species of the genus by the combination of the following characters: metasoma at least partially red (Fig. 31 B); fore legs usually black (Fig. 31 A); head and mesosoma with black hair, mixed with lighter hair (Fig. 31 C – D); mesoscutum densely, coarsely and deeply punctate, matt or slightly shiny (Fig. 31 D); propodeum only covered with white hair (Fig. 31 E); genitalia shortened and broad (Fig. 32 C).	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFD1FFADFD9DFC21FCE5FE1B.taxon	etymology	Etymology The name refers to the relatively fine and subtle punctation of the species.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFD1FFADFD9DFC21FCE5FE1B.taxon	materials_examined	Type material (3 specimens) Holotype SOUTH AFRICA • ♀; Farm Kanolfontein, 20 km W of Sutherland, roadside; 32 ° 24 ′ 43 ″ S, 20 ° 27 ′ 28 ″ E; 1385 m a. s. l.; 7 Sep. 2012; MK leg.; SAMC. Paratypes SOUTH AFRICA • 1 ♀; Keiski Mts, 5 km S of Farm Nooiensrivier, burnt area; 31 ° 45 ′ 47 ″ S, 19 ° 50 ′ 17 ″ E; 1275 m a. s. l.; 29 Aug. 2011; MK leg.; RCMK • 1 ♂; Roggeveld Mts, 2 km SE of Farm Allemansdam, burnt area; 31 ° 49 ′ 32 ″ S, 19 ° 59 ′ 55 ″ E; 1290 m a. s. l.; 24 Aug. 2018; MK leg.; RCMK.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFD1FFADFD9DFC21FCE5FE1B.taxon	description	Description Female BODY LENGTH. 5.2 mm. HEAD. Head wider than long. Vertex slightly rounded, ocelli highest point. Integument black, except part of mandibles red or reddish-brown. Face covered with long, black hair mixed with short, white hair, with dense (i = 0.25 – 1 d) and fine but deep punctation; clypeus and supraclypeal area with punctation more dispersed (i = 0.5 – 1.5 d) (Fig. 29 C). Surface between punctures matt. Antenna reddish-brown to dark brown. MESOSOMA. Integument black, tegula red. Mesoscutum slightly shiny. Mesoscutum and mesoscutellum densely (i = 0.25 – 1 d), finely and shallowly punctate (Fig. 29 D). Propodeum with dense (i = 0.5 – 1 d), fine and shallow punctation, metapostnotum matt (Fig. 30 A). Mesoscutum, mesoscutellum and mesepisternum sparsely covered with long, black hair mixed with shorter, white hair (Fig. 29 D). Metanotum and propodeum very sparsely covered with short, white hair, metapostnotum glabrous (Figs 29 D, 30 A). WINGS. Yellowish-brown; wing venation brown and stigma brown to dark brown (Fig. 29 A). LEGS. Integument black. Coxa, trochanter and femur sparsely covered with long, black hair mixed with shorter white hair. Tibia and tarsi very sparsely covered with short, black hair mixed with short white hair (Fig. 29 A). METASOMA. Integument of T 1 and T 2 red, T 3 marginal zone black and T 4 – T 6 black. T 1 and T 2 with few short, white and black hairs, from T 3 increasingly more and longer black hair (Fig. 29 B). T 5 marginal zone with few white, short hairs. T 6 covered with long, black hair and short, white hair underneath, narrow and almost straight apically (Fig. 30 B). Shape of S 6 (Fig. 30 C) as illustrated. Male BODY LENGTH. 4.8 mm. HEAD. Head wider than long. Vertex slightly rounded, ocelli highest point. Integument black, except part of mandibles red or reddish-brown. Face covered with long, black hair mixed with short, white hair. Face with dense (i = 0.25 – 0.5 d) and fine but deep punctation, clypeus and supraclypeal area with more dispersed punctation (i = 0.5 – 1.5 d) (Fig. 31 C). Surface between punctures matt. Antenna reddish-brown to dark brown. MESOSOMA. Integument black, tegula reddish-brown. Mesoscutum matt. Mesoscutum and mesoscutellum densely (i = 0.25 – 0.5 d), finely and shallowly punctate (Fig. 31 D). Propodeum with dense (i = 0.5 – 1 d), fine and shallow, metapostnotum matt (Fig. 31 E). Mesoscutum, mesoscutellum and mesepisternum sparsely covered with long, black hair mixed with shorter, white hair (Fig. 31 D). Metanotum and propodeum sparsely covered with short, white hair, metapostnotum glabrous (Fig. 31 D – E). WINGS. Yellowish-brown; wing venation brown and stigma dark brown to black (Fig. 31 A). LEGS. Integument black. Coxa, trochanter and femur sparsely covered with long, black hair mixed with shorter white hair. Tibia and tarsi very sparsely covered with short, black hair mixed with short white hair (Fig. 31 A). METASOMA. Integument of T 1 black basally. T 1 – T 3 red and T 4 – T 7 black. T 1 and T 2 very sparsely covered with short white and black hair, from T 3 increasingly more and longer black hair (Fig. 31 B). T 7 covered with short, gold hair and longer, black hair (Fig. 31 F). TERMINALIA. Genitalia (Fig. 32 C), S 7 (Fig. 32 A) and terminal plate of S 8 (Fig. 32 B) as illustrated.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFD1FFADFD9DFC21FCE5FE1B.taxon	distribution	Distribution Only known from the Keiskie Mts and Roggeveld Mts between Calvinia and Sutherland.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFD1FFADFD9DFC21FCE5FE1B.taxon	biology_ecology	Host bees Unknown. Seasonal activity August – September.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFD1FFADFD9DFC21FCE5FE1B.taxon	discussion	Comment Since males and females were not found together, the sex assignment is not absolutely clear. The specimens obviously belong to the same species group, they were found at neighbouring sites only 3 km away and share subtle characteristics that allow for sex association. The other two species of the group, where the male is unknown, only occur at greater distances and in completely different habitats (S. acuta sp. nov.: Fynbos; S. angulata sp. nov.: Succulent Karoo).	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFDAFFB0FDBEFC97FEDDFBD3.taxon	description	urn: lsid: zoobank. org: act: 711 E 47 D 5 - 5872 - 4 DC 6 - BE 7 F- 5 F 48 B 057 C 2 AD Figs 33 – 36	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFDAFFB0FDBEFC97FEDDFBD3.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis The female of S. atricapillata sp. nov. can be separated from that of all other species of the genus by the combination of the following characters: S 6 bifid posteriorly, apical notch about as long as its apical width, shape as shown in Fig. 34 C; body length 7 – 9 mm; metasoma partially red (Fig. 33 B); fore tibia and tarsi usually black (Fig. 33 A); T 6 covered with black hair (Fig. 34 B); head and mesosoma with conspicuously dense, long, black hair (Fig. 33 C – D); T 5 with black hair on the disc and bright white hair on the apical margin (Fig. 34 B); T 6 apically slightly rounded (Fig. 34 B); mesoscutum very densely punctate (i = 0 – 0.25 d), surface appears rugged (Fig. 33 D). The male can be separated from that of all other species of the genus by the combination of the following characters: metasoma at least partially red (Fig. 35 B); fore legs usually black (Fig. 35 A); head and mesosoma with conspicuously dense, long, black hair (Fig. 35 C – D); mesoscutum more finely punctate (Fig. 35 D); gonostylus shorter than gonocoxa and apically broader (Fig. 36 C – D); penis valves less distinctly curved downward (Fig. 36 C – D).	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFDAFFB0FDBEFC97FEDDFBD3.taxon	etymology	Etymology The species is named for its conspicuous black hair.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFDAFFB0FDBEFC97FEDDFBD3.taxon	materials_examined	Type material (50 specimens) Holotype SOUTH AFRICA • ♀; N Cape, Nieuwoudtville, Glen Lyon, garden; 31 ° 24 ′ 03 ″ S, 19 ° 08 ′ 34 ″ E; 700 m a. s. l.; 23 Aug. 2003; MK leg.; on Chrysanthemum sp.; SAMC. Paratypes SOUTH AFRICA • 1 ♀; Namaqualand, Hester Malan N. R.; [29 ° 38 ′ S, 17 ° 58 ′ E]; 18 Jul. 1985; MSt leg.; SANC • 1 ♀; 8 km WNW of Leliefontein, Fynbos, roadside; 30 ° 15 ′ 58 ″ S, 18 ° 03 ′ 17 ″ E; 1190 m a. s. l.; 10 Sep. 2017; MK leg.; RCMK • 2 ♀♀; same collection data as for preceding; 14 Sep. 2017; RCMK • 1 ♀; 12 km NW of Nieuwoudtville, Farm Avontuur, Fynbos; 31 ° 16 ′ 18 ″ S, 19 ° 02 ′ 55 ″ E; 770 m a. s. l.; 25 Aug. 2010; MK leg.; RCMK • 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; 30 Aug. 2018; RCMK • 5 ♀♀, 1 ♂; N Cape, Fynbos, 2 km W of Nieuwoudtville, near Grasberg; 31 ° 21 ′ 05 ″ S, 19 ° 05 ′ 49 ″ E; 742 m a. s. l.; 23 Aug. 2003; KT leg.; RCMK • 1 ♀; N Cape, Nieuwoudtville, Flower Reserve East; 31 ° 21 ′ 56 ″ S, 19 ° 08 ′ 52 ″ E; 735 m a. s. l.; 3 Sep. 2003; MK leg.; on Oxalis sp.; RCMK • 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; 7 Sep. 2003; RCMK • 2 ♀♀; N Cape, Nieuwoudtville, Flower Reserve East; 31 ° 21 ′ 56 ″ S, 19 ° 08 ′ 52 ″ E; 735 m a. s. l.; 11 Sep. 2003; MK leg.; RCMK • 7 ♀♀, 4 ♂♂; N Cape, Nieuwoudtville, Glen Lyon, garden; 31 ° 24 ′ 03 ″ S, 19 ° 08 ′ 34 ″ E; 700 m a. s. l.; 23 Aug. 2003; MK leg.; on Chrysanthemum sp.; RCMK • 2 ♀♀; same collection data as for preceding; 27 Aug. 2003; RCMK • 1 ♀, 1 ♂; N Cape, Nieuwoudtville, Glen Lyon, Renosterveld; 31 ° 24 ′ 03 ″ S, 19 ° 08 ′ 34 ″ E; 700 m a. s. l.; 27 Aug. 2003; MK leg.; on Oxalis sp.; RCMK • 1 ♀; N Cape, Nieuwoudtville, Glen Lyon, Renosterveld; 31 ° 24 ′ 03 ″ S, 19 ° 08 ′ 34 ″ E; 700 m a. s. l.; 30 Aug. 2003; MK leg.; RCMK • 2 ♀♀; N Cape, Nieuwoudtville, Glen Lyon, Renosterveld; 31 ° 24 ′ 03 ″ S, 19 ° 08 ′ 34 ″ E; 700 m a. s. l.; 7 Sep. 2003; MK leg.; on Oxalis sp.; RCMK • 2 ♀♀; N Cape, Nieuwoudtville, Glen Lyon, Renosterveld; 31 ° 24 ′ 03 ″ S, 19 ° 08 ′ 34 ″ E; 700 m a. s. l.; 11 Sep. 2003; MK leg.; 1 ind. on Eriocephalus ericoides; RCMK • 2 ♀♀; N Cape, Nieuwoudtville, Glen Lyon, Renosterveld; 31 ° 24 ′ 03 ″ S, 19 ° 08 ′ 34 ″ E; 700 m a. s. l.; 12 Sep. 2003; MK leg.; RCMK • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; 11 Aug. 2004; RCMK • 1 ♀, 2 ♂♂; Keiski Mts, 3 km E of Farm M’Vera, shale; 31 ° 45 ′ 29 ″ S, 19 ° 54 ′ 13 ″ E; 1190 m a. s. l.; 30 Aug. 2016; MK leg.; RCMK • 2 ♀♀; same collection data as for preceding; 15 Sep. 2016; RCMK • 1 ♀; Keiski Mts, 5 km S of Farm Nooiensrivier, burned area; 31 ° 45 ′ 47 ″ S, 19 ° 50 ′ 17 ″ E; 1275 m a. s. l.; 29 Aug. 2011; MK leg.; RCMK • 1 ♂; Ouberg Pass, 27 km SE of Vanrhynsdorp, Fynbos; 31 ° 48 ′ 07 ″ S, 18 ° 55 ′ 00 ″ E; 380 m a. s. l.; 13 Aug. 2012; MK leg.; RCMK • 1 ♀; W Cape, S of Lamberts Bay; [32 ° 04 ′ S, 18 ° 20 ′ E]; 7 Oct. 1999; MH leg.; RCMS • 1 ♀; 6 km NNW of Farm Kanariesfontein, 30 km W of Sutherland, roadside; 32 ° 22 ′ 17 ″ S, 20 ° 22 ′ 50 ″ E; 1310 m a. s. l.; 16 Sep. 2017; MK leg.; RCMS • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; RCMK.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFDAFFB0FDBEFC97FEDDFBD3.taxon	description	Description Female BODY LENGTH. 6.7 – 8.7 mm. HEAD. Head distinctly wider than long. Vertex almost straight and flat, except for the ocelli. Integument black, except part of mandibles red or reddish-brown. Face covered with long, black hair. Face and clypeus with very dense (i = 0 – 0.25 d), coarse and deep punctation (Fig. 33 C). Surface between punctures slightly matt. Antenna black. MESOSOMA. Integument black, tegula reddish-brown. Mesoscutum slightly matt. Mesoscutum and mesoscutellum very densely (i = 0 – 0.25 d) and finely but deeply punctate (Fig. 33 D). Propodeum with dense (i = 0.25 – 0.5 d), coarse and deep punctation, metapostnotum matt (Fig. 34 A). Mesoscutum and mesoscutellum densely covered with long, black hair mixed with shorter yellowish-white hair (Fig. 33 D). Metanotum, mesepisternum and propodeum sparsely covered with long, black hair mixed with shorter, dark brown hair, metapostnotum without hair (Figs 33 D, 34 A). WINGS. Fuscous; wing venation brown and stigma dark brown to black (Fig. 33 A). LEGS. Integument black. Coxa and trochanter sparsely covered with long, black hair and shorter white hair. Femur with few long, black hair. Tibia and tarsi sparsely covered with long, black hair and covered with shorter, white hair; loose patches with dense, white pubescence apically on the tibia, except anterior leg, generally with less hair (Fig. 33 A). METASOMA. Integument of T 1 dark basally. Rest of T 1 and T 2 red, T 3 and T 4 to a variable extent red, from completely red to completely black; T 5 and T 6 black. T 1 – T 4 sparsely covered with short, white and black hair (Fig. 33 B). T 5 marginal zone with bright white hair, disc covered with long, black hair. T 6 narrow and almost straight apically, with dense, long, black hair and shorter yellowish-white hair underneath (Fig. 34 B). Shape of S 6 (Fig. 34 C) as illustrated. Male BODY LENGTH. 5.6 – 7.4 mm. HEAD. Head distinctly wider than long. Vertex almost straight and flat, except for the ocelli. Integument black, except part of mandibles red or reddish-brown. Face covered with long, black hair. Face and clypeus with fairly dense (i = 0 – 0.25 d), coarse and deep punctation (Fig. 35 C). Surface between punctures slightly matt. Antenna black. MESOSOMA. Integument black, tegula reddish-brown. Mesoscutum slightly matt. Mesoscutum and mesoscutellum fairly densely (i = 0 – 0.25 d) and finely but deeply punctate (Fig. 35 D). Propodeum with dense (i = 0.25 – 0.5 d), coarse and deep punctation, metapostnotum matt (Fig. 35 E). Mesoscutum and mesoscutellum sparsely covered with long, black hair mixed with shorter, yellowish-white hair (Fig. 35 D). Metanotum, mesepisternum and propodeum sparsely covered with long, black hair mixed with shorter, dark brown hair, metapostnotum without hair (Fig. 35 D – E). WINGS. Fuscous; wing venation dark brown and stigma dark brown to black (Fig. 35 A). LEGS. Integument black. Coxa and trochanter sparsely covered with long, black hair and shorter white hair. Femur with few long, black hair. Tibia and tarsi sparsely covered with long, black hair and covered with shorter white hair; scattered patches with dense white pubescence apically on the tibia, except anterior leg generally with less hair (Fig. 35 A). METASOMA. Integument of T 1 dark basally. Rest of T 1 and T 2 red, T 3 to a variable extent red, from basal half red to completely black and T 4 – T 7 black. T 1 – T 3 sparsely covered with short, white and black hair, from T 4 increasingly more and longer hair (Fig. 35 B). T 6 marginal zone with bright white hair, disc with long, black hair. T 7 covered with short, yellowish-white hair and longer, black hair (Fig. 35 F). TERMINALIA. Genitalia (Fig. 36 C – D), S 7 (Fig. 36 A) and terminal plate of S 8 (Fig. 36 B) as illustrated.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFDAFFB0FDBEFC97FEDDFBD3.taxon	distribution	Distribution The species has been found in Namaqualand and the Roggeveld Mts southward to Sutherland.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFDAFFB0FDBEFC97FEDDFBD3.taxon	biology_ecology	Host bees Unknown. Seasonal activity July – October.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFC7FFB5FDCEFB90FD54FD90.taxon	description	Figs 37 – 38	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFC7FFB5FDCEFB90FD54FD90.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis The male can be separated from that of all other species of the genus by the combination of the following characters: metasoma at least partially red (Fig. 37 B); fore legs usually black (Fig. 37 A); head and mesosoma with conspicuously dense, long, black hair (Fig. 37 C – D); gonostylus slightly longer than gonocoxa (Fig. 38 C – D). Female specimens were not available for study, compare Eardley & Brothers (1997: 400) for the diagnosis.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFC7FFB5FDCEFB90FD54FD90.taxon	materials_examined	Additional material examined (6 specimens) SOUTH AFRICA • 4 ♂♂; Nieuwoudtville, Farm Glen Lyon, entrance, Renosterveld; 31 ° 23 ′ S, 19 ° 08 ′ E; 700 m a. s. l.; 18 Aug. 2007; KT leg.; RCMK • 2 ♂♂; 20 km S of Nieuwoudtville, Farm Papkuilsfontein, Fynbos; 31 ° 33 ′ 16 ″ S, 19 ° 08 ′ 31 ″ E; 680 m a. s. l.; 27 Aug. 2012; MK leg.; RCMK.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFC7FFB5FDCEFB90FD54FD90.taxon	description	Female Female specimens were not available for study, compare Eardley & Brothers (1997: 400) for a description. Male BODY LENGTH. 6.7 – 7.4 mm. HEAD. Head distinctly wider than long. Vertex almost straight and flat, except for the ocelli. Integument black, except part of mandibles red or reddish-brown. Face covered with long, black hair mixed with short, white hair. Face and clypeus with dense (i = 0.25 – 0.5 d), coarse and deep punctation, except supraclypeal with more dispersed (i = 0.5 – 1 d) punctation (Fig. 37 C). Surface between punctures matt. Antenna black. MESOSOMA. Integument black, tegula reddish-brown, partially translucent. Mesoscutum matt. Mesoscutum and mesoscutellum densely (i = 0.25 – 0.5 d), finely and deeply punctate (Fig. 37 D). Propodeum with dense (i = 0.25 – 1 d), coarse and deep punctation, metapostnotum matt (Fig. 37 E). Mesoscutum, mesoscutellum, metanotum, mesepisternum and propodeum sparsely covered with long, black hair mixed with shorter white hair, metapostnotum glabrous (Fig. 37 D – E). WINGS. Fuscous; wing venation dark brown and stigma dark brown to black (Fig. 37 A). LEGS. Integument black. Coxa and trochanter sparsely covered with long, black hair and shorter white hair. Femur with few long, black hair. Tibia and tarsi sparsely covered with short, black hair mixed with short, white hair (Fig. 37 A). METASOMA. Integument of T 1 dark basally. Rest of T 1 – T 3 red, T 4 and T 4 to a variable extent red, from completely red (except T 5 marginal zone) to completely black; T 6 and T 7 black. T 1 – T 3 sparsely covered with short white and black hair, from T 4 increasingly more and longer hair. T 4 – T 6 marginal zone with bright white hair becoming increasingly denser apically, disc with long, black hair (Fig. 37 B). T 7 covered with short, bright white hair and long, black hair (Fig. 37 F). TERMINALIA. Genitalia (Fig. 38 C – D), S 7 (Fig. 38 A) and terminal plate of S 8 (Fig. 38 B) as illustrated.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFC7FFB5FDCEFB90FD54FD90.taxon	distribution	Distribution Known from the wider Namaqualand. The record from Willowmore (Eardley & Brothers 1997: 401) is isolated and doubtful.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFC7FFB5FDCEFB90FD54FD90.taxon	biology_ecology	Host bees Unknown. Seasonal activity August – September (Eardley & Brothers 1997).	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFC2FFB8FD8DFD57FE3CFBCD.taxon	description	urn: lsid: zoobank. org: act: C 8 C 37 AE 0 - 39 CF- 4 F 10 - BBA 8 - 4 F 1 CCA 447577 Figs 39 – 42	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFC2FFB8FD8DFD57FE3CFBCD.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis The female of S. felix sp. nov. can be separated from that of all other species of the genus by the combination of the following characters: S 6 bifid posteriorly, apical notch about as long as its apical width, shape as shown in Fig. 40 C; metasoma partially red (Fig. 39 B); fore tibia and tarsi usually black (Fig. 39 A); T 6 covered with black hair (Fig. 40 B); head and mesosoma with conspicuously dense, long, black hair (Fig. 39 C – D); T 5 with black hair on the disc and bright white hair on the apical margin (Fig. 40 B); T 6 apically truncate (Fig. 40 B). The male can be separated from that of all other species of the genus by the combination of the following characters: metasoma at least partially red (Fig. 41 B); fore legs usually black (Fig. 41 A); head and mesosoma with conspicuously dense, long, black hair (Fig. 41 C – D); mesoscutum more sparsely punctate (Fig. 41 D); gonostylus shorter than gonocoxa and apically narrower, penis valves strongly curved downward (Fig. 42 C – D).	