identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
03F8216BFFF5FF82FDB0FD9FFE09F9F0.text	03F8216BFFF5FF82FDB0FD9FFE09F9F0.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Sphecodopsis Bischoff 1923	<div><p>Genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923</p><p>Species groups</p><p>The nomenclatural history and the subgeneric concept of Sphecodopsis has been discussed in detail by Eardley &amp; 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 (1933a) treated Sphecodopsis and Pseudopasites as subgenera of Morgania Smith, 1854 and consistently placed all species now belonging to Sphecodopsis in that genus (Eardley &amp; 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.</p><p>Based on a phylogenetic analysis, Eardley &amp; 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.</p><p>The group affiliation of the Sphecodopsis species known to Eardley &amp; 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.</p><p>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 S6. The other species groups and all species within the groups are arranged in alphabetical order.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F8216BFFF5FF82FDB0FD9FFE09F9F0	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Pöllein, Daniela;Kuhlmann, Michael	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFF5FF82FDCDF99EFBFCF871.text	03F8216BFFF5FF82FDCDF99EFBFCF871.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Sphecodopsis capensis (Friese 1915)	<div><p>Sphecodopsis capensis species group</p><p>The group consists of the following four species: S. albomaculata sp. nov., S. aquifolia sp. nov., S. capensis (Friese, 1915) and S. fumipennis (Bischof, 1923) . Characteristics of this group are the following: head covered with long, black hair (Figs 1C, 3C, 5C, 7C, 9C); mesoscutum covered with long, black hair mixed with shorter, yellowish-white hair (Figs 1D, 3D, 5D, 7D, 9D); patches with very dense white pubescence apically on the tibia (Figs 1A, 3A, 5A, 7A, 9A); female S6 simple posteriorly, shape as shown in Figs 4D, 6D, 10D; male gonostylus approximately the same length or longer as gonocoxa (Figs 2C–D, 8C–D). This group includes the type species of the genus Pseudodichroa Bischoff, 1923 (= S. capensis), that Michener (2007) treated as a subgenus of Sphecodopsis .</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F8216BFFF5FF82FDCDF99EFBFCF871	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Pöllein, Daniela;Kuhlmann, Michael	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European 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.text	03F8216BFFF2FF87FDB5FECDFEFDF973.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Sphecodopsis albomaculata Pöllein & Kuhlmann 2025	<div><p>Sphecodopsis albomaculata sp. nov.</p><p>urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 4D1599C8-CB64-47F9-B11C-F0A8DD1C5FC0</p><p>Figs 1–2</p><p>Diagnosis</p><p>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 T1–T3 red (Fig. 1B); fore legs usually black (Fig. 1A); head and mesosoma with black hair, mixed with lighter hair (Fig. 1C); mesoscutum densely, coarsely and deeply punctate, matt or slightly shiny (Fig. 1D); metapostnotum twice as high as wide (Fig. 1E); propodeum covered with white plumose hair mixed with at least a few black hairs (Fig. 1E); gonostylus approximately the same length as gonocoxa (Fig. 2C–D) and with a bump dorsally (Fig. 2D).</p><p>Etymology</p><p>The name refers to the white hair patches on the legs.</p><p>Type material (1 specimen)</p><p>Holotype</p><p>SOUTH AFRICA • ♂; C.P., <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=18.666666&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-32.833332" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 18.666666/lat -32.833332)">Piketberg</a>, Banghook, 32180A; [32°50′ S, 18°40′ E]; 20 Sep. 1991; VBW leg.; SANC.</p><p>Description</p><p>Female</p><p>Unknown.</p><p>Male</p><p>BODY LENGTH. 8.5 mm.</p><p>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. 1C). Surface between punctures slightly matt. Antenna black.</p><p>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. 1D–E). Mesoscutum, mesoscutellum, metanotum and mesepisternum sparsely covered with long, black, erect hair mixed with shorter, white hair (Fig. 1D). Propodeum covered with short, white hair and few long, black hairs, metapostnotum without hair (Fig. 1E).</p><p>WINGS. Fuscous; wing venation dark brown and stigma dark brown to black (Fig. 1A).</p><p>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. 1A).</p><p>METASOMA. Integument of T1 dark basally. Rest of T1–T3 red, T4–T7 black. T1–T3 sparsely covered with short white and black hair, from T4 increasingly more and longer hair (Fig. 1B). T4–T6 marginal zone with white hair, disc with long, black hair. T7 covered with short, white and gold hair, only few longer, black hairs (Fig. 1F).</p><p>TERMINALIA. Genitalia (Fig. 2C–D), S7 (Fig. 2A) and terminal plate of S8 (Fig. 2B) as illustrated.</p><p>Distribution</p><p>Only known from the type locality.</p><p>Host bees</p><p>Unknown.</p><p>Seasonal activity</p><p>September.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F8216BFFF2FF87FDB5FECDFEFDF973	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Pöllein, Daniela;Kuhlmann, Michael	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European 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.text	03F8216BFFF0FF88FDA9F931FE39FC08.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Sphecodopsis aquifolia Pöllein & Kuhlmann 2025	<div><p>Sphecodopsis aquifolia sp. nov.</p><p>urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 05A6C7DE-75CD-4AEB-9C89-B594736533A9</p><p>Figs 3–4</p><p>Diagnosis</p><p>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: S6 pointed posteriorly, shiny on surface and more pointed apically (Fig. 4D); T6 broad and rounded apically (Fig. 4C); Punctation on mesoscutum dense (i=0.25– 0.5 d) and fine, individual punctures not always clearly separated (Fig. 3D). The male is unknown.</p><p>Etymology</p><p>The name refers to the undivided tip of the female S6.</p><p>Type material (7 specimens)</p><p>Holotype</p><p>SOUTH AFRICA • ♀; <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.998611&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.825556" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.998611/lat -31.825556)">Roggeveld Mts</a>, 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.</p><p>Paratypes</p><p>SOUTH AFRICA • 1 ♀; <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.90361&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.758055" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.90361/lat -31.758055)">Keiski Mts</a>, 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 ♀; <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.838057&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.761389" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.838057/lat -31.761389)">Keiskie Mts</a>, 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 .</p><p>Description</p><p>Female</p><p>BODY LENGTH. 7.4–8.9 mm.</p><p>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. 3C). Surface between punctures slightly matt. Antenna black.</p><p>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. 3D). Propodeum with dense (i =0.25–0.5 d) and fine but deep punctation, metapostnotum matt (Fig. 4A). Mesoscutum, mesoscutellum, metanotum and mesepisternum sparsely covered with long, black hair mixed with shorter, yellowish-white hair (Fig. 3D). Propodeum covered with short, yellowish-white hair and few long, black hairs, metapostnotum without hair (Fig. 4A).</p><p>WINGS. Fuscous; wing venation dark brown and stigma dark brown to black (Fig. 3A).</p><p>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. 3A).</p><p>METASOMA. Integument of T1 dark basally. Rest of T1–T3 red, T4 with extension of red coloration, from basal half red to completely black, T5–T6 black. T1–T3 sparsely covered with short, white and black hair, from T4 increasingly more and longer hair (Fig. 3B). T5 marginal zone with bright white hair, disc covered with long, black hair (Fig. 4B). T6 with dense long, black hair and shorter, bright white hair underneath, broad and rounded apically (Fig. 4C). Shape of S6 (Fig. 4D) as illustrated.</p><p>Male</p><p>Unknown.</p><p>Distribution</p><p>Only known from the Keiskie Mts and the northern part of the Roggeveld Mts south of Calvinia.</p><p>Host bees</p><p>Unknown.</p><p>Seasonal activity</p><p>August–October.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F8216BFFF0FF88FDA9F931FE39FC08	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Pöllein, Daniela;Kuhlmann, Michael	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European 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.text	03F8216BFFFFFF8FFDCFFBCFFD5AFBBF.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Sphecodopsis capensis (Friese 1915)	<div><p>Sphecodopsis capensis (Friese, 1915)</p><p>Figs 5–8</p><p>Omachtes capensis Friese, 1915: 296–297, holotype ♀ (type locality: ‘Kapland’ (= Cape Colony), South Africa) (ZMHB), examined.</p><p>Diagnosis</p><p>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: S6 pointed posteriorly, matt on surface and rounded apically (Fig. 6D); T6 broad and rounded apically (Fig. 6C); punctation on mesoscutum slightly more dispersed (i =0.25–1 d) and coarser, individual punctures clearly separated (Fig. 5D). 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: T2 completely, T1 and T3–T5 to a variable extent red (Fig. 7B); fore legs usually black (Fig. 7A); head and mesosoma with black hair (Fig. 7C); mesoscutum densely, coarsely and deeply punctate, matt or slightly shiny (Fig. 7D); propodeum covered with white hair mixed with at least a few black hairs (Fig. 7E); metapostnotum twice as wide as high (Fig. 7E); gonostylus longer than gonocoxa (Fig. 8C–D) and straight dorsally (Fig. 8D).</p><p>Additional material examined (49 specimens)</p><p>SOUTH AFRICA • 1 ♀; 8 km WNW of Leliefontein, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=18.054722&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-30.266111" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 18.054722/lat -30.266111)">Fynbos</a>, roadside; 30°15′58″ S, 18°03′17″ E; 1190 m a.s.l.; 14 Sep. 2017; MK leg.; RCMK • 3 ♀♀; <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=18.106667&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-30.335835" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 18.106667/lat -30.335835)">Kamiesberg Mts</a>, 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, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=18.985556&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.241945" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 18.985556/lat -31.241945)">Farm Engelsepunt</a>; 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, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.04861&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.271666" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.04861/lat -31.271666)">Fynbos</a>; 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, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.132223&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.390278" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.132223/lat -31.390278)">Renosterveld</a> 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, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.141945&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.554443" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.141945/lat -31.554443)">Fynbos</a>; 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, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.772223&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.62111" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.772223/lat -31.62111)">Nooiensrivier Pad</a>, dolerite; 31°37′16″ S, 19°46′20″ E; 1100 m a.s.l.; 31 Aug. 2016; MK leg.; RCMK • 1 ♀; <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.90361&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.758055" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.90361/lat -31.758055)">Keiski Mts</a>, 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 ♀; <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.838057&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.761389" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.838057/lat -31.761389)">Keiski Mts</a>, 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 ♀; <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.838057&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.763056" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.838057/lat -31.763056)">Keiski Mts</a>, 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 ♀; <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.971111&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.793055" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.971111/lat -31.793055)">Roggeveld Mts</a>, 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, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.993889&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.823612" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.993889/lat -31.823612)">Renosterveld</a>; 31°49′25″ S, 19°59′38″ E; 1285 m a.s.l.; 11 Sep. 2018; MK leg.; RCMK • 2 ♀♀; <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.998611&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.825556" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.998611/lat -31.825556)">Roggeveld Mts</a>, 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 / <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=20.127777&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-32.106667" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 20.127777/lat -32.106667)">Lodge</a>; 32°06′24″ S, 20°07′40″ E; 1290 m a.s.l.; 21 Sep. 2016; HE leg.; RCMK • 2 ♀♀; <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=20.387777&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-32.30083" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 20.387777/lat -32.30083)">Roggeveld Mts</a>, 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 <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=20.380556&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-32.371387" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 20.380556/lat -32.371387)">Sutherland</a>, 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 <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=20.44222&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-32.388058" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 20.44222/lat -32.388058)">Sutherland</a>, roadside; 32°23′17″ S, 20°26′32″ E; 1350 m a.s.l.; 18 Sep. 2017; MK leg.; RCMK • 1 ♀; Cape Province, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=18.166666&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-32.783333" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 18.166666/lat -32.783333)">28 km E of Velddrif</a>; [32°47′ S, 18°10′ E]; 15 Oct. 1972; SANC • 1 ♀; Cape Province, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=18.333334&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-34.133335" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 18.333334/lat -34.133335)">Kommetjie</a>; [34°08′ S, 18°20′ E]; 12 Oct. 1972; SANC • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; 25 Oct. 1972; SANC • 3 ♀♀; Bredasdorp, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.5&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-34.666668" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.5/lat -34.666668)">Div. Pearly Beach</a>; [34°40′ S, 19°30′ E]; 1 Sep. 1959; SAM leg.; SANC .</p><p>Description</p><p>Female</p><p>BODY LENGTH. 5.9–8.8 mm.</p><p>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. 5C). 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. 5C). Surface between punctures slightly matt. Antenna black.</p><p>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 5D, 6A). Mesoscutum, mesoscutellum, metanotum and mesepisternum sparsely covered with long, black hair mixed with shorter, yellowish-white hair (Fig. 5D). Propodeum covered with short, yellowish-white hair and few long, black hairs posteriorly, metapostnotum glabrous (Fig. 6A).</p><p>WINGS. Fuscous; wing venation brown to dark brown and stigma dark brown to black (Fig. 5A). 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. 5A).</p><p>METASOMA. Integument of T1 dark basally, rest of T1 and T2 red, T3–T5 to a variable extent red, from completely red to completely black; T6 black. T1–T3 sparsely covered with short white and black hair, from T4 with increasingly more and longer hair (Fig. 5B). T5 marginal zone with bright white hair, disc covered with long, black hair (Fig. 6B). T6 broad and rounded apically (Fig. 6C), with long, black hair and shorter, bright white hair underneath. Shape of S6 (Fig. 6D) as illustrated.</p><p>Male</p><p>BODY LENGTH. 7.8–9.0 mm.</p><p>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. 7C). Surface between punctures slightly matt. Antenna black.</p><p>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. 7D–E). Mesoscutum, mesoscutellum, metanotum and mesepisternum sparsely covered with long, black, erect hair mixed with shorter, yellowish-white hair (Fig. 7D). Propodeum covered with short, yellowish-white hair and few long, black hairs, metapostnotum glabrous (Fig. 7E).</p><p>WINGS. Fuscous; wing venation dark brown and stigma dark brown to black (Fig. 7A).</p><p>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. 7A).</p><p>METASOMA. Integument of T1 dark basally. Rest of T1–T3 red, T4 to a variable extent red, from basal half red to completely black; T5–T7 black. T1–T3 sparsely covered with short white and black hair, from T4 increasingly more and longer hair. T4–T6 marginal zone with bright white hair increasingly denser, disc with long, black hair (Fig. 7B). T7 covered with short, bright white hair, only few longer, black hairs (Fig. 7F).</p><p>TERMINALIA. Genitalia (Fig. 8C–D), S7 (Fig. 8A) and terminal plate of S8 (Fig. 8B) as illustrated.</p><p>Distribution</p><p>Found throughout western South Africa from Namaqualand in the north to the Cape Peninsula in the south (Eardley &amp; Brothers 1997).</p><p>Host bees</p><p>Confirmed host bee is Scrapter niger Lepeletier &amp; Serville, 1828 (= S. longula Friese, 1912) (Rozen &amp; Michener 1968).</p><p>Seasonal activity</p><p>August–November (Eardley &amp; Brothers 1997).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F8216BFFFFFF8FFDCFFBCFFD5AFBBF	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Pöllein, Daniela;Kuhlmann, Michael	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European 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.text	03F8216BFFF8FF90FDE8FB7CFD5AFE21.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Sphecodopsis fumipennis (Bischoff 1923)	<div><p>Sphecodopsis fumipennis (Bischoff, 1923)</p><p>Figs 9–10</p><p>Pseudodichroa fumipennis Bischoff, 1923: 596, holotype ♀ (type locality: ‘Java’; the specimen was obviously mislabelled; see discussion in Bischoff 1923, Rozen 1968 and Eardley &amp; Brothers 1997) (ZMHB), examined.</p><p>Diagnosis</p><p>The female of S. fumipennis can be separated from that of all other species of the genus by the combination of the following characters: S6 pointed posteriorly (Fig. 10D); T6 narrow and almost truncate apically (Fig. 10B). The male is unknown.</p><p>Additional material examined (17 specimens)</p><p>SOUTH AFRICA • 2 ♀♀; 12 km NW of Nieuwoudtville, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.068056&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.267221" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.068056/lat -31.267221)">Farm Avontuur</a>, 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, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.147778&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.365557" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.147778/lat -31.365557)">Flower Reserve</a> 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, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.147223&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.369444" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.147223/lat -31.369444)">Wild Flower Reserve</a>, 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, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.149445&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.371666" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.149445/lat -31.371666)">Rondell</a>, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.149445&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.371666" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.149445/lat -31.371666)">Car Park East</a>; 31°22′18″ S, 19°08′58″ E; 730 m a.s.l.; 30 Sep. 2006; MK leg.; RCMK • 1 ♀; Nieuwoudtville, Wild Flower Reserve, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.149445&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.371666" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.149445/lat -31.371666)">Car Park East</a>; 31°22′18″ S, 19°08′58″ E; 730 a.s.l.; 14 Aug. 2010; MK leg.; RCMK • 1 ♀; Nieuwoudtville, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.14611&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.373611" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.14611/lat -31.373611)">Wild Flower Reserve</a>; 31°22′25″ S, 19°08′46″ E; 770 m a.s.l.; 10 Sep. 2007; KT leg.; RCMK • 1 ♀; Bredasdorp, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.5&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-34.666668" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.5/lat -34.666668)">Div. Pearly Beach</a>; [34°40′ S, 19°30′ E]; 1 Sep. 1959; SAM leg.; SANC .</p><p>Description</p><p>Female</p><p>BODY LENGTH. 7.4–8.9 mm.</p><p>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. 9C). Surface between punctures slightly shiny. Antenna black.</p><p>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. 9D). Propodeum densely (i =0.25–0.5 d), finely and shallowly punctate, metapostnotum matt (Fig. 10A). Mesoscutum sparsely covered with long, black hair mixed with shorter, yellowish-white hair (Fig. 9D). Mesoscutellum, metanotum, mesepisternum and propodeum sparsely covered with long, black, erect hair mixed with shorter, dark brown hair, metapostnotum glabrous (Figs 9D, 10A).</p><p>WINGS. Yellowish-brown; wing venation dark brown and stigma dark brown to black (Fig. 9A).</p><p>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. 9A).</p><p>METASOMA. Integument of T1 dark basally. Rest of T1 and T2 red, T3 variable color expansion of red, from completely red to completely black and T4–T6 black. T1–T4 sparsely covered with short, white and black hair (Fig. 9B). T5 marginal zone with bright white hair, disc covered with long, black hair. T6 with dense long, black hair, narrow and almost straight apically (Fig. 10B). Shape of S6 (Fig. 10D) as illustrated.</p><p>Male</p><p>Unknown.</p><p>Distribution</p><p>Found from southern Namaqualand to the Cape Peninsula (Eardley &amp; Brothers 1997).</p><p>Host bees</p><p>Confirmed host bee is Scrapter erubescens (Friese, 1925) (= S. crassula Cockerell, 1932) (Rozen &amp; Michener 1968).</p><p>Seasonal activity</p><p>August–November (Eardley &amp; Brothers 1997).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F8216BFFF8FF90FDE8FB7CFD5AFE21	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Pöllein, Daniela;Kuhlmann, Michael	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFE7FF90FDCDFDC9FBA1FCFA.text	03F8216BFFE7FF90FDCDFDC9FBA1FCFA.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Sphecodopsis aculeata (Friese 1922)	<div><p>Sphecodopsis aculeata species group</p><p>The group consists of the following two species: S. aculeata and S. chaotica sp. nov. Characteristics of this group are the following: head covered with short, white or yellowish-white hair (Figs 11C, 13C, 15C); mesoscutum covered with short, white or yellowish-white hair (Figs 11D, 13D, 15D); female S6 bifid posteriorly, shape as shown in Figs 12C and 16C; male gonostylus not inclined inward and slightly tapered, penis valves broader, about as long as gonostylus (Fig. 14C). This group includes the type species of the subgenus Sphecodopsis (Pseudopasites) Bischoff, 1923 (= S. pygmaeus, syn of S. aculeata), that Michener (2007) treated as a synonym of Sphecodopsis .