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFC2FFB8FD8DFD57FE3CFBCD.taxon	etymology	Etymology The species is dedicated to my (DP) beloved partner Felix Baumgart for his continuous encouragement and support during the making of this publication. Noun in apposition.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFC2FFB8FD8DFD57FE3CFBCD.taxon	materials_examined	Type material (46 specimens) Holotype SOUTH AFRICA • ♀; 12 km NW of Nieuwoudtville, Farm Avontuur, Fynbos; 31 ° 16 ′ 18 ″ S, 19 ° 02 ′ 55 ″ E; 770 m a. s. l.; 3 Sep. 2012; MK leg.; SAMC. Paratypes SOUTH AFRICA • 2 ♀♀; W Cape, top Kamiesberg; 30 ° 10 ′ 31 ″ S, 18 ° 00 ′ 53 ″ E; 15 Sep. 2012; CE leg.; SANC • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; QM leg.; SANC • 3 ♀♀; W Cape, near Nourivier; 30 ° 13 ′ 01 ″ S, 18 ° 07 ′ 04 ″ E; 15 Sep. 2012; CE leg.; SANC • 4 ♀♀; W Cape, near Nourivier; 30 ° 14 ′ 03 ″ S, 18 ° 03 ′ 42 ″ E; 15 Sep. 2012; CE leg.; SANC • 3 ♀♀; W Cape, between Garies and Hondeklipbaai; 30 ° 27 ′ 58 ″ S, 17 ° 41 ′ 45 ″ E; 14 Sep. 2012; CE leg.; SANC • 2 ♀♀; N Cape, Fynbos, 15 km NW of Nieuwoudtville, Farm Engelsepunt; 31 ° 14 ′ 31 ″ S, 18 ° 59 ′ 08 ″ E; 830 m a. s. l.; 24 Sep. 2003; KT leg.; RCMK • 1 ♀; 12 km NW of Nieuwoudtville, Farm Avontuur, Fynbos; 31 ° 16 ′ 18 ″ S, 19 ° 02 ′ 55 ″ E; 770 m a. s. l.; 19 Sep. 2009; MK leg.; RCMK • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; 24 Aug. 2012; RCMK • 2 ♂♂; N Cape, Nieuwoudtville, Flower Reserve East; 31 ° 21 ′ 56 ″ S, 19 ° 08 ′ 52 ″ E; 735 m a. s. l.; 7 Sep. 2003; MK leg.; on Oxalis sp.; RCMK • 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; 11 Sep. 2003; RCMK • 1 ♂; C. P., Nieuwoudtville; [31 ° 22 ′ S, 19 ° 07 ′ E]; 21 Jul. 1986; VBW leg.; SANC • 1 ♀; Plateau Hantam Mts, near antenna, 9 km N of Calvinia; 31 ° 22 ′ 29 ″ S, 19 ° 47 ′ 03 ″ E; 1570 m a. s. l.; 7 Sep. 2010; MK leg.; RCMK • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; 30 Aug. 2011; RCMK • 1 ♂; Nieuwoudtville, path to Farm Glen Lyon, slope; 31 ° 23 ′ 25 ″ S, 19 ° 08 ′ 28 ″ E; 737 m a. s. l.; 3 Sep. 2007; KT leg.; RCMK • 1 ♀; 20 km S of Nieuwoudtville, Farm Papkuilsfontein, Fynbos; 31 ° 33 ′ 16 ″ S, 19 ° 08 ′ 31 ″ E; 680 m a. s. l.; 15 Aug. 2010; MK leg.; RCMK • 2 ♀♀; same collection data as for preceding; 11 Aug. 2011; RCMK • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; 27 Aug. 2012; RCMK • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; 20 Sep. 2014; RCMK • 1 ♀; Keiski Mts, 3 km E of Farm M’Vera, shale; 31 ° 45 ′ 29 ″ S, 19 ° 54 ′ 13 ″ E; 1190 m a. s. l.; 30 Aug. 2016; MK leg.; RCMK • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; 13 Sep. 2016; RCMK • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; 15 Sep. 2016; RCMK • 1 ♀; Keiski Mts, 5 km S of Farm Nooiensrivier, burned area, shale; 31 ° 45 ′ 47 ″ S, 19 ° 50 ′ 17 ″ E; 1275 m a. s. l.; 29 Aug. 2010; MK leg.; RCMK • 1 ♀; Roggeveld Mts, 2 km S of Farm Perdekloof, rivier, dolerite; 31 ° 47 ′ 35 ″ S, 19 ° 58 ′ 16 ″ E; 1220 m a. s. l.; 28 Sep. 2022; MK leg.; RCMK • 5 ♀♀; same collection data as for preceding; 20 Sep. 2022; RCMK • 1 ♀; Ouberg Pass, 27 km SE of Vanrhynsdorp, Fynbos; 31 ° 48 ′ 07 ″ S, 18 ° 55 ′ 00 ″ E; 380 m a. s. l.; 13 Aug. 2012; MK leg.; RCMK • 1 ♀; W Cape, 30 km NE of Lambert’s Bay; 31 ° 48 ′ 52 ″ S, 18 ° 26 ′ 21 ″ E; 16 Sep. 2012; CE leg.; SANC • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; 23 Aug. 2012; SANC • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; 30 Aug. 2012; SANC • 1 ♀; Roggeveld Mts, 2 km SE of Farm Allemansdam, burnt area; 31 ° 49 ′ 32 ″ S, 19 ° 59 ′ 55 ″ E; 1290 m a. s. l.; 20 Sep. 2022; MK leg.; RCMK • 1 ♀; W Cape, Rietvlei; 32 ° 08 ′ 46 ″ S, 18 ° 46 ′ 21 ″ E; 22 Sep. 2011; CE leg.; SANC.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFC2FFB8FD8DFD57FE3CFBCD.taxon	description	Description Female BODY LENGTH. 5.8 – 7.2 mm. HEAD. Head distinctly wider than long. Vertex almost straight and flat, except for the ocelli. Integument black, except part of mandibles red or reddish-brown. Face covered with long, black hair. Face and clypeus with dense (i = 0.25 – 0.5 d), coarse and deep punctation, except supraclypeal with more dispersed (i = 0.5 – 1 d) and shallower punctation (Fig. 39 C). Surface between punctures slightly matt. Antenna black. MESOSOMA. Integument black, tegula orange. Mesoscutum slightly shiny. Mesoscutum and mesoscutellum densely (i = 0.25 – 0.5 d), finely and deeply punctate (Fig. 39 D). Propodeum with dense (i = 0.25 – 0.5 d), relatively coarse and shallow punctation, metapostnotum matt (Fig. 40 A). Mesoscutum and mesoscutellum densely covered with fairly long, black hair mixed with shorter, yellowish-white hair (Fig. 39 D). Metanotum, mesepisternum and propodeum sparsely covered with long, black hair mixed with shorter, dark brown hair, metapostnotum glabrous (Figs 39 D, 40 A). WINGS. Fuscous; wing venation dark brown and stigma dark brown to black (Fig. 39 A). LEGS. Integument black. Coxa and trochanter sparsely covered with long, black hair and shorter white hair. Femur with few long, black hair. Tibia and tarsi sparsely covered with long, black hair and covered with shorter white hair; patches with dense white pubescence apically on the tibia, except anterior leg with less hair (Fig. 39 A). METASOMA. Integument of T 1 dark basally. Rest of T 1 and T 2 red, T 3 and T 4 to a variable extent red, from T 3 basal quarter red to T 4 basal half red; T 5 and T 6 black. T 1 – T 4 sparsely covered with short white and black hair (Fig. 39 B). T 5 marginal zone with bright white hair, disc covered with long, black hair. T 6 with dense long, black hair, narrow and straight apically (Fig. 40 B). Shape of S 6 (Fig. 40 C) as illustrated. Male BODY LENGTH. 6.0 – 7.4 mm. HEAD. Head distinctly wider than long. Vertex almost straight and flat, except for the ocelli. Integument black, except part of mandibles red or reddish-brown. Face covered with long, black hair. Face and clypeus with dense (i = 0 – 0.25 d), coarse and deep punctation, supraclypeal area with more dispersed (i = 1 – 1.5 d) and less deep punctation (Fig. 41 C). Surface between punctures slightly matt. Antenna black. MESOSOMA. Integument black, tegula reddish-brown. Mesoscutum slightly shiny. Mesoscutum and mesoscutellum densely (i = 0.25 – 0.5 d) and finely but deeply punctate (Fig. 41 D). Propodeum dense (i = 0.25 – 0.5 d) and relatively coarse and shallow punctation, metapostnotum matt (Fig. 41 E). Mesoscutum densely covered with long, black hair mixed with shorter yellowish-white hair (Fig. 41 D). Mesoscutellum, metanotum, mesepisternum and propodeum sparsely covered with long, black hair mixed with shorter, dark brown hair, metapostnotum glabrous (Fig. 41 D – E). WINGS. Yellowish-brown; wing venation brown and stigma dark brown to black (Fig. 41 A). LEGS. Integument black. Coxa and trochanter sparsely covered with long, black hair and shorter white hair. Femur with few long, black hair. Tibia and tarsi sparsely covered with long, black hair and covered with shorter, white hair; patches with dense white pubescence apically on the tibia, anterior leg generally with less hair (Fig. 41 A). METASOMA. Integument of T 1 dark basally. Rest of T 1 red, T 2 – T 4 to a variable extension red, from T 2 basal half red to T 4 basal quarter red and T 5 – T 7 black. T 1 – T 3 sparsely covered with short, white and black hair, from T 4 increasingly more and longer hair. T 4 – T 6 marginal zone with bright white hair increasingly denser, disc with long, black hair (Fig. 41 B). T 7 covered with short, bright white hair and longer, black hair (Fig. 41 F). TERMINALIA. Genitalia (Fig. 42 C – D), S 7 (Fig. 42 A) and terminal plate of S 8 (Fig. 42 B) as illustrated.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFC2FFB8FD8DFD57FE3CFBCD.taxon	distribution	Distribution Found in various parts of Namaqualand.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFC2FFB8FD8DFD57FE3CFBCD.taxon	biology_ecology	Host bees Unknown. Seasonal activity July – September.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFCFFFBAFDC5FB8DFEFDFD52.taxon	description	urn: lsid: zoobank. org: act: CAC 680 C 2 - 6 D 6 C- 40 CE- 8604 - 4 B 5013 AA 8 E 5 B Figs 43 – 44	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFCFFFBAFDC5FB8DFEFDFD52.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis The female of S. leliefonteinensis sp. nov. can be separated from that of all other species of the genus by the combination of the following characters: S 6 bifid posteriorly, apical notch about as long as its apical width, shape as shown in Fig. 44 C; metasoma partially red (Fig. 43 B); fore tibia and tarsi usually black (Fig. 43 A); T 6 covered with black hair (Fig. 44 B); head and mesosoma with conspicuously dense, long, black hair (Fig. 43 C – D); T 5 only with long black hair (Fig. 44 B). The male is unknown.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFCFFFBAFDC5FB8DFEFDFD52.taxon	etymology	Etymology The species is named after the village Leliefontein where it was discovered.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFCFFFBAFDC5FB8DFEFDFD52.taxon	materials_examined	Type material (1 specimen) Holotype SOUTH AFRICA • ♀; 8 km WNW of Leliefontein, Fynbos, roadside; 30 ° 15 ′ 58 ″ S, 18 ° 03 ′ 17 ″ E; 1190 m a. s. l.; 14 Sep. 2017; MK leg.; SAMC.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFCFFFBAFDC5FB8DFEFDFD52.taxon	description	Description Female BODY LENGTH. 7.3 mm. HEAD. Head distinctly wider than long. Vertex almost straight and flat, except for the ocelli. Integument black, except part of mandibles red or reddish-brown. Face covered with long, black hair. Face and clypeus with dense (i = 0.25 – 0.5 d), coarse and deep punctation (Fig. 43 C). Surface between punctures slightly matt. Antenna black. MESOSOMA. Integument black, tegula orange. Mesoscutum slightly matt. Mesoscutum and mesoscutellum densely (i = 0.25 – 0.5 d) and finely but deeply punctate (Fig. 43 D). Propodeum with dense (i = 0.25 – 0.5 d), coarse and shallow punctation, metapostnotum matt (Fig. 44 A). Mesoscutum and mesoscutellum covered with long, black hair mixed with shorter, yellowish-white hair (Fig. 43 D). Metanotum, mesepisternum and propodeum sparsely covered with long, black hair mixed with shorter, dark brown hair, metapostnotum without hair (Figs 43 D, 44 A). WINGS. Fuscous; wing venation dark brown and stigma dark brown to black (Fig. 43 A). LEGS. Integument black. Coxa and trochanter sparsely covered with long, black hair and shorter white hair. Femur with few long, black hair. Tibia and tarsi sparsely covered with long, black hair and covered with shorter white hair; patches with dense white pubescence apically on the tibia, anterior leg generally with less hair (Fig. 43 A). METASOMA. Integument of T 1 – T 4 red and T 5 and T 6 black. T 1 – T 4 sparsely covered with short white and black hair (Fig. 43 B). T 5 covered with long, black hair. T 6 with dense long, black hair, narrow and almost straight apically (Fig. 44 B). Shape of S 6 (Fig. 44 C) as illustrated. Male Unknown.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFCFFFBAFDC5FB8DFEFDFD52.taxon	distribution	Distribution Only known from the type locality in the Kamiesberg Mts.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFCFFFBAFDC5FB8DFEFDFD52.taxon	biology_ecology	Host bees Unknown. Seasonal activity September.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFCDFFBFFDCFF936FE18FBD8.taxon	description	urn: lsid: zoobank. org: act: DBBD 50 B 7 - F 26 C- 48 D 6 - 9 CB 7 - CD 899 A 793383 Figs 45 – 46	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFCDFFBFFDCFF936FE18FBD8.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis The female of S. roggeveldensis sp. nov. can be separated from that of all other species of the genus by the combination of the following characters: S 6 bifid posteriorly, apical notch about as long as its apical width, shape as shown in Fig. 46 C; body length around 5 mm; metasoma partially red (Fig. 45 B); fore tibia and tarsi usually black (Fig. 45 A); T 6 covered with black hair (Fig. 46 B); head and mesosoma with conspicuously dense, long, black hair (Fig. 45 C – D); T 5 with black hair on the disc and bright white hair on the apical margin (Fig. 46 B); T 6 apically slightly rounded (Fig. 46 B); mesoscutum with more dispersed punctation (i = 0.25 – 0.5 d), surface smooth (Fig. 45 D). The male is unknown.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFCDFFBFFDCFF936FE18FBD8.taxon	etymology	Etymology The species is named after the Roggeveld Mts where it was discovered.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFCDFFBFFDCFF936FE18FBD8.taxon	materials_examined	Type material (3 specimens) Holotype SOUTH AFRICA • ♀; Roggeveld Mts, 2 km SE of Farm Allemansdam, burnt area; 31 ° 49 ′ 32 ″ S, 19 ° 59 ′ 55 ″ E; 1290 m a. s. l.; 29 Aug. 2018; MK leg.; SAMC. Paratypes SOUTH AFRICA • 1 ♀; Roggeveld Mts, 2 km S of Farm Perdekloof, river, dolerite; 31 ° 47 ′ 35 ″ S, 19 ° 58 ′ 16 ″ E; 1220 m a. s. l.; 1 Sep. 2017; MK leg.; RCMK • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; 20 Sep. 2022; RCMK.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFCDFFBFFDCFF936FE18FBD8.taxon	description	Description Female BODY LENGTH. 5.2 mm. HEAD. Head distinctly wider than long. Vertex almost straight and flat, except for the ocelli. Integument black, except part of mandibles red or reddish-brown. Face covered with long, black hair. Face and clypeus with dense (i = 0.25 – 0.5 d), coarse and deep punctation (Fig. 45 C). Surface between punctures slightly matt. Antenna black. MESOSOMA. Integument black, tegula orange. Mesoscutum slightly shiny. Mesoscutum and mesoscutellum densely (i = 0.25 – 0.5 d) and finely but deeply punctate (Fig. 45 D). Propodeum with dense (i = 0.25 – 0.5 d), coarse and shallow punctation, metapostnotum matt (Fig. 46 A). Mesoscutum and mesoscutellum covered with long, black hair mixed with shorter, white hair (Fig. 45 D). Metanotum, mesepisternum and propodeum sparsely covered with long, black hair mixed with shorter, dark brown hair, metapostnotum glabrous (Figs 45 D, 46 A). WINGS. Fuscous; wing venation dark brown and stigma dark brown to black (Fig. 45 A). LEGS. Integument black. Coxa and trochanter sparsely covered with long, black hair and shorter white hair. Femur with few long, black hairs. Tibia and tarsi sparsely covered with long, black hair and covered with shorter white hair; patches with dense white pubescence apically on the tibia of hind legs (Fig. 45 A). METASOMA. Integument of T 1 dark basally. Rest of T 1 and T 2 red, T 3 to a variable extent black, from T 3 basal half red to almost completely black; T 4 – T 6 black. T 1 – T 4 sparsely covered with short, white and black hair (Fig. 45 B). T 5 marginal zone with bright white hair, disc covered with long, black hair. T 6 narrow and almost straight apically, with dense, long, black hair (Fig. 46 B). Shape of S 6 (Fig. 46 C) as illustrated. Male Unknown.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFCDFFBFFDCFF936FE18FBD8.taxon	distribution	Distribution Only known from the northern part of the Roggeveld Mts.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFCDFFBFFDCFF936FE18FBD8.taxon	biology_ecology	Host bees Unknown. Seasonal activity August – September.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFC8FFC2FDDDFB98FD75FC8A.taxon	description	Figs 47 – 50	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFC8FFC2FDDDFB98FD75FC8A.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis The female of S. vespericena can be separated from that of all other species of the genus by the combination of the following characters: S 6 bifid posteriorly, apical notch longer and broader, about one and a half times as long as its apical width (Fig. 48 C); metasoma partially red (Fig. 47 B); fore tibia and tarsi completely or largely red (Fig. 47 A); head wider than long (Fig. 47 C); T 5 apically with conspicuously long fringe, hair laterally distinctly longer forming a small medial gap (Fig. 48 B); T 5 with brown fringe of slightly branched hair (Fig. 48 B). The male is here described for the first time and can be separated from that of all other species of the genus by the combination of the following characters: metasoma at least partially red (Fig. 49 B); fore tibia and tarsi completely red (Fig. 49 A); metapostnotum with hair in upper corners and matt (Fig. 49 E); mesoscutum densely punctate, matt (Fig. 49 D).	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFC8FFC2FDDDFB98FD75FC8A.taxon	materials_examined	Additional material examined (11 specimens) SOUTH AFRICA • 1 ♀; Ouberg Pass, 27 km SE of Vanrhynsdorp, Fynbos; 31 ° 48 ′ 07 ″ S, 18 ° 55 ′ 00 ″ E; 380 m a. s. l.; 9 Aug. 2011; MK leg.; RCMK • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; 23 Aug. 2012; RCMK • 1 ♀; W Cape, S of Lamberts Bay; [32 ° 04 ′ S, 18 ° 20 ′ E]; 7 – 9 Oct. 1999; MH leg.; RCMS • 2 ♀♀, 1 ♂; W Cape, Rietvlei; 32 ° 08 ′ 46 ″ S, 18 ° 46 ′ 21 ″ E; 22 Sep. 2011; CE leg.; SANC • 4 ♀♀; C. P. 11 km W of Clanwilliam; 32 ° 10 ′ S, 18 ° 47 ′ E; 1 Oct. 1990; CE leg.; RCMS • 1 ♀; W Cape Prov., near Redelinghuys; 32 ° 32 ′ 23 ″ S, 18 ° 30 ′ 53 ″ E; 96 m a. s. l.; 18 Sep. 2005; CE leg.; SANC.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFC8FFC2FDDDFB98FD75FC8A.taxon	description	Description Female BODY LENGTH. 7.3 – 8.0 mm. HEAD. Head distinctly wider than long. Vertex almost straight and flat, except for the ocelli. Integument black, except part of mandibles red or reddish-brown. Face covered with long, black hair mixed with short, white hair. Face and clypeus with dense (i = 0.25 – 0.5 d), coarse and deep punctation, supraclypeal area with more dispersed (i = 0.5 – 1 d) punctation (Fig. 47 C). Surface between punctures matt. Antenna black. MESOSOMA. Integument black, tegula orange. Mesoscutum matt. Mesoscutum and mesoscutellum densely (i = 0.25 – 0.5 d) finely and deeply punctate (Fig. 47 D). Propodeum with dense (i = 0.25 – 1 d), coarse and deep punctation, metapostnotum matt (Fig. 48 A). Mesoscutum, mesoscutellum, metanotum, mesepisternum and propodeum sparsely covered with long, black hair mixed with shorter, white hair, metapostnotum glabrous (Figs 47 D, 48 A). WINGS. Fuscous; wing venation dark brown and stigma dark brown to black (Fig. 47 A). LEGS. Integument of coxa, trochanter and the basal quarter of femur black, rest of femur, tibia and tarsi red. Coxa and trochanter sparsely covered with long, black hair and shorter white hair. Femur with few long, black hair. Tibia and tarsi sparsely covered with short, black hair mixed with short, white hair (Fig. 47 A). METASOMA. Integument of T 1 – T 3, T 4 to a variable extension red, from T 4 completely red, except marginal zone black to completely black; T 5 and T 6 black. T 1 and T 2 sparsely covered with short white and black hair, from T 3 increasingly more and longer hair (Fig. 47 B). T 5 with long, black hair mixed with very short, white hair and apical margin with two brown fringes of hair. T 6 with dense short, white hair mixed with short, black hair, broad and almost straight apically (Fig. 48 B). Shape of S 6 (Fig. 48 C) as illustrated. Male BODY LENGTH. 