</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F8216BFFE7FF90FDCDFDC9FBA1FCFA	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Pöllein, Daniela;Kuhlmann, Michael	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European 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.text	03F8216BFFE7FF97FDCFFCBEFD08FADA.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Sphecodopsis aculeata (Friese 1922)	<div><p>Sphecodopsis aculeata (Friese, 1922)</p><p>Figs 11–14</p><p>Pasites aculeatus Friese, 1922: 37, holotype ♀ (type locality: ‘Kap Sown [sic]’ (= Cape Town), South Africa) (ZMHB), examined.</p><p>Pasites pygmaeus Friese, 1922: 37, lectotype ♂ [designated by Eardley &amp; Brothers 1997] (type locality: ‘Kapland’ (= Cape Colony), South Africa) (ZMHB), examined.</p><p>Sphecodopsis (Pseudopasites) rufescens Bischoff, 1923: 593–594, holotype ♀ (type locality: ‘S.-W.- Afrika’, South Africa) (ZMHB), examined.</p><p>Sphecodopsis (Pseudopasites) algoensis Bischoff, 1923: 595, lectotype ♂ [designated by Eardley &amp; Brothers 1997] (type locality: ‘Algoa-bai’, South Africa) (DNMNH), examined.</p><p>Morgania (Pseudopasites) perpunctata Cockerell, 1933a: 383–384, holotype ♂ (type locality: Rapenburg, Cape Flats, South Africa) (NHML), examined.</p><p>Diagnosis</p><p>The female of S. aculeata can be separated from that of all other species of the genus by the combination of the following characters: S6 bifid posteriorly, apical notch without a small tip distally, shape as in Fig. 12C; body length&gt; 6 mm; metasoma partially red (Fig. 11B); T6 covered with white hair (Fig. 12B); front legs completely black (Fig. 11A); head and mesosoma with white hair (Fig. 11C–D); T6 rounded apically (Fig. 12B). 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. 13B); fore legs black (Fig. 13A); head and mesosoma with white hair (Fig. 13C–D); gonostylus not inclined inward and slightly tapered, penis valves broader, about as long as gonostylus (Fig. 14C).</p><p>Additional material examined (68 specimens)</p><p>SOUTH AFRICA • 1 ♀; <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=18.166666&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-30.233334" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 18.166666/lat -30.233334)">Remhoogte</a> slope; 30°14′ S, 18°10′ E; 5 Sep. 2003; yellow trap; CM leg.; SANC • 1 ♂; C.P., Kamieskroonberg near <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=18.133333&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-30.533333" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 18.133333/lat -30.533333)">Kamieskroon</a>; 30°32′ S, 18°08′ E; 3 Oct. 1990; CE leg.; SANC • 1 ♀, 3 ♂♂; 12 km NW of Nieuwoudtville, Farm Avontuur, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.04861&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.271666" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.04861/lat -31.271666)">Fynbos</a>; 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, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.140556&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.397223" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.140556/lat -31.397223)">Farm</a> Glen Lyon, garden; 31°23′50″ S, 19°08′26″ E; 700 m a.s.l.; 4 Sep. 2003; MK leg.; RCMK • 3 ♀♀, 1 ♂; <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=18.92111&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.431665" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 18.92111/lat -31.431665)">Gemsbokrivier-Pad</a>, 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, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.141945&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.554443" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.141945/lat -31.554443)">Fynbos</a>; 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 R355, 200 m S of <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.743334&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.643333" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.743334/lat -31.643333)">Farm Boskloof</a>; 31°38′36″ S, 19°44′36″ E; 1000 m a.s.l.; 22 Sep. 2022; MK leg.; RCMK • 1 ♂; <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.90361&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.758055" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.90361/lat -31.758055)">Keiski Mts</a>, 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 ♂♂; <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.971111&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.793055" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.971111/lat -31.793055)">Roggeveld Mts</a>, 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, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=18.916666&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.801943" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 18.916666/lat -31.801943)">Fynbos</a>; 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, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.993889&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.823612" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.993889/lat -31.823612)">Renosterveld</a>; 31°49′25″ S, 19°59′38″ E; 1285 m a.s.l.; 11 Sep. 2018; MK leg.; RCMK • 2 ♀♀; <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.971111&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.793055" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.971111/lat -31.793055)">Roggeveld Mts</a>, 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 <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=18.333334&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-32.066666" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 18.333334/lat -32.066666)">S of Lamberts Bay</a>; [32°04′ S, 18°20′ E]; 7–9 Oct. 1999; MH leg.; RCMS • 1 ♂; Lamberts Bay, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=18.304443&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-32.105278" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 18.304443/lat -32.105278)">Strandveld</a>, sand; 32°06′19″ S, 18°18′16″ E; 5 m a.s.l.; 7 Sep. 2017; MK leg.; RCMK • 1 ♂; <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.016666&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-32.133335" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.016666/lat -32.133335)">Pakhuis Pass</a>, C.P.; [32°08′ S, 19°01′ E]; SANC • 3 ♀♀; W Cape, Kunje <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.166666&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-32.666668" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.166666/lat -32.666668)">Farm</a>, 28 km SE of Citrusdal; 32°40′ S, 19°10′ E; 23 Sep. 2001; CE leg.; SANC • 1 ♀; Pearly Beach, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.5&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-34.666668" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.5/lat -34.666668)">Bredasdorp</a>; [34°40′ S, 19°30′ E]; SANC .</p><p>Description</p><p>Female</p><p>BODY LENGTH. 4.5–6.0 mm.</p><p>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. 11C). Surface between punctures slightly shiny. Antenna black.</p><p>MESOSOMA. Integument black, tegula red. Mesoscutum slightly shiny. Mesoscutum and mesoscutellum densely (i=0.25–1 d) and coarsely but shallowly punctate (Fig. 11D). Propodeum with dense (i =1–1.5 d), coarse and deep punctation, metapostnotum matt (Fig. 12A). Mesoscutum, mesoscutellum, metanotum, propodeum and mesepisternum sparsely covered with short, yellowish-white hair, metapostnotum glabrous (Figs 11D, 12A).</p><p>WINGS. Yellowish-brown; wing venation brown and stigma brown to dark brown (Fig. 11A).</p><p>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. 11A).</p><p>METASOMA. Integument of T1 and T2 red; T3 and T4 to a variable extent red, from T3 basal half red to T4 basal quarter red; T5 and T6 black. T1 and T2 with few short, white hair, from T3 increasingly more and longer hair (Fig. 11B). T6 covered with short, white hair, broad and rounded apically (Fig. 12B). Shape of S6 (Fig. 12C) as illustrated.</p><p>Male</p><p>BODY LENGTH. 5.0– 6.8 mm.</p><p>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. 13C). Surface between punctures slightly shiny. Antenna black.</p><p>MESOSOMA. Integument black, tegula red. Mesoscutum slightly shiny. Mesoscutum and mesoscutellum densely (i=0.25–1 d) and coarsely but shallowly punctate (Fig. 13D). Propodeum with dense (i=1–1.5 d), coarse and deep punctation, metapostnotum matt (Fig. 13E). Mesoscutum, mesoscutellum, metanotum, propodeum and mesepisternum sparsely covered with short, yellowish-white hair, metapostnotum glabrous (Fig. 13D–E).</p><p>WINGS. Yellowish-brown; wing venation brown and stigma brown to dark brown (Fig. 13A.).</p><p>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. 13A).</p><p>METASOMA. Integument of T1–T3 to a variable extent red, from only T1 basal half and T2 basal half red to T3 basal quarter red; T4–T7 black. T1 and T2 with few short, white hair, from T3 increasingly more and longer hair (Fig. 13B). T7 covered with short, white hair (Fig. 13F).</p><p>TERMINALIA. Genitalia (Fig. 14C), S7 (Fig. 14A) and terminal plate of S8 (Fig. 14B) as illustrated.</p><p>Distribution</p><p>A widespread species that has been recorded from southern Namaqualand to the Cape Peninsula and eastwards to Algoa Bay and Grahamstown (Eardley &amp; Brothers 1997).</p><p>Host bees</p><p>Unknown.</p><p>Seasonal activity</p><p>July–November (Eardley &amp; Brothers 1997).</p><p>Comment</p><p>Sphecodopsis aculeata is quite variable in size and some morphological characters. Based on the rich new material we confirm the synonymization of Eardley &amp; 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 S6 about three times as long as its apical width, compared to about twice as long, and overall narrower. In S. cf. 2 aculeata T6 is broader and more truncate apically and the apical notch of S6 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:</p><p>Sphecodopsis cf. 1 aculeata: SOUTH AFRICA • 1 ♀; 15 km NW of Nieuwoudtville, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.047222&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.234722" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.047222/lat -31.234722)">Farm Zoetfontein</a> E, Fynbos; 31°14′05″ S, 19°02′50″ E; 775 m a.s.l.; 7 Oct. 2022; MK leg.; RCMK .</p><p>Sphecodopsis cf. 2 aculeata: SOUTH AFRICA • 1 ♀; W Cape, Greyton, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.616667&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-34.05" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.616667/lat -34.05)">Riviersonderend</a> r.; [34°03′ S, 19°37′ E]; 21 Oct. 1999; MH leg.; RCMK .</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F8216BFFE7FF97FDCFFCBEFD08FADA	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Pöllein, Daniela;Kuhlmann, Michael	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European 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.text	03F8216BFFE0FF98FD94FA99FE77FE96.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Sphecodopsis chaotica Pöllein & Kuhlmann 2025	<div><p>Sphecodopsis chaotica sp. nov.</p><p>urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: C1690FA9-D4F4-4849-8E34-251D44E6086D</p><p>Figs 15–16</p><p>Diagnosis</p><p>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: S6 bifid posteriorly, apical notch two times as long as its apical width (Fig. 16C); metasoma completely black (Fig. 15B); T6 sparsely covered with short white hair (Fig. 16B). The male is unknown.</p><p>Etymology</p><p>This taxonomically difficult species is named for the initially chaotic process of clarifying its true identity.</p><p>Type material (6 specimens)</p><p>Holotype</p><p>SOUTH AFRICA • ♀; <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=18.916666&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-34.35" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 18.916666/lat -34.35)">Betty’s Bay Botanical Gardens</a>; 34°21′ S, 18°55′ E; 29. Sep. 2001; CE leg.; SANC.</p><p>Paratypes</p><p>SOUTH AFRICA • 1 ♀; Cape <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=18.45&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-33.95" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 18.45/lat -33.95)">Town</a>; [33°57′ S, 18°27′ E]; 1913; GP leg.; SANC • 1 ♀; W Cape, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.033333&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-34.333332" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.033333/lat -34.333332)">Kleinmond</a>, coast; [34°20′ S, 19°02′ E]; 6. Nov. 1999; MH leg.; RCMS • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; RCMK • 1 ♀; W Cape, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=20.033333&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-34.666668" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 20.033333/lat -34.666668)">25 km S of Bredasdorp</a>, coast; [34°40′ S, 20°02′ E]; 23. Oct. 1999; MSn leg.; RCMS • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; RCMK .</p><p>Description</p><p>Female</p><p>BODY LENGTH. 6.0– 7.5 mm.</p><p>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. 15C). Surface between punctures slightly shiny. Antenna black.</p><p>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. 15D). Propodeum with dense (i =0.25–1 d) and coarse but shallow punctation, metapostnotum matt (Fig. 16A). Mesoscutum, mesoscutellum, metanotum, propodeum and mesepisternum covered with long, white hair, metapostnotum glabrous (Figs 15D, 16A).</p><p>WINGS. Yellowish-brown; wing venation brown and stigma brown to dark brown (Fig. 15A).</p><p>LEGS. Integument black. Coxa, trochanter and femur sparsely covered with short, white hair. Tibia and tarsus densely covered with short, white hair (Fig. 15A).</p><p>METASOMA. Integument of T1–T6 completely black. T1 and T2 with few short, white hair, from T3 with longer, white hair (Fig. 15B). T6 broad and rounded apically, covered with short, white hair (Fig. 16B). Shape of S6 (Fig. 16C) as illustrated.</p><p>Male</p><p>Unknown.</p><p>Distribution</p><p>So far only known from the SW coast of South Africa from Cape Town to Bredasdorp.</p><p>Host bees</p><p>Unknown.</p><p>Seasonal activity</p><p>September–November.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F8216BFFE0FF98FD94FA99FE77FE96	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Pöllein, Daniela;Kuhlmann, Michael	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFEFFF98FDBFFEBFFCCBFD76.text	03F8216BFFEFFF98FDBFFEBFFCCBFD76.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Sphecodopsis acuta Pöllein & Kuhlmann 2025	<div><p>Sphecodopsis acuta species group</p><p>The group consists of the following five species: S. acuta sp. nov., S. angulata sp. nov., S. magna sp. nov., S. obscura sp. nov. and S. subtilis sp. nov. Characteristics of this group are the following: mesoscutum shiny with dense, fine and shallow punctation (Figs 17D, 19D, 21D, 23D, 25D, 27D, 29D, 31D); propodeum sparsely covered with short, white hair (Figs 18A, 20A, 22A, 23E, 26A, 27E, 30A, 31E); female S6 bifid posteriorly, apical notch one to three times as long as its apical width, needle-thin tips, partly apical notch with a small tip distally, shape as shown in Figs 18C, 20C, 22C, 26C, 30C; male gonostylus shorter than gonocoxa (Figs 24C–D, 28C, 32C).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F8216BFFEFFF98FDBFFEBFFCCBFD76	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Pöllein, Daniela;Kuhlmann, Michael	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European 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.text	03F8216BFFEFFF9AFD86FD35FEA6FE03.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Sphecodopsis acuta Pöllein & Kuhlmann 2025	<div><p>Sphecodopsis acuta sp. nov.</p><p>urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 9DED7D33-1CEE-4A4E-B35B-A3EF8700C171</p><p>Figs 17–18</p><p>Diagnosis</p><p>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: S6 bifid posteriorly, tips barely curved inward, apical notch with a small tip distally, shape as shown in Fig. 18C. Body length max. 5.3 mm; metasomal terga T1–T2 red (Fig. 17B); fore tibia and tarsi usually black (Fig. 17A); T6 covered with black hair (Fig. 17B); head and mesosoma with shorter black hair and more dispersed punctation (Fig. 17C–D); propodeum covered with short, white hair only (Fig. 18A); mesoscutum more finely and densely (i=0.25–0.5 d) punctate (Fig. 17D). The male is unknown.</p><p>Etymology</p><p>The name refers to the unusual thin and needle-like sharp tip of the female S6.</p><p>Type material (1 specimen)</p><p>Holotype</p><p>SOUTH AFRICA • ♀; N Cape, Nieuwoudtville, Glen Lyon, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.15&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.411667" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.15/lat -31.411667)">Renosterveld</a>; 31°24′42″ S, 19°09′00″ E; 700 m a.s.l.; 25 Aug. 2006; KT leg.; SAMC.</p><p>Description</p><p>Female</p><p>BODY LENGTH. 4.9 mm.</p><p>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. 17C). Surface between punctures matt. Antenna reddish-brown to dark brown.</p><p>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. 17D). Propodeum with dense (i=0.5–1 d), fine and shallow punctation, metapostnotum matt (Fig. 18A). Mesoscutum, mesoscutellum and mesepisternum sparsely covered with long, black hair mixed with shorter, white hair (Fig. 17D). Metanotum and propodeum very sparsely covered with short, white hair, metapostnotum glabrous (Figs 17D, 18A).</p><p>WINGS. Fuscous; wing venation dark brown and stigma dark brown to black (Fig. 17A).</p><p>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. 17A).</p><p>METASOMA. Integument of T1 black basally. T1 and T2 red and T3–T6 black. T1 and T2 with only few short, white hair, from T3 increasingly more black hair (Fig. 17B). T5 marginal zone with few white, short hairs. T6 narrow and almost straight apically, covered with long, black hair (Fig. 18B). Shape of S6 (Fig. 18C) as illustrated.</p><p>Male</p><p>Unknown.</p><p>Distribution</p><p>Only known from the type locality near Nieuwoudtville.</p><p>Host bees</p><p>Unknown.</p><p>Seasonal activity</p><p>August.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F8216BFFEFFF9AFD86FD35FEA6FE03	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Pöllein, Daniela;Kuhlmann, Michael	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European 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.text	03F8216BFFEDFF9FFDAAF980FE18FD63.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Sphecodopsis angulata Pöllein & Kuhlmann 2025	<div><p>Sphecodopsis angulata sp. nov.</p><p>urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 6EF8C431-D290-466A-BD35-1C4AF5A33B14</p><p>Figs 19–20</p><p>Diagnosis</p><p>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: S6 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. 20C; T 1–T 3 to a variable extent red, from only T1 apical half and T2 basal half red to completely red (Fig. 19B); fore tibia and tarsi with small reddish spots (Fig. 19A); T6 covered with black hair (Fig. 20B); head and mesosoma with short black hair and more dispersed punctation (Fig. 19C–D); T6 almost truncate apically (Fig. 20B). The male is unknown.</p><p>Etymology</p><p>The species is named for its conspicuously angular female T6.</p><p>Type material (3 specimens)</p><p>Holotype</p><p>SOUTH AFRICA • ♀; <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=18.92111&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.431665" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 18.92111/lat -31.431665)">Gemsbokrivier-Pad</a>, 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.</p><p>Paratypes</p><p>SOUTH AFRICA • 1 ♀; 30 km N of Vanrhynsdorp, Knersvlakte, Sukkulent Karoo, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=18.71028&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.373056" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 18.71028/lat -31.373056)">Pf</a> K1; 31°22′23″ S, 18°42′37″ E; 146 m a.s.l.; 6 Sep. 2003; KT leg.; RCMK • 1 ♀; W Cape, Knersvlakte, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=18.792778&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.43361" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 18.792778/lat -31.43361)">Kaapse Drif</a>; 31°26′01″ S, 18°47′34″ E; 23 Sep. 1999; MK leg.; RCMK .</p><p>Description</p><p>Female</p><p>BODY LENGTH. 4.4 mm.</p><p>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. 19C). Surface between punctures matt. Antenna black.</p><p>MESOSOMA. Integument black, tegula orange. Mesoscutum slightly shiny.Mesoscutum and mesoscutellum densely (i= 0.25–0.5 d), finely and shallowly punctate (Fig. 19D). Propodeum with dense (i=0.5–1 d), fine and shallow punctation, metapostnotum matt (Fig. 20A). Mesoscutum, mesoscutellum and mesepisternum sparsely covered with long, black hair mixed with shorter, gold hair (Fig. 19D). Metanotum and propodeum very sparsely covered with short, yellowish-white hair, metapostnotum glabrous (Figs 19D, 20A).</p><p>WINGS. Fuscous; wing venation dark brown and stigma dark brown to black (Fig. 19A).</p><p>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. 19A).</p><p>METASOMA. Integument of T1 black basally. T1–T3 to a variable extent red, from only T1 apical half and T2 basal half red to completely red; T4–T6 black. T1 and T2 with only few short, white hair, from T3 increasingly more black hair (Fig. 19B). T5 marginal zone with few white, short hairs. T6 very narrow and almost straight apically, covered with long, black hair (Fig. 20B). Shape of S6 (Fig. 20C) as illustrated.</p><p>Male</p><p>Unknown.</p><p>Distribution</p><p>Apparently restricted to the Knersvlakte in southern Namaqualand.</p><p>Host bees</p><p>Unknown.</p><p>Seasonal activity</p><p>August–September.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F8216BFFEDFF9FFDAAF980FE18FD63	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Pöllein, Daniela;Kuhlmann, Michael	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European 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.text	03F8216BFFE8FFA3FD9EFD2DFE12FCDA.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Sphecodopsis magna Pöllein & Kuhlmann 2025	<div><p>Sphecodopsis magna sp. nov.</p><p>urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: FD106A4D-48C2-488A-8D66-A41F0ACD1C1E</p><p>Figs 21–24</p><p>Diagnosis</p><p>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: S6 bifid posteriorly, apical notch with a small tip distally, shape as shown in Fig. 22C; body length approx. 5.8–6.6 mm, metasoma partially red (Fig. 21B); fore tibia and tarsi with small reddish spots (Fig. 21A); T6 covered with black hair (Fig. 21B); head and mesosoma with short black hair, mixed with lighter and more dispersed hair (Fig. 21C–D); propodeum densely covered with relatively long, yellowish-white hair mixed with long, black hair (Fig. 22A). 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. 23B); fore legs with small reddish spots (Fig. 23A); head and mesosoma with black hair, mixed with lighter hair (Fig. 23C–D); mesoscutum densely, coarsely and deeply punctate, matt or slightly shiny (Fig. 23D); propodeum covered with white hair mixed with at least a few black hairs (Fig. 23E); gonostylus shorter than gonocoxa (Fig. 24C–D).</p><p>Etymology</p><p>The species is named for its size because it is the largest in the species group.</p><p>Type material (7 specimens)</p><p>Holotype</p><p>SOUTH AFRICA • ♀; <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=18.106667&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-30.335835" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 18.106667/lat -30.335835)">Kamiesberg Mts</a>, 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.</p><p>Paratypes</p><p>SOUTH AFRICA • 1 ♀; <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=18.116667&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-30.216667" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 18.116667/lat -30.216667)">Witwater</a>, slope; 30°13′ S, 18°07′ E; 25 Sep. 2003; CM leg.; yellow + white trap; RCMK • 1 ♀; <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=18.106667&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-30.335835" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 18.106667/lat -30.335835)">Kamiesberg Mts</a>, 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 .</p><p>Description</p><p>Female</p><p>BODY LENGTH. 5.8–6.6 mm.</p><p>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. 21C). Surface between punctures slightly matt. Antenna reddish-brown to dark brown.</p><p>MESOSOMA. Integument black, tegula orange. Mesoscutum slightly shiny. Mesoscutum and mesoscutellum densely (i= 0.5–1 d), finely and shallowly punctate (Fig. 21D). Propodeum with dense (i =0.5–1 d), fine and shallow punctation, metapostnotum matt (Fig. 22A). Mesoscutum, mesoscutellum and mesepisternum sparsely covered with long, black hair mixed with shorter, white hair (Fig. 21D). Metanotum and propodeum very sparsely covered with short, white hair, propodeum interspersed with few long, black hair apically, metapostnotum glabrous (Figs 21D, 22A).</p><p>WINGS. Yellowish-brown; wing venation brown and stigma brown to dark brown (Fig. 21A).</p><p>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. 21A).</p><p>METASOMA. Integument of T1 black basally, T1 and T2 red, T3 to a variable extent red, from only basal quarter red to completely red; T4–T6 black. T1 and T2 with few short, white and black hair, from T3 increasingly more and longer black hair (Fig. 21B). T5 marginal zone covered with white, short hairs. T6 narrow and almost straight apically, densely covered with short, black hair (Fig. 22B). Shape of S6 (Fig. 22C) as illustrated.</p><p>Male</p><p>BODY LENGTH. 6.4 mm.</p><p>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. 23C). Surface between punctures matt. Antenna reddish-brown to dark brown.</p><p>MESOSOMA. Integument black, tegula reddish-brown. Mesoscutum matt. Mesoscutum and mesoscutellum densely (i=0.5–1 d), finely and shallowly punctate (Fig. 23D). Propodeum with dense (i =0.5–1 d), fine and shallow punctation, metapostnotum matt (Fig. 23E). Mesoscutum, mesoscutellum, metanotum, propodeum and mesepisternum sparsely covered with long, black hair mixed with shorter, white hair, metapostnotum glabrous (Fig. 23D–E).</p><p>WINGS. Yellowish-brown; wing venation brown and stigma dark brown to black (Fig. 23A).</p><p>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. 23A).</p><p>METASOMA. Integument of T1 black basally, T1–T3 red, T4 basal quarter red and T4–T7 black. T1 and T2 very sparsely covered with short white and black hair, from T3 increasingly more and longer, black hair (Fig. 23B). T6 marginal zone covered with short, white hair. T7 covered with short, golden-white hair and longer, black hair (Fig. 23F).</p><p>TERMINALIA. Genitalia (Fig. 24C–D), S7 (Fig. 24A) and terminal plate of S8 (Fig. 24B) as illustrated.</p><p>Distribution</p><p>Only known from the Kamiesberg Mts.</p><p>Host bees</p><p>Unknown.</p><p>Seasonal activity</p><p>September–October.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F8216BFFE8FFA3FD9EFD2DFE12FCDA	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Pöllein, Daniela;Kuhlmann, Michael	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European 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.text	03F8216BFFD5FFA6FD90FECDFEA6FC63.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Sphecodopsis obscura Pöllein & Kuhlmann 2025	<div><p>Sphecodopsis obscura sp. nov.</p><p>urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 645C6F27-EA0A-4806- BEC 3-4C92C530806E</p><p>Figs 25–28</p><p>Diagnosis</p><p>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: S6 bifid posteriorly, apical notch three times as long as its apical width (Fig. 26C); metasoma completely black (Fig. 25B); T6 covered with long black hair (Fig. 26B). The male can be separated from that of all other species by the combination of the following characters: metasoma completely black (Fig. 25B); head and mesosoma with black hair (Fig. 27C–D).</p><p>Etymology</p><p>The name refers to the dominantly dark coloration of the species that is unusual in this species group.</p><p>Type material (23 specimens)</p><p>Holotype</p><p>SOUTH AFRICA • ♀; 20 km S of Nieuwoudtville, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.141945&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.554443" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.141945/lat -31.554443)">Farm Papkuilsfontein</a>, Fynbos; 31°33′16″ S, 19°08′31″ E; 680 m a.s.l.; 27 Aug. 2012; MK leg.; SAMC.</p><p>Paratypes</p><p>SOUTH AFRICA • 17 ♀♀, 3 ♂♂; 20 km S of Nieuwoudtville, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.141945&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.554443" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.141945/lat -31.554443)">Farm Papkuilsfontein</a>, 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 .</p><p>Description</p><p>Female</p><p>BODY LENGTH. 4.0– 5.2 mm.</p><p>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. 25C). Surface between punctures slightly shiny. Antenna reddish-brown to dark brown.</p><p>MESOSOMA. Integument black, tegula brown. Mesoscutum slightly shiny. Mesoscutum and mesoscutellum densely (i=0.25–1 d), finely and shallowly punctate (Fig. 25D). Propodeum with dense (i=0.5–1 d), fine and shallow punctation, metapostnotum matt (Fig. 26A). Mesoscutum, mesoscutellum and mesepisternum sparsely covered with long, black hair mixed with shorter, white hair (Fig. 25D). Metanotum and propodeum sparsely covered with short, white hair, metapostnotum glabrous (Figs 25D, 26A). WINGS. Yellowish-brown; wing venation brown and stigma brown (Fig. 25A).</p><p>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. 25A).</p><p>METASOMA. Integument black. T1 and T2 with few short, white and black hair, from T3 increasingly more and longer black hair (Fig. 25B). T5 marginal zone covered with white, short hairs. T6 covered with long, black hair, narrow and almost straight apically (Fig. 26B). Shape of S6 (Fig. 26C) as illustrated.</p><p>Male</p><p>BODY LENGTH. 4.4–5.0 mm.</p><p>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. 27C). Surface between punctures slightly matt. Antenna reddish-brown to dark brown.</p><p>MESOSOMA. Integument black, tegula reddish-brown. Mesoscutum slightly shiny. Mesoscutum and mesoscutellum densely (i= 0.25–0.1 d), finely and shallowly punctate (Fig. 27D). Propodeum with dense (i =0.5–1 d), fine and shallow punctation, metapostnotum matt (Fig. 27E). Mesoscutum, mesoscutellum and mesepisternum sparsely covered with long, black hair mixed with shorter, white hair (Fig. 27D). Metanotum and propodeum very sparsely covered with short, white hair, metapostnotum without hair (Fig. 27D–E).</p><p>WINGS. Yellowish-brown; wing venation brown and stigma brown (Fig. 27A). 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. 27A).</p><p>METASOMA. Integument black. T1 and T2 very sparsely covered with short white and black hair, from T3 increasingly more and longer black hair (Fig. 27B). T7 covered with short, gold hair and longer, black hair (Fig. 27F).</p><p>TERMINALIA. Genitalia (Fig. 28C), S7 (Fig. 28A) and terminal plate of S8 (Fig. 28B) as illustrated.</p><p>Distribution</p><p>Only known from the type locality south of Nieuwoudtville.</p><p>Host bees</p><p>Likely hosts are equally small species of euryglossiform Scrapter (Kuhlmann 2014; Kuhlmann &amp; Friehs 2020) that were found in association with this cuckoo bee.</p><p>Seasonal activity</p><p>August.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F8216BFFD5FFA6FD90FECDFEA6FC63	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Pöllein, Daniela;Kuhlmann, Michael	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European 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.text	03F8216BFFD1FFADFD9DFC21FCE5FE1B.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Sphecodopsis subtilis Pöllein & Kuhlmann 2025	<div><p>Sphecodopsis subtilis sp. nov.</p><p>urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 2E30712B-7E0C-462A-8C6D-031D5343EB30</p><p>Figs 29–32</p><p>Diagnosis</p><p>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: S6 bifid posteriorly, tips slightly more curved inward, apical notch with a small tip distally (Fig. 30C); body length max. 5.2 mm; metasoma partially red (Fig. 29B); fore tibia and tarsi usually black (Fig. 29A); T6 covered with black hair (Fig. 30B); head and mesosoma with short black hair, mixed with white hair (Fig. 29C–D); propodeum covered with short, white hair only (Fig. 30A); punctation of mesoscutum slightly coarser and more dispersed (i=0.25–1 d) (Fig. 29D). 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. 31B); fore legs usually black (Fig. 31A); head and mesosoma with black hair, mixed with lighter hair (Fig. 31C–D); mesoscutum densely, coarsely and deeply punctate, matt or slightly shiny (Fig. 31D); propodeum only covered with white hair (Fig. 31E); genitalia shortened and broad (Fig. 32C).</p><p>Etymology</p><p>The name refers to the relatively fine and subtle punctation of the species.</p><p>Type material (3 specimens)</p><p>Holotype</p><p>SOUTH AFRICA • ♀; <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=20.457779&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-32.411945" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 20.457779/lat -32.411945)">Farm Kanolfontein</a>, 20 km W of Sutherland, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=20.457779&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-32.411945" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 20.457779/lat -32.411945)">roadside</a>; 32°24′43″ S, 20°27′28″ E; 1385 m a.s.l.; 7 Sep. 2012; MK leg.; SAMC.</p><p>Paratypes</p><p>SOUTH AFRICA • 1 ♀; <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.838057&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.763056" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.838057/lat -31.763056)">Keiski Mts</a>, 5 km S of Farm Nooiensrivier, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.838057&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.763056" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.838057/lat -31.763056)">burnt area</a>; 31°45′47″ S, 19°50′17″ E; 1275 m a.s.l.; 29 Aug. 2011; MK leg.; RCMK • 1 ♂; <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.998611&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.825556" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.998611/lat -31.825556)">Roggeveld Mts</a>, 2 km SE of Farm Allemansdam, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.998611&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.825556" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.998611/lat -31.825556)">burnt area</a>; 31°49′32″ S, 19°59′55″ E; 1290 m a.s.l.; 24 Aug. 2018; MK leg.; RCMK .</p><p>Description</p><p>Female</p><p>BODY LENGTH. 5.2 mm.</p><p>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. 29C). Surface between punctures matt. Antenna reddish-brown to dark brown.</p><p>MESOSOMA. Integument black, tegula red. Mesoscutum slightly shiny. Mesoscutum and mesoscutellum densely (i=0.25–1 d), finely and shallowly punctate (Fig. 29D). Propodeum with dense (i=0.5–1 d), fine and shallow punctation, metapostnotum matt (Fig. 30A). Mesoscutum, mesoscutellum and mesepisternum sparsely covered with long, black hair mixed with shorter, white hair (Fig. 29D). Metanotum and propodeum very sparsely covered with short, white hair, metapostnotum glabrous (Figs 29D, 30A).</p><p>WINGS. Yellowish-brown; wing venation brown and stigma brown to dark brown (Fig. 29A). 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. 29A).</p><p>METASOMA. Integument of T1 and T2 red, T3 marginal zone black and T4–T6 black. T1 and T2 with few short, white and black hairs, from T3 increasingly more and longer black hair (Fig. 29B). T5 marginal zone with few white, short hairs. T6 covered with long, black hair and short, white hair underneath, narrow and almost straight apically (Fig. 30B). Shape of S6 (Fig. 30C) as illustrated.</p><p>Male</p><p>BODY LENGTH. 4.8 mm.</p><p>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. 31C). Surface between punctures matt. Antenna reddish-brown to dark brown.</p><p>MESOSOMA. Integument black, tegula reddish-brown. Mesoscutum matt. Mesoscutum and mesoscutellum densely (i=0.25–0.5 d), finely and shallowly punctate (Fig. 31D). Propodeum with dense (i= 0.5–1 d), fine and shallow, metapostnotum matt (Fig. 31E). Mesoscutum, mesoscutellum and mesepisternum sparsely covered with long, black hair mixed with shorter, white hair (Fig. 31D). Metanotum and propodeum sparsely covered with short, white hair, metapostnotum glabrous (Fig. 31D–E).</p><p>WINGS. Yellowish-brown; wing venation brown and stigma dark brown to black (Fig. 31A). 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. 31A).</p><p>METASOMA. Integument of T1 black basally. T1–T3 red and T4–T7 black. T1 and T2 very sparsely covered with short white and black hair, from T3 increasingly more and longer black hair (Fig. 31B). T7 covered with short, gold hair and longer, black hair (Fig. 31F).</p><p>TERMINALIA. Genitalia (Fig. 32C), S7 (Fig. 32A) and terminal plate of S8 (Fig. 32B) as illustrated.</p><p>Distribution</p><p>Only known from the Keiskie Mts and Roggeveld Mts between Calvinia and Sutherland.</p><p>Host bees</p><p>Unknown.</p><p>Seasonal activity</p><p>August–September.</p><p>Comment</p><p>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).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F8216BFFD1FFADFD9DFC21FCE5FE1B	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Pöllein, Daniela;Kuhlmann, Michael	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFDAFFADFDCEFDC3FAE9FCD0.text	03F8216BFFDAFFADFDCEFDC3FAE9FCD0.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Sphecodopsis capicola Strand 1911	<div><p>Sphecodopsis capicola species group</p><p>The group consists of the following six species: S. atricapillata sp. nov., S. capicola, S. felix sp. nov., S. leliefonteinensis sp. nov., S. roggeveldensis sp. nov. and S. vespericena . Characteristics of this group are the following: head and mesosoma with conspicuously dense, long, black hair (Figs 33C–D, 35C–D, 37C–D, 39C–D, 41C–D, 43C–D, 45C–D, 47C–D, 49C–D); female S6 bifid posteriorly, apical notch about one to one and a half times as long as its apical width, shape as shown in Figs 34C, 40C, 44C, 46C, 48C. This group includes the type species of the genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (= S. capicola).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F8216BFFDAFFADFDCEFDC3FAE9FCD0	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Pöllein, Daniela;Kuhlmann, Michael	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European 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.text	03F8216BFFDAFFB0FDBEFC97FEDDFBD3.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Sphecodopsis atricapillata Pöllein & Kuhlmann 2025	<div><p>Sphecodopsis atricapillata sp. nov.</p><p>urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 711E47D5-5872-4DC6-BE7F-5F48B057C2AD</p><p>Figs 33–36</p><p>Diagnosis</p><p>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: S6 bifid posteriorly, apical notch about as long as its apical width, shape as shown in Fig. 34C; body length 7–9 mm; metasoma partially red (Fig. 33B); fore tibia and tarsi usually black (Fig. 33A); T6 covered with black hair (Fig. 34B); head and mesosoma with conspicuously dense, long, black hair (Fig. 33C–D); T5 with black hair on the disc and bright white hair on the apical margin (Fig. 34B); T6 apically slightly rounded (Fig. 34B); mesoscutum very densely punctate (i =0–0.25 d), surface appears rugged (Fig. 33D). 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. 35B); fore legs usually black (Fig. 35A); head and mesosoma with conspicuously dense, long, black hair (Fig. 35C–D); mesoscutum more finely punctate (Fig. 35D); gonostylus shorter than gonocoxa and apically broader (Fig. 36C–D); penis valves less distinctly curved downward (Fig. 36C–D).</p><p>Etymology</p><p>The species is named for its conspicuous black hair.</p><p>Type material (50 specimens)</p><p>Holotype</p><p>SOUTH AFRICA • ♀; <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.142778&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.400833" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.142778/lat -31.400833)">N Cape</a>, Nieuwoudtville, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.142778&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.400833" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.142778/lat -31.400833)">Glen Lyon</a>, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.142778&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.400833" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.142778/lat -31.400833)">garden</a>; 31°24′03″ S, 19°08′34″ E; 700 m a.s.l.; 23 Aug. 2003; MK leg.; on Chrysanthemum sp.; SAMC.</p><p>Paratypes</p><p>SOUTH AFRICA • 1 ♀; <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=17.966667&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-29.633333" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 17.966667/lat -29.633333)">Namaqualand</a>, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=17.966667&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-29.633333" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 17.966667/lat -29.633333)">Hester Malan N.R.</a>; [29°38′ S, 17°58′ E]; 18 Jul. 1985; MSt leg.; SANC • 1 ♀; 8 km WNW of Leliefontein, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=18.054722&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-30.266111" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 18.054722/lat -30.266111)">Fynbos</a>, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=18.054722&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-30.266111" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 18.054722/lat -30.266111)">roadside</a>; 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, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.04861&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.271666" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.04861/lat -31.271666)">Fynbos</a>; 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 ♂; <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.096945&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.351389" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.096945/lat -31.351389)">N Cape</a>, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.096945&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.351389" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.096945/lat -31.351389)">Fynbos</a>, 2 km W of Nieuwoudtville, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.096945&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.351389" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.096945/lat -31.351389)">near Grasberg</a>; 31°21′05″ S, 19°05′49″ E; 742 m a.s.l.; 23 Aug. 2003; KT leg.; RCMK • 1 ♀; N Cape, Nieuwoudtville, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.147778&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.365557" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.147778/lat -31.365557)">Flower Reserve East</a>; 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, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.147778&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.365557" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.147778/lat -31.365557)">Flower Reserve East</a>; 31°21′56″ S, 19°08′52″ E; 735 m a.s.l.; 11 Sep. 2003; MK leg.; RCMK • 7 ♀♀, 4 ♂♂; N Cape, Nieuwoudtville, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.142778&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.400833" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.142778/lat -31.400833)">Glen Lyon</a>, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.142778&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.400833" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.142778/lat -31.400833)">garden</a>; 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, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.142778&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.400833" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.142778/lat -31.400833)">Renosterveld</a>; 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, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.142778&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.400833" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.142778/lat -31.400833)">Renosterveld</a>; 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, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.142778&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.400833" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.142778/lat -31.400833)">Renosterveld</a>; 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, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.142778&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.400833" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.142778/lat -31.400833)">Renosterveld</a>; 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, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.142778&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.400833" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.142778/lat -31.400833)">Renosterveld</a>; 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 ♂♂; <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.90361&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.758055" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.90361/lat -31.758055)">Keiski Mts</a>, 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 ♀; <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.838057&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.763056" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.838057/lat -31.763056)">Keiski Mts</a>, 5 km S of Farm Nooiensrivier, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.838057&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.763056" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.838057/lat -31.763056)">burned area</a>; 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, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=18.916666&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.801943" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 18.916666/lat -31.801943)">Fynbos</a>; 31°48′07″ S, 18°55′00″ E; 380 m a.s.l.; 13 Aug. 2012; MK leg.; RCMK • 1 ♀; W Cape, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=18.333334&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-32.066666" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 18.333334/lat -32.066666)">S of Lamberts Bay</a>; [32°04′ S, 18°20′ E]; 7 Oct. 1999; MH leg.; RCMS • 1 ♀; 6 km NNW of Farm Kanariesfontein, 30 km W of Sutherland, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=20.380556&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-32.371387" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 20.380556/lat -32.371387)">roadside</a>; 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 .</p><p>Description</p><p>Female</p><p>BODY LENGTH. 6.7–8.7 mm.</p><p>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. 33C). Surface between punctures slightly matt. Antenna black.</p><p>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. 33D). Propodeum with dense (i=0.25–0.5 d), coarse and deep punctation, metapostnotum matt (Fig. 34A). Mesoscutum and mesoscutellum densely covered with long, black hair mixed with shorter yellowish-white hair (Fig. 33D). Metanotum, mesepisternum and propodeum sparsely covered with long, black hair mixed with shorter, dark brown hair, metapostnotum without hair (Figs 33D, 34A).