9.0 mm. HEAD. Head distinctly wider than long. Vertex almost straight and flat, except for the ocelli. Integument black, except part of mandibles reddish-brown. Face covered with long, black hair mixed with short, white hair. Face and clypeus with dense (i = 0.25 – 0.5 d), coarse and deep punctation, supraclypeal area with more dispersed (i = 0.5 – 1 d) punctation (Fig. 49 C). Surface between punctures matt. Antenna black. MESOSOMA. Integument black, tegula orange. Mesoscutum matt. Mesoscutum and mesoscutellum densely (i = 0.25 – 0.5 d) finely and deeply punctate (Fig. 49 D). Propodeum with dense (i = 0.25 – 1 d), coarse and deep punctation, metapostnotum matt (Fig. 49 E). Mesoscutum, mesoscutellum, metanotum, mesepisternum and propodeum sparsely covered with long, black hair mixed with shorter, white hair, metapostnotum glabrous (Fig. 49 D – E). WINGS. Fuscous; wing venation dark brown and stigma black (Fig. 49 A). LEGS. Integument of coxa, trochanter and the basal quarter of femur black, rest of femur, tibia and tarsi red. Coxa and trochanter sparsely covered with long, black hair and shorter white hair. Femur with few long, black hair. Tibia and tarsi sparsely covered with short, black hair mixed with short, white hair (Fig. 49 A). METASOMA. Integument of T 1 – T 4 red, T 5 – T 7 black. T 1 and T 2 sparsely covered with short white and black hair, from T 3 increasingly more and longer hair (Fig. 49 B). T 7 covered with dense short, gold hair and few black hairs apically (Fig. 50 A). TERMINALIA. Genitalia (Fig. 50 D – E), S 7 (Fig. 50 B) and terminal plate of S 8 (Fig. 50 C) as illustrated.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFC8FFC2FDDDFB98FD75FC8A.taxon	distribution	Distribution Recorded from southern Namaqualand to Malmesbury (Eardley & Brothers 1997).	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFC8FFC2FDDDFB98FD75FC8A.taxon	biology_ecology	Host bees The host bee very likely is Scrapter bicolor Lepeletier & Serville, 1828 because both species were always found together in large numbers in the late afternoon, when no other potential host bee species were active (Eardley & Brothers 1997). Seasonal activity August – October (Eardley & Brothers 1997).	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFB5FFC4FDC8FBBAFE12FC46.taxon	description	urn: lsid: zoobank. org: act: DFEBC 3 C 0 - A 761 - 41 D 8 - 8 D 5 C- 4653 CBA 83 AC 7 Figs 51 – 52	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFB5FFC4FDC8FBBAFE12FC46.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis The female of S. crassipunctata sp. nov. can be separated from that of all other species of the genus by the combination of the following characters: S 6 bifid posteriorly, apical notch about seven times as long as its apical width (Fig. 52 C); metasoma partially red (Fig. 51 B); fore tibia and tarsi completely or largely red (Fig. 51 A); head wider than long, vertex flat (Fig. 51 C); T 5 apically either without or with short fringe of hair of ± even length (Fig. 52 B); head and mesoscutum with black hair (Fig. 51 C – D); mesoscutum matt, densely and deeply punctate (Fig. 51 D); T 6 broad and rounded apically, laterally slightly rounded, with short golden hair (Fig. 52 B). The male is unknown.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFB5FFC4FDC8FBBAFE12FC46.taxon	etymology	Etymology Named for the relatively coarse punctation of the mesoscutum.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFB5FFC4FDC8FBBAFE12FC46.taxon	materials_examined	Type material (2 specimens) Holotype SOUTH AFRICA • ♀; W Cape, S of Lamberts Bay 21 km E; [31 ° 26 ′ S, 18 ° 58 ′ E]; 22 Sep. 2001; CE leg.; SANC. Paratype SOUTH AFRICA • 1 ♀; W Cape, S of Lamberts Bay; [32 ° 04 ′ S, 18 ° 20 ′ E]; 7 Oct. 1999; MH leg.; RCMK.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFB5FFC4FDC8FBBAFE12FC46.taxon	description	Description Female BODY LENGTH. 6.5 mm. HEAD. Head wider than long. Vertex slightly rounded, ocelli highest point. Integument black, except part of mandibles red or reddish-brown. Face covered with short, black hair. Face with dense (i = 0.25 – 0.5 d), coarse and deep punctation, supraclypeal area with more dispersed (i = 0.5 – 1 d) punctation (Fig. 51 C). Surface between punctures slightly shiny. Antenna reddish-brown to brown. MESOSOMA. Integument black, tegula yellow. Mesoscutum slightly shiny. Mesoscutum and mesoscutellum densely (i = 0.25 – 0.5 d), coarsely and deeply punctate (Fig. 51 D). Propodeum with dense (i = 0.5 – 1 d) and fine but deep punctation, metapostnotum matt (Fig. 52 A). Mesoscutum, mesoscutellum and mesepisternum sparsely covered with short, black hair (Fig. 51 D). Metanotum and propodeum sparsely covered with short, white hair, metapostnotum glabrous (Figs 51 D, 52 A). WINGS. Yellowish-brown; wing venation brown and stigma brown to dark brown (Fig. 51 A). LEGS. Integument of coxa and trochanter reddish-brown. Femur basal half reddish-brown, apical half light red, tibia and tarsi light red. Coxa, trochanter and femur sparsely covered with short, white hair mixed with short, black hair. Tibia and tarsus covered with short, white hair mixed with short, black hair (Fig. 51 A). METASOMA. Integument of T 1 – T 3 red, T 4 – T 6 black. T 1 – T 4 with few short, white hair mixed with short, black hair (Fig. 51 B). T 5 with dense short, white hair. T 6 covered with short, white hair, broad and rounded apically (Fig. 52 B). Shape of S 6 (Fig. 52 C) as illustrated. Male Unknown.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFB5FFC4FDC8FBBAFE12FC46.taxon	distribution	Distribution Only known from the type locality Lamberts Bay at the southwest coast of South Africa.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFB5FFC4FDC8FBBAFE12FC46.taxon	biology_ecology	Host bees Unknown. Seasonal activity September – October.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFB0FFC6FDD4FECDFD39FDF5.taxon	description	Figs 53 – 54	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFB0FFC6FDD4FECDFD39FDF5.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis The female of S. namaquensis can be separated from that of all other species by the combination of the following characters: S 6 bifid posteriorly, apical notch about twice as long as its apical width (Fig. 54 C); metasoma partially red (Fig. 53 B); fore tibia and tarsi completely or largely red (Fig. 53 A); head wider than long, vertex flat (Fig. 53 C); T 5 apically either without or with short fringe of hair of ± even length (Fig. 54 B); head and mesoscutum with black hair (Fig. 53 C – D); mesoscutum matt, densely and deeply punctate (Fig. 53 D); T 6 broad and rounded apically, laterally almost straight, with short golden hair (Fig. 54 B). The male is unknown. This characteristic species was described in detail by Eardley & Brothers (1997). Thus, to facilitate the identification, only images are provided without repeating the description.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFB0FFC6FDD4FECDFD39FDF5.taxon	materials_examined	Additional material examined None.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFB0FFC6FDD4FECDFD39FDF5.taxon	distribution	Distribution Southern Namaqualand (Eardley & Brothers 1997).	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFB0FFC6FDD4FECDFD39FDF5.taxon	biology_ecology	Host bees Unknown. Seasonal activity September (Eardley & Brothers 1997).	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFBEFFCBFD8FFDD4FE9EFAC1.taxon	description	urn: lsid: zoobank. org: act: DC 4 BA 407 - AAC 3 - 4 EFB-B 8 B 1 - 51 CDCBFE 2082 Figs 55 – 56	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFBEFFCBFD8FFDD4FE9EFAC1.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis The female of S. atra sp. nov. can be separated from that of all other species of the genus by the combination of the following characters: S 6 bifid posteriorly, apical notch five times as long as its apical width (Fig. 56 C); metasoma completely black (Fig. 55 B); punctation of the mesoscutum more dispersed (i = 0.5 – 1 d) and coarser (Fig. 55 D). The male is unknown.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFBEFFCBFD8FFDD4FE9EFAC1.taxon	etymology	Etymology The name refers to the black colour of the species.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFBEFFCBFD8FFDD4FE9EFAC1.taxon	materials_examined	Type material (3 specimens) Holotype SOUTH AFRICA • ♀; W Cape, 25 km S of Bredasdorp, coast; [34 ° 40 ′ S, 20 ° 02 ′ E]; 23 Oct. 1999; MH leg.; RCMS. Paratypes SOUTH AFRICA • 2 ♀♀; same collection data as for holotype; RCMK.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFBEFFCBFD8FFDD4FE9EFAC1.taxon	description	Description Female BODY LENGTH. 4.5 – 4.9 mm. HEAD. Head wider than long. Vertex slightly rounded, ocelli highest point. Integument black, except part of mandibles reddish-brown. Face sparsely covered with short, yellowish-white hair. Face with dense (i = 0.25 – 0.5 d), coarse and deep punctation, except clypeus with dense (i = 0.25 – 1 d) and fine but deep punctation (Fig. 55 C). Surface between punctures slightly shiny. Antenna black and reddish-brown. MESOSOMA. Integument black, tegula reddish-brown. Mesoscutum slightly shiny. Mesoscutum and mesoscutellum densely (i = 0.5 – 1 d), coarsely and deeply punctate (Fig. 55 D). Propodeum with dense (i = 0.5 – 1 d) and fine but deep punctation, metapostnotum matt (Fig. 56 A). Mesoscutum, metanotum and propodeum sparsely covered with short, white hair, metapostnotum glabrous (Figs 55 D, 56 A). Mesoscutellum sparsely covered with longer, yellowish-white hair. Mesepisternum with short, white hair (Fig. 55 D). WINGS. Yellowish; wing venation brown and stigma brown (Fig. 55 A). LEGS. Integument black to reddish-brown. Coxa, trochanter, femur, tibia and tarsi covered with short, white hair (Fig. 55 A). METASOMA. Integument of T 1 – T 6 black. T 1 and T 2 with sparse short, white and golden hair, from T 3 increasingly more and longer hair (Fig. 55 B). T 5 disc with long golden hairs, marginal zone covered with short, white hairs. T 6 slightly rounded apically and with a hair fringe, densely covered with short, golden hair (Fig. 56 B). Shape of S 6 (Fig. 56 C) as illustrated. Male Unknown.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFBEFFCBFD8FFDD4FE9EFAC1.taxon	distribution	Distribution Only known from the type locality at the coast near Bredasdorp.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFBEFFCBFD8FFDD4FE9EFAC1.taxon	biology_ecology	Host bees Unknown. Seasonal activity October.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFBCFFCDFDB9FA80FEFDFC85.taxon	description	urn: lsid: zoobank. org: act: 44 AD 2 A 28 - 7943 - 41 C 5 - A 59 E- 51 D 935555398 Figs 57 – 58	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFBCFFCDFDB9FA80FEFDFC85.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis The female of S. catastropha sp. nov. can be separated from that of all other species of the genus by the combination of the following characters: S 6 bifid posteriorly, apical notch nine times as long as its apical width (Fig. 58 C); metasoma completely black (Fig. 57 B); punctation of mesoscutum denser (i = 0.25 – 0.5 d) and finer (Fig. 57 D). The male is unknown.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFBCFFCDFDB9FA80FEFDFC85.taxon	etymology	Etymology The name refers to the catastrophic condition the only known specimen was initially in. Noun in apposition.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFBCFFCDFDB9FA80FEFDFC85.taxon	materials_examined	Type material (1 specimen) Holotype SOUTH AFRICA • ♀; Leliefontein, slope; 30 ° 14 ′ S, 18 ° 09 ′ E; 23 Sep. 2003; yellow + white trap; CM leg.; SAMC.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFBCFFCDFDB9FA80FEFDFC85.taxon	description	Description Female BODY LENGTH. 5.3 mm. HEAD. Head wider than long. Vertex slightly rounded, ocelli highest point. Integument black, except part of mandibles reddish-brown. Face sparsely covered with short, black hair mixed with yellowish-white hair. Face with dense (i = 0.25 – 0.5 d) and fine but deep punctation (Fig. 57 C). Surface between punctures slightly shiny. Antenna black. MESOSOMA. Integument black, tegula reddish-brown. Mesoscutum slightly shiny. Mesoscutum and mesoscutellum densely (i = 0.25 – 0.5 d) and finely but deeply punctate (Fig. 57 D). Propodeum with dense (i = 0.5 – 1 d), fine and shallow punctation, metapostnotum matt (Fig. 58 A). Mesoscutum sparsely covered with short, black hair, mixed with shorter white hair. Mesoscutellum covered with short yellowish-white hair mixed with few longer, black hairs (Fig. 57 D). Propodeum and metanotum sparsely covered with short, white hair metapostnotum glabrous (Figs 57 D, 58 A). Mesepisternum covered with short white hair mixed with few longer black hairs. WINGS. Fuscous; wing venation brown and stigma brown (Fig. 57 A). LEGS. Integument black. Coxa, trochanter, femur, tibia and tarsi covered with short, white hair (Fig. 57 A). METASOMA. Integument of T 1 – T 6 black. T 1 and T 2 with few short, golden hairs, from T 3 increasingly more and longer hair (Fig. 57 B). T 5 disc with long golden hairs, marginal zone sparsely covered with short, white hairs. T 6 almost straight apically, densely covered with short, golden hair (Fig. 58 B). Shape of S 6 (Fig. 58 C) as illustrated. Male Unknown.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFBCFFCDFDB9FA80FEFDFC85.taxon	distribution	Distribution Only known from the type locality in the Kamiesberg Mts.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFBCFFCDFDB9FA80FEFDFC85.taxon	biology_ecology	Host bees Unknown. Seasonal activity September.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFBBFFD0FD9DFECDFBBDF9CF.taxon	description	urn: lsid: zoobank. org: act: E 625 F 4 C 2 - AE 83 - 4931 - A 92 D- 0 C 378 EDA 189 F Figs 59 – 62	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFBBFFD0FD9DFECDFBBDF9CF.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis The female of S. chrysea sp. nov. can be separated from that of all other species of the genus by the combination of the following characters: S 6 bifid posteriorly, apical notch three times as long as its apical width, more or less spatulate, shape as shown in Fig. 60 C; body length 3.5 – 5.8 mm; T 1 – T 3 completely and T 4 – 6 to a variable extent red (Fig. 59 B); fore tibia and tarsi usually black, sometimes with small reddish spots (Fig. 59 A); T 6 covered with only thin golden hair (Fig. 60 B); head and mesosoma with light hair (Fig. 59 C – D); propodeum densely covered with short white or yellowish-white hair (Fig. 60 A); T 5 apically sparsely covered with short white hair (Fig. 60 B); T 6 almost truncate apically, covered with short golden hair but without a fringe (Fig. 60 B). The male can be separated from that of all other species by the combination of the following characters: T 1 – T 4 completely and T 5 – T 7 to a variable extent red (Fig. 61 B); fore legs usually black, sometimes with small reddish spots (Fig. 61 A); propodeum covered with white or golden hair (Fig. 61 E); head and mesosoma with golden hair (Fig. 61 C – D); T 7 more densely covered with short golden hair (Fig. 61 F); gonostylus inclined inward, penis valves narrower, slightly shorter than gonostylus (Fig. 62 C); S 8 narrowly rounded apically (Fig. 62 B).	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFBBFFD0FD9DFECDFBBDF9CF.taxon	etymology	Etymology The name, in apposition, is reminiscent of the fact that the species has crown-like golden hairs on the vertex and that much of the revisionary study was done during the covid- 19 pandemic.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFBBFFD0FD9DFECDFBBDF9CF.taxon	materials_examined	Type material (8 specimens) Holotype SOUTH AFRICA • ♂; W Cape, Knersvlakte, Sukkulent Karoo, 30 km N of Vanrhynsdorp; 31 ° 22 ′ 23 ″ S, 18 ° 42 ′ 37 ″ E; 146 m a. s. l.; 6 Sep. 2003; KT leg.; SAMC. Paratypes SOUTH AFRICA • 4 ♀♀, 3 ♂♂; same collection data as for holotype; 5 – 6 Sep. 2003; RCMK.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFBBFFD0FD9DFECDFBBDF9CF.taxon	description	Description Female BODY LENGTH. 4.3 – 5.2 mm. HEAD. Head wider than long. Vertex slightly rounded, ocelli highest point. Integument black, except part of mandibles red or reddish-brown. Face covered with short, golden hair mixed with short, white hair. Face with dense (i = 0.5 – 1 d), coarse and deep punctation (Fig. 59 C). Surface between punctures matt. Antenna black. MESOSOMA. Integument black, tegula orange. Mesoscutum slightly shiny. Mesoscutum and mesoscutellum densely (i = 0.5 – 1 d) and finely but coarsely punctate (Fig. 59 D). Propodeum with dense (i = 0.5 – 1 d), fine and shallow punctation, metapostnotum matt (Fig. 60 A). Mesoscutum, mesoscutellum and mesepisternum sparsely covered with long, golden hair (Fig. 59 D). Metanotum and propodeum very sparsely covered with short, golden hair, metapostnotum glabrous (Figs 59 D, 60 A). WINGS. Yellowish; wing venation brown and stigma brown (Fig. 59 A). LEGS. Integument black. Coxa, trochanter, femur, tibia and tarsi sparsely covered with short, white hair (Fig. 59 A). METASOMA. Integument of T 1 – T 3 red, T 4 – 6 to a variable extent red, from T 4 basal half red to completely red. T 1 and T 2 with few short, white and golden hair, from T 3 increasingly more and longer hair (Fig. 59 B). T 5 marginal zone covered with short, golden hairs. T 6 slightly rounded apically, densely covered with short, golden hair (Fig. 60 B). Shape of S 6 (Fig. 60 C) as illustrated. Male BODY LENGTH. 4.0 – 4.8 mm. HEAD. Head wider than long. Vertex slightly rounded, ocelli highest point. Integument black, except part of mandibles red or dark reddish-brown. Face covered with short, golden hair mixed with short, white hair. Face with dense (i = 0.5 – 1 d), coarse and deep punctation (Fig. 61 C). Surface between punctures matt. Antenna reddish-brown to brown. MESOSOMA. Integument black, tegula orange. Mesoscutum slightly shiny. Mesoscutum and mesoscutellum densely (i = 0.5 – 1 d) and finely but coarsely punctate (Fig. 61 D). Propodeum with dense (i = 0.5 – 1 d), fine and shallow punctation, metapostnotum matt (Fig. 61 E). Mesoscutum, mesoscutellum and mesepisternum sparsely covered with long, golden hair (Fig. 61 D). Metanotum and propodeum very sparsely covered with short, golden hair, metapostnotum glabrous (Fig. 61 D – E). WINGS. Yellowish; wing venation brown and stigma brown (Fig. 61 A). LEGS. Integument black. Coxa, trochanter, femur, tibia and tarsi sparsely covered with short, white hair (Fig. 61 A). METASOMA. Integument of T 1 – T 4 red; T 5 – T 7 to a variable extent red, from T 5 only basal quarter red and rest black to T 5 – T 7 completely red. T 1 and T 2 with few short, white and golden hairs, from T 3 increasingly more and longer hair (Fig. 61 B). T 7 covered with short, golden hair (Fig. 61 F). TERMINALIA. Genitalia (Fig. 62 C), S 7 (Fig. 62 A) and terminal plate of S 8 (Fig. 62 B) as illustrated.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFBBFFD0FD9DFECDFBBDF9CF.taxon	distribution	Distribution Only known from the type locality in the Knersvlakte.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFBBFFD0FD9DFECDFBBDF9CF.taxon	biology_ecology	Host bees Unknown. Seasonal activity September.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFBBFFD0FD9DFECDFBBDF9CF.taxon	discussion	Comment Four specimens from the Fynbos biome adjacent to the collecting site of S. chrysea sp. nov. in the Knersvlakte display slight morphological differences: T 6 of S. cf. 1 corona is more truncate and with denser hair apically, T 5 laterally and on the marginal zone is more densely covered with short, golden hairs.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFBBFFD0FD9DFECDFBBDF9CF.taxon	materials_examined	At present the taxonomic status of these specimens is unclear so we do not assign them to S. chrysea sp. nov. but make their collection data available to enable further investigation: Sphecodopsis cf. 1 corona: SOUTH AFRICA • 1 ♀; N Cape, Fynbos, 15 km NW of Nieuwoudtville, Flower Engelsepunt; 31 ° 14 ′ 31 ″ S, 18 ° 59 ′ 08 ″ E; 830 m a. s. l.; 7 Oct. 2003; KT leg.; RCMK • 1 ♀; 12 km NW of Nieuwoudtville, Flower Avontuur, Fynbos; 31 ° 16 ′ 18 ″ S, 19 ° 02 ′ 55 ″ E; 770 m a. s. l.; 9 Sep. 2018; MK leg.; RCMK • 1 ♀; N Cape, Nieuwoudtville, Flower Reserve East; 31 ° 21 ′ 56 ″ S, 19 ° 08 ′ 52 ″ E; 735 m a. s. l.; 19 Aug. 2004; MK leg.; RCMK • 1 ♀; Nieuwoudtville, Wild Flower Reserve, dolerite hills; 31 ° 22 ′ 10 ″ S, 19 ° 08 ′ 50 ″ E; 770 m a. s. l.; 17 Sep. 2007; KT leg.; RCMK.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFA7FFD5FDB0F98DFE18FC57.taxon	description	urn: lsid: zoobank. org: act: 86 F 371 F 1 - 6556 - 4232 - BFE 2 - 042 D 66 CBE 1 AB Figs 63 – 64	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFA7FFD5FDB0F98DFE18FC57.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis The female of S. microscopica sp. nov. can be separated from that of all other species of the genus by the combination of the following characters: S 6 bifid posteriorly, apical notch seven times as long as its apical width, more or less spatulate, shape as shown in Fig. 64 C; body length 3.5 – 5.8 mm; metasoma partially red (Fig. 63 B); fore tibia and tarsi usually black, sometimes with small reddish spots (Fig. 63 A); T 6 covered with only thin golden hair (Fig. 64 B); head and mesosoma with light hair (Fig. 63 C – D); propodeum very sparsely covered with short white hair (Fig. 64 A); T 6 almost straight apically with a distinct fringe, hair laterally much longer than medially (Fig. 64 B). The male is unknown.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFA7FFD5FDB0F98DFE18FC57.taxon	etymology	Etymology The species is named for its minute size.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFA7FFD5FDB0F98DFE18FC57.taxon	materials_examined	Type material (13 specimens) Holotype SOUTH AFRICA • ♀; Gemsbokrivier-Pad, 4.5 km NE of Grootdrif, roadside; 31 ° 25 ′ 54 ″ S, 18 ° 55 ′ 16 ″ E; 170 m a. s. l.; 22 Aug. 2012; MK leg.; SAMC. Paratypes SOUTH AFRICA • 1 ♀; W Cape, Knersvlakte, Sukkulent Karoo, 30 km N of Vanrhynsdorp; 31 ° 22 ′ 23 ″ S, 18 ° 42 ′ 37 ″ E; 146 m a. s. l.; 5 – 6 Sep. 2003; KT leg.; RCMK • 1 ♀; Gemsbokrivier-Pad, 4.5 km NE of Grootdrif, roadside; 31 ° 25 ′ 54 ″ S, 18 ° 55 ′ 16 ″ E; 170 m a. s. l.; 15 Aug. 2011; MK leg.; RCMK • 3 ♀♀; same collection data as for preceding; 6 Sep. 2016; RCMK • 1 ♀; W Cape, Knersvlakte, Kaapse Drif; 31 ° 26 ′ 01 ″ S, 18 ° 47 ′ 34 ″ E; 22 Sep. 1999; MK leg.; RCMK • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; 23 Sep. 1999; RCMK • 1 ♀; Knersvlakte, roadside, 23 km ESE of Vanrhynsdorp; 31 ° 44 ′ 06 ″ S, 18 ° 55 ′ 32 ″ E; 200 m a. s. l.; 17 Aug. 2010; MK leg.; RCMK • 2 ♀♀; Keiski Mts, 3 km E of Farm M’Vera, shale; 31 ° 45 ′ 29 ″ S, 19 ° 54 ′ 13 ″ E; 1190 m a. s. l.; 28 Sep. 2022; MK leg.; RCMK • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; SANC • 1 ♀; Roggeveld Mts, 2 km S of Farm Houdenbek, roadside; 32 ° 18 ′ 03 ″ S, 20 ° 23 ′ 16 ″ E; 1280 m a. s. l.; 16 Sep. 2018; MK leg.; RCMK.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFA7FFD5FDB0F98DFE18FC57.taxon	description	Description Female BODY LENGTH. 3.2 – 4.5 mm. HEAD. Head wider than long. Vertex slightly rounded, ocelli highest point. Integument black, except part of mandibles red. Face covered with short, yellowish-white hair. Face with dense (i = 0.25 – 0.5 d) and fine but deep punctation (Fig. 63 C). Surface between punctures slightly shiny. Antenna black. MESOSOMA. Integument black, tegula reddish-brown. Mesoscutum slightly shiny. Mesoscutum and mesoscutellum densely (i = 0.25 – 0.5 d) and finely but deeply punctate (Fig. 63 D). Propodeum with dense (i = 0.5 – 1 d), fine and shallow punctation, metapostnotum matt (Fig. 64 A). Mesoscutum, mesoscutellum and metanotum sparsely covered with short, white hair (Fig. 63 D). Propodeum sparsely covered with few short white hairs, metapostnotum glabrous (Fig. 64 A). Mesepisternum covered with slightly long, white hair. WINGS. Yellowish; wing venation brown and stigma brown (Fig. 63 A). LEGS. Integument black, except tibia apically light red. Coxa, trochanter, femur, tibia and tarsi covered with short, white hair (Fig. 63 A). METASOMA. Integument of T 1 – T 2 red, T 3 to a variable extent red, from completely black to only black on the disc, T 4 – T 6 black. T 1 and T 2 with few short, white and golden hairs, from T 3 increasingly more and longer hair (Fig. 63 B). T 5 disc covered with long, white hair, marginal zone covered with short, white hairs. T 6 almost square and straight apically with a small, short hair fringe on either side, densely covered with short golden and white hair (Fig. 64 B). Shape of S 6 (Fig. 64 C) as illustrated. Male Unknown.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFA7FFD5FDB0F98DFE18FC57.taxon	distribution	Distribution So far, the species has been recorded in the Knersvlakte, the Keiskie Mts and the Roggeveld Mts.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFA7FFD5FDB0F98DFE18FC57.taxon	biology_ecology	Host bees Likely hosts are equally small species of euryglossiform Scrapter (Kuhlmann 2014; Kuhlmann & Friehs 2020) that were found in association with this cuckoo bee. Seasonal activity August – September.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFA2FFD6FD9DFC14FEA6FE00.taxon	description	urn: lsid: zoobank. org: act: 2 DCEBB 40 - 135 C- 4 FFD-B 4 E 9 - DAD 96 D 1 B 5816 Figs 65 – 66	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFA2FFD6FD9DFC14FEA6FE00.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis The female of S. minuta sp. nov. is unknown. The male can be separated from that of all other species of the genus by the combination of the following characters: metasoma at least partially red (Fig. 65 B); fore legs usually black (Fig. 65 A); head, mesosoma and propodeum with white hair (Fig. 65 C – E); gonostylus inclined inward, penis valves narrower, slightly shorter than gonostylus (Fig. 66 C – D); S 8 apically slightly notched (Fig. 66 B).	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFA2FFD6FD9DFC14FEA6FE00.taxon	etymology	Etymology The species is named for its small size.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFA2FFD6FD9DFC14FEA6FE00.taxon	materials_examined	Type material (2 specimens) Holotype SOUTH AFRICA • 1 ♂; N Cape, Nieuwoudtville, Flower Reserve East; 31 ° 21 ′ 56 ′′ S, 19 ° 08 ′ 52 ′′ E; 735 m a. s. l.; 21 Aug. 2004; MK leg.; SAMC. Paratype SOUTH AFRICA • 1 ♂; Ouberg Pass, 27 km SE of Vanrhynsdorp, Fynbos; 31 ° 48 ′ 07 ′′ S, 18 ° 55 ′ 00 ′′ E; 380 m a. s. l.; 8 Aug. 2012; MK leg.; RCMK.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFA2FFD6FD9DFC14FEA6FE00.taxon	description	Description Female Unknown. Male BODY LENGTH. 4.2 – 5.3 mm. HEAD. Head wider than long. Vertex slightly rounded, ocelli highest point. Integument black, except part of mandibles red. Face covered with short, yellowish-white hair. Face with dense (i = 0.5 – 1 d) and fine but deep punctation (Fig. 65 C). Surface between punctures slightly matt. Antenna brown. MESOSOMA. Integument black, tegula orange. Mesoscutum slightly matt. Mesoscutum and mesoscutellum densely (i = 0.25 – 1 d), coarsely and deeply punctate (Fig. 65 D). Propodeum with dense (i = 0.5 – 1 d), fine and shallow punctation, metapostnotum matt (Fig. 65 E). Mesoscutum, mesoscutellum and metanotum covered with short, golden hair (Fig. 65 D). Propodeum sparsely covered with short, white hair, metapostnotum glabrous (Fig. 65 E). Mesepisternum covered with relatively long, white hair. WINGS. Yellowish; wing venation brown and stigma brown (Fig. 65 A). LEGS. Integument black. Coxa, trochanter, femur, tibia and tarsi sparsely covered with short, white hair (Fig. 65 A). METASOMA. Integument of T 1 red, except base of T 1 black. T 2 – T 4 to a variable extent red, from T 2 basal half red to T 4 completely red. T 5 – T 7 black. T 1 and T 2 with few short, white and golden hairs, from T 3 increasingly more and longer hair (Fig. 65 B). T 6 disc covered with long, white hair, marginal zone with few short, white hairs. T 7 covered with short, golden hair (Fig. 65 F). TERMINALIA. Genitalia (Fig. 66 C – D), S 7 (Fig. 66 A) and terminal plate of S 8 (Fig. 66 B) as illustrated.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFA2FFD6FD9DFC14FEA6FE00.taxon	distribution	Distribution Only known from the wider vicinity of Nieuwoudtville.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFA2FFD6FD9DFC14FEA6FE00.taxon	biology_ecology	Host bees Unknown. Seasonal activity August.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFA1FFD8FD81FDC6FEA6FCDA.taxon	description	urn: lsid: zoobank. org: act: ED 2 DA 301 - FD 9 B- 4949 - AF 00 - 7 CDC 9 BFF 4 DF 3 Figs 67 – 68	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFA1FFD8FD81FDC6FEA6FCDA.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis The female of S. nana sp. nov. is unknown. The male can be separated from that of all other species of the genus by the combination of the following characters: T 1 apically, T 2 basally and T 3 to a variable extent dark reddish-brown (Fig. 67 B); fore legs usually black (Fig. 67 A); head and mesosoma with golden or white hair (Fig. 67 C – D); propodeum very sparsely covered with short white hair (Fig. 67 E); gonostylus inclined inward, penis valves narrower, slightly shorter than gonostylus (Fig. 68 C – D); S 8 narrow and almost truncate apically (Fig. 68 B).	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFA1FFD8FD81FDC6FEA6FCDA.taxon	etymology	Etymology The species is named for its small size.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFA1FFD8FD81FDC6FEA6FCDA.taxon	materials_examined	Type material (6 specimens) Holotype SOUTH AFRICA • ♂; N Cape, Nieuwoudtville, Flower Reserve East; 31 ° 21 ′ 56 ′′ S, 19 ° 08 ′ 52 ′′ E; 735 m a. s. l.; 19 Aug. 2004; MK leg.; SAMC. Paratypes SOUTH AFRICA • 2 ♂♂; N Cape, Nieuwoudtville, Flower Reserve East; 31 ° 21 ′ 56 ′′ S, 19 ° 08 ′ 52 ′′ E; 735 m a. s. l.; 13 Aug. 2004; MK leg.; RCMK • 3 ♂♂; same collection data as for preceding; 19 Aug. 2004; RCMK.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFA1FFD8FD81FDC6FEA6FCDA.taxon	description	Description Female Unknown. Male BODY LENGTH. 3.7 – 4.3 mm. HEAD. Head wider than long. Vertex slightly rounded, ocelli highest point. Integument black, except part of mandibles red. Face covered with short, gold and white hair. Face with dense (i = 0.5 – 1 d) and fine but deep punctation (Fig. 67 C). Surface between punctures slightly shiny. Antenna brown. MESOSOMA. Integument black, tegula reddish-brown. Mesoscutum slightly shiny. Mesoscutum and mesoscutellum densely (i = 0.25 – 1 d) and finely but deeply punctate (Fig. 67 D). Propodeum with dense (i = 0.5 – 1 d), fine and shallow punctation, metapostnotum matt (Fig. 67 E). Mesoscutum and metanotum covered with short, gold hair. Mesoscutellum covered with slightly long, golden hair. Propodeum with few short, white hairs, metapostnotum glabrous (Fig. 67 E). Mesepisternum sparsely covered with slightly long, white hair. WINGS. Yellowish; wing venation red and stigma red (Fig. 67 A). LEGS. Integument black. Coxa, trochanter, femur, tibia and tarsi sparsely covered with short, white hair (Fig. 67 A). METASOMA. Integument of T 1 and T 2 dark reddish-brown, except base of T 1 black. T 3 to a variable extent red, from completely black to completely red. T 1 and T 2 with few short, white and golden hair, from T 3 increasingly more and longer hair (Fig. 67 B). T 6 disc covered with long white hair, marginal zone with short white hairs. T 7 covered with short white hair (Fig. 67 F). TERMINALIA. Genitalia (Fig. 68 C – D), S 7 (Fig. 68 A) and terminal plate of S 8 (Fig. 68 B) as illustrated.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFA1FFD8FD81FDC6FEA6FCDA.taxon	distribution	Distribution Only known from the Nieuwoudtville area.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFA1FFD8FD81FDC6FEA6FCDA.taxon	biology_ecology	Host bees Unknown. Seasonal activity August.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFACFFDAFD87FECDFEFDFE05.taxon	description	urn: lsid: zoobank. org: act: 563 CEA 18 - BB 16 - 4 C 29 - BEB 8 - 4 DD 1 F 2 AF 9265 Figs 69 – 70	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFACFFDAFD87FECDFEFDFE05.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis The female of S. nigra sp. nov. is unknown. The male can be separated from that of all other species of the genus by the combination of the following characters: metasoma completely black (Fig. 69 B); head and mesosoma with white hair (Fig. 69 C – D).	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFACFFDAFD87FECDFEFDFE05.taxon	etymology	Etymology The name refers to the black colour of the species.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFACFFDAFD87FECDFEFDFE05.taxon	materials_examined	Type material (4 specimens) Holotype SOUTH AFRICA • ♂; Cape Town; [33 ° 57 ′ S, 18 ° 27 ′ E]; Sep. 1913; GP leg.; SANC. Paratypes SOUTH AFRICA • 1 ♂; Cape Town; [33 ° 57 ′ S, 18 ° 27 ′ E]; Sep. 1913; GP leg.; SANC • 2 ♂♂; Cape Town; [33 ° 57 ′ S, 18 ° 27 ′ E]; 1913; GP leg.; RCMK.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFACFFDAFD87FECDFEFDFE05.taxon	description	Description Female Unknown. Male BODY LENGTH. 5.0 – 5.5 mm. HEAD. Head wider than long. Vertex slightly rounded, ocelli highest point. Integument black, except part of mandibles red. Face covered with long, white hair. Face with dense (i = 0.25 – 0.5 d), coarse and deep punctation (Fig. 69 C). Surface between punctures slightly shiny. Antenna brown. MESOSOMA. Integument black, tegula red. Mesoscutum slightly shiny. Mesoscutum and mesoscutellum densely (i = 0.5 – 1 d), coarsely and deeply punctate (Fig. 69 D). Propodeum with dense (i = 0.5 – 1 d), fine and shallow punctation, metapostnotum matt (Fig. 69 E). Mesoscutum, mesoscutellum, metanotum and mesepisternum covered with long, white hair. Propodeum covered with short, white hair, metapostnotum glabrous (Fig. 69 D). WINGS. Yellowish; wing venation red and stigma red (Fig. 69 A). LEGS. Integument black. Coxa, trochanter, femur, tibia and tarsi sparsely covered with short, white hair (Fig. 69 A). METASOMA. Integument of T 1 – T 6 black, except T 1 red apically. T 1 and T 2 with few short, white hair, from T 3 increasingly more and longer hair (Fig. 69 B). T 6 disc covered with long, white hair. T 7 covered with short, white hair (Fig. 69 F). TERMINALIA. Genitalia (Fig. 70 B – C) and terminal plate of S 8 (Fig. 70 A) as illustrated. Unfortunately, S 7 of this brittle and old specimen was lost during dissection.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFACFFDAFD87FECDFEFDFE05.taxon	distribution	Distribution Only known from Cape Town.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFACFFDAFD87FECDFEFDFE05.taxon	biology_ecology	Host bees Unknown. Seasonal activity September.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFAAFFDFFDB2FA82FEDAFC0A.taxon	description	Figs 71 – 72	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFAAFFDFFDB2FA82FEDAFC0A.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis The female of S. papilla can be separated from that of all other species by the combination of the following characters: S 6 bifid posteriorly, apical notch three times as long as its apical width, more or less spatulate, shape as shown in Fig. 72 C; body length 3.5 – 5.8 mm; metasoma partially red (Fig. 71 B); fore tibia and tarsi usually black (Fig. 71 A); T 6 covered with black hair (Fig. 72 B); head and mesoscutum with black hair, partially mixed with white hair (Fig. 71 C). The male is unknown.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFAAFFDFFDB2FA82FEDAFC0A.taxon	materials_examined	Additional material examined (3 specimens) SOUTH AFRICA • 1 ♀; N Cape, Fynbos, 15 km NW of Nieuwoudtville, Farm Engelsepunt; 31 ° 14 ′ 31 ″ S, 18 ° 59 ′ 08 ″ E; 830 m a. s. l.; 23 – 26 Jul. 2003; KT leg.; RCMK • 1 ♀; 12 km NW of Nieuwoudtville, Farm Avontuur, Renosterveld along Pad; 31 ° 15 ′ 27 ″ S, 19 ° 03 ′ 38 ″ E; 770 m a. s. l.; 11 Jun. 2013; MK leg.; RCMK • 1 ♀; Nieuwoudtville, Hantam Botanical Garden, Renosterveld; 31 ° 24 ′ 03 ″ S, 19 ° 08 ′ 34 ″ E; 700 m a. s. l.; 23 May 2013; MK leg.; RCMK.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFAAFFDFFDB2FA82FEDAFC0A.taxon	description	Description Female BODY LENGTH. 5.4 – 5.8 mm. HEAD. Head wider than long. Vertex slightly rounded, ocelli highest point. Integument black, except part of mandibles red or reddish-brown. Face covered with fairly long, black hair mixed with short, white hair, with patches of white hair above the antenna. Face with dense (i = 0.25 – 0.5 d) and fine but deep punctation, supraclypeal area with fine and more dispersed (i = 0.5 – 1 d) punctation (Fig. 71 C). Surface between punctures slightly shiny. Antenna black. MESOSOMA. Integument black, tegula orange, partially translucent. Mesoscutum slightly shiny. Mesoscutum and mesoscutellum densely (i = 0.5 – 1 d), finely and shallowly punctate (Fig. 71 D). Propodeum with dense (i = 0.25 – 0.5 d), fine and shallow punctation, metapostnotum finely carinate (Fig. 72 A). Mesoscutum, mesoscutellum, metanotum, propodeum and mesepisternum sparsely covered with long, black hair mixed with short, white hair, metapostnotum glabrous (Figs 71 D, 72 A). WINGS. Yellowish; wing venation brown and stigma brown to dark brown (Fig. 71 A). LEGS. Integument black. Coxa, trochanter and femur sparsely covered with fairly long, black hair mixed with short, white hair. Tibia and tarsi covered with short, white hair mixed with short, black hair (Fig. 71 A). METASOMA. Integument of T 1 – T 4 red, T 4 to a variable extent red, from only basal quarter red to only marginal zone black; T 6 black. T 1 and T 2 with few short, white hairs mixed with short, black hair, from T 3 increasingly more and longer hair (Fig. 71 B). T 6 broad and rounded apically, densely covered with short, black hair and shorter, white hair underneath (Fig. 72 B). Shape of S 6 (Fig. 72 C) as illustrated. Male Unknown.