</p><p>WINGS. Fuscous; wing venation brown and stigma dark brown to black (Fig. 33A). 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. 33A).</p><p>METASOMA. Integument of T1 dark basally. Rest of T1 and T2 red, T3 and T4 to a variable extent red, from completely red to completely black; T5 and T6 black. T1–T4 sparsely covered with short, white and black hair (Fig. 33B). T5 marginal zone with bright white hair, disc covered with long, black hair. T6 narrow and almost straight apically, with dense, long, black hair and shorter yellowish-white hair underneath (Fig. 34B). Shape of S6 (Fig. 34C) as illustrated.</p><p>Male</p><p>BODY LENGTH. 5.6–7.4 mm.</p><p>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. 35C). Surface between punctures slightly matt. Antenna black.</p><p>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. 35D). Propodeum with dense (i= 0.25–0.5 d), coarse and deep punctation, metapostnotum matt (Fig. 35E). Mesoscutum and mesoscutellum sparsely covered with long, black hair mixed with shorter, yellowish-white hair (Fig. 35D). Metanotum, mesepisternum and propodeum sparsely covered with long, black hair mixed with shorter, dark brown hair, metapostnotum without hair (Fig. 35D–E).</p><p>WINGS. Fuscous; wing venation dark brown and stigma dark brown to black (Fig. 35A).</p><p>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. 35A).</p><p>METASOMA. Integument of T1 dark basally. Rest of T1 and T2 red, T3 to a variable extent red, from basal half red to completely black and T4–T7 black. T1–T3 sparsely covered with short, white and black hair, from T4 increasingly more and longer hair (Fig. 35B). T6 marginal zone with bright white hair, disc with long, black hair. T7 covered with short, yellowish-white hair and longer, black hair (Fig. 35F).</p><p>TERMINALIA. Genitalia (Fig. 36C–D), S7 (Fig. 36A) and terminal plate of S8 (Fig. 36B) as illustrated.</p><p>Distribution</p><p>The species has been found in Namaqualand and the Roggeveld Mts southward to Sutherland.</p><p>Host bees</p><p>Unknown.</p><p>Seasonal activity</p><p>July–October.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F8216BFFDAFFB0FDBEFC97FEDDFBD3	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Pöllein, Daniela;Kuhlmann, Michael	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European 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.text	03F8216BFFC7FFB5FDCEFB90FD54FD90.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Sphecodopsis capicola (Strand 1911)	<div><p>Sphecodopsis capicola (Strand, 1911)</p><p>Figs 37–38</p><p>Omachthes capicola Strand, 1911: 224–225, holotype ♂ (type locality: ‘Kapland’ (= Cape Colony), South Africa) (ZMHB), examined.</p><p>Diagnosis</p><p>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. 37B); fore legs usually black (Fig. 37A); head and mesosoma with conspicuously dense, long, black hair (Fig. 37C–D); gonostylus slightly longer than gonocoxa (Fig. 38C–D). Female specimens were not available for study, compare Eardley &amp; Brothers (1997: 400) for the diagnosis.</p><p>Additional material examined (6 specimens)</p><p>SOUTH AFRICA • 4 ♂♂; <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.133333&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.383333" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.133333/lat -31.383333)">Nieuwoudtville</a>, Farm Glen Lyon, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.133333&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.383333" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.133333/lat -31.383333)">entrance</a>, Renosterveld; 31°23′ S, 19°08′ E; 700 m a.s.l.; 18 Aug. 2007; KT leg.; RCMK • 2 ♂♂; 20 km S of Nieuwoudtville, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.141945&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.554443" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.141945/lat -31.554443)">Farm Papkuilsfontein</a>, Fynbos; 31°33′16″ S, 19°08′31″ E; 680 m a.s.l.; 27 Aug. 2012; MK leg.; RCMK .</p><p>Female</p><p>Female specimens were not available for study, compare Eardley &amp; Brothers (1997: 400) for a description.</p><p>Male</p><p>BODY LENGTH. 6.7–7.4 mm.</p><p>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. 37C). Surface between punctures matt. Antenna black.</p><p>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. 37D). Propodeum with dense (i =0.25–1 d), coarse and deep punctation, metapostnotum matt (Fig. 37E). Mesoscutum, mesoscutellum, metanotum, mesepisternum and propodeum sparsely covered with long, black hair mixed with shorter white hair, metapostnotum glabrous (Fig. 37D–E).</p><p>WINGS. Fuscous; wing venation dark brown and stigma dark brown to black (Fig. 37A).</p><p>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. 37A).</p><p>METASOMA. Integument of T1 dark basally. Rest of T1–T3 red, T4 and T4 to a variable extent red, from completely red (except T5 marginal zone) to completely black; T6 and T7 black. T1–T3 sparsely covered with short white and black hair, from T4 increasingly more and longer hair. T4–T6 marginal zone with bright white hair becoming increasingly denser apically, disc with long, black hair (Fig. 37B). T7 covered with short, bright white hair and long, black hair (Fig. 37F).</p><p>TERMINALIA. Genitalia (Fig. 38C–D), S7 (Fig. 38A) and terminal plate of S8 (Fig. 38B) as illustrated.</p><p>Distribution</p><p>Known from the wider Namaqualand. The record from Willowmore (Eardley &amp; Brothers 1997: 401) is isolated and doubtful.</p><p>Host bees</p><p>Unknown.</p><p>Seasonal activity</p><p>August–September (Eardley &amp; Brothers 1997).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F8216BFFC7FFB5FDCEFB90FD54FD90	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Pöllein, Daniela;Kuhlmann, Michael	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European 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.text	03F8216BFFC2FFB8FD8DFD57FE3CFBCD.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Sphecodopsis felix Pöllein & Kuhlmann 2025	<div><p>Sphecodopsis felix sp. nov.</p><p>urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: C8C37AE0-39CF-4F10-BBA8-4F1CCA447577</p><p>Figs 39–42</p><p>Diagnosis</p><p>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: S6 bifid posteriorly, apical notch about as long as its apical width, shape as shown in Fig. 40C; metasoma partially red (Fig. 39B); fore tibia and tarsi usually black (Fig. 39A); T6 covered with black hair (Fig. 40B); head and mesosoma with conspicuously dense, long, black hair (Fig. 39C–D); T5 with black hair on the disc and bright white hair on the apical margin (Fig. 40B); T6 apically truncate (Fig. 40B). 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. 41B); fore legs usually black (Fig. 41A); head and mesosoma with conspicuously dense, long, black hair (Fig. 41C–D); mesoscutum more sparsely punctate (Fig. 41D); gonostylus shorter than gonocoxa and apically narrower, penis valves strongly curved downward (Fig. 42C–D).</p><p>Etymology</p><p>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.</p><p>Type material (46 specimens)</p><p>Holotype</p><p>SOUTH AFRICA • ♀; 12 km NW of Nieuwoudtville, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.04861&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.271666" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.04861/lat -31.271666)">Farm Avontuur</a>, Fynbos; 31°16′18″ S, 19°02′55″ E; 770 m a.s.l.; 3 Sep. 2012; MK leg.; SAMC.</p><p>Paratypes</p><p>SOUTH AFRICA • 2 ♀♀; W Cape, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=18.014723&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-30.175278" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 18.014723/lat -30.175278)">top Kamiesberg</a>; 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, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=18.117779&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-30.216946" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 18.117779/lat -30.216946)">near Nourivier</a>; 30°13′01″ S, 18°07′04″ E; 15 Sep. 2012; CE leg.; SANC • 4 ♀♀; W Cape, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=18.061666&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-30.234167" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 18.061666/lat -30.234167)">near Nourivier</a>; 30°14′03″ S, 18°03′42″ E; 15 Sep. 2012; CE leg.; SANC • 3 ♀♀; W Cape, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=17.695833&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-30.466112" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 17.695833/lat -30.466112)">between Garies and Hondeklipbaai</a>; 30°27′58″ S, 17°41′45″ E; 14 Sep. 2012; CE leg.; SANC • 2 ♀♀; N Cape, Fynbos, 15 km NW of Nieuwoudtville, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=18.985556&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.241945" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 18.985556/lat -31.241945)">Farm Engelsepunt</a>; 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, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.04861&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.271666" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.04861/lat -31.271666)">Fynbos</a>; 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, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.147778&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.365557" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.147778/lat -31.365557)">Flower Reserve East</a>; 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., <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.116667&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.366667" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.116667/lat -31.366667)">Nieuwoudtville</a>; [31°22′ S, 19°07′ E]; 21 Jul. 1986; VBW leg.; SANC • 1 ♀; <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.784166&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.374722" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.784166/lat -31.374722)">Plateau Hantam Mts</a>, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.784166&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.374722" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.784166/lat -31.374722)">near antenna</a>, 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, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.141111&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.390278" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.141111/lat -31.390278)">path to Farm Glen Lyon</a>, 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, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.141945&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.554443" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.141945/lat -31.554443)">Fynbos</a>; 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 ♀; <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.90361&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.758055" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.90361/lat -31.758055)">Keiski Mts</a>, 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 ♀; <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.838057&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.763056" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.838057/lat -31.763056)">Keiski Mts</a>, 5 km S of Farm Nooiensrivier, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.838057&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.763056" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.838057/lat -31.763056)">burned area</a>, shale; 31°45′47″ S, 19°50′17″ E; 1275 m a.s.l.; 29 Aug. 2010; MK leg.; RCMK • 1 ♀; <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.971111&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.793055" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.971111/lat -31.793055)">Roggeveld Mts</a>, 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, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=18.916666&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.801943" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 18.916666/lat -31.801943)">Fynbos</a>; 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 ♀; <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.998611&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.825556" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.998611/lat -31.825556)">Roggeveld Mts</a>, 2 km SE of Farm Allemansdam, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.998611&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.825556" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.998611/lat -31.825556)">burnt area</a>; 31°49′32″ S, 19°59′55″ E; 1290 m a.s.l.; 20 Sep. 2022; MK leg.; RCMK • 1 ♀; W Cape, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=18.7725&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-32.146114" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 18.7725/lat -32.146114)">Rietvlei</a>; 32°08′46″ S, 18°46′21″ E; 22 Sep. 2011; CE leg.; SANC .</p><p>Description</p><p>Female</p><p>BODY LENGTH. 5.8–7.2 mm.</p><p>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. 39C). Surface between punctures slightly matt. Antenna black.</p><p>MESOSOMA. Integument black, tegula orange. Mesoscutum slightly shiny. Mesoscutum and mesoscutellum densely (i=0.25–0.5 d), finely and deeply punctate (Fig. 39D). Propodeum with dense (i =0.25–0.5 d), relatively coarse and shallow punctation, metapostnotum matt (Fig. 40A). Mesoscutum and mesoscutellum densely covered with fairly long, black hair mixed with shorter, yellowish-white hair (Fig. 39D). Metanotum, mesepisternum and propodeum sparsely covered with long, black hair mixed with shorter, dark brown hair, metapostnotum glabrous (Figs 39D, 40A).</p><p>WINGS. Fuscous; wing venation dark brown and stigma dark brown to black (Fig. 39A).</p><p>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. 39A).</p><p>METASOMA. Integument of T1 dark basally. Rest of T1 and T2 red, T3 and T4 to a variable extent red, from T3 basal quarter red to T4 basal half red; T5 and T6 black. T1–T4 sparsely covered with short white and black hair (Fig. 39B). T5 marginal zone with bright white hair, disc covered with long, black hair. T6 with dense long, black hair, narrow and straight apically (Fig. 40B). Shape of S6 (Fig. 40C) as illustrated.</p><p>Male</p><p>BODY LENGTH. 6.0– 7.4 mm.</p><p>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. 41C). Surface between punctures slightly matt. Antenna black.</p><p>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. 41D). Propodeum dense (i=0.25–0.5 d) and relatively coarse and shallow punctation, metapostnotum matt (Fig. 41E). Mesoscutum densely covered with long, black hair mixed with shorter yellowish-white hair (Fig. 41D). Mesoscutellum, metanotum, mesepisternum and propodeum sparsely covered with long, black hair mixed with shorter, dark brown hair, metapostnotum glabrous (Fig. 41D–E).</p><p>WINGS. Yellowish-brown; wing venation brown and stigma dark brown to black (Fig. 41A). 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. 41A).</p><p>METASOMA. Integument of T1 dark basally. Rest of T1 red, T2–T4 to a variable extension red, from T2 basal half red to T4 basal quarter red and T5–T7 black. T1–T3 sparsely covered with short, white and black hair, from T4 increasingly more and longer hair. T4–T6 marginal zone with bright white hair increasingly denser, disc with long, black hair (Fig. 41B). T7 covered with short, bright white hair and longer, black hair (Fig. 41F).</p><p>TERMINALIA. Genitalia (Fig. 42C–D), S7 (Fig. 42A) and terminal plate of S8 (Fig. 42B) as illustrated.</p><p>Distribution</p><p>Found in various parts of Namaqualand.</p><p>Host bees</p><p>Unknown.</p><p>Seasonal activity</p><p>July–September.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F8216BFFC2FFB8FD8DFD57FE3CFBCD	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Pöllein, Daniela;Kuhlmann, Michael	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European 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.text	03F8216BFFCFFFBAFDC5FB8DFEFDFD52.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Sphecodopsis leliefonteinensis Pöllein & Kuhlmann 2025	<div><p>Sphecodopsis leliefonteinensis sp. nov.</p><p>urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: CAC680C2-6D6C-40CE-8604-4B5013AA8E5B</p><p>Figs 43–44</p><p>Diagnosis</p><p>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: S6 bifid posteriorly, apical notch about as long as its apical width, shape as shown in Fig. 44C; metasoma partially red (Fig. 43B); fore tibia and tarsi usually black (Fig. 43A); T6 covered with black hair (Fig. 44B); head and mesosoma with conspicuously dense, long, black hair (Fig. 43C–D); T5 only with long black hair (Fig. 44B). The male is unknown.</p><p>Etymology</p><p>The species is named after the village Leliefontein where it was discovered.</p><p>Type material (1 specimen)</p><p>Holotype</p><p>SOUTH AFRICA • ♀; 8 km WNW of Leliefontein, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=18.054722&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-30.266111" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 18.054722/lat -30.266111)">Fynbos</a>, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=18.054722&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-30.266111" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 18.054722/lat -30.266111)">roadside</a>; 30°15′58″ S, 18°03′17″ E; 1190 m a.s.l.; 14 Sep. 2017; MK leg.; SAMC.</p><p>Description</p><p>Female</p><p>BODY LENGTH. 7.3 mm.</p><p>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. 43C). Surface between punctures slightly matt. Antenna black.</p><p>MESOSOMA. Integument black, tegula orange. Mesoscutum slightly matt. Mesoscutum and mesoscutellum densely (i=0.25–0.5 d) and finely but deeply punctate (Fig. 43D). Propodeum with dense (i=0.25– 0.5 d), coarse and shallow punctation, metapostnotum matt (Fig. 44A). Mesoscutum and mesoscutellum covered with long, black hair mixed with shorter, yellowish-white hair (Fig. 43D). Metanotum, mesepisternum and propodeum sparsely covered with long, black hair mixed with shorter, dark brown hair, metapostnotum without hair (Figs 43D, 44A).</p><p>WINGS. Fuscous; wing venation dark brown and stigma dark brown to black (Fig. 43A).</p><p>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. 43A).</p><p>METASOMA. Integument of T1–T4 red and T5 and T6 black. T1–T4 sparsely covered with short white and black hair (Fig. 43B). T5 covered with long, black hair. T6 with dense long, black hair, narrow and almost straight apically (Fig. 44B). Shape of S6 (Fig. 44C) as illustrated.</p><p>Male</p><p>Unknown.</p><p>Distribution</p><p>Only known from the type locality in the Kamiesberg Mts.</p><p>Host bees</p><p>Unknown.</p><p>Seasonal activity</p><p>September.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F8216BFFCFFFBAFDC5FB8DFEFDFD52	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Pöllein, Daniela;Kuhlmann, Michael	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European 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.text	03F8216BFFCDFFBFFDCFF936FE18FBD8.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Sphecodopsis roggeveldensis Pöllein & Kuhlmann 2025	<div><p>Sphecodopsis roggeveldensis sp. nov.</p><p>urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: DBBD50B7-F26C-48D6-9CB7-CD899A793383</p><p>Figs 45–46</p><p>Diagnosis</p><p>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: S6 bifid posteriorly, apical notch about as long as its apical width, shape as shown in Fig. 46C; body length around 5 mm; metasoma partially red (Fig. 45B); fore tibia and tarsi usually black (Fig. 45A); T6 covered with black hair (Fig. 46B); head and mesosoma with conspicuously dense, long, black hair (Fig. 45C–D); T5 with black hair on the disc and bright white hair on the apical margin (Fig. 46B); T6 apically slightly rounded (Fig. 46B); mesoscutum with more dispersed punctation (i=0.25–0.5 d), surface smooth (Fig. 45D). The male is unknown.</p><p>Etymology</p><p>The species is named after the Roggeveld Mts where it was discovered.</p><p>Type material (3 specimens)</p><p>Holotype</p><p>SOUTH AFRICA • ♀; <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.998611&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.825556" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.998611/lat -31.825556)">Roggeveld Mts</a>, 2 km SE of Farm Allemansdam, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.998611&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.825556" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.998611/lat -31.825556)">burnt area</a>; 31°49′32″ S, 19°59′55″ E; 1290 m a.s.l.; 29 Aug. 2018; MK leg.; SAMC.</p><p>Paratypes</p><p>SOUTH AFRICA • 1 ♀; <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.971111&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.793055" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.971111/lat -31.793055)">Roggeveld Mts</a>, 2 km S of Farm Perdekloof, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.971111&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.793055" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.971111/lat -31.793055)">river</a>, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.971111&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.793055" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.971111/lat -31.793055)">dolerite</a>; 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 .</p><p>Description</p><p>Female</p><p>BODY LENGTH. 5.2 mm.</p><p>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. 45C). Surface between punctures slightly matt. Antenna black.</p><p>MESOSOMA. Integument black, tegula orange. Mesoscutum slightly shiny.Mesoscutum and mesoscutellum densely (i=0.25–0.5 d) and finely but deeply punctate (Fig. 45D). Propodeum with dense (i=0.25– 0.5 d), coarse and shallow punctation, metapostnotum matt (Fig. 46A). Mesoscutum and mesoscutellum covered with long, black hair mixed with shorter, white hair (Fig. 45D). Metanotum, mesepisternum and propodeum sparsely covered with long, black hair mixed with shorter, dark brown hair, metapostnotum glabrous (Figs 45D, 46A).</p><p>WINGS. Fuscous; wing venation dark brown and stigma dark brown to black (Fig. 45A). 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. 45A).</p><p>METASOMA. Integument of T1 dark basally. Rest of T1 and T2 red, T3 to a variable extent black, from T3 basal half red to almost completely black; T4–T6 black. T1–T4 sparsely covered with short, white and black hair (Fig. 45B). T5 marginal zone with bright white hair, disc covered with long, black hair. T6 narrow and almost straight apically, with dense, long, black hair (Fig. 46B). Shape of S6 (Fig. 46C) as illustrated.</p><p>Male</p><p>Unknown.</p><p>Distribution</p><p>Only known from the northern part of the Roggeveld Mts.</p><p>Host bees</p><p>Unknown.</p><p>Seasonal activity</p><p>August–September.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F8216BFFCDFFBFFDCFF936FE18FBD8	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Pöllein, Daniela;Kuhlmann, Michael	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European 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.text	03F8216BFFC8FFC2FDDDFB98FD75FC8A.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Sphecodopsis vespericena Eardley 1997	<div><p>Sphecodopsis vespericena Eardley, 1997</p><p>Figs 47–50</p><p>Sphecodopsis vespericena Eardley in Eardley &amp; Brothers, 1997: 401–403, holotype ♀ (type locality: 11 km W of Clanwilliam, South Africa) (SANC) examined.</p><p>Diagnosis</p><p>The female of S. vespericena can be separated from that of all other species of the genus by the combination of the following characters: S6 bifid posteriorly, apical notch longer and broader, about one and a half times as long as its apical width (Fig. 48C); metasoma partially red (Fig. 47B); fore tibia and tarsi completely or largely red (Fig. 47A); head wider than long (Fig. 47C); T5 apically with conspicuously long fringe, hair laterally distinctly longer forming a small medial gap (Fig. 48B); T5 with brown fringe of slightly branched hair (Fig. 48B). 