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFAAFFDFFDB2FA82FEDAFC0A.taxon	distribution	Distribution Only known from the vicinity of Nieuwoudtville.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFAAFFDFFDB2FA82FEDAFC0A.taxon	biology_ecology	Host bees Unknown. Seasonal activity May – July, September (Eardley 2007).	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFAAFFDFFDB2FA82FEDAFC0A.taxon	discussion	Comment Potentially, S. chrysea sp. nov. is the unknown male of S. papilla as both were collected in autumn in the same area.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFA9FFE0FD91FECDFE18FC63.taxon	description	urn: lsid: zoobank. org: act: 240 C 5434 - 6628 - 4 C 8 B- 86 D 8 - 4704639 F 7620 Figs 73 – 74	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFA9FFE0FD91FECDFE18FC63.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis The female of S. parvula sp. nov. can be separated from that of all other species of the genus by the combination of the following characters: S 6 bifid posteriorly, apical notch six times as long as its apical width, more or less spatulate, shape as shown in Fig. 74 C; body length 3.5 – 5.8 mm; metasoma partially red (Fig. 73 B); fore tibia and tarsi usually black, sometimes with small reddish spots (Fig. 73 A); T 6 covered with only thin golden hair (Fig. 74 B); head and mesosoma with light hair (Fig. 73 C – D); propodeum very sparsely covered with short white hair (Fig. 74 A); T 6 rounded apically with inconspicuous fringes, hair laterally about as long as medially (Fig. 74 B). The male is unknown.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFA9FFE0FD91FECDFE18FC63.taxon	etymology	Etymology The species is named for its small size.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFA9FFE0FD91FECDFE18FC63.taxon	materials_examined	Type material (2 specimens) Holotype SOUTH AFRICA • ♀; 8 km WNW of Leliefontein, Fynbos, roadside; 30 ° 15 ′ 58 ′′ S, 18 ° 03 ′ 17 ′′ E; 1190 m a. s. l.; 14 Sep. 2017; MK leg.; SAMC. Paratype SOUTH AFRICA • 1 ♀; Nieuwoudtville, Wild flower reserve, dolerite hills; 31 ° 22 ′ 10 ′′ S, 19 ° 08 ′ 50 ′′ E; 770 m a. s. l.; 19 Aug. 2007; KT leg.; RCMK.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFA9FFE0FD91FECDFE18FC63.taxon	description	Description Female BODY LENGTH. 3.8 – 4.0 mm. HEAD. Head wider than long. Vertex slightly rounded, ocelli highest point. Integument black, except part of mandibles red or reddish-brown. Face covered with short, yellowish-white hair. Face with dense (i = 0.25 – 0.5 d), coarse and deep punctation, supraclypeal area more dispersed (Fig. 73 C). Surface between punctures slightly shiny. Antenna black. MESOSOMA. Integument black, tegula reddish-brown. Mesoscutum slightly shiny. Mesoscutum and mesoscutellum densely (i = 0.5 – 1 d) and finely but deeply punctate (Fig. 73 D). Propodeum with dense (i = 0.5 – 1 d), fine and shallow punctation, metapostnotum matt (Fig. 74 A). Mesoscutum, metanotum and propodeum sparsely covered with short, white hair, metapostnotum glabrous (Figs 73 D, 74 A). Mesepisternum covered with short, white hair. Mesoscutellum covered with long, yellowish-white hair (Fig. 73 D). WINGS. Yellowish; wing venation brown and stigma brown (Fig. 73 A). LEGS. Integument black, except tibia apically light red and on fore legs tarsi light red. Coxa, trochanter, femur, tibia and tarsi covered with short, white hair (Fig. 73 A). METASOMA. Integument of T 1 – T 2 red, T 3 – 6 to a variable extent red, from T 3 basal half red to T 4 apical half black. T 5 and T 6 black. T 1 and T 2 with few short, white hair, from T 3 increasingly more and longer hair (Fig. 73 B). T 5 marginal zone covered with short, white hairs. T 6 slightly rounded apically with a hair fringe, densely covered with short, white and golden hair (Fig. 74 B). Shape of S 6 (Fig. 74 C) as illustrated. Male Unknown.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFA9FFE0FD91FECDFE18FC63.taxon	distribution	Distribution Only known from the Kamiesberg Mts and the Nieuwoudtville area.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFA9FFE0FD91FECDFE18FC63.taxon	biology_ecology	Host bees Unknown. Seasonal activity August – September.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFF97FFE7FD99FC21FE6BFAFC.taxon	description	urn: lsid: zoobank. org: act: 4 D 5 C 9251 - C 8 BB- 4120 - 98 B 1 - 050 B 9 E 902415 Figs 75 – 78	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFF97FFE7FD99FC21FE6BFAFC.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis The female of S. tenera sp. nov. can be separated from that of all other species by the combination of the following characters: S 6 bifid posteriorly, apical notch four times as long as its apical width, more or less spatulate, shape as shown in Fig. 76 C; body length 3.5 – 5.8 mm; metasoma partially red (Fig. 75 B); fore tibia and tarsi usually black, sometimes with small reddish spots (Fig. 75 A); T 6 covered with golden hair (Fig. 76 B); head and mesosoma with light hair (Fig. 75 C – D); propodeum densely covered with short white or yellowish-white hair (Fig. 76 A); T 5 apically densely covered with short white hair (Fig. 76 B); T 6 rounded apically, covered with short golden hair forming a fringe (Fig. 76 B). The male can be separated from that of all other species of the genus by the combination of the following characters: metasoma at least partially red (Fig. 77 B); fore legs usually black, sometimes with small reddish spots (Fig. 77 A); propodeum covered with white hair (Fig. 77 E); head and mesosoma with white hair (Fig. 77 C – D); T 7 very sparsely covered with short golden hair (Fig. 77 F); gonostylus inclined inward, penis valves narrower, slightly shorter than gonostylus (Fig. 78 C); S 8 broadly rounded apically (Fig. 78 B).	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFF97FFE7FD99FC21FE6BFAFC.taxon	etymology	Etymology The name refers to the small and delicate appearance of the species.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFF97FFE7FD99FC21FE6BFAFC.taxon	materials_examined	Type material (29 specimens) Holotype SOUTH AFRICA • ♀; 12 km NW of Nieuwoudtville, Farm Avontuur, Fynbos; 31 ° 16 ′ 18 ″ S, 19 ° 02 ′ 55 ″ E; 770 m a. s. l.; 30 Aug. 2018; MK leg.; SAMC. Paratypes SOUTH AFRICA • 1 ♀; 8 km WNW of Leliefontein, Fynbos, roadside; 30 ° 15 ′ 58 ″ S, 18 ° 03 ′ 17 ″ E; 1190 m a. s. l.; 14 Sep. 2017; MK leg.; RCMK • 1 ♀; Kamiesberg Mts, 5 km SE of Leliefontein, roadside; 30 ° 20 ′ 09 ″ S, 18 ° 06 ′ 24 ″ E; 1400 m a. s. l.; 10 Sep. 2017; MK leg.; RCMK • 1 ♀; N Cape, 15 km NW of Nieuwoudtville, Farm Engelsepunt, Fynbos; 31 ° 14 ′ 31 ″ S, 18 ° 59 ′ 08 ″ E; 830 m a. s. l.; 6 Oct. 2003; KT leg.; RCMK • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; 7 Oct. 2003; RCMK • 1 ♀; 12 km NW of Nieuwoudtville, Farm Avontuur, Fynbos; 31 ° 16 ′ 18 ″ S, 19 ° 02 ′ 55 ″ E; 770 m a. s. l.; 25 Aug. 2010; MK leg.; RCMK • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; 3 Sep. 2016 • 1 ♀, 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; 30 Aug. 2018; RCMK • 4 ♂♂; same collection data as for preceding; 9 Sep. 2018; RCMK • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; 21 Sep. 2022; RCMK • 1 ♀; Nieuwoudtville, Wild Flower Reserve, dolerite hills; 31 ° 22 ′ 10 ″ S, 19 ° 08 ′ 50 ″ E; 770 m a. s. l.; 17 Aug. 2007; KT leg.; RCMK • 2 ♀♀, 1 ♂; 20 km S of Nieuwoudtville, Farm Papkuilsfontein, Fynbos; 31 ° 33 ′ 16 ″ S, 19 ° 08 ′ 31 ″ E; 680 m a. s. l.; 7 Sep. 2007; MK leg.; RCMK • 2 ♀♀, 3 ♂♂; same collection data as for preceding; 27 Aug. 2012; RCMK • 1 ♀; Ouberg Pass, 27 km SE of Vanrhynsdorp, Fynbos; 31 ° 48 ′ 07 ″ S, 18 ° 55 ′ 00 ″ E; 380 m a. s. l.; 9 Aug. 2011; MK leg.; RCMK • 2 ♀♀, 3 ♂♂; same collection data as for preceding; 23 Aug. 2012; RCMK.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFF97FFE7FD99FC21FE6BFAFC.taxon	description	Description Female BODY LENGTH. 3.9 – 4.0 mm. HEAD. Head wider than long. Vertex slightly rounded, ocelli highest point. Integument black, except part of mandibles red or reddish-brown. Face covered with short, white and golden hair. Face with dense (i = 0.25 – 0.5 d), coarse and deep punctation (Fig. 75 C). Surface between punctures slightly shiny. Antenna black. MESOSOMA. Integument black, tegula red. Mesoscutum slightly shiny. Mesoscutum and mesoscutellum densely (i = 0.25 – 0.5 d), coarsely and deeply punctate (Fig. 75 D). Propodeum with dense (i = 0.5 – 1 d), fine and shallow punctation, metapostnotum matt (Fig. 76 A). Mesoscutum covered with short, golden hair. Mesoscutellum covered with long, golden hair (Fig. 75 D). Metanotum and propodeum covered with short white hair, metapostnotum glabrous (Figs 75 D, 76 A). Mesepisternum covered with slightly long, white hair. WINGS. Yellowish; wing venation brown and stigma brown (Fig. 75 A). LEGS. Integument black, except femur and tibia apically light red. Coxa, trochanter, femur, tibia and tarsi covered with short, white hair (Fig. 75 A). METASOMA. Integument of T 1 – T 2 red, T 3 – 6 to a variable extent red, from T 3 – T 4 completely black or entirely red, T 5 and T 6 black. T 1 and T 2 with few short, white and golden hairs, from T 3 increasingly more and longer hair (Fig. 75 B). T 5 marginal zone densely covered with short, white hairs. T 6 slightly rounded apically with a hair fringe, densely covered with short, golden hair, (Fig. 76 B). Shape of S 6 (Fig. 76 C) as illustrated. Male BODY LENGTH. 3.7 – 4.9 mm. HEAD. Head wider than long. Vertex slightly rounded, ocelli highest point. Integument black, except part of mandibles red. Face covered with short, white hair. Face with dense (i = 0.5 – 1 d), coarse and deep punctation (Fig. 77 C). Surface between punctures matt. Antenna brown. MESOSOMA. Integument black, tegula orange. Mesoscutum slightly shiny. Mesoscutum and mesoscutellum densely (i = 0.5 – 1 d) and finely but deeply punctate (Fig. 77 D). Propodeum with dense (i = 0.5 – 1 d), fine and shallow punctation, metapostnotum matt (Fig. 77 E). Mesoscutum, metanotum, propodeum and mesepisternum sparsely covered with short, white hair, metapostnotum glabrous (Fig. 77 D – E). Mesoscutellum covered with slightly long, white hair. WINGS. Yellowish; wing venation brown and stigma brown (Fig. 77 A). LEGS. Integument black. Coxa, trochanter, femur, tibia and tarsi sparsely covered with short, white hair (Fig. 77 A). METASOMA. Integument of T 1 and T 2 red, except base of T 1 black. T 3 variable, from completely black to entirely red. T 1 and T 2 with few short, white and golden hair, from T 3 increasingly more and longer hair (Fig. 77 B). T 7 covered with short, golden hair (Fig. 77 F). TERMINALIA. Genitalia (Fig. 78 C – D), S 7 (Fig. 78 A) and terminal plate of S 8 (Fig. 78 B) as illustrated.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFF97FFE7FD99FC21FE6BFAFC.taxon	distribution	Distribution Recorded from the wider Nieuwoudtville area and the Kamiesberg Mts.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFF97FFE7FD99FC21FE6BFAFC.taxon	biology_ecology	Host bees Unknown. Seasonal activity August – October.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFF97FFE7FD99FC21FE6BFAFC.taxon	discussion	Comment Five specimens display slight morphological differences: in S. cf. 1 tenera sp. nov. the marginal zone of T 5 is covered less densely with fewer short, white hairs; T 6 is broader, sparsely covered with short, golden hair and more truncate apically without a hair fringe. In S. cf. 2 tenera the marginal zone of T 5 is much more densely covered with short, white hair and T 6 densely covered with short, golden hair, slightly more truncate apically with a smaller, sparse hair fringe. In S. cf. 3 tenera T 6 is narrower and more truncate apically. At present, the taxonomic status of these specimens is unclear so we do not assign them to S. tenera sp. nov. but make their collection data available to enable further investigation:	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFF97FFE7FD99FC21FE6BFAFC.taxon	materials_examined	Sphecodopsis cf. 1 tenera: SOUTH AFRICA • 1 ♀; 7 km NE of Steinkopf, roadside N 7; 29 ° 12 ′ 40 ″ S, 17 ° 47 ′ 11 ″ E; 970 m a. s. l.; 13 Sep. 2017; MK leg.; RCMK. Sphecodopsis cf. 2 tenera: • 1 ♀; 8 km NW of Leliefontein, Fynbos, roadside; 30 ° 15 ′ 58 ″ S, 18 ° 03 ′ 17 ″ E; 1190 m a. s. l.; 14 Sep. 2017; MK leg.; RCMK. Sphecodopsis cf. 3 tenera: • 1 ♀; 15 km NW of Nieuwoudtville, Farm Zoetfontein E, Fynbos; 31 ° 14 ′ 05 ″ S, 19 ° 02 ′ 50 ″ E; 775 m a. s. l.; 7 Oct. 2022; MK leg.; RCMK • 1 ♀; Knersvlakte, roadside, 23 km SE of Vanrhynsdorp; 31 ° 44 ′ 06 ″ S, 18 ° 55 ′ 32 ″ E; 200 m a. s. l.; 17 Aug. 2010; MK leg.; RCMK • 1 ♀; Ouberg Pass, roadside, 27 km SE of Vanrhynsdorp, Fynbos; 31 ° 48 ′ 07 ″ S, 18 ° 55 ′ 00 ″ E; 380 m a. s. l.; 8 Aug. 2012; MK leg.; RCMK.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFF90FFE8FDA7F90AFEFDFD58.taxon	description	urn: lsid: zoobank. org: act: 08 F 5 B 31 D- 7 C 62 - 49 B 7 - B 0 F 2 - C 409838 D 9794 Figs 79 – 80	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFF90FFE8FDA7F90AFEFDFD58.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis The female of S. keiskiensis sp. nov. can be separated from that of all other species of the genus by the combination of the following characters: S 6 bifid posteriorly, apical notch about as long as its apical width (Fig. 80 C); metasoma partially red (Fig. 79 B); fore tibia and tarsi completely or largely red (Fig. 79 A); head wider than long, vertex flat (Fig. 79 C); T 5 apically without fringe (Fig. 80 B); head and mesoscutum with black hair, interspersed with lighter hair (Fig. 79 C – D); mesoscutum shiny, sparsely and shallowly punctate (Fig. 79 D); no white hair above base of antenna (Fig. 79 C); propodeum laterally and metapostnotum only with few white hairs in upper corners (Fig. 80 A). The male is unknown.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFF90FFE8FDA7F90AFEFDFD58.taxon	etymology	Etymology Named after the Keiskie Mts where the only known specimen was found.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFF90FFE8FDA7F90AFEFDFD58.taxon	materials_examined	Type material (1 specimen) Holotype SOUTH AFRICA • ♀; Keiskie Mts, 5 km S of Farm Nooiensrivier, dolerite hill; 31 ° 45 ′ 54 ″ S, 19 ° 50 ′ 17 ″ E; 1270 m a. s. l.; 22 Sep. 2014; MK leg.; SAMC.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFF90FFE8FDA7F90AFEFDFD58.taxon	description	Description Female BODY LENGTH. 7.4 mm. HEAD. Head wider than long. Vertex almost straight and flat, except for the ocelli. Integument black, except part of mandibles red or reddish-brown. Face covered with long, black hair. Face and clypeus with sparse (i = 0.5 – 1 d), fine and shallow punctation, supraclypeal area with more dispersed (i = 0.5 – 2.5 d) punctation (Fig. 79 C). Surface between punctures shiny. Antenna black. MESOSOMA. Integument black, tegula orange, partially translucent. Mesoscutum shiny. Mesoscutum and mesoscutellum sparsely (i = 1 – 3 d), finely and shallowly punctate (Fig. 79 D). Propodeum densely (i = 0.5 – 1 d), finely and shallowly punctate, metapostnotum matt (Fig. 80 A). Mesoscutum, mesoscutellum and mesepisternum sparsely covered with long, black hair mixed with shorter, yellowish-white hair (Fig. 79 D). Metanotum and propodeum sparsely covered with short, yellowish-white hair, metapostnotum only with hair in upper corners (Figs 79 D, 80 A). WINGS. Fuscous; wing venation brown and stigma brown to dark brown (Fig. 79 A). LEGS. Integument of coxa and trochanter black, trochanter apically red, tibia and tarsi completely red. Coxa, trochanter and femur sparsely covered with long, black hair mixed with shorter, white hair. Tibia and tarsi very sparsely covered with short, black hair mixed with short, white hair (Fig. 79 A). METASOMA. Integument of T 1 – T 3 red and T 4 – T 6 black. T 1 and T 2 sparsely covered with short, white and black hair, from T 3 increasingly more and longer black hair (Fig. 79 B). T 6 with short, golden hair, narrow and almost straight apically, apical margin with very short, dense, golden hair (Fig. 80 B). Shape of S 6 (Fig. 80 C) as illustrated. Male Unknown.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFF90FFE8FDA7F90AFEFDFD58.taxon	distribution	Distribution Only known from the type locality in the Keiskie Mts south of Calvinia.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFF90FFE8FDA7F90AFEFDFD58.taxon	biology_ecology	Host bees Unknown. Seasonal activity September.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFF9FFFEEFDD9FD1FFE76FD8D.taxon	description	Figs 81 – 84	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFF9FFFEEFDD9FD1FFE76FD8D.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis The female of S. kuhlmanni can be separated from that of all other species of the genus by the combination of the following characters: S 6 bifid posteriorly, apical notch about as long as its apical width and without a small tip distally, notch narrow, shape as shown in Fig. 82 D; metasoma partially red (Fig. 81 B); fore tibia and tarsi completely or largely red to largely black with only small reddish spots (Fig. 81 A); head wider than long, vertex flat (Fig. 81 C); T 5 apically without fringe (Fig. 82 C); T 6 almost truncate apically, covered with black hair (Fig. 81 C – E); head and mesoscutum with short black hair, interspersed with lighter hair (Fig. 81 C – E); mesoscutum shiny, sparsely and shallowly punctate (Fig. 81 D – E); Thin patch of white hair above base of antenna (Fig. 81 C); propodeum laterally and metapostnotum with abundant white hair in upper corners (Fig. 82 A – B). The male can be separated from that of all other species by the combination of the following characters: metasoma at least partially red (Fig. 83 B); fore tibia and tarsi completely red or light red to largely black with small reddish spots (Fig. 83 A); head and mesosoma with black hair, sometimes mixed with lighter hair (Fig. 83 C – D); mesoscutum sparsely (i = 1 – 3 d), finely and shallowly punctate, very shiny (Fig. 83 D); metapostnotum slightly wider than high, with more abundant hair in upper corners and matt (Fig. 83 E); gonostylus straight, broad, rounded posteriorly (Fig. 84 C – D).	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFF9FFFEEFDD9FD1FFE76FD8D.taxon	materials_examined	Additional material examined (160 specimens) SOUTH AFRICA • 1 ♀; 10 km SSE of Steinkopf, roadside; 29 ° 19 ′ 56 ″ S, 17 ° 46 ′ 28 ″ E; 970 m a. s. l.; 12 Sep. 2017; MK leg.; RCMK • 1 ♂; Remhoogte, plain; 30 ° 14 ′ S, 18 ° 09 ′ E; 7 Sep. 2003; CM leg.; RCMK • 1 ♂; Leliefontein, slope, white trap; 30 ° 14 ′ S, 18 ° 09 ′ E; 7 Sep. 2003; CM leg.; SANC • 1 ♀; Leliefontein, slope, yellow + white trap; 30 ° 14 ′ S, 18 ° 09 ′ E; 23 Sep. 2003; CM leg.; SANC • 1 ♂; Remhoogte, slope; 30 ° 14 ′ S, 18 ° 10 ′ E; 15 Sep. 2003; CM leg.; RCMK • 3 ♀♀; 12 km NW of Nieuwoudtville, Farm Avontuur, dolerite hill; 31 ° 16 ′ 02 ″ S, 19 ° 04 ′ 05 ″ E; 830 m a. s. l.; 27 Aug. 2008; HE leg.; RCMK • 1 ♀; N Cape Prov., Vanrhynsdorp, Water Fall; 31 ° 17 ′ S, 18 ° 53 ′ E; 19 Sep. 2007; CE leg.; SANC • 1 ♂; N Cape, Nieuwoudtville, Flower Reserve East; 31 ° 21 ′ 55 ″ S, 19 ° 08 ′ 52 ″ E; 735 m a. s. l.; 10 Aug. 2004; MK leg.; RCMK • 1 ♀; N Cape, Nieuwoudtville, Flower Reserve East; 31 ° 21 ′ 56 ″ S, 19 ° 08 ′ 52 ″ E; 735 m a. s. l.; 3 Sep. 2003; MK leg.; on Oxalis sp.; RCMK • 1 ♀, 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; 7 Sep. 2003; RCMK • 9 ♀♀, 8 ♂♂; N Cape, Nieuwoudtville, Flower Reserve East; 31 ° 21 ′ 56 ″ S, 19 ° 08 ′ 52 ″ E; 735 m a. s. l.; 11 Sep. 2003; MK leg.; RCMK • 16 ♀♀, 10 ♂♂; same collection data as for preceding; 12 Aug. 2004; RCMK • 10 ♀♀, 24 ♂♂; same collection data as for preceding; 13 Aug. 2004; RCMK • 6 ♀♀, 5 ♂♂; same collection data as for preceding; 19 Aug. 2004; RCMK • 3 ♀♀; same collection data as for preceding; 21 Aug. 2004; RCMK • 1 ♀; Nieuwoudtville, Wild Flower Reserve, dolerite flats; 31 ° 22 ′ 01 ″ S, 19 ° 08 ′ 32 ″ E; 740 m a. s. l.; 29 Aug. 2008; MK leg.; on Alonsoa unilabiata; RCMK • 3 ♀♀; Nieuwoudtville, Wild Flower Reserve, dolerite hills; 31 ° 22 ′ 10 ″ S, 19 ° 08 ′ 50 ″ E; 770 m a. s. l.; 19 Aug. 2007; KT leg.; RCMK • 1 ♀, 4 ♂♂; Nieuwoudtville, path to Farm Glen Lyon, slope; 31 ° 23 ′ 25 ″ S, 19 ° 08 ′ 28 ″ E; 737 m a. s. l.; 3 Sep. 2007; KT leg.; RCMK • 1 ♂; Nieuwoudtville, Farm Glen Lyon, Renosterveld; 31 ° 24 ′ 03 ″ S, 19 ° 08 ′ 34 ″ E; 700 m a. s. l.; 10 Sep. 2003; MK leg.; RCMK • 1 ♀, 3 ♂♂; N Cape, Nieuwoudtville, Glen Lyon, Renosterveld; 31 ° 24 ′ 03 ″ S, 19 ° 08 ′ 34 ″ E; 700 m a. s. l.; 11 Sep. 2003; MK leg.; 1 ind. on Eriocephalus ericoides; RCMK • 3 ♀♀; Nieuwoudtville, Hantam Bot. Gard., Kamel Koppie; 31 ° 24 ′ 48 ″ S, 19 ° 09 ′ 23 ″ E; 760 m a. s. l.; 12 Sep. 2008; MK leg.; RCMK • 1 ♀; N Cape, Oorlogskloof farm, Wide gate 1 Site (8.06 km 158 ° SSE of Nieuwoudtville), wheat; 31 ° 25 ′ 52 ″ S, 19 ° 10 ′ 12 ″ E; 12 – 19 Oct. 2000; SvN and HGR leg.; SANC • 1 ♀; N Cape, Oorlogskloof farm, Wide gate 2 Site (8.24 km 158 ° SSE of Nieuwoudtville), wheat; 31 ° 25 ′ 58 ″ S, 19 ° 10 ′ 13 ″ E; 12 – 19 Oct. 2000; SvN and HGR leg.; SANC • 1 ♀; 18 km S of Calvinia on R 355, 200 m S of Farm Boskloof; 31 ° 38 ′ 36 ″ S, 19 ° 44 ′ 36 ″ E; 1000 m a. s. l.; 22 Sep. 2022; MK leg.; RCMK • 1 ♀; Keiski Mts, 3 km E of Farm M’Vera, shale; 31 ° 45 ′ 29 ″ S, 19 ° 54 ′ 13 ″ E; 1190 m a. s. l.; 30 Aug. 2016; MK leg.; RCMK • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; 28 Sep. 2022; RCMK • 1 ♀; Keiski Mts, 5 km S of Farm Nooiensrivier, dolerite hill; 31 ° 45 ′ 54 ″ S, 19 ° 50 ′ 17 ″ E; 1270 m a. s. l.; 4 Sep. 2010; MK leg.; RCMK • 5 ♀♀; same collection data as for preceding; 29 Aug. 2011; RCMK • 1 ♀, 1 ♂; Roggeveld Mts, 2 km S of Farm Perdekloof, rivier, dolerite; 31 ° 47 ′ 35 ″ S, 19 ° 58 ′ 16 ″ E; 1220 m a. s. l.; 1 Sep. 2017; MK leg.; RCMK • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; 2 Sep. 2017; RCMK • 1 ♂; Ouberg Pass, 27 km SE of Vanrhynsdorp, Fynbos; 31 ° 48 ′ 07 ″ S, 18 ° 55 ′ 00 ″ E; 380 m a. s. l.; 23 Aug. 2012; MK leg.; RCMK • 1 ♀; Roggeveld Mts, 2 km SE of Farm Allemansdam, burnt area; 31 ° 49 ′ 32 ″ S, 19 ° 59 ′ 55 ″ E; 1290 m a. s. l.; 2 Sep. 2017; MK leg.; RCMK • 2 ♀♀; same collection data as for preceding; 24 Aug. 2018; RCMK • 4 ♀♀, 7 ♂♂; same collection data as for preceding; 29 Aug. 2018; RCMK • 1 ♀, 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; 10 Sep. 2018; RCMK • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; 20 Sep. 2022; RCMK • 1 ♂; Roggeveld Mts, 1.5 km S of Farm Allemansdam, Renosterveld; 31 ° 49 ′ 25 ″ S, 19 ° 59 ′ 38 ″ E; 1285 m a. s. l.; 11 Sep. 2018; MK leg.; RCMK • 1 ♀; C. P., Lamberts Bay; 32 ° 04 ′ S, 18 ° 20 ′ E; 4 Oct. 1974; RW leg.; SANC • 2 ♂♂; Roggeveld Mts, 2 km S of Farm Houdenbek, roadside; 32 ° 18 ′ 03 ″ S, 20 ° 23 ′ 16 ″ E; 1280 m a. s. l.; 16 Sep. 2018; MK leg.; RCMK • 1 ♀, 1 ♂; Farm Kanolfontein, 20 km W of Sutherland, roadside; 32 ° 24 ′ 43 ″ S, 20 ° 27 ′ 28 ″ E; 1385 m a. s. l.; 7 Sep. 2012; MK leg.; RCMK • 1 ♀; Willowmore, Capland; [33 ° 18 ′ S, 23 ° 30 ′ E]; 19 May. 1903; DrB leg.; SANC.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFF9FFFEEFDD9FD1FFE76FD8D.taxon	description	Description Female BODY LENGTH. 4.2 – 7.2 mm. HEAD. Head wider than long. Vertex almost straight and flat, except for the ocelli. Integument black, except part of mandibles red or reddish-brown. Face covered with long, black hair and patch of white, long hair above base of antenna. Face with dense (i = 0.5 – 1 d), fine and shallow punctation, clypeus and supraclypeal area with more dispersed (i = 0.5 – 2.5 d) punctation (Fig. 81 C). Surface between punctures shiny. Antenna reddish-brown to dark brown. MESOSOMA. Integument black, tegula orange. Mesoscutum shiny. Mesoscutum and mesoscutellum sparsely (i = 1 – 3 d), finely and shallowly punctate (Fig. 81 D – E). Propodeum densely (i = 0.25 – 0.5 d), finely and shallowly punctate, metapostnotum matt (Fig. 82 A – B). Mesoscutum, mesoscutellum and mesepisternum sparsely covered with long, black hair mixed with shorter, yellowish-white hair (Fig. 81 D – E). Metanotum and propodeum sparsely covered with short, yellowish-white hair, metapostnotum only with hair in upper corners (Fig. 82 A – B). WINGS. Fuscous; wing venation brown and stigma brown to dark brown (Fig. 81 A). LEGS. Integument of coxa and trochanter reddish-brown to black, trochanter apically red, tibia and tarsi to a variable extent red, from completely red to entirely dark-brown or black. Coxa, trochanter and femur covered with long, black hair mixed with shorter, white hair. Tibia and tarsi very sparsely covered with long, black hair and covered with shorter white hair; very loose patches of white pubescence apically on the tibia, less on anterior leg (Fig. 81 A). METASOMA. Integument of T 1 – T 3 to a variable extent red, from T 1 only marginal zone red to T 3 completely red; T 4 – T 6 black. T 1 and T 2 sparsely covered with short, white and black hair, from T 3 increasingly more and longer black hair (Fig. 81 B). T 6 narrow and almost straight apically, with short, golden hair mixed with few long, black hairs, apical margin with very short, dense, golden hair (Fig. 82 C). Shape of S 6 (Fig. 82 D) as illustrated. Male BODY LENGTH. 4.2 – 7.1 mm. HEAD. Head wider than long. Vertex almost straight and flat, except for the ocelli. Integument black, except part of mandibles red or reddish-brown. Face covered with long, black hair and patch of white long hair above base of antenna. Face with dense (i = 0.5 – 1 d), fine and shallow punctation, clypeus and supraclypeal area with more dispersed (i = 0.5 – 2.5 d) punctation (Fig. 83 C). Surface between punctures shiny. Antenna reddish-brown to dark brown. MESOSOMA. Integument black, tegula orange. Mesoscutum shiny. Mesoscutum and mesoscutellum sparsely (i = 1 – 3 d), finely and shallowly punctate (Fig. 83 D). Propodeum densely (i = 0.25 – 0.5 d), finely and shallowly punctate, metapostnotum matt (Fig. 83 E). Mesoscutum, mesoscutellum and mesepisternum sparsely covered with long, black hair mixed with shorter, yellowish-white hair (Fig. 83 D). Metanotum and propodeum sparsely covered with short, yellowish-white hair, metapostnotum with hair only in upper corners (Fig. 83 D – E). WINGS. Fuscous; wing venation brown and stigma dark brown to black (Fig. 83 A). LEGS. Integument of coxa and trochanter reddish-brown to black, trochanter apically red, tibia and tarsi to a variable extent red, from completely red to completely dark-brown or black. Coxa, trochanter and femur covered with long, black hair mixed with shorter white hair. Tibia and tarsi very sparsely covered with long, black hair and with shorter white hair; very loose patches of white pubescence apically on the tibia, less so on anterior leg (Fig. 83 A). METASOMA. Integument of T 1 – T 3 to a variable extent red, from only T 2 basal half red to T 1 and T 2 completely red and T 3 basal quarter red; T 4 – T 7 black. T 1 and T 2 sparsely covered with short, white and black hair, from T 3 increasingly more and longer black hair (Fig. 83 B). T 7 covered with short, white hair and longer, black hair (Fig. 83 F). TERMINALIA. Genitalia (Fig. 84 C – D), S 7 (Fig. 84 A) and terminal plate of S 8 (Fig. 84 B) as illustrated.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFF9FFFEEFDD9FD1FFE76FD8D.taxon	distribution	Distribution Found throughout Namaqualand to the southern Roggeveld Mts with an isolated record from Willowmore (Eardley 2007).	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFF9FFFEEFDD9FD1FFE76FD8D.taxon	biology_ecology	Host bees Unknown. Seasonal activity May, August – October (Eardley 2007).	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFF9FFFEEFDD9FD1FFE76FD8D.taxon	discussion	Comment Sphecodopsis kuhlmanni is variable in size, punctation of the mesoscutum and hair on the propodeum (Figs 81 D – E, 82 A – B).	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFF99FFF0FDFCFD40FE49FE05.taxon	description	Figs 85 – 86	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFF99FFF0FDFCFD40FE49FE05.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis The male can be separated from that of all other species of the genus by the combination of the following characters: metasoma at least partially red (Fig. 85 B); fore legs black with small reddish spots (Fig. 85 A); head and mesosoma with black hair mixed with lighter hair (Fig. 85 C – D); mesoscutum sparsely, finely and shallowly punctate, very shiny (Fig. 85 D); gonostylus shorter than gonocoxa, narrow, pointed posteriorly and extremely bent inward, penis valves distinctly longer than gonostylus (Fig. 86 D). The female of S. leonis was only briefly mentioned by Cockerell (1933 a) but could not be located and, thus, was unavailable for study. Eardley & Brothers (1997) synonymised S. leonis with S. semirufa but the morphological differences, in particular genitalia, clearly show that both are distinct taxa. Thus, the species status of S. leonis is restored. Since only photos of the holotype were available, a formal description is not given here. However, the photos (Figs 85 – 86) together with the diagnosis are sufficient for an identification of the species.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFF99FFF0FDFCFD40FE49FE05.taxon	materials_examined	Additional material examined None.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFF99FFF0FDFCFD40FE49FE05.taxon	distribution	Distribution Only known from the type locality in Cape Town.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFF99FFF0FDFCFD40FE49FE05.taxon	biology_ecology	Host bees Unknown. Seasonal activity August (Cockerell 1933 a).	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFF87FFF4FD9EFE3AFEA6F9C8.taxon	description	urn: lsid: zoobank. org: act: 2408 BA 3 C-C 284 - 4 D 10 - B 396 - E 24 FC 8 E 30 DC 8 Figs 87 – 90	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFF87FFF4FD9EFE3AFEA6F9C8.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis The female of S. rufipes sp. nov. can be separated from that of all other species of the genus by the combination of the following characters: S 6 bifid posteriorly, apical notch about one and a half times as long as its apical width (Fig. 88 C); metasoma partially red (Fig. 87 B); fore tibia and tarsi completely or largely red (Fig. 87 A); head wider than long, vertex flat (Fig. 87 C); T 5 apically without fringe (Fig. 88 B); head and mesoscutum with black hair, interspersed with lighter hair (Fig. 87 C – D); mesoscutum shiny, sparsely and shallowly punctate (Fig. 87 D); 2 nd antennal segment 1.5 times as long as 3 rd segment (Fig. 87 C); metapostnotum wider than high, distinctly shagreened and matt (Fig. 88 A). The male can be separated from that of all other species of this genus by the combination of the following characters: metasoma at least partially red (Fig. 89 B); fore tibia and tarsi completely red or light red (Fig. 89 A); mesoscutum sparsely (i = 1 – 2 d) punctate, shiny (Fig. 89 D); metapostnotum with few hairs in upper corners and matt (Fig. 89 E).	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFF87FFF4FD9EFE3AFEA6F9C8.taxon	etymology	Etymology The species is named for its red Legs.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFF87FFF4FD9EFE3AFEA6F9C8.taxon	materials_examined	Type material (7 specimens) Holotype SOUTH AFRICA • ♀; 20 km S of Nieuwoudtville, Farm Papkuilsfontein, Fynbos; 31 ° 33 ′ 16 ″ S, 19 ° 08 ′ 31 ″ E; 680 m a. s. l.; 27 Aug. 2012; MK leg.; SAMC. Paratypes SOUTH AFRICA • 4 ♀♀, 2 ♂♂; 20 km S of Nieuwoudtville, Farm Papkuilsfontein, Fynbos; 31 ° 33 ′ 16 ″ S, 19 ° 08 ′ 31 ″ E; 680 m a. s. l.; 27 Aug. 2012; MK leg.; RCMK.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFF87FFF4FD9EFE3AFEA6F9C8.taxon	description	Description Female BODY LENGTH. 6.1 – 7.4 mm. HEAD. Head wider than long. Vertex almost straight and flat, except for the ocelli. Integument black, except part of mandibles red or reddish-brown. Face covered with long, black hair and patches of long white hair above base of antenna. Face and clypeus with dense (i = 0.5 – 1 d), fine and shallow punctation, supraclypeal area with more dispersed (i = 0.5 – 2 d) punctation (Fig. 87 C). Surface between punctures slightly shiny. Antenna black. MESOSOMA. Integument black, tegula orange. Mesoscutum matt. Mesoscutum and mesoscutellum sparsely (i = 1 – 2 d), finely and shallow punctate (Fig. 87 D). Propodeum densely (i = 0.5 – 1 d), finely and shallow punctate, metapostnotum matt (Fig. 88 A). Mesoscutum, mesoscutellum and mesepisternum sparsely covered with long, black hair mixed with shorter, white hair (Fig. 87 D). Metanotum and propodeum sparsely covered with short, white hair, metapostnotum only with few hairs in upper corners (Figs 87 D, 88 A). WINGS. Fuscous; wing venation brown and stigma dark brown to black (Fig. 87 A). LEGS. Integument of coxa and trochanter reddish-brown to black, trochanter apically red, tibia and tarsi red. Coxa, trochanter and femur covered with long, black hair mixed with shorter white hair. Tibia and tarsus very sparsely covered with long, black hair and covered with shorter white hair; very loose patches with white pubescence apically on the tibia on hind legs (Fig. 87 A). METASOMA. Integument of T 1 and T 2 red, T 3 to a variable extent red, from basal quarter red to only marginal zone black; T 4 – T 6 black. T 1 and T 2 sparsely covered with short white and black hair, from T 3 increasingly more and longer, black hair (Fig. 87 B). T 6 narrow and almost straight apically, with short, white hair mixed with short, brown hair and a few long, black hairs, apical margin with very short, dense, golden hair (Fig. 88 B). Shape of S 6 (Fig. 88 C) as illustrated. Male BODY LENGTH. 6.1 – 7.2 mm. HEAD. Head wider than long. Vertex almost straight and flat, except for the ocelli. Integument black, except part of mandibles red or reddish-brown. Face covered with long, black hair and patches of long white hair above base of antenna. Face and clypeus with dense (i = 0.5 – 1 d), fine and shallow punctation, supraclypeal area with more dispersed (i = 0.5 – 2 d) punctation (Fig. 89 C). Surface between punctures slightly shiny. Antenna black. MESOSOMA. Integument black, tegula orange. Mesoscutum slightly shiny. Mesoscutum and mesoscutellum sparsely (i = 1 – 2 d), finely and shallowly punctate (Fig. 89 D). Propodeum densely (i = 1 – 2 d), finely and shallowly punctate, metapostnotum matt (Fig. 89 E). Mesoscutum, mesoscutellum and mesepisternum sparsely covered with long, black hair mixed with shorter, white hair (Fig. 89 D). Metanotum and propodeum sparsely covered with short, white hair, metapostnotum only with few hairs in upper corners (Fig. 89 E). WINGS. Fuscous; wing venation brown and stigma dark brown to black (Fig. 89 A). LEGS. Integument of coxa and trochanter reddish-brown to black, trochanter apically red, tibia and tarsi red. Coxa, trochanter and femur covered with long, black hair mixed with shorter, white hair. Tibia and tarsi very sparsely covered with long, black hair and with shorter, white hair; very loose patches of white pubescence apically on the tibia, except on anterior legs (Fig. 89 A). METASOMA. Integument of T 1 and T 2 red, T 3 marginal zone black and T 4 – T 7 black. T 1 and T 2 sparsely covered with short, white and black hair, from T 3 increasingly more and longer black hair (Fig. 89 B). T 7 covered with short, yellowish-white hair and longer, black hair (Fig. 89 F). TERMINALIA. Genitalia (Fig. 90 C – D), S 7 (Fig. 90 A) and terminal plate of S 8 (Fig. 90 B) as illustrated.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFF87FFF4FD9EFE3AFEA6F9C8.taxon	distribution	Distribution Only known from the type locality on the farm Papkuilsfontein south of Nieuwoudtville.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFF87FFF4FD9EFE3AFEA6F9C8.taxon	biology_ecology	Host bees Unknown. Seasonal activity August.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFF83FFFBFDD0F98CFE18FB81.taxon	description	Figs 91 – 94	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFF83FFFBFDD0F98CFE18FB81.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis The female of S. semirufa can be separated from that of all other species of the genus by the combination of the following characters: S 6 bifid posteriorly, apical notch about one and a half times as long as its apical width (Fig. 92 C); metasoma partially red (Fig. 91 B); fore tibia and tarsi completely or largely red (Fig. 91 A); head wider than long, vertex flat (Fig. 91 C); T 5 apically without fringe (Fig. 92 B); head and mesoscutum with black hair, interspersed with lighter hair (Fig. 91 C – D); mesoscutum shiny, sparsely and shallowly punctate (Fig. 91 D); 2 nd antennal segment approx. twice as long as 3 rd segment (Fig. 91 C); metapostnotum approx. as high as wide, superficially shagreened and more shiny (Fig. 92 A). The male can be separated from that of all other species by the combination of the following characters: metasoma at least partially red (Fig. 93 B); fore tibia and tarsi completely red or light red (Fig. 93 A); metapostnotum glabrous and shiny (Fig. 93 E); head and mesosoma with long, black hair mixed with short, white hair (Fig. 93 C – D); wings fuscous (Fig. 93 A).	