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. 49B); fore tibia and tarsi completely red (Fig. 49A); metapostnotum with hair in upper corners and matt (Fig. 49E); mesoscutum densely punctate, matt (Fig. 49D).</p><p>Additional material examined (11 specimens)</p><p>SOUTH AFRICA • 1 ♀; Ouberg Pass, 27 km SE of Vanrhynsdorp, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=18.916666&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.801943" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 18.916666/lat -31.801943)">Fynbos</a>; 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, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=18.333334&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-32.066666" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 18.333334/lat -32.066666)">S of Lamberts Bay</a>; [32°04′ S, 18°20′ E]; 7–9 Oct. 1999; MH leg.; RCMS • 2 ♀♀, 1 ♂; W Cape, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=18.7725&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-32.146114" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 18.7725/lat -32.146114)">Rietvlei</a>; 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., <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=18.514723&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-32.539722" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 18.514723/lat -32.539722)">near Redelinghuys</a>; 32°32′23″ S, 18°30′53″ E; 96 m a.s.l.; 18 Sep. 2005; CE leg.; SANC .</p><p>Description</p><p>Female</p><p>BODY LENGTH. 7.3–8.0 mm.</p><p>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. 47C). Surface between punctures matt. Antenna black.</p><p>MESOSOMA. Integument black, tegula orange. Mesoscutum matt. Mesoscutum and mesoscutellum densely (i= 0.25–0.5 d) finely and deeply punctate (Fig. 47D). Propodeum with dense (i =0.25–1 d), coarse and deep punctation, metapostnotum matt (Fig. 48A). Mesoscutum, mesoscutellum, metanotum, mesepisternum and propodeum sparsely covered with long, black hair mixed with shorter, white hair, metapostnotum glabrous (Figs 47D, 48A).</p><p>WINGS. Fuscous; wing venation dark brown and stigma dark brown to black (Fig. 47A).</p><p>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. 47A).</p><p>METASOMA. Integument of T1–T3, T4 to a variable extension red, from T4 completely red, except marginal zone black to completely black; T5 and T6 black. T1and T2 sparsely covered with short white and black hair, from T3 increasingly more and longer hair (Fig. 47B). T5 with long, black hair mixed with very short, white hair and apical margin with two brown fringes of hair. T6 with dense short, white hair mixed with short, black hair, broad and almost straight apically (Fig. 48B). Shape of S6 (Fig. 48C) as illustrated.</p><p>Male</p><p>BODY LENGTH. 9.0 mm.</p><p>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. 49C). Surface between punctures matt. Antenna black.</p><p>MESOSOMA. Integument black, tegula orange. Mesoscutum matt. Mesoscutum and mesoscutellum densely (i= 0.25–0.5 d) finely and deeply punctate (Fig. 49D). Propodeum with dense (i =0.25–1 d), coarse and deep punctation, metapostnotum matt (Fig. 49E). Mesoscutum, mesoscutellum, metanotum, mesepisternum and propodeum sparsely covered with long, black hair mixed with shorter, white hair, metapostnotum glabrous (Fig. 49D–E).</p><p>WINGS. Fuscous; wing venation dark brown and stigma black (Fig. 49A). 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. 49A).</p><p>METASOMA. Integument of T1–T4 red, T5–T7 black. T1and T2 sparsely covered with short white and black hair, from T3 increasingly more and longer hair (Fig. 49B). T7 covered with dense short, gold hair and few black hairs apically (Fig. 50A).</p><p>TERMINALIA. Genitalia (Fig. 50D–E), S7 (Fig. 50B) and terminal plate of S8 (Fig. 50C) as illustrated.</p><p>Distribution</p><p>Recorded from southern Namaqualand to Malmesbury (Eardley &amp; Brothers 1997).</p><p>Host bees</p><p>The host bee very likely is Scrapter bicolor Lepeletier &amp; 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 &amp; Brothers 1997).</p><p>Seasonal activity</p><p>August–October (Eardley &amp; Brothers 1997).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F8216BFFC8FFC2FDDDFB98FD75FC8A	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Pöllein, Daniela;Kuhlmann, Michael	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFB5FFC2FDE9FCB3FAF2FB85.text	03F8216BFFB5FFC2FDE9FCB3FAF2FB85.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Sphecodopsis namaquensis Eardley 1997	<div><p>Sphecodopsis namaquensis species group</p><p>The group consists of the following two species: S. crassipunctata sp. nov. and S. namaquensis . Characteristics of this group are the following: fore tibia and tarsi completely or largely red (Figs 51A, 53A); mesoscutum matt, densely and deeply punctate (Figs 51D, 53D); female S6 bifid posteriorly, apical notch about four to seven times as long as its apical width, shape as shown in Figs 52C, 54C.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F8216BFFB5FFC2FDE9FCB3FAF2FB85	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Pöllein, Daniela;Kuhlmann, Michael	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European 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.text	03F8216BFFB5FFC4FDC8FBBAFE12FC46.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Sphecodopsis crassipunctata Pöllein & Kuhlmann 2025	<div><p>Sphecodopsis crassipunctata sp. nov.</p><p>urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: DFEBC3C0-A761-41D8-8D5C-4653CBA83AC7</p><p>Figs 51–52</p><p>Diagnosis</p><p>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: S6 bifid posteriorly, apical notch about seven times as long as its apical width (Fig. 52C); metasoma partially red (Fig. 51B); fore tibia and tarsi completely or largely red (Fig. 51A); head wider than long, vertex flat (Fig. 51C); T5 apically either without or with short fringe of hair of ± even length (Fig. 52B); head and mesoscutum with black hair (Fig. 51C–D); mesoscutum matt, densely and deeply punctate (Fig. 51D); T6 broad and rounded apically, laterally slightly rounded, with short golden hair (Fig. 52B). The male is unknown.</p><p>Etymology</p><p>Named for the relatively coarse punctation of the mesoscutum.</p><p>Type material (2 specimens)</p><p>Holotype</p><p>SOUTH AFRICA • ♀; W Cape, S of Lamberts Bay 21 km E; [31°26′ S, 18°58′ E]; 22 Sep. 2001; CE leg.; SANC.</p><p>Paratype</p><p>SOUTH AFRICA • 1 ♀; W Cape, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=18.333334&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-32.066666" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 18.333334/lat -32.066666)">S of Lamberts Bay</a>; [32°04′ S, 18°20′ E]; 7 Oct. 1999; MH leg.; RCMK .</p><p>Description</p><p>Female</p><p>BODY LENGTH. 6.5 mm.</p><p>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. 51C). Surface between punctures slightly shiny. Antenna reddish-brown to brown.</p><p>MESOSOMA. Integument black, tegula yellow. Mesoscutum slightly shiny. Mesoscutum and mesoscutellum densely (i =0.25–0.5 d), coarsely and deeply punctate (Fig. 51D). Propodeum with dense (i=0.5–1 d) and fine but deep punctation, metapostnotum matt (Fig. 52A). Mesoscutum, mesoscutellum and mesepisternum sparsely covered with short, black hair (Fig. 51D). Metanotum and propodeum sparsely covered with short, white hair, metapostnotum glabrous (Figs 51D, 52A).</p><p>WINGS. Yellowish-brown; wing venation brown and stigma brown to dark brown (Fig. 51A).</p><p>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. 51A).</p><p>METASOMA. Integument of T1–T3 red, T4–T6 black. T1–T4 with few short, white hair mixed with short, black hair (Fig. 51B). T5 with dense short, white hair. T6 covered with short, white hair, broad and rounded apically (Fig. 52B). Shape of S6 (Fig. 52C) as illustrated.</p><p>Male</p><p>Unknown.</p><p>Distribution</p><p>Only known from the type locality Lamberts Bay at the southwest coast of South Africa.</p><p>Host bees</p><p>Unknown.</p><p>Seasonal activity</p><p>September–October.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F8216BFFB5FFC4FDC8FBBAFE12FC46	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Pöllein, Daniela;Kuhlmann, Michael	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European 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.text	03F8216BFFB0FFC6FDD4FECDFD39FDF5.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Sphecodopsis namaquensis Eardley 1997	<div><p>Sphecodopsis namaquensis Eardley, 1997</p><p>Figs 53–54</p><p>Sphecodopsis namaquensis Eardley in Eardley &amp; Brothers, 1997: 404–406, holotype ♀ (type locality: Biedouw Valley, South Africa) (SANC) examined.</p><p>Diagnosis</p><p>The female of S. namaquensis can be separated from that of all other species by the combination of the following characters: S6 bifid posteriorly, apical notch about twice as long as its apical width (Fig. 54C); metasoma partially red (Fig. 53B); fore tibia and tarsi completely or largely red (Fig. 53A); head wider than long, vertex flat (Fig. 53C); T5 apically either without or with short fringe of hair of ± even length (Fig. 54B); head and mesoscutum with black hair (Fig. 53C–D); mesoscutum matt, densely and deeply punctate (Fig. 53D); T6 broad and rounded apically, laterally almost straight, with short golden hair (Fig. 54B). The male is unknown.</p><p>This characteristic species was described in detail by Eardley &amp; Brothers (1997). Thus, to facilitate the identification, only images are provided without repeating the description.</p><p>Additional material examined</p><p>None.</p><p>Distribution</p><p>Southern Namaqualand (Eardley &amp; Brothers 1997).</p><p>Host bees</p><p>Unknown.</p><p>Seasonal activity</p><p>September (Eardley &amp; Brothers 1997).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F8216BFFB0FFC6FDD4FECDFD39FDF5	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Pöllein, Daniela;Kuhlmann, Michael	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFFB1FFC9FDB7F924FDF7FE17.text	03F8216BFFB1FFC9FDB7F924FDF7FE17.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Sphecodopsis papilla Eardley 2007	<div><p>Sphecodopsis papilla species group</p><p>The group consists of ten species: S. atra sp. nov., S. catastropha sp. nov., S. corona sp. nov., S. microscopica sp. nov., S. minuta sp. nov., S. nana sp. nov., S. nigra sp. nov., S. papilla Eardley, 2007, S. parvula sp. nov. and S. tenera sp. nov. Characteristics of this group are the following: small species, body length &lt;6 mm (Figs 55A, 57A, 59A, 61A, 63A, 65A, 67A, 69A, 71A, 73A, 75A, 77A); fore tibia and tarsi usually black with small reddish spots (Figs 55A, 57A, 59A, 61A, 63A, 65A, 67A, 69A, 71A, 73A, 75A, 77A); propodeum covered with short white or yellowish-white hair (Figs 56A, 58A, 60A, 61E, 64A, 65E, 67E, 69E, 72A, 74A, 76A, 77E); female T6 covered with golden hair (Figs 56B, 58B, 60B, 64B, 72B, 74B, 76B); female S6 bifid posteriorly, apical notch about three to nine times as long as its apical width, more or less spatulate, shape as illustrated (Figs 56C, 58C, 60C, 64C, 72C, 74C, 76C); male gonostylus inclined inward, penis valves narrow, slightly shorter than gonostylus (Figs 62C, 66C–D, 68C–D, 70B–C, 78C–D).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F8216BFFB1FFC9FDB7F924FDF7FE17	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Pöllein, Daniela;Kuhlmann, Michael	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European 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.text	03F8216BFFBEFFCBFD8FFDD4FE9EFAC1.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Sphecodopsis atra Pöllein & Kuhlmann 2025	<div><p>Sphecodopsis atra sp. nov.</p><p>urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: DC4BA407-AAC3-4EFB-B8B1-51CDCBFE2082</p><p>Figs 55–56</p><p>Diagnosis</p><p>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: S6 bifid posteriorly, apical notch five times as long as its apical width (Fig. 56C); metasoma completely black (Fig. 55B); punctation of the mesoscutum more dispersed (i =0.5–1 d) and coarser (Fig. 55D). The male is unknown.</p><p>Etymology</p><p>The name refers to the black colour of the species.</p><p>Type material (3 specimens)</p><p>Holotype</p><p>SOUTH AFRICA • ♀; W Cape, 25 km S of <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=20.033333&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-34.666668" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 20.033333/lat -34.666668)">Bredasdorp</a>, coast; [34°40′ S, 20°02′ E]; 23 Oct. 1999; MH leg.; RCMS.</p><p>Paratypes</p><p>SOUTH AFRICA • 2 ♀♀; same collection data as for holotype; RCMK .</p><p>Description</p><p>Female</p><p>BODY LENGTH. 4.5–4.9 mm.</p><p>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. 55C). Surface between punctures slightly shiny. Antenna black and reddish-brown.</p><p>MESOSOMA. Integument black, tegula reddish-brown. Mesoscutum slightly shiny. Mesoscutum and mesoscutellum densely (i=0.5–1 d), coarsely and deeply punctate (Fig. 55D). Propodeum with dense (i=0.5–1 d) and fine but deep punctation, metapostnotum matt (Fig. 56A). Mesoscutum, metanotum and propodeum sparsely covered with short, white hair, metapostnotum glabrous (Figs 55D, 56A). Mesoscutellum sparsely covered with longer, yellowish-white hair. Mesepisternum with short, white hair (Fig. 55D).</p><p>WINGS. Yellowish; wing venation brown and stigma brown (Fig. 55A).</p><p>LEGS. Integument black to reddish-brown. Coxa, trochanter, femur, tibia and tarsi covered with short, white hair (Fig. 55A).</p><p>METASOMA. Integument of T1–T6 black. T1 and T2 with sparse short, white and golden hair, from T3 increasingly more and longer hair (Fig. 55B). T5 disc with long golden hairs, marginal zone covered with short, white hairs. T6 slightly rounded apically and with a hair fringe, densely covered with short, golden hair (Fig. 56B). Shape of S6 (Fig. 56C) as illustrated.</p><p>Male</p><p>Unknown.</p><p>Distribution</p><p>Only known from the type locality at the coast near Bredasdorp.</p><p>Host bees</p><p>Unknown.</p><p>Seasonal activity</p><p>October.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F8216BFFBEFFCBFD8FFDD4FE9EFAC1	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Pöllein, Daniela;Kuhlmann, Michael	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European 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.text	03F8216BFFBCFFCDFDB9FA80FEFDFC85.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Sphecodopsis catastropha Pöllein & Kuhlmann 2025	<div><p>Sphecodopsis catastropha sp. nov.</p><p>urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 44AD2A28-7943-41C5-A59E-51D935555398</p><p>Figs 57–58</p><p>Diagnosis</p><p>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: S6 bifid posteriorly, apical notch nine times as long as its apical width (Fig. 58C); metasoma completely black (Fig. 57B); punctation of mesoscutum denser (i=0.25–0.5 d) and finer (Fig. 57D). The male is unknown.</p><p>Etymology</p><p>The name refers to the catastrophic condition the only known specimen was initially in. Noun in apposition.</p><p>Type material (1 specimen)</p><p>Holotype</p><p>SOUTH AFRICA • ♀; <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=18.15&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-30.233334" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 18.15/lat -30.233334)">Leliefontein</a>, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=18.15&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-30.233334" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 18.15/lat -30.233334)">slope</a>; 30°14′ S, 18°09′ E; 23 Sep. 2003; yellow + white trap; CM leg.; SAMC.</p><p>Description</p><p>Female</p><p>BODY LENGTH. 5.3 mm.</p><p>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. 57C). Surface between punctures slightly shiny. Antenna black.</p><p>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. 57D). Propodeum with dense (i =0.5–1 d), fine and shallow punctation, metapostnotum matt (Fig. 58A). 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. 57D). Propodeum and metanotum sparsely covered with short, white hair metapostnotum glabrous (Figs 57D, 58A). Mesepisternum covered with short white hair mixed with few longer black hairs.</p><p>WINGS. Fuscous; wing venation brown and stigma brown (Fig. 57A).</p><p>LEGS. Integument black. Coxa, trochanter, femur, tibia and tarsi covered with short, white hair (Fig. 57A). METASOMA. Integument of T1–T6 black. T1 and T2 with few short, golden hairs, from T3 increasingly more and longer hair (Fig. 57B). T5 disc with long golden hairs, marginal zone sparsely covered with short, white hairs. T6 almost straight apically, densely covered with short, golden hair (Fig. 58B). Shape of S6 (Fig. 58C) as illustrated.</p><p>Male</p><p>Unknown.</p><p>Distribution</p><p>Only known from the type locality in the Kamiesberg Mts.</p><p>Host bees</p><p>Unknown.</p><p>Seasonal activity</p><p>September.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F8216BFFBCFFCDFDB9FA80FEFDFC85	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Pöllein, Daniela;Kuhlmann, Michael	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European 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.text	03F8216BFFBBFFD0FD9DFECDFBBDF9CF.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Sphecodopsis corona Pöllein & Kuhlmann 2025	<div><p>Sphecodopsis corona sp. nov.</p><p>urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: E625F4C2-AE83-4931-A92D-0C378EDA189F</p><p>Figs 59–62</p><p>Diagnosis</p><p>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: S6 bifid posteriorly, apical notch three times as long as its apical width, more or less spatulate, shape as shown in Fig. 60C; body length 3.5–5.8 mm; T1–T3 completely and T4–6 to a variable extent red (Fig. 59B); fore tibia and tarsi usually black, sometimes with small reddish spots (Fig. 59A); T6 covered with only thin golden hair (Fig. 60B); head and mesosoma with light hair (Fig. 59C–D); propodeum densely covered with short white or yellowish-white hair (Fig. 60A); T5 apically sparsely covered with short white hair (Fig. 60B); T6 almost truncate apically, covered with short golden hair but without a fringe (Fig. 60B). The male can be separated from that of all other species by the combination of the following characters: T1–T4 completely and T5–T7 to a variable extent red (Fig. 61B); fore legs usually black, sometimes with small reddish spots (Fig. 61A); propodeum covered with white or golden hair (Fig. 61E); head and mesosoma with golden hair (Fig. 61C–D); T7 more densely covered with short golden hair (Fig. 61F); gonostylus inclined inward, penis valves narrower, slightly shorter than gonostylus (Fig. 62C); S8 narrowly rounded apically (Fig. 62B).</p><p>Etymology</p><p>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.</p><p>Type material (8 specimens)</p><p>Holotype</p><p>SOUTH AFRICA • ♂; W Cape, Knersvlakte, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=18.71028&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.373056" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 18.71028/lat -31.373056)">Sukkulent Karoo</a>, 30 km N of Vanrhynsdorp; 31°22′23″ S, 18°42′37″ E; 146 m a.s.l.; 6 Sep. 2003; KT leg.; SAMC.</p><p>Paratypes</p><p>SOUTH AFRICA • 4 ♀♀, 3 ♂♂; same collection data as for holotype; 5–6 Sep. 2003; RCMK .</p><p>Description</p><p>Female</p><p>BODY LENGTH. 4.3–5.2 mm.</p><p>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. 59C). 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. 59D). Propodeum with dense (i=0.5–1 d), fine and shallow punctation, metapostnotum matt (Fig. 60A). Mesoscutum, mesoscutellum and mesepisternum sparsely covered with long, golden hair (Fig. 59D). Metanotum and propodeum very sparsely covered with short, golden hair, metapostnotum glabrous (Figs 59D, 60A).</p><p>WINGS. Yellowish; wing venation brown and stigma brown (Fig. 59A).</p><p>LEGS. Integument black. Coxa, trochanter, femur, tibia and tarsi sparsely covered with short, white hair (Fig. 59A).</p><p>METASOMA. Integument of T1–T3 red, T4–6 to a variable extent red, from T4 basal half red to completely red. T1 and T2 with few short, white and golden hair, from T3 increasingly more and longer hair (Fig. 59B). T5 marginal zone covered with short, golden hairs. T6 slightly rounded apically, densely covered with short, golden hair (Fig. 60B). Shape of S6 (Fig. 60C) as illustrated.</p><p>Male</p><p>BODY LENGTH. 4.0– 4.8 mm.</p><p>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. 61C). Surface between punctures matt. Antenna reddish-brown to brown.</p><p>MESOSOMA. Integument black, tegula orange. Mesoscutum slightly shiny.Mesoscutum and mesoscutellum densely (i= 0.5–1 d) and finely but coarsely punctate (Fig. 61D). Propodeum with dense (i=0.5– 1 d), fine and shallow punctation, metapostnotum matt (Fig. 61E). Mesoscutum, mesoscutellum and mesepisternum sparsely covered with long, golden hair (Fig. 61D). Metanotum and propodeum very sparsely covered with short, golden hair, metapostnotum glabrous (Fig. 61D–E).</p><p>WINGS. Yellowish; wing venation brown and stigma brown (Fig. 61A).</p><p>LEGS. Integument black. Coxa, trochanter, femur, tibia and tarsi sparsely covered with short, white hair (Fig. 61A).</p><p>METASOMA. Integument of T1–T4 red; T5–T7 to a variable extent red, from T5 only basal quarter red and rest black to T5–T7 completely red. T1 and T2 with few short, white and golden hairs, from T3 increasingly more and longer hair (Fig. 61B). T7 covered with short, golden hair (Fig. 61F).</p><p>TERMINALIA. Genitalia (Fig. 62C), S7 (Fig. 62A) and terminal plate of S8 (Fig. 62B) as illustrated.</p><p>Distribution</p><p>Only known from the type locality in the Knersvlakte.</p><p>Host bees</p><p>Unknown.</p><p>Seasonal activity</p><p>September.</p><p>Comment</p><p>Four specimens from the Fynbos biome adjacent to the collecting site of S. chrysea sp. nov. in the Knersvlakte display slight morphological differences: T6 of S. cf. 1 corona is more truncate and with denser hair apically, T5 laterally and on the marginal zone is more densely covered with short, golden hairs.</p><p>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:</p><p>Sphecodopsis cf. 1 corona: SOUTH AFRICA • 1 ♀; N Cape, Fynbos, 15 km NW of Nieuwoudtville, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=18.985556&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.241945" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 18.985556/lat -31.241945)">Flower Engelsepunt</a>; 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, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.04861&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.271666" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.04861/lat -31.271666)">Fynbos</a>; 31°16′18″ S, 19°02′55″ E; 770 m a.s.l.; 9 Sep. 2018; MK leg.; RCMK • 1 ♀; N Cape, Nieuwoudtville, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.147778&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.365557" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.147778/lat -31.365557)">Flower Reserve</a> East; 31°21′56″ S, 19°08′52″ E; 735 m a.s.l.; 19 Aug. 2004; MK leg.; RCMK • 1 ♀; Nieuwoudtville, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.147223&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.369444" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.147223/lat -31.369444)">Wild Flower Reserve</a>, dolerite hills; 31°22′10″ S, 19°08′50″ E; 770 m a.s.l.; 17 Sep. 2007; KT leg.; RCMK.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F8216BFFBBFFD0FD9DFECDFBBDF9CF	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Pöllein, Daniela;Kuhlmann, Michael	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European 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.text	03F8216BFFA7FFD5FDB0F98DFE18FC57.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Sphecodopsis microscopica Pöllein & Kuhlmann 2025	<div><p>Sphecodopsis microscopica sp. nov.