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFF83FFFBFDD0F98CFE18FB81.taxon	materials_examined	Additional material examined (56 specimens) SOUTH AFRICA • 1 ♀; W Cape, Kamiesberg; 30 ° 10 ′ 31 ″ S, 18 ° 00 ′ 53 ″ E; 15 Sep. 2012; CE leg.; SANC • 1 ♀; Remhoogte, slope, white trap; 30 ° 14 ′ S, 18 ° 10 ′ E; 11 Sep. 2003; CM leg.; SANC • 1 ♀; N Cape Prov., Studer’s Pass near Garies; 30 ° 26 ′ S, 17 ° 03 ′ E; 16 Sep. 2007; CE leg.; SANC • 1 ♀; N Cape, Nieuwoudtville, Flower Reserve East; 31 ° 21 ′ 56 ″ S, 19 ° 08 ′ 52 ″ E; 735 m a. s. l.; 6 Sep. 2002; MK leg.; RCMK • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; 11 Sep. 2002; RCMK • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; 7 Sep. 2003; MK leg.; RCMK; on Oxalis sp.; RCMK • 1 ♀; N Cape, Nieuwoudtville, Flower Reserve East; 31 ° 21 ′ 56 ″ S, 19 ° 08 ′ 52 ″ E; 735 m a. s. l.; 11 Sep. 2003; MK leg.; RCMK • 6 ♀♀, 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; 12 Aug. 2004; RCMK • 4 ♂♂; same collection data as for preceding; 13 Aug. 2004; RCMK • 2 ♀♀, 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; 19 Aug. 2004; RCMK • 10 ♀♀; N Cape, Nieuwoudtville, Flower Reserve, Rondell, Car Park East; 31 ° 22 ′ 18 ″ S, 19 ° 08 ′ 58 ″ E; 730 m a. s. l.; 4 Oct. 2006; MK leg.; RCMK • 7 ♀♀; Nieuwoudtville, Wild Flower Reserve, Car Park East; 31 ° 22 ′ 18 ″ S, 19 ° 08 ′ 58 ″ E; 730 m a. s. l.; 20 Aug. 2007; KT leg.; RCMK • 1 ♀, 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; 14 Aug. 2010; MK leg.; RCMK • 3 ♀♀, 10 ♂♂; Nieuwoudtville, pad to Farm Glen Lyon, slope; 31 ° 23 ′ 25 ″ S, 19 ° 08 ′ 28 ″ E; 737 m a. s. l.; 19 Aug. 2007; KT leg.; RCMK • 2 ♀♀; Nieuwoudtville, Hantam Bot. Gard., Kamel Koppie; 31 ° 24 ′ 48 ″ S, 19 ° 09 ′ 23 ″ E; 760 m a. s. l.; 12 Sep. 2008; MK leg.; RCMK • 1 ♀; 18 km S of Calvinia, Nooiensrivier Pad, dolerite; 31 ° 37 ′ 16 ″ S, 19 ° 46 ′ 20 ″ E; 1100 m a. s. l.; 31 Aug. 2016; MK leg.; RCMK.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFF83FFFBFDD0F98CFE18FB81.taxon	description	Description Female BODY LENGTH. 6.0 – 8.0 mm. HEAD. Head distinctly wider than long. Vertex almost straight and flat, except for the ocelli. Integument black, except part of mandibles red or reddish-brown. Face covered with long, black hair. Face with sparse (i = 0.5 – 1 d), fine and shallow punctation, clypeus and supraclypeal area with more dispersed (i = 0.5 – 2.5 d) punctation (Fig. 91 C). Surface between punctures shiny. Antenna reddish-brown to dark brown. MESOSOMA. Integument black, tegula orange. Mesoscutum shiny. Mesoscutum and mesoscutellum sparsely (i = 1 – 3 d), finely and shallowly punctate (Fig. 91 D). Propodeum densely (i = 0.25 – 0.5 d), finely and deeply punctate, metapostnotum shiny (Fig. 92 A). Mesoscutum, mesoscutellum and mesepisternum sparsely covered with long, black hair mixed with shorter, yellowish-white hair (Fig. 91 D). Metanotum and propodeum sparsely covered with short, white hair, metapostnotum glabrous (Figs 91 D, 92 A). WINGS. Yellowish-brown; wing venation brown and stigma brown to dark brown (Fig. 91 A). LEGS. Integument of coxa and trochanter reddish-brown to black, trochanter apically, tibia and tarsi entirely red. Coxa, trochanter and femur covered with long, black hair mixed with shorter, white hair. Tibia and tarsus very sparsely covered with long, black hair and covered with shorter, white hair; very loose patches of white pubescence apically on the tibia, except anterior leg (Fig. 91 A). METASOMA. Integument of T 1 red, T 2 and T 3 to a variable extent red, from T 2 basal half red to T 3 basal quarter red; T 4 – T 6 black. T 1 and T 2 sparsely covered with short, white and black hair, from T 3 increasingly more and longer black hair (Fig. 91 B). T 6 narrow and almost straight apically, with long, black hair. Apical margin with fairly short, dense, golden hair (Fig. 92 B). Shape of S 6 (Fig. 92 C) as illustrated. Male BODY LENGTH. 6.5 – 8.0 mm. HEAD. Head distinctly wider than long. Vertex almost straight and flat, except for the ocelli. Integument black, except part of mandibles red or reddish-brown. Face covered with long, black hair. Face with sparse (i = 0.5 – 1 d), fine and shallow punctation, clypeus and supraclypeal area with more dispersed (i = 0.5 – 2.5 d) punctation (Fig. 93 C). Surface between punctures shiny. Antenna reddish-brown to dark brown. MESOSOMA. Integument black, tegula orange, partially translucent. Mesoscutum shiny. Mesoscutum and mesoscutellum sparsely (i = 1 – 3 d), finely and shallowly punctate (Fig. 93 D). Propodeum densely (i = 1 – 3 d), finely and deeply punctate, metapostnotum shiny (Fig. 93 E). Mesoscutum, mesoscutellum and mesepisternum sparsely covered with long, black hair mixed with shorter, yellowish-white hair (Fig. 93 D). Metanotum and propodeum sparsely covered with short, white hair, metapostnotum glabrous (Fig. 93 D – E). WINGS. Yellowish-brown; wing venation brown and stigma dark brown to black (Fig. 93 A). LEGS. Integument of coxa and trochanter reddish-brown to black, trochanter apically, tibia and tarsi entirely red. Coxa, trochanter and femur covered with long, black hair mixed with shorter, white hair. Tibia and tarsus very sparsely covered with long, black hair and covered with shorter, white hair; very loose patches of white pubescence apically on the tibia, except anterior leg (Fig. 93 A). METASOMA. Integument of T 1 red, T 2 and T 3 to a variable extent red, from T 2 basal half red toT 3 basal quarter red; T 4 – T 7 black. T 1 and T 2 sparsely covered with short, white and black hair, from T 3 increasingly more and longer black hair (Fig. 93 B). T 7 covered with long, black hair and shorter, white hair underneath (Fig. 93 F). TERMINALIA. Genitalia (Fig. 94 C – D), S 7 (Fig. 94 A) and terminal plate of S 8 (Fig. 94 B) as illustrated.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFF83FFFBFDD0F98CFE18FB81.taxon	distribution	Distribution Found throughout western South Africa. Specimens from the easternmost localities (Willowmore, Grahamstown) mentioned by Eardley & Brothers (1997) could not be examined.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFF83FFFBFDD0F98CFE18FB81.taxon	biology_ecology	Host bees Confirmed host is Patellapis doleritica Timmermann in Timmermann & Kuhlmann, 2009 add to references (= sp. 1) (Timmermann & Kuhlmann 2008). Seasonal activity August – September.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFF8CFFFDFDB3FB47FE36FA0D.taxon	description	Figs 95 – 96	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFF8CFFFDFDB3FB47FE36FA0D.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis The female of S. villosa is unknown. The male can be separated from that of all other species by the combination of the following characters: metasoma at least partially red (Fig. 95 B); fore legs usually black, with small reddish spots (Fig. 95 A); head and mesosoma with black hair, sometimes mixed with lighter hair (Fig. 95 C – D); mesoscutum sparsely, finely and shallowly punctate, very shiny (Fig. 95 D); metapostnotum almost twice as wide as high (Fig. 95 E); gonostylus, broad, rounded posteriorly and slightly bent inward (Fig. 96 C – D). This characteristic species was described in detail by Eardley & Brothers (1997). Thus, to facilitate the identification only images are provided (Figs 95 – 96) without repeating the description.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFF8CFFFDFDB3FB47FE36FA0D.taxon	materials_examined	Additional material examined None.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFF8CFFFDFDB3FB47FE36FA0D.taxon	distribution	Distribution Only known from the type locality Zeerust in NE South Africa. The specimen collected in Vanrhynsdorp, Namaqualand (Eardley & Brothers 1997: 404), could not be checked but it is unlikely that it represents the same species as it was collected in the Succulent Karoo biome in the winter rainfall region that is climatically completely different from the Savanna biome with summer rainfall around Zeerust.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFF8CFFFDFDB3FB47FE36FA0D.taxon	biology_ecology	Host bees Unknown. Seasonal activity Unknown. Isolated species	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFF8AFFFEFD86FA32FEFDFDEF.taxon	description	urn: lsid: zoobank. org: act: BB 54 F 0 E 7 - CD 7 E- 4 A 10 - BB 06 - 28 B 82 E 89 D 119 Figs 97 – 98	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFF8AFFFEFD86FA32FEFDFDEF.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis The female of S. bifida sp. nov. can be separated from that of all other species of the genus by the combination of the following characters: S 6 bifid posteriorly, apical notch without a small tip distally; shape as shown in Fig. 98 C; body length> 6 mm; metasoma partially red (Fig. 97 B); fore tibia and tarsi usually black, sometimes with small reddish spots (Fig. 97 A); head and mesoscutum with black hair, mixed with shorter white hair (Fig. 97 C – D); T 6 rounded apically, covered with black and shorter white hair (Fig. 98 B). The male is unknown.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFF8AFFFEFD86FA32FEFDFDEF.taxon	etymology	Etymology The name refers to the apically bifid S 6 on the female specimens.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFF8AFFFEFD86FA32FEFDFDEF.taxon	materials_examined	Type material (5 specimens) Holotype SOUTH AFRICA • ♀; 6 km NNW of Farm Kanariesfontein, 30 km W of Sutherland, roadside; 32 ° 22 ′ 17 ″ S, 20 ° 22 ′ 50 ″ E; 1310 m a. s. l.; 16 Sep. 2017; MK leg.; SAMC. Paratypes SOUTH AFRICA • 1 ♀; 8 km WNW of Leliefontein, Fynbos, roadside; 30 ° 15 ′ 58 ″ S, 18 ° 03 ′ 17 ″ E; 1190 m a. s. l.; 14 Sep. 2017; MK leg.; RCMK • 3 ♀♀; 6 km NNW of Farm Kanariesfontein, 30 km W of Sutherland, roadside; 32 ° 22 ′ 17 ″ S, 20 ° 22 ′ 50 ″ E; 1310 m a. s. l.; 16 Sep. 2017; MK leg.; RCMK.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFF8AFFFEFD86FA32FEFDFDEF.taxon	description	Description Female BODY LENGTH. 5.4 – 5.8 mm. HEAD. Head wider than long. Vertex slightly rounded, ocelli highest point. Integument black, except part of mandibles red or reddish-brown. Face covered with long, black hair mixed with short, white hair. Face with dense (i = 0.25 – 0.5 d), coarse and deep punctation, clypeus and supraclypeal area with more dispersed (i = 0.5 – 1 d) punctation (Fig. 97 C). Surface between punctures slightly shiny. Antenna reddish-brown to dark brown. MESOSOMA. Integument black, tegula orange. Mesoscutum slightly matt. Mesoscutum and mesoscutellum densely (i = 0.5 – 1 d) and finely but deeply punctate (Fig. 97 D). Propodeum with dense (i = 0.5 – 1 d) and fine but shallow punctation, metapostnotum matt (Fig. 98 A). Mesoscutum, mesoscutellum and mesepisternum sparsely covered with long, black hair mixed with shorter, white hair (Fig. 97 D). Metanotum and propodeum very sparsely covered with short, white hair, metapostnotum glabrous (Figs 97 D, 98 A). WINGS. Yellowish-brown; wing venation dark brown and stigma dark brown to black (Fig. 97 A). LEGS. Integument black. Coxa, trochanter and femur sparsely covered with long, black hair mixed with shorter white hair. Tibia and tarsi very sparsely covered with short, black hair mixed with short white hair (Fig. 97 A). METASOMA. Integument of T 1 – T 3 red, T 4 to a variable extent red, from basal half to completely red, T 5 and T 6 black. T 1 and T 2 with few short, white and black hair, from T 3 increasingly more and longer, black hair (Fig. 97 B). T 5 marginal zone with few white, short hairs. T 6 broad and rounded apically, covered with long, black hair and short, white hair underneath (Fig. 98 B). Shape of S 6 (Fig. 98 C) as illustrated. Male Unknown.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFF8AFFFEFD86FA32FEFDFDEF.taxon	distribution	Distribution The species was only found in the Kamiesberg Mts and the southern Roggeveld Mts.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFF8AFFFEFD86FA32FEFDFDEF.taxon	biology_ecology	Host bees Unknown. Seasonal activity September.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFF89FF00FDC3FDA2FDE2F976.taxon	description	Figs 99 – 100	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFF89FF00FDC3FDA2FDE2F976.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis The female paratype of S. carolinae was not available for study but was described by Eardley (2007: 196). The male of S. carolinae can be separated from that of all other species of the genus by the combination of the following characters: metasoma at least partially red (Fig. 99 B); fore legs usually black (Fig. 99 A); head and mesosoma with short white hair (Fig. 99 C – D); mesoscutum densely, coarsely and deeply punctate, matt or slightly shiny (Fig. 99 D); propodeum shagreened and matt, just like the metapostnotum, covered only with white hair (Figs 99 E, 100 B); genitalia elongated and narrow (Fig. 100 C).	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFF89FF00FDC3FDA2FDE2F976.taxon	materials_examined	Additional material examined (2 specimens) SOUTH AFRICA • 2 ♂♂; N Cape, Fynbos, 2 km W of Nieuwoudtville, near Grasberg; 31 ° 21 ′ 05 ″ S, 19 ° 05 ′ 49 ″ E; 742 m a. s. l.; 23 Aug. 2003; KT leg.; RCMK.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFF89FF00FDC3FDA2FDE2F976.taxon	description	Description Female See Eardley (2007: 196). Male BODY LENGTH. 6.5 mm. HEAD. Head wider than long. Vertex slightly rounded, ocelli highest point. Integument black, except part of mandibles red or reddish-brown. Face covered with short, white hair, mixed with short, black hair. Face with dense (i = 0.25 – 0.5 d) and fairly fine, but deep punctation (Fig. 99 C). Surface between punctures matt. Antenna black. MESOSOMA. Integument black, tegula yellow. Mesoscutum matt. Mesoscutum and mesoscutellum densely (i = 0.25 – 0.5 d) and fairly finely but deeply punctate (Fig. 99 D). Propodeum and metapostnotum matt (Fig. 99 E). Mesoscutum, mesoscutellum and mesepisternum sparsely covered with short, yellowish-white hair (Fig. 99 D). Metanotum and propodeum sparsely covered with short, white hair, metapostnotum glabrous (Fig. 99 D – E). WINGS. Yellowish; wing venation brown and stigma brown to dark brown (Fig. 99 A). LEGS. Integument black. Coxa, trochanter and femur sparsely covered with short, white hair. Tibia and tarsi covered with short, white hair (Fig. 99 A). METASOMA. Integument of T 1 basally black, T 2 red, T 3 – T 7 to a variable extent red, from completely red to completely black. T 1 – T 2 with few short, white hair, from T 3 increasingly more and longer hair (Fig. 99 B). T 5 and T 6 disc covered with long, golden hair. T 7 covered with short, yellowish-white hair and longer golden hair (Fig. 99 F). TERMINALIA. Genitalia (Fig. 100 C – D), S 7 (Fig. 100 A) and terminal plate of S 8 (Fig. 100 B) as illustrated.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFF89FF00FDC3FDA2FDE2F976.taxon	distribution	Distribution Only known from the Kamiesberg Mts and the vicinity of Nieuwoudtville (Eardley 2007).	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFF89FF00FDC3FDA2FDE2F976.taxon	biology_ecology	Host bees Unknown. Seasonal activity August – September (Eardley 2007).	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFF77FF05FD61F935FE85F984.taxon	description	urn: lsid: zoobank. org: act: 985230 AE- 3 C 14 - 44 E 9 - 8 BCA-F 4815159 D 3 A 8 Figs 101 – 102	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFF77FF05FD61F935FE85F984.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis The female of S. chrysea sp. nov. is unknown. The male can be separated from that of all other species by the combination of the following characters: metasoma at least partially red (Fig. 101 B); fore legs usually black (Fig. 101 A); head and mesosoma with short white hair (Fig. 101 C – D); mesoscutum densely, coarsely and deeply punctate, matt or slightly shiny (Fig. 101 D); propodeum smooth and shiny, except for the metapostnotum, covered only with white hair (Fig. 101 E); genitalia elongated and narrow (Fig. 102 B – C).	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFF77FF05FD61F935FE85F984.taxon	etymology	Etymology The name refers to the shiny golden hair on the mesoscutum and scutellum.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFF77FF05FD61F935FE85F984.taxon	materials_examined	Type material (2 specimens) Holotype SOUTH AFRICA • ♂; Nieuwoudtville, Farm Glen Lyon, Renosterveld; 31 ° 24 ′ 03 ″ S, 19 ° 08 ′ 34 ″ E; 700 m a. s. l.; 31 May 2004; MK leg.; SAMC. Paratype SOUTH AFRICA • 1 ♂; Gemsbokrivier-Pad, 4.5 km NE of Grootdrif, roadside; 31 ° 25 ′ 54 ″ S, 18 ° 55 ′ 16 ″ E; 170 m a. s. l.; 28 May 2013; MK leg.; RCMK.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFF77FF05FD61F935FE85F984.taxon	description	Description Female Unknown. Male BODY LENGTH. 6.0 mm. HEAD. Head wider than long. Vertex slightly rounded, ocelli highest point. Integument black, except part of mandibles red or reddish-brown. Face covered with long, black hair mixed with short, white hair, with patch of white hair above base of the antenna. Face with dense (i = 0.25 – 0.5 d) and fine but deep punctation, supraclypeal area with fine and more dispersed (i = 0.5 – 1 d) punctation (Fig. 101 C), between punctures slightly shiny. Antenna black. MESOSOMA. Integument black, tegula brown. Mesoscutum slightly shiny. Mesoscutum and mesoscutellum densely (i = 0.25 – 1 d) and finely but deeply punctate (Fig. 101 D). Propodeum with sparse (i = 0.5 – 1.5 d), fine and shallow punctation, metapostnotum matt (Fig. 101 E). Mesoscutum, mesoscutellum and mesepisternum covered with long, golden hair (Fig. 101 D). Metanotum and propodeum covered with short, golden hair, metapostnotum glabrous (Fig. 101 D – E). WINGS. Yellowish; wing venation brown and stigma brown to dark brown (Fig. 101 A). LEGS. Integument black. Coxa, trochanter and femur sparsely covered with fairly long, black hair mixed with short, white hair. Tibia and tarsi covered with short, white hair mixed with short, black hair (Fig. 101 A). METASOMA. Integument of T 1 – T 5 red, T 6 apical quarter black, T 7 black. T 1 and T 2 with few short, white hair mixed with short, black hair, from T 3 increasingly more and longer hair (Fig. 101 B). T 7 covered with short, golden hair (Fig. 101 F). TERMINALIA. Genitalia (Fig. 102 B – C) and terminal plate of S 8 (Fig. 102 A) as illustrated. Unfortunately, S 7 of the specimen was lost during dissection.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFF77FF05FD61F935FE85F984.taxon	distribution	Distribution Only known from the wider Nieuwoudtville area.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFF77FF05FD61F935FE85F984.taxon	biology_ecology	Host bees Unknown. Seasonal activity May.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFF77FF05FD61F935FE85F984.taxon	discussion	Comment This species possibly represents the unknown male of S. papilla as both were collected in autumn in the same area.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFF72FF06FD6EF9BAFE18FE05.taxon	description	urn: lsid: zoobank. org: act: 4 ADDC 4 FF- 2 ABC- 4 B 9 B-A 3 A 6 - 3 B 661 F 722 B 36 Figs 103 – 104	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFF72FF06FD6EF9BAFE18FE05.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis The female of S. directa sp. nov. can be separated from that of all other species of the genus by the combination of the following characters: S 6 bifid posteriorly, apical notch about three times as long as its apical width, shape as shown in Fig. 104 C; metasoma partially red (Fig. 103 B); front legs with red dots on femur and tibia (Fig. 103 A); T 6 densely covered with golden hair (Fig. 104 B). The male is unknown.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFF72FF06FD6EF9BAFE18FE05.taxon	etymology	Etymology The name refers to the long straight tips of the female S 6.