</p><p>urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 86F371F1-6556-4232-BFE2-042D66CBE1AB</p><p>Figs 63–64</p><p>Diagnosis</p><p>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: S6 bifid posteriorly, apical notch seven times as long as its apical width, more or less spatulate, shape as shown in Fig. 64C; body length 3.5–5.8 mm; metasoma partially red (Fig. 63B); fore tibia and tarsi usually black, sometimes with small reddish spots (Fig. 63A); T6 covered with only thin golden hair (Fig. 64B); head and mesosoma with light hair (Fig. 63C–D); propodeum very sparsely covered with short white hair (Fig. 64A); T6 almost straight apically with a distinct fringe, hair laterally much longer than medially (Fig. 64B). The male is unknown.</p><p>Etymology</p><p>The species is named for its minute size.</p><p>Type material (13 specimens)</p><p>Holotype</p><p>SOUTH AFRICA • ♀; <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=18.92111&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.431665" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 18.92111/lat -31.431665)">Gemsbokrivier-Pad</a>, 4.5 km NE of Grootdrif, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=18.92111&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.431665" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 18.92111/lat -31.431665)">roadside</a>; 31°25′54″ S, 18°55′16″ E; 170 m a.s.l.; 22 Aug. 2012; MK leg.; SAMC.</p><p>Paratypes</p><p>SOUTH AFRICA • 1 ♀; W Cape, Knersvlakte, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=18.71028&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.373056" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 18.71028/lat -31.373056)">Sukkulent Karoo</a>, 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 ♀; <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=18.92111&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.431665" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 18.92111/lat -31.431665)">Gemsbokrivier-Pad</a>, 4.5 km NE of Grootdrif, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=18.92111&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.431665" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 18.92111/lat -31.431665)">roadside</a>; 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, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=18.792778&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.43361" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 18.792778/lat -31.43361)">Kaapse Drif</a>; 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 ♀; <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=18.925554&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.735" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 18.925554/lat -31.735)">Knersvlakte</a>, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=18.925554&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.735" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 18.925554/lat -31.735)">roadside</a>, 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 ♀♀; <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.90361&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.758055" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.90361/lat -31.758055)">Keiski Mts</a>, 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 ♀; <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=20.387777&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-32.30083" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 20.387777/lat -32.30083)">Roggeveld Mts</a>, 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 .</p><p>Description</p><p>Female</p><p>BODY LENGTH. 3.2–4.5 mm.</p><p>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. 63C). Surface between punctures slightly shiny.Antenna black.</p><p>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. 63D). Propodeum with dense (i =0.5–1 d), fine and shallow punctation, metapostnotum matt (Fig. 64A). Mesoscutum, mesoscutellum and metanotum sparsely covered with short, white hair (Fig. 63D). Propodeum sparsely covered with few short white hairs, metapostnotum glabrous (Fig. 64A). Mesepisternum covered with slightly long, white hair.</p><p>WINGS. Yellowish; wing venation brown and stigma brown (Fig. 63A).</p><p>LEGS. Integument black, except tibia apically light red. Coxa, trochanter, femur, tibia and tarsi covered with short, white hair (Fig. 63A).</p><p>METASOMA. Integument of T1–T2 red, T3 to a variable extent red, from completely black to only black on the disc, T4–T6 black. T1 and T2 with few short, white and golden hairs, from T3 increasingly more and longer hair (Fig. 63B). T5 disc covered with long, white hair, marginal zone covered with short, white hairs. T6 almost square and straight apically with a small, short hair fringe on either side, densely covered with short golden and white hair (Fig. 64B). Shape of S6 (Fig. 64C) as illustrated.</p><p>Male</p><p>Unknown.</p><p>Distribution</p><p>So far, the species has been recorded in the Knersvlakte, the Keiskie Mts and the Roggeveld Mts.</p><p>Host bees</p><p>Likely hosts are equally small species of euryglossiform Scrapter (Kuhlmann 2014; Kuhlmann &amp; Friehs 2020) that were found in association with this cuckoo bee.</p><p>Seasonal activity</p><p>August–September.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F8216BFFA7FFD5FDB0F98DFE18FC57	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Pöllein, Daniela;Kuhlmann, Michael	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European 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.text	03F8216BFFA2FFD6FD9DFC14FEA6FE00.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Sphecodopsis minuta Pöllein & Kuhlmann 2025	<div><p>Sphecodopsis minuta sp. nov.</p><p>urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 2DCEBB40-135C-4FFD-B4E9-DAD96D1B5816</p><p>Figs 65–66</p><p>Diagnosis</p><p>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. 65B); fore legs usually black (Fig. 65A); head, mesosoma and propodeum with white hair (Fig. 65C–E); gonostylus inclined inward, penis valves narrower, slightly shorter than gonostylus (Fig. 66C–D); S8 apically slightly notched (Fig. 66B).</p><p>Etymology</p><p>The species is named for its small size.</p><p>Type material (2 specimens)</p><p>Holotype</p><p>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.</p><p>Paratype</p><p>SOUTH AFRICA • 1 ♂; <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=18.916666&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.801943" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 18.916666/lat -31.801943)">Ouberg Pass</a>, 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 .</p><p>Description</p><p>Female</p><p>Unknown.</p><p>Male</p><p>BODY LENGTH. 4.2–5.3 mm.</p><p>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. 65C). Surface between punctures slightly matt. Antenna brown.</p><p>MESOSOMA. Integument black, tegula orange. Mesoscutum slightly matt. Mesoscutum and mesoscutellum densely (i= 0.25–1 d), coarsely and deeply punctate (Fig. 65D). Propodeum with dense (i=0.5–1 d), fine and shallow punctation, metapostnotum matt (Fig. 65E). Mesoscutum, mesoscutellum and metanotum covered with short, golden hair (Fig. 65D). Propodeum sparsely covered with short, white hair, metapostnotum glabrous (Fig. 65E). Mesepisternum covered with relatively long, white hair.</p><p>WINGS. Yellowish; wing venation brown and stigma brown (Fig. 65A).</p><p>LEGS. Integument black. Coxa, trochanter, femur, tibia and tarsi sparsely covered with short, white hair (Fig. 65A).</p><p>METASOMA. Integument of T1 red, except base of T1 black. T2–T4 to a variable extent red, from T2 basal half red to T4 completely red. T5–T7 black. T1 and T2 with few short, white and golden hairs, from T3 increasingly more and longer hair (Fig. 65B). T6 disc covered with long, white hair, marginal zone with few short, white hairs. T7 covered with short, golden hair (Fig. 65F).</p><p>TERMINALIA. Genitalia (Fig. 66C–D), S7 (Fig. 66A) and terminal plate of S8 (Fig. 66B) as illustrated.</p><p>Distribution</p><p>Only known from the wider vicinity of Nieuwoudtville.</p><p>Host bees</p><p>Unknown.</p><p>Seasonal activity</p><p>August.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F8216BFFA2FFD6FD9DFC14FEA6FE00	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Pöllein, Daniela;Kuhlmann, Michael	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European 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.text	03F8216BFFA1FFD8FD81FDC6FEA6FCDA.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Sphecodopsis nana Pöllein & Kuhlmann 2025	<div><p>Sphecodopsis nana sp. nov.</p><p>urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: ED2DA301-FD9B-4949-AF00-7CDC9BFF4DF3</p><p>Figs 67–68</p><p>Diagnosis</p><p>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: T1 apically, T2 basally and T3 to a variable extent dark reddish-brown (Fig. 67B); fore legs usually black (Fig. 67A); head and mesosoma with golden or white hair (Fig. 67C–D); propodeum very sparsely covered with short white hair (Fig. 67E); gonostylus inclined inward, penis valves narrower, slightly shorter than gonostylus (Fig. 68C–D); S8 narrow and almost truncate apically (Fig. 68B).</p><p>Etymology</p><p>The species is named for its small size.</p><p>Type material (6 specimens)</p><p>Holotype</p><p>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.</p><p>Paratypes</p><p>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 .</p><p>Description</p><p>Female</p><p>Unknown.</p><p>Male</p><p>BODY LENGTH. 3.7–4.3 mm.</p><p>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. 67C). Surface between punctures slightly shiny. Antenna brown.</p><p>MESOSOMA. Integument black, tegula reddish-brown. Mesoscutum slightly shiny. Mesoscutum and mesoscutellum densely (i =0.25–1 d) and finely but deeply punctate (Fig. 67D). Propodeum with dense (i =0.5–1 d), fine and shallow punctation, metapostnotum matt (Fig. 67E). Mesoscutum and metanotum covered with short, gold hair. Mesoscutellum covered with slightly long, golden hair. Propodeum with few short, white hairs, metapostnotum glabrous (Fig. 67E). Mesepisternum sparsely covered with slightly long, white hair.</p><p>WINGS. Yellowish; wing venation red and stigma red (Fig. 67A).</p><p>LEGS. Integument black. Coxa, trochanter, femur, tibia and tarsi sparsely covered with short, white hair (Fig. 67A).</p><p>METASOMA. Integument of T1 and T2 dark reddish-brown, except base of T1 black. T3 to a variable extent red, from completely black to completely red. T1 and T2 with few short, white and golden hair, from T3 increasingly more and longer hair (Fig. 67B). T6 disc covered with long white hair, marginal zone with short white hairs. T7 covered with short white hair (Fig. 67F).</p><p>TERMINALIA. Genitalia (Fig. 68C–D), S7 (Fig. 68A) and terminal plate of S8 (Fig. 68B) as illustrated.</p><p>Distribution</p><p>Only known from the Nieuwoudtville area.</p><p>Host bees</p><p>Unknown.</p><p>Seasonal activity</p><p>August.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F8216BFFA1FFD8FD81FDC6FEA6FCDA	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Pöllein, Daniela;Kuhlmann, Michael	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European 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.text	03F8216BFFACFFDAFD87FECDFEFDFE05.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Sphecodopsis nigra Pöllein & Kuhlmann 2025	<div><p>Sphecodopsis nigra sp. nov.</p><p>urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 563CEA18-BB16-4C29-BEB8-4DD1F2AF9265</p><p>Figs 69–70</p><p>Diagnosis</p><p>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. 69B); head and mesosoma with white hair (Fig. 69C–D).</p><p>Etymology</p><p>The name refers to the black colour of the species.</p><p>Type material (4 specimens)</p><p>Holotype</p><p>SOUTH AFRICA • ♂; Cape Town; [33°57′ S, 18°27′ E]; Sep. 1913; GP leg.; SANC.</p><p>Paratypes</p><p>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 .</p><p>Description</p><p>Female</p><p>Unknown.</p><p>Male</p><p>BODY LENGTH. 5.0– 5.5 mm.</p><p>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. 69C). Surface between punctures slightly shiny. Antenna brown.</p><p>MESOSOMA. Integument black, tegula red. Mesoscutum slightly shiny. Mesoscutum and mesoscutellum densely (i= 0.5–1 d), coarsely and deeply punctate (Fig. 69D). Propodeum with dense (i=0.5–1 d), fine and shallow punctation, metapostnotum matt (Fig. 69E). Mesoscutum, mesoscutellum, metanotum and mesepisternum covered with long, white hair. Propodeum covered with short, white hair, metapostnotum glabrous (Fig. 69D).</p><p>WINGS. Yellowish; wing venation red and stigma red (Fig. 69A).</p><p>LEGS. Integument black. Coxa, trochanter, femur, tibia and tarsi sparsely covered with short, white hair (Fig. 69A).</p><p>METASOMA. Integument of T1–T6 black, except T1 red apically. T1 and T2 with few short, white hair, from T3 increasingly more and longer hair (Fig. 69B). T6 disc covered with long, white hair. T7 covered with short, white hair (Fig. 69F).</p><p>TERMINALIA. Genitalia (Fig. 70B–C) and terminal plate of S8 (Fig. 70A) as illustrated. Unfortunately, S7 of this brittle and old specimen was lost during dissection.</p><p>Distribution</p><p>Only known from Cape Town.</p><p>Host bees</p><p>Unknown.</p><p>Seasonal activity</p><p>September.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F8216BFFACFFDAFD87FECDFEFDFE05	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Pöllein, Daniela;Kuhlmann, Michael	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European 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.text	03F8216BFFAAFFDFFDB2FA82FEDAFC0A.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Sphecodopsis papilla Eardley 2007	<div><p>Sphecodopsis papilla Eardley, 2007</p><p>Figs 71–72</p><p>Sphecodopsis papilla Eardley, 2007: 194–195, holotype ♀ (type locality: Nieuwoudtville, Flower Reserve East, South Africa) (SANC), examined.</p><p>Diagnosis</p><p>The female of S. papilla can be separated from that of all other species by the combination of the following characters: S6 bifid posteriorly, apical notch three times as long as its apical width, more or less spatulate, shape as shown in Fig. 72C; body length 3.5–5.8 mm; metasoma partially red (Fig. 71B); fore tibia and tarsi usually black (Fig. 71A); T6 covered with black hair (Fig. 72B); head and mesoscutum with black hair, partially mixed with white hair (Fig. 71C). The male is unknown.</p><p>Additional material examined (3 specimens)</p><p>SOUTH AFRICA • 1 ♀; N Cape, Fynbos, 15 km NW of Nieuwoudtville, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=18.985556&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.241945" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 18.985556/lat -31.241945)">Farm Engelsepunt</a>; 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, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.060555&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.2575" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.060555/lat -31.2575)">Renosterveld along Pad</a>; 31°15′27″ S, 19°03′38″ E; 770 m a.s.l.; 11 Jun. 2013; MK leg.; RCMK • 1 ♀; Nieuwoudtville, Hantam Botanical Garden, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.142778&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.400833" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.142778/lat -31.400833)">Renosterveld</a>; 31°24′03″ S, 19°08′34″ E; 700 m a.s.l.; 23 May 2013; MK leg.; RCMK .</p><p>Description</p><p>Female</p><p>BODY LENGTH. 5.4–5.8 mm.</p><p>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. 71C). Surface between punctures slightly shiny. Antenna black.</p><p>MESOSOMA. Integument black, tegula orange, partially translucent. Mesoscutum slightly shiny. Mesoscutum and mesoscutellum densely (i =0.5–1 d), finely and shallowly punctate (Fig. 71D). Propodeum with dense (i=0.25–0.5 d), fine and shallow punctation, metapostnotum finely carinate (Fig. 72A). Mesoscutum, mesoscutellum, metanotum, propodeum and mesepisternum sparsely covered with long, black hair mixed with short, white hair, metapostnotum glabrous (Figs 71D, 72A).</p><p>WINGS. Yellowish; wing venation brown and stigma brown to dark brown (Fig. 71A).</p><p>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. 71A).</p><p>METASOMA. Integument of T1–T4 red, T4 to a variable extent red, from only basal quarter red to only marginal zone black; T6 black. T1 and T2 with few short, white hairs mixed with short, black hair, from T3 increasingly more and longer hair (Fig. 71B). T6 broad and rounded apically, densely covered with short, black hair and shorter, white hair underneath (Fig. 72B). Shape of S6 (Fig. 72C) as illustrated.</p><p>Male</p><p>Unknown.</p><p>Distribution</p><p>Only known from the vicinity of Nieuwoudtville.</p><p>Host bees</p><p>Unknown.</p><p>Seasonal activity</p><p>May–July, September (Eardley 2007).</p><p>Comment</p><p>Potentially, S. chrysea sp. nov. is the unknown male of S. papilla as both were collected in autumn in the same area.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F8216BFFAAFFDFFDB2FA82FEDAFC0A	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Pöllein, Daniela;Kuhlmann, Michael	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European 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.text	03F8216BFFA9FFE0FD91FECDFE18FC63.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Sphecodopsis parvula Pöllein & Kuhlmann 2025	<div><p>Sphecodopsis parvula sp. nov.</p><p>urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 240C5434-6628-4C8B-86D8-4704639F7620</p><p>Figs 73–74</p><p>Diagnosis</p><p>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: S6 bifid posteriorly, apical notch six times as long as its apical width, more or less spatulate, shape as shown in Fig. 74C; body length 3.5–5.8 mm; metasoma partially red (Fig. 73B); fore tibia and tarsi usually black, sometimes with small reddish spots (Fig. 73A); T6 covered with only thin golden hair (Fig. 74B); head and mesosoma with light hair (Fig. 73C–D); propodeum very sparsely covered with short white hair (Fig. 74A); T6 rounded apically with inconspicuous fringes, hair laterally about as long as medially (Fig. 74B). The male is unknown.</p><p>Etymology</p><p>The species is named for its small size.</p><p>Type material (2 specimens)</p><p>Holotype</p><p>SOUTH AFRICA • ♀; 8 km WNW of Leliefontein, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=18.054722&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-30.266111" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 18.054722/lat -30.266111)">Fynbos</a>, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=18.054722&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-30.266111" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 18.054722/lat -30.266111)">roadside</a>; 30°15′58′′ S, 18°03′17′′ E; 1190 m a.s.l.; 14 Sep. 2017; MK leg.; SAMC.</p><p>Paratype</p><p>SOUTH AFRICA • 1 ♀; <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.147223&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.369444" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.147223/lat -31.369444)">Nieuwoudtville</a>, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.147223&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.369444" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.147223/lat -31.369444)">Wild flower reserve</a>, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.147223&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.369444" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.147223/lat -31.369444)">dolerite hills</a>; 31°22′10′′ S, 19°08′50′′ E; 770 m a.s.l.; 19 Aug. 2007; KT leg.; RCMK .</p><p>Description</p><p>Female</p><p>BODY LENGTH. 3.8–4.0 mm.</p><p>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. 73C). Surface between punctures slightly shiny. Antenna black.</p><p>MESOSOMA. Integument black, tegula reddish-brown. Mesoscutum slightly shiny. Mesoscutum and mesoscutellum densely (i=0.5–1 d) and finely but deeply punctate (Fig. 73D). Propodeum with dense (i =0.5–1 d), fine and shallow punctation, metapostnotum matt (Fig. 74A). Mesoscutum, metanotum and propodeum sparsely covered with short, white hair, metapostnotum glabrous (Figs 73D, 74A). Mesepisternum covered with short, white hair. Mesoscutellum covered with long, yellowish-white hair (Fig. 73D).</p><p>WINGS. Yellowish; wing venation brown and stigma brown (Fig. 73A). 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. 73A).</p><p>METASOMA. Integument of T1–T2 red, T3–6 to a variable extent red, from T3 basal half red to T4 apical half black. T5 and T6 black. T1 and T2 with few short, white hair, from T3 increasingly more and longer hair (Fig. 73B). T5 marginal zone covered with short, white hairs. T6 slightly rounded apically with a hair fringe, densely covered with short, white and golden hair (Fig. 74B). Shape of S6 (Fig. 74C) as illustrated.</p><p>Male</p><p>Unknown.</p><p>Distribution</p><p>Only known from the Kamiesberg Mts and the Nieuwoudtville area.</p><p>Host bees</p><p>Unknown.</p><p>Seasonal activity</p><p>August–September.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F8216BFFA9FFE0FD91FECDFE18FC63	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Pöllein, Daniela;Kuhlmann, Michael	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European 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.text	03F8216BFF97FFE7FD99FC21FE6BFAFC.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Sphecodopsis tenera Pöllein & Kuhlmann 2025	<div><p>Sphecodopsis tenera sp. nov.</p><p>urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 4D5C9251-C8BB-4120-98B1-050B9E902415</p><p>Figs 75–78</p><p>Diagnosis</p><p>The female of S. tenera sp. nov. can be separated from that of all other species by the combination of the following characters: S6 bifid posteriorly, apical notch four times as long as its apical width, more or less spatulate, shape as shown in Fig. 76C; body length 3.5–5.8 mm; metasoma partially red (Fig. 75B); fore tibia and tarsi usually black, sometimes with small reddish spots (Fig. 75A); T6 covered with golden hair (Fig. 76B); head and mesosoma with light hair (Fig. 75C–D); propodeum densely covered with short white or yellowish-white hair (Fig. 76A); T5 apically densely covered with short white hair (Fig. 76B); T6 rounded apically, covered with short golden hair forming a fringe (Fig. 76B). 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. 77B); fore legs usually black, sometimes with small reddish spots (Fig. 77A); propodeum covered with white hair (Fig. 77E); head and mesosoma with white hair (Fig. 77C–D); T7 very sparsely covered with short golden hair (Fig. 77F); gonostylus inclined inward, penis valves narrower, slightly shorter than gonostylus (Fig. 78C); S8 broadly rounded apically (Fig. 78B).</p><p>Etymology</p><p>The name refers to the small and delicate appearance of the species.</p><p>Type material (29 specimens)</p><p>Holotype</p><p>SOUTH AFRICA • ♀; 12 km NW of Nieuwoudtville, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.04861&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.271666" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.04861/lat -31.271666)">Farm Avontuur</a>, Fynbos; 31°16′18″ S, 19°02′55″ E; 770 m a.s.l.; 30 Aug. 2018; MK leg.; SAMC.</p><p>Paratypes</p><p>SOUTH AFRICA • 1 ♀; 8 km WNW of Leliefontein, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=18.054722&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-30.266111" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 18.054722/lat -30.266111)">Fynbos</a>, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=18.054722&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-30.266111" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 18.054722/lat -30.266111)">roadside</a>; 30°15′58″ S, 18°03′17″ E; 1190 m a.s.l.; 14 Sep. 2017; MK leg.; RCMK • 1 ♀; <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=18.106667&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-30.335835" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 18.106667/lat -30.335835)">Kamiesberg Mts</a>, 5 km SE of Leliefontein, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=18.106667&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-30.335835" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 18.106667/lat -30.335835)">roadside</a>; 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, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=18.985556&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.241945" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 18.985556/lat -31.241945)">Fynbos</a>; 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, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.04861&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.271666" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.04861/lat -31.271666)">Fynbos</a>; 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, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.147223&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.369444" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.147223/lat -31.369444)">Wild Flower Reserve</a>, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.147223&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.369444" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.147223/lat -31.369444)">dolerite hills</a>; 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, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.141945&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.554443" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.141945/lat -31.554443)">Fynbos</a>; 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, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=18.916666&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.801943" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 18.916666/lat -31.801943)">Fynbos</a>; 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 .</p><p>Description</p><p>Female</p><p>BODY LENGTH. 3.9–4.0 mm.</p><p>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. 75C). Surface between punctures slightly shiny. Antenna black.</p><p>MESOSOMA. Integument black, tegula red. Mesoscutum slightly shiny. Mesoscutum and mesoscutellum densely (i=0.25–0.5 d), coarsely and deeply punctate (Fig. 75D). Propodeum with dense (i=0.5–1 d), fine and shallow punctation, metapostnotum matt (Fig. 76A). Mesoscutum covered with short, golden hair. Mesoscutellum covered with long, golden hair (Fig. 75D). Metanotum and propodeum covered with short white hair, metapostnotum glabrous (Figs 75D, 76A). Mesepisternum covered with slightly long, white hair.</p><p>WINGS. Yellowish; wing venation brown and stigma brown (Fig. 75A).</p><p>LEGS. Integument black, except femur and tibia apically light red. Coxa, trochanter, femur, tibia and tarsi covered with short, white hair (Fig. 75A).</p><p>METASOMA. Integument of T1–T2 red, T3–6 to a variable extent red, from T3–T4 completely black or entirely red, T5 and T6 black. T1 and T2 with few short, white and golden hairs, from T3 increasingly more and longer hair (Fig. 75B). T5 marginal zone densely covered with short, white hairs. T6 slightly rounded apically with a hair fringe, densely covered with short, golden hair, (Fig. 76B). Shape of S6 (Fig. 76C) as illustrated.</p><p>Male</p><p>BODY LENGTH. 3.7–4.9 mm.</p><p>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. 77C). Surface between punctures matt. Antenna brown.</p><p>MESOSOMA. Integument black, tegula orange. Mesoscutum slightly shiny.Mesoscutum and mesoscutellum densely (i =0.5–1 d) and finely but deeply punctate (Fig. 77D). Propodeum with dense (i=0.5–1 d), fine and shallow punctation, metapostnotum matt (Fig. 77E). Mesoscutum, metanotum, propodeum and mesepisternum sparsely covered with short, white hair, metapostnotum glabrous (Fig. 77D–E). Mesoscutellum covered with slightly long, white hair.</p><p>WINGS. Yellowish; wing venation brown and stigma brown (Fig. 77A).</p><p>LEGS. Integument black. Coxa, trochanter, femur, tibia and tarsi sparsely covered with short, white hair (Fig. 77A).</p><p>METASOMA. Integument of T1 and T2 red, except base of T1 black. T3 variable, from completely black to entirely red. T1 and T2 with few short, white and golden hair, from T3 increasingly more and longer hair (Fig. 77B). T7 covered with short, golden hair (Fig. 77F).</p><p>TERMINALIA. Genitalia (Fig. 78C–D), S7 (Fig. 78A) and terminal plate of S8 (Fig. 78B) as illustrated.</p><p>Distribution</p><p>Recorded from the wider Nieuwoudtville area and the Kamiesberg Mts.</p><p>Host bees</p><p>Unknown.</p><p>Seasonal activity</p><p>August–October.</p><p>Comment</p><p>Five specimens display slight morphological differences: in S. cf. 1 tenera sp. nov. the marginal zone of T5 is covered less densely with fewer short, white hairs; T6 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 T5 is much more densely covered with short, white hair and T6 densely covered with short, golden hair, slightly more truncate apically with a smaller, sparse hair fringe. In S. cf. 3 tenera T6 is narrower and more truncate apically.</p><p>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:</p><p>Sphecodopsis cf. 1 tenera: SOUTH AFRICA • 1 ♀; 7 km NE of <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=17.786388&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-29.211111" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 17.786388/lat -29.211111)">Steinkopf</a>, roadside N7; 29°12′40″ S, 17°47′11″ E; 970 m a.s.l.; 13 Sep. 2017; MK leg.; RCMK.</p><p>Sphecodopsis cf. 2 tenera: • 1 ♀; 8 km NW of Leliefontein, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=18.054722&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-30.266111" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 18.054722/lat -30.266111)">Fynbos</a>, roadside; 30°15′58″ S, 18°03′17″ E; 1190 m a.s.l.; 14 Sep. 2017; MK leg.; RCMK.</p><p>Sphecodopsis cf. 3 tenera: • 1 ♀; 15 km NW of Nieuwoudtville, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.047222&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.234722" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.047222/lat -31.234722)">Farm Zoetfontein</a> E, Fynbos; 31°14′05″ S, 19°02′50″ E; 775 m a.s.l.; 7 Oct. 2022; MK leg.; RCMK • 1 ♀; <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=18.925554&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.735" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 18.925554/lat -31.735)">Knersvlakte</a>, 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 ♀; <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=18.916666&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.801943" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 18.916666/lat -31.801943)">Ouberg Pass</a>, 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.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F8216BFF97FFE7FD99FC21FE6BFAFC	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Pöllein, Daniela;Kuhlmann, Michael	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFF90FFE7FDC3FA9AFB47F955.text	03F8216BFF90FFE7FDC3FA9AFB47F955.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Sphecodopsis semirufa (Cockerell 1933)	<div><p>Sphecodopsis semirufa species group</p><p>The group consists of the following six species: S. keiskiensis sp. nov., S. kuhlmanni Eardley, 2007, S. leonis, S. rufipes sp. nov., S. semirufa (Cockerell, 1933) and S. villosa (Friese, 1909) . Characteristics of this group are the following: mesoscutum shiny, with sparse punctation (Figs 79D, 81D–E, 83D, 85D, 87D, 89D, 91D, 93D, 95D); fore tibia and tarsi usually completely or largely red (Figs 79D, 81D–E, 83D, 85D, 87D, 89D, 91D, 93D, 95D); female S6 bifid posteriorly, apical notch one to one and a half times as long as its apical width (Figs 80C, 82D, 88C, 92C); male gonostylus broader, rounded posteriorly and straight or slightly bent inward (Figs 84C–D, 86D, 90C–D, 94C–D, 96C–D).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F8216BFF90FFE7FDC3FA9AFB47F955	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Pöllein, Daniela;Kuhlmann, Michael	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European 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.text	03F8216BFF90FFE8FDA7F90AFEFDFD58.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Sphecodopsis keiskiensis Pöllein & Kuhlmann 2025	<div><p>Sphecodopsis keiskiensis sp. nov.</p><p>urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 08F5B31D-7C62-49B7-B0F2-C409838D9794</p><p>Figs 79–80</p><p>Diagnosis</p><p>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: S6 bifid posteriorly, apical notch about as long as its apical width (Fig. 80C); metasoma partially red (Fig. 79B); fore tibia and tarsi completely or largely red (Fig. 79A); head wider than long, vertex flat (Fig. 79C); T5 apically without fringe (Fig. 80B); head and mesoscutum with black hair, interspersed with lighter hair (Fig. 79C–D); mesoscutum shiny, sparsely and shallowly punctate (Fig. 79D); no white hair above base of antenna (Fig. 79C); propodeum laterally and metapostnotum only with few white hairs in upper corners (Fig. 80A). The male is unknown.</p><p>Etymology</p><p>Named after the Keiskie Mts where the only known specimen was found.</p><p>Type material (1 specimen)</p><p>Holotype</p><p>SOUTH AFRICA • ♀; <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.838057&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.765" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.838057/lat -31.765)">Keiskie Mts</a>, 5 km S of Farm Nooiensrivier, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.838057&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.765" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.838057/lat -31.765)">dolerite hill</a>; 31°45′54″ S, 19°50′17″ E; 1270 m a.s.l.; 22 Sep. 2014; MK leg.; SAMC.</p><p>Description</p><p>Female</p><p>BODY LENGTH. 7.4 mm.</p><p>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. 79C). Surface between punctures shiny. Antenna black.</p><p>MESOSOMA. Integument black, tegula orange, partially translucent. Mesoscutum shiny. Mesoscutum and mesoscutellum sparsely (i= 1–3 d), finely and shallowly punctate (Fig. 79D). Propodeum densely (i =0.5–1 d), finely and shallowly punctate, metapostnotum matt (Fig. 80A). Mesoscutum, mesoscutellum and mesepisternum sparsely covered with long, black hair mixed with shorter, yellowish-white hair (Fig. 79D). Metanotum and propodeum sparsely covered with short, yellowish-white hair, metapostnotum only with hair in upper corners (Figs 79D, 80A).</p><p>WINGS. Fuscous; wing venation brown and stigma brown to dark brown (Fig. 79A).</p><p>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. 79A).</p><p>METASOMA. Integument of T1–T3 red and T4–T6 black. T1 and T2 sparsely covered with short, white and black hair, from T3 increasingly more and longer black hair (Fig. 79B). T6 with short, golden hair, narrow and almost straight apically, apical margin with very short, dense, golden hair (Fig. 80B). Shape of S6 (Fig. 80C) as illustrated.</p><p>Male</p><p>Unknown.</p><p>Distribution</p><p>Only known from the type locality in the Keiskie Mts south of Calvinia.</p><p>Host bees</p><p>Unknown.</p><p>Seasonal activity</p><p>September.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F8216BFF90FFE8FDA7F90AFEFDFD58	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Pöllein, Daniela;Kuhlmann, Michael	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European 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.text	03F8216BFF9FFFEEFDD9FD1FFE76FD8D.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Sphecodopsis kuhlmanni Eardley 2007	<div><p>Sphecodopsis kuhlmanni Eardley, 2007</p><p>Figs 81–84</p><p>Sphecodopsis kuhlmanni Eardley, 2007: 194–196, holotype ♂ (type locality: Nieuwoudtville, Flower Reserve East, South Africa) (SANC), examined.</p><p>Diagnosis</p><p>The female of S. kuhlmanni can be separated from that of all other species of the genus by the combination of the following characters: S6 bifid posteriorly, apical notch about as long as its apical width and without a small tip distally, notch narrow, shape as shown in Fig. 82D; metasoma partially red (Fig. 81B); fore tibia and tarsi completely or largely red to largely black with only small reddish spots (Fig. 81A); head wider than long, vertex flat (Fig. 81C); T5 apically without fringe (Fig. 82C); T6 almost truncate apically, covered with black hair (Fig. 81C–E); head and mesoscutum with short black hair, interspersed with lighter hair (Fig. 81C–E); mesoscutum shiny, sparsely and shallowly punctate (Fig. 81D–E); Thin patch of white hair above base of antenna (Fig. 81C); propodeum laterally and metapostnotum with abundant white hair in upper corners (Fig. 82A–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. 83B); fore tibia and tarsi completely red or light red to largely black with small reddish spots (Fig. 83A); head and mesosoma with black hair, sometimes mixed with lighter hair (Fig. 83C–D); mesoscutum sparsely (i=1–3 d), finely and shallowly punctate, very shiny (Fig. 83D); metapostnotum slightly wider than high, with more abundant hair in upper corners and matt (Fig. 83E); gonostylus straight, broad, rounded posteriorly (Fig. 84C–D).</p><p>Additional material examined (160 specimens)</p><p>SOUTH AFRICA • 1 ♀; 10 km SSE of Steinkopf, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=17.774445&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-29.332224" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 17.774445/lat -29.332224)">roadside</a>; 29°19′56″ S, 17°46′28″ E; 970 m a.s.l.; 12 Sep. 2017; MK leg.; RCMK • 1 ♂; <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=18.15&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-30.233334" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 18.15/lat -30.233334)">Remhoogte</a>, plain; 30°14′ S, 18°09′ E; 7 Sep. 2003; CM leg.; RCMK • 1 ♂; <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=18.15&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-30.233334" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 18.15/lat -30.233334)">Leliefontein</a>, slope, white trap; 30°14′ S, 18°09′ E; 7 Sep. 2003; CM leg.; SANC • 1 ♀; <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=18.15&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-30.233334" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 18.15/lat -30.233334)">Leliefontein</a>, slope, yellow + white trap; 30°14′ S, 18°09′ E; 23 Sep. 2003; CM leg.; SANC • 1 ♂; <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=18.166666&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-30.233334" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 18.166666/lat -30.233334)">Remhoogte</a>, slope; 30°14′ S, 18°10′ E; 15 Sep. 2003; CM leg.; RCMK • 3 ♀♀; 12 km NW of Nieuwoudtville, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.068056&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.267221" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.068056/lat -31.267221)">Farm Avontuur</a>, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.068056&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.267221" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.068056/lat -31.267221)">dolerite hill</a>; 31°16′02″ S, 19°04′05″ E; 830 m a.s.l.; 27 Aug. 2008; HE leg.; RCMK • 1 ♀; N Cape Prov., Vanrhynsdorp, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=18.883333&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.283333" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 18.883333/lat -31.283333)">Water Fall</a>; 31°17′ S, 18°53′ E; 19 Sep. 2007; CE leg.; SANC • 1 ♂; N Cape, Nieuwoudtville, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.147778&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.365278" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.147778/lat -31.365278)">Flower Reserve East</a>; 31°21′55″ S, 19°08′52″ E; 735 m a.s.l.; 10 Aug. 2004; MK leg.; RCMK • 1 ♀; N Cape, Nieuwoudtville, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.147778&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.365557" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.147778/lat -31.365557)">Flower Reserve East</a>; 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, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.147778&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.365557" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.147778/lat -31.365557)">Flower Reserve East</a>; 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, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.142221&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.366945" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.142221/lat -31.366945)">Wild Flower Reserve</a>, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.142221&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.366945" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.142221/lat -31.366945)">dolerite flats</a>; 31°22′01″ S, 19°08′32″ E; 740 m a.s.l.; 29 Aug. 2008; MK leg.; on Alonsoa unilabiata; RCMK • 3 ♀♀; Nieuwoudtville, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.147223&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.369444" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.147223/lat -31.369444)">Wild Flower Reserve</a>, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.147223&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.369444" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.147223/lat -31.369444)">dolerite hills</a>; 31°22′10″ S, 19°08′50″ E; 770 m a.s.l.; 19 Aug. 2007; KT leg.; RCMK • 1 ♀, 4 ♂♂; Nieuwoudtville, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.141111&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.390278" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.141111/lat -31.390278)">path to Farm Glen Lyon</a>, slope; 31°23′25″ S, 19°08′28″ E; 737 m a.s.l.; 3 Sep. 2007; KT leg.; RCMK • 1 ♂; Nieuwoudtville, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.142778&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.400833" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.142778/lat -31.400833)">Farm Glen Lyon</a>, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.142778&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.400833" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.142778/lat -31.400833)">Renosterveld</a>; 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, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.142778&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.400833" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.142778/lat -31.400833)">Renosterveld</a>; 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., <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.15639&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.413334" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.15639/lat -31.413334)">Kamel Koppie</a>; 31°24′48″ S, 19°09′23″ E; 760 m a.s.l.; 12 Sep. 2008; MK leg.; RCMK • 1 ♀; N Cape, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.17&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.43111" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.17/lat -31.43111)">Oorlogskloof farm</a>, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.17&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.43111" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.17/lat -31.43111)">Wide gate 1 Site</a> (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, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.170277&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.432777" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.170277/lat -31.432777)">Oorlogskloof farm</a>, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.170277&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.432777" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.170277/lat -31.432777)">Wide gate 2 Site</a> (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 R355, 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 ♀; <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.90361&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.758055" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.90361/lat -31.758055)">Keiski Mts</a>, 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 ♀; <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.838057&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.765" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.838057/lat -31.765)">Keiski Mts</a>, 5 km S of Farm Nooiensrivier, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.838057&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.765" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.838057/lat -31.765)">dolerite hill</a>; 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 ♂; <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.971111&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.793055" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.971111/lat -31.793055)">Roggeveld Mts</a>, 2 km S of Farm Perdekloof, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.971111&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.793055" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.971111/lat -31.793055)">rivier</a>, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.971111&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.793055" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.971111/lat -31.793055)">dolerite</a>; 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, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=18.916666&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.801943" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 18.916666/lat -31.801943)">Fynbos</a>; 31°48′07″ S, 18°55′00″ E; 380 m a.s.l.; 23 Aug. 2012; MK leg.; RCMK • 1 ♀; <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.998611&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.825556" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.998611/lat -31.825556)">Roggeveld Mts</a>, 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, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.993889&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.823612" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.993889/lat -31.823612)">Renosterveld</a>; 31°49′25″ S, 19°59′38″ E; 1285 m a.s.l.; 11 Sep. 2018; MK leg.; RCMK • 1 ♀; C. P., <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=18.333334&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-32.066666" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 18.333334/lat -32.066666)">Lamberts Bay</a>; 32°04′ S, 18°20′ E; 4 Oct. 1974; RW leg.; SANC • 2 ♂♂; <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=20.387777&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-32.30083" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 20.387777/lat -32.30083)">Roggeveld Mts</a>, 2 km S of Farm Houdenbek, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=20.387777&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-32.30083" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 20.387777/lat -32.30083)">roadside</a>; 32°18′03″ S, 20°23′16″ E; 1280 m a.s.l.; 16 Sep. 2018; MK leg.; RCMK • 1 ♀, 1 ♂; <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=20.457779&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-32.411945" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 20.457779/lat -32.411945)">Farm Kanolfontein</a>, 20 km W of Sutherland, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=20.457779&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-32.411945" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 20.457779/lat -32.411945)">roadside</a>; 32°24′43″ S, 20°27′28″ E; 1385 m a.s.l.; 7 Sep. 2012; MK leg.; RCMK • 1 ♀; Willowmore, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=23.5&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-33.3" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 23.5/lat -33.3)">Capland</a>; [33°18′ S, 23°30′ E]; 19 May. 1903; DrB leg.; SANC .</p><p>Description</p><p>Female</p><p>BODY LENGTH. 4.2–7.2 mm.</p><p>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. 