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFF72FF06FD6EF9BAFE18FE05.taxon	materials_examined	Type material (2 specimens) Holotype SOUTH AFRICA • ♀; Leliefontein, plain; 31 ° 14 ′ S, 18 ° 09 ′ E; 31 Aug. 2003; CM leg.; SANC. Paratype SOUTH AFRICA • 1 ♀; Leliefontein, plain; 31 ° 14 ′ S, 18 ° 09 ′ E; 21 Sep. 2004; CM leg.; RCMK.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFF72FF06FD6EF9BAFE18FE05.taxon	description	Description Female BODY LENGTH. 5.6 mm. HEAD. Head wider than long. Vertex rounded, ocelli highest point. Integument black, except part of mandibles red or reddish-brown. Face covered with short, white hair mixed with short black hair. Face with dense (i = 0.5 – 1 d) and fairly fine but deep punctation (Fig. 103 C), between punctures slightly matt. Antenna black. MESOSOMA. Integument black, except red under the pronotal lobe, tegulae red. Mesoscutum slightly matt. Mesoscutum and mesoscutellum densely (i = 0.25 – 0.5 d) and fairly finely but deeply punctate (Fig. 103 D). Propodeum with dense (i = 1 – 1.5 d), fairly fine but shallow punctation, metapostnotum matt (Fig. 104 A). Mesoscutum and mesoscutellum with short, white hair mixed with very short, golden hair (Fig. 103 D). Metanotum, propodeum and mesepisternum sparsely covered with short, white hair, metapostnotum glabrous (Figs 103 D, 104 A). WINGS. Yellowish-brown; wing venation brown and stigma brown to dark brown (Fig. 103 A). LEGS. Integument mostly black with few red patches. Coxa, trochanter and femur sparsely covered with fairly long, white hair mixed with short, white hair. Tibia and tarsi covered with short, white hair (Fig. 103 A). METASOMA. Integument of T 1 – T 3 red, T 4 basal quarter red, the rest, T 5 and T 6 black. T 1 and T 2 with few short, white hair, from T 3 increasingly more and longer hair (Fig. 103 B). T 6 broad and rounded apically, covered with long, white hair (Fig. 104 B). Shape of S 6 (Fig. 104 C) as illustrated. Male Unknown.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFF72FF06FD6EF9BAFE18FE05.taxon	distribution	Distribution Only known from the type locality in the Kamiesberg Mts.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFF72FF06FD6EF9BAFE18FE05.taxon	biology_ecology	Host bees Unknown. Seasonal activity August – September.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFF71FF08FDA8FE3AFE9EFBD9.taxon	description	urn: lsid: zoobank. org: act: 7 DDC 25 CB-D 651 - 474 F-ABF 8 - 5 A 15380 EEA 33 Figs 105 – 106	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFF71FF08FDA8FE3AFE9EFBD9.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis The female of S. fimbriata sp. nov. can be separated from that of all other species of the genus by the combination of the following characters: S 6 bifid posteriorly, apical notch shorter and narrower, about as long as its apical width (Fig. 106 C); metasoma partially red (Fig. 105 B); fore tibia and tarsi completely or largely red (Fig. 105 A); head wider than long, vertex slightly rounded (Fig. 105 C); T 5 apically with conspicuously long fringe of bright white, strongly branched hair, laterally distinctly longer forming a small medial gap (Fig. 106 B). The male is unknown.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFF71FF08FDA8FE3AFE9EFBD9.taxon	etymology	Etymology The species is named for the conspicuous white fimbria of the female T 5.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFF71FF08FDA8FE3AFE9EFBD9.taxon	materials_examined	Type material (1 specimen) Holotype SOUTH AFRICA • ♀; C. P., 6 km N of Kamieskroon, Farm Arkoep; 30 ° 19 ′ S, 17 ° 56 ′ E; 1 – 2 Oct. 1990; CE leg.; SANC.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFF71FF08FDA8FE3AFE9EFBD9.taxon	description	Description Female BODY LENGTH. 5.0 mm. HEAD. Head wider than long. Vertex slightly rounded, ocelli highest point. Integument black, except part of mandibles red. Face covered with bright white hair. Face with dense (i = 0.25 – 0.5 d), fine and shallow punctation (Fig. 105 C). Surface between punctures slightly shiny. Antenna red to reddish-brown. MESOSOMA. Integument black, tegula yellow. Mesoscutum fairly smooth and shiny. Mesoscutum, mesoscutellum and metanotum sparsely (i = 1 – 2.5 d), finely and shallowly punctate (Fig. 105 C). Propodeum with dense (i = 0 – 0.25 d), fine and shallow punctation, metapostnotum fairly shiny (Fig. 106 A). Mesoscutum, mesoscutellum, metanotum and mesepisternum covered with short yellowish-white to bright white hair (Fig. 105 C). Propodeum covered with short, bright white hair, metapostnotum glabrous (Fig. 106 A). WINGS. Yellowish; wing venation brown and stigma brown (Fig. 105 A). LEGS. Integument of coxa and trochanter red. Femur, tibia and tarsi light red. Coxa, trochanter and femur sparsely covered with short, white hair. Tibia and tarsus covered with short, white hair (Fig. 105 A). METASOMA. Integument of T 1 – T 6 light red, T 6 in the middle dark. T 1 and T 2 with few short, white hair, from T 3 increasingly more and longer hair. T 4 marginal zone with dense short, white hair (Fig. 105 B). T 5 with long, white hair and apical margin with two bright white fringes of hair. T 6 broad and rounded apically, covered with short, white hair and golden hair apically (Fig. 106 B). Shape of S 6 (Fig. 106 C) as illustrated. Male Unknown.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFF71FF08FDA8FE3AFE9EFBD9.taxon	distribution	Distribution Only known from the type locality.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFF71FF08FDA8FE3AFE9EFBD9.taxon	biology_ecology	Host bees Unknown. Seasonal activity October.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFF7FFF0BFDECFB9EFD39FE95.taxon	description	Fig. 107	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFF7FFF0BFDECFB9EFD39FE95.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis The female of S. longipygidium can be separated from that of all other species of the genus by the combination of the following characters: S 6 bifid posteriorly; metasoma partially red (Fig. 107 B); fore tibia and tarsi completely or largely red (Fig. 107 A); head wider than long, vertex slightly rounded (Fig. 107 C); mesoscutum matt, densely and deeply punctate (Fig. 107 D); T 5 apically without hair fringe (Fig. 107 B); head and mesoscutum with black hair (Fig. 107 C – D); T 6 narrow and almost truncate apically, with long black hair (Fig. 107 B). The male is unknown. This characteristic species was described in detail by Eardley & Brothers (1997). Thus, to facilitate the identification only images are provided (Fig. 107) without repeating the description.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFF7FFF0BFDECFB9EFD39FE95.taxon	materials_examined	Additional material examined None.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFF7FFF0BFDECFB9EFD39FE95.taxon	distribution	Distribution Only known from the type locality Nuwerus (Eardley & Brothers 1997).	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFF7FFF0BFDECFB9EFD39FE95.taxon	biology_ecology	Host bees Unknown. Seasonal activity September (Eardley & Brothers 1997).	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFF7DFF0DFDFBFECDFEE1FAD3.taxon	description	Fig. 108	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFF7DFF0DFDFBFECDFEE1FAD3.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis The female of S. minutissima can be separated from that of all other species of the genus by the combination of the following characters: S 6 bifid posteriorly, apical notch about as long as its apical width (Fig. 108 E); Metasoma partially red (Fig. 108 B); fore tibia and tarsi completely or largely red (Fig. 108 A); Head only slightly wider than long, vertex conspicuously raised and rounded (Fig. 108 C). Males were not available for study (see Eardley & Brothers 1997). This characteristic species was described in detail by Eardley & Brothers (1997). Thus, to facilitate the identification only images are provided (Fig. 108) without repeating the description.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFF7DFF0DFDFBFECDFEE1FAD3.taxon	materials_examined	Additional material examined None.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFF7DFF0DFDFBFECDFEE1FAD3.taxon	distribution	Distribution Only known from the type localities in central South Africa (Eardley & Brothers 1997).	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFF7DFF0DFDFBFECDFEE1FAD3.taxon	biology_ecology	Host bees Unknown. Seasonal activity November – January (Eardley & Brothers 1997).	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFF7DFF0DFDFBFECDFEE1FAD3.taxon	discussion	Comment The additional specimens mentioned by Eardley & Brothers (1997) are misidentifications and represent other species.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFF7AFF10FD99FA93FE18FDAC.taxon	description	urn: lsid: zoobank. org: act: 217 A 8 B 44 - 1 ADC- 40 E 3 - ADA 5 - 15 F 62 C 11 CA 25 Figs 109 – 112	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFF7AFF10FD99FA93FE18FDAC.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis The female of S. regina sp. nov. can be separated from that of all other species by the combination of the following characters: S 6 bifid posteriorly, apical notch about as long as its apical width (Fig. 110 C); metasoma partially red (Fig. 109 B); fore tibia and tarsi completely or largely red (Fig. 109 A); head wider than long, vertex flat (Fig. 109 C); T 5 apically without hair fringe (Fig. 110 B); head and mesoscutum with short golden hair (Fig. 109 C – D); propodeum sparsely covered with golden hair (Fig. 110 A). The male can be separated from that of all other species by the combination of the following characters: body length 4.9 mm; metasoma at least partially red (Fig. 111 B); fore tibia and tarsi completely red (Fig. 111 A); metapostnotum glabrous and shiny (Fig. 111 E); Head and mesosoma with relatively short golden and white hair (Fig. 111 C – D); wings slightly yellowish, almost clear (Fig. 111 A).	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFF7AFF10FD99FA93FE18FDAC.taxon	etymology	Etymology The species looks like a queen (Latin: ‘ regina ’) because of the golden ‘ crown’ hairs on the female vertex. Noun in apposition.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFF7AFF10FD99FA93FE18FDAC.taxon	materials_examined	Type material (9 specimens) Holotype SOUTH AFRICA • ♀; Gemsbokrivier-Pad, 4.5 km NE of Grootdrif, roadside; 31 ° 25 ′ 54 ″ S, 18 ° 55 ′ 16 ″ E; 170 m a. s. l.; 17 Aug. 2010; MK leg.; SAMC. Paratypes SOUTH AFRICA • 1 ♀; Leliefontein, plain; 30 ° 14 ′ S, 18 ° 09 ′ E; 23 Sep. 2003; CM leg.; RCMK • 1 ♂; Remhoogte, slope; 30 ° 14 ′ S, 18 ° 10 ′ E; 14 Sep. 2003; CM leg.; RCMK • 1 ♀, 1 ♂; Hantam Mts, river bank, 32 km N of Calvinia, S of Klipwerf Farm; 31 ° 12 ′ 09 ″ S, 19 ° 50 ′ 04 ″ E; 870 m a. s. l.; 30 Aug. 2010; MK leg.; RCMK • 2 ♀♀, 1 ♂; W Cape, Knersvlakte, Sukkulent Karoo, 30 km N of Vanrhynsdorp; 31 ° 22 ′ 23 ″ S, 18 ° 42 ′ 37 ″ E; 146 m a. s. l.; 5 – 6 Sep. 2003; KT leg.; RCMK • 1 ♀; W Cape, Knersvlakte, Farm Kaapse Drif; 31 ° 26 ′ 01 ″ S, 18 ° 47 ′ 34 ″ E; 22 Sep. 1999; MK leg.; RCMK.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFF7AFF10FD99FA93FE18FDAC.taxon	description	Description Female BODY LENGTH. 4.0 – 5.2 mm. HEAD. Head wider than long. Vertex rounded, ocelli highest point. Integument black, except part of mandibles red or reddish-brown. Face covered with short, white hair, mixed with short, gold hair. Face with dense (i = 0.25 – 0.5 d), fairly fine and shallow punctation, supraclypeal area with more dispersed (i = 0.5 – 1 d) punctation (Fig. 109 C). Surface between punctures slightly shiny. Antenna reddish-brown to brown. MESOSOMA. Integument black, tegula yellow. Mesoscutum slightly shiny. Mesoscutum and mesoscutellum densely (i = 0.25 – 0.5 d), finely and shallowly punctate (Fig. 109 D). Propodeum with sparse (i = 1 – 2 d), fine and shallow punctation, metapostnotum shiny (Fig. 110 A). Mesoscutum, mesoscutellum and mesepisternum sparsely covered with short, white hair mixed with short, gold hair (Fig. 109 D). Metanotum and propodeum sparsely covered short, white hair mixed with short, gold hair, metapostnotum glabrous (Figs 109 D, 110 A). WINGS. Yellowish; wing venation brown and stigma brown (Fig. 109 A). LEGS. Integument of coxa and trochanter dark reddish-brown to black, femur tibia and tarsus of variable color. Femur basal half black and femur apical half, tibia and tarsi light red, red or dark reddish-brown. Coxa, trochanter and femur sparsely covered with short, white hair. Tibia and tarsi covered with short, white hair (Fig. 109 A). METASOMA. Integument of T 1 – T 3 red, T 4 – T 6 to a variable extent red, from completely red to completely black. T 1 and T 2 with few short, white hairs, from T 3 increasingly more and longer hair (Fig. 109 B). T 6 covered with short, white hair, narrow and rounded apically (Fig. 110 B). Shape of S 6 (Fig. 110 C) as illustrated. Male BODY LENGTH. 4.9 mm. HEAD. Head wider than long. Vertex rounded, ocelli highest point. Integument black, except part of mandibles red or reddish-brown. Face covered with short, white hair, mixed with short, gold hair. Face with dense (i = 0.25 – 0.5 d), fairly fine and shallow punctation, supraclypeal area with more dispersed (i = 0.5 – 1 d) punctation (Fig. 111 C). Surface between punctures slightly shiny. Antenna reddish-brown to brown. MESOSOMA. Integument black, tegula yellow. Mesoscutum slightly shiny. Mesoscutum and mesoscutellum densely (i = 0.25 – 0.5 d), finely and shallowly punctate (Fig. 111 D). Propodeum with sparse (i = 1 – 2 d), fine and shallow punctation, metapostnotum shiny (Fig. 111 E). Mesoscutum, mesoscutellum and mesepisternum sparsely covered with short, white hair mixed with short, gold hair (Fig. 111 D). Metanotum and propodeum sparsely covered with short, white hair mixed with short, gold hair, metapostnotum glabrous (Fig. 111 D – E). WINGS. Yellowish; wing venation brown and stigma brown (Fig. 111 A). LEGS. Integument of coxa and trochanter dark reddish-brown to black, femur tibia and tarsus of variable color. Femur basal half black and femur apical half, tibia and tarsi light red, red or dark reddish-brown. Coxa, trochanter and femur sparsely covered with short, white hair. Tibia and tarsi covered with short, white hair (Fig. 111 A). METASOMA. Integument of T 1 – T 3 red, T 4 – T 7 to a variable extent red, from completely red to completely black. T 1 and T 2 with few short, white hair, from T 3 increasingly more and longer hair (Fig. 111 B). T 7 narrow and rounded apically, covered with short, white hair (Fig. 111 F). TERMINALIA. Genitalia (Fig. 112 C), S 7 (Fig. 112 A) and terminal plate of S 8 (Fig. 112 B) as illustrated.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFF7AFF10FD99FA93FE18FDAC.taxon	distribution	Distribution Found in different parts of Namaqualand.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFF7AFF10FD99FA93FE18FDAC.taxon	biology_ecology	Host bees Unknown. Seasonal activity August – September.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFF67FF12FD9DFD66FE36F90C.taxon	description	urn: lsid: zoobank. org: act: 1 D 21 ECB 3 - 6 A 01 - 462 F- 9 C 54 - 797 D 000 C 98 E 6 Figs 113 – 114	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFF67FF12FD9DFD66FE36F90C.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis The female of S. vicfalls sp. nov. can be separated from that of all other species of the genus by the combination of the following characters: S 6 bifid posteriorly, apical notch about twice as long as its apical width (Fig. 114 C); metasoma partially red (Fig. 113 B); fore tibia and tarsi completely or largely red (Fig. 113 A); head wider than long, vertex flat (Fig. 113 C); T 5 apically with short fringe of hair of ± even length (Fig. 114 B); head and mesoscutum with short white or golden hair (Fig. 113 C – D); propodeum densely covered with bright white hair (Fig. 114 A). The male is unknown.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFF67FF12FD9DFD66FE36F90C.taxon	etymology	Etymology The name is the abbreviation for Victoria Falls, the place where the species was first collected. Noun in apposition.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFF67FF12FD9DFD66FE36F90C.taxon	materials_examined	Type material (11 specimens) Holotype ZIMBABWE • ♀; Victoria Falls; [17 ° 56 ′ S, 25 ° 50 ′ E]; 3 Jan. 1920; SANC. Paratypes NAMIBIA • 1 ♀; Caprivi Zipfel, Katima Mulilo; [17 ° 30 ′ S, 24 ° 15 ′ E]; 15 – 24 Jan. 1995; MSn leg.; RCMS • 1 ♀; Rundu; [17 ° 55 ′ S, 19 ° 45 ′ E]; 17 Jan. 1993; JG leg.; RCMS • 3 ♀♀; 30 km E of Rundu; [17 ° 55 ′ S, 20 ° 00 ′ E]; 23 Jan. 1993; JG leg.; RCMS • 3 ♀♀; same collection data as for preceding; RCMK • 1 ♀; 30 km E of Rundu; [17 ° 55 ′ S, 20 ° 00 ′ E]; 23 Jan. 1993; MS leg.; RCMS • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; RCMK.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFF67FF12FD9DFD66FE36F90C.taxon	description	Description Female BODY LENGTH. 5.0 mm. HEAD. Head wider than long. Vertex rounded, ocelli highest point. Integument black, except part of mandibles red and reddish-brown. Face covered with short, bright white hair. Face with dense (i = 0.25 – 0.5 d) and fine but deep punctation, supraclypeal area with more dispersed (i = 0.5 – 1 d) punctation (Fig. 113 C). Surface between punctures slightly shiny. Antenna reddish-brown to brown. MESOSOMA. Integument black, some reddish-brown, to orange, tegula yellow. Mesoscutum slightly shiny. Mesoscutum and mesoscutellum sparsely (i = 1 – 2.5 d), coarsely and shallowly punctate (Fig. 113 D). Propodeum with dense (i = 0.5 – 1 d), fine and shallow punctation, metapostnotum shiny (Fig. 114 A). Mesoscutum, mesoscutellum, metanotum covered with yellowish-white hair. Mesepisternum and propodeum densely covered with short, bright white hair, metapostnotum glabrous (Figs 113 D, 114 A). WINGS. Yellowish; wing venation brown and stigma brown (Fig. 113 A). LEGS. Integument of coxa, trochanter, femur, tibia and tarsi of variable color light red over red to reddish-brown. Coxa, trochanter and femur sparsely covered with short, white hair. Tibia and tarsus covered with short, white hair (Fig. 113 A). METASOMA. Integument of T 1 – T 5 red, T 6 to a variable extent red, from almost completely red (just apical margin dark) to completely black. T 1 and T 2 with few short, white hair, from T 3 increasingly more and longer hair (Fig. 113 B). T 5 marginal zone with dense short, white hair. T 6 broad and almost straight apically, covered with short, white hair (Fig. 114 B). Shape of S 6 (Fig. 114 C) as illustrated. Male Unknown.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFF67FF12FD9DFD66FE36F90C.taxon	distribution	Distribution Found in northern Namibia and western Zimbabwe.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFF67FF12FD9DFD66FE36F90C.taxon	biology_ecology	Host bees Unknown. Seasonal activity January.	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFF67FF12FD9DFD66FE36F90C.taxon	discussion	Comment The holotype specimen from Victoria Falls was misidentified as S. minutissima by Eardley & Brothers (1997). Nomen dubium	en	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