81C). Surface between punctures shiny. Antenna reddish-brown to dark brown.</p><p>MESOSOMA. Integument black, tegula orange. Mesoscutum shiny. Mesoscutum and mesoscutellum sparsely (i= 1–3 d), finely and shallowly punctate (Fig. 81D–E). Propodeum densely (i=0.25–0.5 d), finely and shallowly punctate, metapostnotum matt (Fig. 82A–B). Mesoscutum, mesoscutellum and mesepisternum sparsely covered with long, black hair mixed with shorter, yellowish-white hair (Fig. 81D–</p><p>E). Metanotum and propodeum sparsely covered with short, yellowish-white hair, metapostnotum only with hair in upper corners (Fig. 82A–B).</p><p>WINGS. Fuscous; wing venation brown and stigma brown to dark brown (Fig. 81A).</p><p>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. 81A).</p><p>METASOMA. Integument of T1–T3 to a variable extent red, from T1 only marginal zone red to T3 completely red; T4–T6 black. T1 and T2 sparsely covered with short, white and black hair, from T3 increasingly more and longer black hair (Fig. 81B). T6 narrow and almost straight apically, with short, golden hair mixed with few long, black hairs, apical margin with very short, dense, golden hair (Fig. 82C). Shape of S6 (Fig. 82D) as illustrated.</p><p>Male</p><p>BODY LENGTH. 4.2–7.1 mm.</p><p>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. 83C). Surface between punctures shiny. Antenna reddish-brown to dark brown.</p><p>MESOSOMA. Integument black, tegula orange. Mesoscutum shiny. Mesoscutum and mesoscutellum sparsely (i=1–3 d), finely and shallowly punctate (Fig. 83D). Propodeum densely (i= 0.25–0.5 d), finely and shallowly punctate, metapostnotum matt (Fig. 83E).Mesoscutum, mesoscutellum and mesepisternum sparsely covered with long, black hair mixed with shorter, yellowish-white hair (Fig. 83D). Metanotum and propodeum sparsely covered with short, yellowish-white hair, metapostnotum with hair only in upper corners (Fig. 83D–E).</p><p>WINGS. Fuscous; wing venation brown and stigma dark brown to black (Fig. 83A).</p><p>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. 83A).</p><p>METASOMA. Integument of T1–T3 to a variable extent red, from only T2 basal half red to T1 and T2 completely red and T3 basal quarter red; T4–T7 black. T1 and T2 sparsely covered with short, white and black hair, from T3 increasingly more and longer black hair (Fig. 83B). T7 covered with short, white hair and longer, black hair (Fig. 83F).</p><p>TERMINALIA. Genitalia (Fig. 84C–D), S7 (Fig. 84A) and terminal plate of S8 (Fig. 84B) as illustrated.</p><p>Distribution</p><p>Found throughout Namaqualand to the southern Roggeveld Mts with an isolated record from Willowmore (Eardley 2007).</p><p>Host bees</p><p>Unknown.</p><p>Seasonal activity</p><p>May, August–October (Eardley 2007).</p><p>Comment</p><p>Sphecodopsis kuhlmanni is variable in size, punctation of the mesoscutum and hair on the propodeum (Figs 81D–E, 82A–B).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F8216BFF9FFFEEFDD9FD1FFE76FD8D	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Pöllein, Daniela;Kuhlmann, Michael	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European 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.text	03F8216BFF99FFF0FDFCFD40FE49FE05.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Sphecodopsis leonis (Cockerell 1933)	<div><p>Sphecodopsis leonis (Cockerell, 1933) sp. rev.</p><p>Figs 85–86</p><p>Morgania (Sphecodopsis) leonis Cockerell, 1933a: 382, holotype ♂ (type locality: Lion’s Head, Cape Town, South Africa) (NHML), examined.</p><p>Diagnosis</p><p>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. 85B); fore legs black with small reddish spots (Fig. 85A); head and mesosoma with black hair mixed with lighter hair (Fig. 85C–D); mesoscutum sparsely, finely and shallowly punctate, very shiny (Fig. 85D); gonostylus shorter than gonocoxa, narrow, pointed posteriorly and extremely bent inward, penis valves distinctly longer than gonostylus (Fig. 86D). The female of S. leonis was only briefly mentioned by Cockerell (1933a) but could not be located and, thus, was unavailable for study.</p><p>Eardley &amp; 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.</p><p>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.</p><p>Additional material examined</p><p>None.</p><p>Distribution</p><p>Only known from the type locality in Cape Town.</p><p>Host bees</p><p>Unknown.</p><p>Seasonal activity</p><p>August (Cockerell 1933a).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F8216BFF99FFF0FDFCFD40FE49FE05	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Pöllein, Daniela;Kuhlmann, Michael	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European 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.text	03F8216BFF87FFF4FD9EFE3AFEA6F9C8.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Sphecodopsis rufipes Pöllein & Kuhlmann 2025	<div><p>Sphecodopsis rufipes sp. nov.</p><p>urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 2408BA3C-C284-4D10-B396-E24FC8E30DC8</p><p>Figs 87–90</p><p>Diagnosis</p><p>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: S6 bifid posteriorly, apical notch about one and a half times as long as its apical width (Fig. 88C); metasoma partially red (Fig. 87B); fore tibia and tarsi completely or largely red (Fig. 87A); head wider than long, vertex flat (Fig. 87C); T5 apically without fringe (Fig. 88B); head and mesoscutum with black hair, interspersed with lighter hair (Fig. 87C–D); mesoscutum shiny, sparsely and shallowly punctate (Fig. 87D); 2 nd antennal segment 1.5 times as long as 3 rd segment (Fig. 87C); metapostnotum wider than high, distinctly shagreened and matt (Fig. 88A). 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. 89B); fore tibia and tarsi completely red or light red (Fig. 89A); mesoscutum sparsely (i=1–2 d) punctate, shiny (Fig. 89D); metapostnotum with few hairs in upper corners and matt (Fig. 89E).</p><p>Etymology</p><p>The species is named for its red Legs.</p><p>Type material (7 specimens)</p><p>Holotype</p><p>SOUTH AFRICA • ♀; 20 km S of Nieuwoudtville, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.141945&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.554443" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.141945/lat -31.554443)">Farm Papkuilsfontein</a>, Fynbos; 31°33′16″ S, 19°08′31″ E; 680 m a.s.l.; 27 Aug. 2012; MK leg.; SAMC.</p><p>Paratypes</p><p>SOUTH AFRICA • 4 ♀♀, 2 ♂♂; 20 km S of Nieuwoudtville, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.141945&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.554443" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.141945/lat -31.554443)">Farm Papkuilsfontein</a>, Fynbos; 31°33′16″ S, 19°08′31″ E; 680 m a.s.l.; 27 Aug. 2012; MK leg.; RCMK .</p><p>Description</p><p>Female</p><p>BODY LENGTH. 6.1–7.4 mm.</p><p>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. 87C). Surface between punctures slightly shiny. Antenna black.</p><p>MESOSOMA. Integument black, tegula orange. Mesoscutum matt. Mesoscutum and mesoscutellum sparsely (i =1–2 d), finely and shallow punctate (Fig. 87D). Propodeum densely (i=0.5–1 d), finely and shallow punctate, metapostnotum matt (Fig. 88A). Mesoscutum, mesoscutellum and mesepisternum sparsely covered with long, black hair mixed with shorter, white hair (Fig. 87D). Metanotum and propodeum sparsely covered with short, white hair, metapostnotum only with few hairs in upper corners (Figs 87D, 88A).</p><p>WINGS. Fuscous; wing venation brown and stigma dark brown to black (Fig. 87A).</p><p>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. 87A).</p><p>METASOMA. Integument of T1 and T2 red, T3 to a variable extent red, from basal quarter red to only marginal zone black; T4–T6 black. T1 and T2 sparsely covered with short white and black hair, from T3 increasingly more and longer, black hair (Fig. 87B). T6 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. 88B). Shape of S6 (Fig. 88C) as illustrated.</p><p>Male</p><p>BODY LENGTH. 6.1–7.2 mm.</p><p>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. 89C). Surface between punctures slightly shiny. Antenna black.</p><p>MESOSOMA. Integument black, tegula orange. Mesoscutum slightly shiny.Mesoscutum and mesoscutellum sparsely (i =1–2 d), finely and shallowly punctate (Fig. 89D). Propodeum densely (i= 1–2 d), finely and shallowly punctate, metapostnotum matt (Fig. 89E). Mesoscutum, mesoscutellum and mesepisternum sparsely covered with long, black hair mixed with shorter, white hair (Fig. 89D). Metanotum and propodeum sparsely covered with short, white hair, metapostnotum only with few hairs in upper corners (Fig. 89E).</p><p>WINGS. Fuscous; wing venation brown and stigma dark brown to black (Fig. 89A).</p><p>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. 89A).</p><p>METASOMA. Integument of T1 and T2 red, T3 marginal zone black and T4–T7 black. T1 and T2 sparsely covered with short, white and black hair, from T3 increasingly more and longer black hair (Fig. 89B). T7 covered with short, yellowish-white hair and longer, black hair (Fig. 89F).</p><p>TERMINALIA. Genitalia (Fig. 90C–D), S7 (Fig. 90A) and terminal plate of S8 (Fig. 90B) as illustrated.</p><p>Distribution</p><p>Only known from the type locality on the farm Papkuilsfontein south of Nieuwoudtville.</p><p>Host bees</p><p>Unknown.</p><p>Seasonal activity</p><p>August.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F8216BFF87FFF4FD9EFE3AFEA6F9C8	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Pöllein, Daniela;Kuhlmann, Michael	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European 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.text	03F8216BFF83FFFBFDD0F98CFE18FB81.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Sphecodopsis semirufa (Cockerell 1933)	<div><p>Sphecodopsis semirufa (Cockerell, 1933)</p><p>Figs 91–94</p><p>Morgania semirufa Cockerell, 1933a: 380–381, holotype ♀ (type locality: Worcester, South Africa) (NHML), examined.</p><p>Diagnosis</p><p>The female of S. semirufa can be separated from that of all other species of the genus by the combination of the following characters: S6 bifid posteriorly, apical notch about one and a half times as long as its apical width (Fig. 92C); metasoma partially red (Fig. 91B); fore tibia and tarsi completely or largely red (Fig. 91A); head wider than long, vertex flat (Fig. 91C); T5 apically without fringe (Fig. 92B); head and mesoscutum with black hair, interspersed with lighter hair (Fig. 91C–D); mesoscutum shiny, sparsely and shallowly punctate (Fig. 91D); 2 nd antennal segment approx. twice as long as 3 rd segment (Fig. 91C); metapostnotum approx. as high as wide, superficially shagreened and more shiny (Fig. 92A). The male can be separated from that of all other species by the combination of the following characters: metasoma at least partially red (Fig. 93B); fore tibia and tarsi completely red or light red (Fig. 93A); metapostnotum glabrous and shiny (Fig. 93E); head and mesosoma with long, black hair mixed with short, white hair (Fig. 93C–D); wings fuscous (Fig. 93A).</p><p>Additional material examined (56 specimens)</p><p>SOUTH AFRICA • 1 ♀; W Cape, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=18.014723&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-30.175278" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 18.014723/lat -30.175278)">Kamiesberg</a>; 30°10′31″ S, 18°00′53″ E; 15 Sep. 2012; CE leg.; SANC • 1 ♀; <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=18.166666&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-30.233334" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 18.166666/lat -30.233334)">Remhoogte</a>, slope, white trap; 30°14′ S, 18°10′ E; 11 Sep. 2003; CM leg.; SANC • 1 ♀; N Cape Prov., <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=17.05&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-30.433332" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 17.05/lat -30.433332)">Studer’s Pass near Garies</a>; 30°26′ S, 17°03′ E; 16 Sep. 2007; CE leg.; SANC • 1 ♀; N Cape, Nieuwoudtville, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.147778&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.365557" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.147778/lat -31.365557)">Flower Reserve East</a>; 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, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.147778&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.365557" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.147778/lat -31.365557)">Flower Reserve East</a>; 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, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.149445&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.371666" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.149445/lat -31.371666)">Rondell</a>, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.149445&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.371666" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.149445/lat -31.371666)">Car Park East</a>; 31°22′18″ S, 19°08′58″ E; 730 m a.s.l.; 4 Oct. 2006; MK leg.; RCMK • 7 ♀♀; Nieuwoudtville, Wild Flower Reserve, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.149445&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.371666" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.149445/lat -31.371666)">Car Park East</a>; 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, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.141111&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.390278" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.141111/lat -31.390278)">pad to Farm Glen Lyon</a>, 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., <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.15639&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.413334" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.15639/lat -31.413334)">Kamel Koppie</a>; 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, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.772223&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.62111" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.772223/lat -31.62111)">Nooiensrivier Pad</a>, dolerite; 31°37′16″ S, 19°46′20″ E; 1100 m a.s.l.; 31 Aug. 2016; MK leg.; RCMK .</p><p>Description</p><p>Female</p><p>BODY LENGTH. 6.0–8.0 mm.</p><p>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. 91C). Surface between punctures shiny. Antenna reddish-brown to dark brown.</p><p>MESOSOMA. Integument black, tegula orange. Mesoscutum shiny. Mesoscutum and mesoscutellum sparsely (i=1–3 d), finely and shallowly punctate (Fig. 91D). Propodeum densely (i= 0.25–0.5 d), finely and deeply punctate, metapostnotum shiny (Fig. 92A). Mesoscutum, mesoscutellum and mesepisternum sparsely covered with long, black hair mixed with shorter, yellowish-white hair (Fig. 91D). Metanotum and propodeum sparsely covered with short, white hair, metapostnotum glabrous (Figs 91D, 92A).</p><p>WINGS. Yellowish-brown; wing venation brown and stigma brown to dark brown (Fig. 91A).</p><p>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. 91A).</p><p>METASOMA. Integument of T1 red, T2 and T3 to a variable extent red, from T2 basal half red to T3 basal quarter red; T4–T6 black. T1 and T2 sparsely covered with short, white and black hair, from T3 increasingly more and longer black hair (Fig. 91B). T6 narrow and almost straight apically, with long, black hair. Apical margin with fairly short, dense, golden hair (Fig. 92B). Shape of S6 (Fig. 92C) as illustrated.</p><p>Male</p><p>BODY LENGTH. 6.5–8.0 mm.</p><p>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. 93C). Surface between punctures shiny. Antenna reddish-brown to dark brown.</p><p>MESOSOMA. Integument black, tegula orange, partially translucent. Mesoscutum shiny. Mesoscutum and mesoscutellum sparsely (i =1–3 d), finely and shallowly punctate (Fig. 93D). Propodeum densely (i =1–3 d), finely and deeply punctate, metapostnotum shiny (Fig. 93E). Mesoscutum, mesoscutellum and mesepisternum sparsely covered with long, black hair mixed with shorter, yellowish-white hair (Fig. 93D). Metanotum and propodeum sparsely covered with short, white hair, metapostnotum glabrous (Fig. 93D–E).</p><p>WINGS. Yellowish-brown; wing venation brown and stigma dark brown to black (Fig. 93A).</p><p>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. 93A).</p><p>METASOMA. Integument of T1 red, T2 and T3 to a variable extent red, from T2 basal half red toT3 basal quarter red; T4–T7 black. T1 and T2 sparsely covered with short, white and black hair, from T3 increasingly more and longer black hair (Fig. 93B). T7 covered with long, black hair and shorter, white hair underneath (Fig. 93F).</p><p>TERMINALIA. Genitalia (Fig. 94C–D), S7 (Fig. 94A) and terminal plate of S8 (Fig. 94B) as illustrated.</p><p>Distribution</p><p>Found throughout western South Africa. Specimens from the easternmost localities (Willowmore, Grahamstown) mentioned by Eardley &amp; Brothers (1997) could not be examined.</p><p>Host bees</p><p>Confirmed host is Patellapis doleritica Timmermann in Timmermann &amp; Kuhlmann, 2009 add to references (= sp. 1) (Timmermann &amp; Kuhlmann 2008).</p><p>Seasonal activity</p><p>August–September.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F8216BFF83FFFBFDD0F98CFE18FB81	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Pöllein, Daniela;Kuhlmann, Michael	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European 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.text	03F8216BFF8CFFFDFDB3FB47FE36FA0D.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Sphecodopsis villosa (Friese 1909)	<div><p>Sphecodopsis villosa (Friese, 1909)</p><p>Figs 95–96</p><p>Pasites villosus Friese, 1909: 438–439, holotype ♂ (type locality: Zeerust, South Africa) (ZMHB), examined.</p><p>Diagnosis</p><p>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. 95B); fore legs usually black, with small reddish spots (Fig. 95A); head and mesosoma with black hair, sometimes mixed with lighter hair (Fig. 95C–D); mesoscutum sparsely, finely and shallowly punctate, very shiny (Fig. 95D); metapostnotum almost twice as wide as high (Fig. 95E); gonostylus, broad, rounded posteriorly and slightly bent inward (Fig. 96C–D).</p><p>This characteristic species was described in detail by Eardley &amp; Brothers (1997). Thus, to facilitate the identification only images are provided (Figs 95–96) without repeating the description.</p><p>Additional material examined</p><p>None.</p><p>Distribution</p><p>Only known from the type locality Zeerust in NE South Africa. The specimen collected in Vanrhynsdorp, Namaqualand (Eardley &amp; 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.</p><p>Host bees</p><p>Unknown.</p><p>Seasonal activity</p><p>Unknown.</p><p>Isolated species</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F8216BFF8CFFFDFDB3FB47FE36FA0D	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Pöllein, Daniela;Kuhlmann, Michael	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European 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.text	03F8216BFF8AFFFEFD86FA32FEFDFDEF.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Sphecodopsis bifida Pöllein & Kuhlmann 2025	<div><p>Sphecodopsis bifida sp. nov.</p><p>urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: BB54F0E7-CD7E-4A10-BB06-28B82E89D119</p><p>Figs 97–98</p><p>Diagnosis</p><p>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: S6 bifid posteriorly, apical notch without a small tip distally; shape as shown in Fig. 98C; body length&gt; 6 mm; metasoma partially red (Fig. 97B); fore tibia and tarsi usually black, sometimes with small reddish spots (Fig. 97A); head and mesoscutum with black hair, mixed with shorter white hair (Fig. 97C–D); T6 rounded apically, covered with black and shorter white hair (Fig. 98B). The male is unknown.</p><p>Etymology</p><p>The name refers to the apically bifid S6 on the female specimens.</p><p>Type material (5 specimens)</p><p>Holotype</p><p>SOUTH AFRICA • ♀; 6 km NNW of Farm Kanariesfontein, 30 km W of Sutherland, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=20.380556&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-32.371387" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 20.380556/lat -32.371387)">roadside</a>; 32°22′17″ S, 20°22′50″ E; 1310 m a.s.l.; 16 Sep. 2017; MK leg.; SAMC.</p><p>Paratypes</p><p>SOUTH AFRICA • 1 ♀; 8 km WNW of Leliefontein, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=18.054722&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-30.266111" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 18.054722/lat -30.266111)">Fynbos</a>, 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, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=20.380556&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-32.371387" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 20.380556/lat -32.371387)">roadside</a>; 32°22′17″ S, 20°22′50″ E; 1310 m a.s.l.; 16 Sep. 2017; MK leg.; RCMK .</p><p>Description</p><p>Female</p><p>BODY LENGTH. 5.4–5.8 mm.</p><p>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. 97C). Surface between punctures slightly shiny. Antenna reddish-brown to dark brown.</p><p>MESOSOMA. Integument black, tegula orange. Mesoscutum slightly matt. Mesoscutum and mesoscutellum densely (i=0.5–1 d) and finely but deeply punctate (Fig. 97D). Propodeum with dense (i=0.5–1 d) and fine but shallow punctation, metapostnotum matt (Fig. 98A). Mesoscutum, mesoscutellum and mesepisternum sparsely covered with long, black hair mixed with shorter, white hair (Fig. 97D). Metanotum and propodeum very sparsely covered with short, white hair, metapostnotum glabrous (Figs 97D, 98A).</p><p>WINGS. Yellowish-brown; wing venation dark brown and stigma dark brown to black (Fig. 97A).</p><p>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. 97A).</p><p>METASOMA. Integument of T1–T3 red, T4 to a variable extent red, from basal half to completely red, T5 and T6 black. T1 and T2 with few short, white and black hair, from T3 increasingly more and longer, black hair (Fig. 97B). T5 marginal zone with few white, short hairs. T6 broad and rounded apically, covered with long, black hair and short, white hair underneath (Fig. 98B). Shape of S6 (Fig. 98C) as illustrated.</p><p>Male</p><p>Unknown.</p><p>Distribution</p><p>The species was only found in the Kamiesberg Mts and the southern Roggeveld Mts.</p><p>Host bees</p><p>Unknown.</p><p>Seasonal activity</p><p>September.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F8216BFF8AFFFEFD86FA32FEFDFDEF	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Pöllein, Daniela;Kuhlmann, Michael	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European 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.text	03F8216BFF89FF00FDC3FDA2FDE2F976.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Sphecodopsis carolinae Eardley 2007	<div><p>Sphecodopsis carolinae Eardley, 2007</p><p>Figs 99–100</p><p>Sphecodopsis carolinae Eardley, 2007: 195–196, holotype ♂ (type locality: near Grasberg [N of Nieuwoudtville], South Africa) (SANC), examined.</p><p>Diagnosis</p><p>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. 99B); fore legs usually black (Fig. 99A); head and mesosoma with short white hair (Fig. 99C–D); mesoscutum densely, coarsely and deeply punctate, matt or slightly shiny (Fig. 99D); propodeum shagreened and matt, just like the metapostnotum, covered only with white hair (Figs 99E, 100B); genitalia elongated and narrow (Fig. 100C).</p><p>Additional material examined (2 specimens)</p><p>SOUTH AFRICA • 2 ♂♂; N Cape, Fynbos, 2 km W of Nieuwoudtville, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.096945&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.351389" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.096945/lat -31.351389)">near Grasberg</a>; 31°21′05″ S, 19°05′49″ E; 742 m a.s.l.; 23 Aug. 2003; KT leg.; RCMK .</p><p>Description</p><p>Female</p><p>See Eardley (2007: 196).</p><p>Male</p><p>BODY LENGTH. 6.5 mm.</p><p>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. 99C). Surface between punctures matt. Antenna black.</p><p>MESOSOMA. Integument black, tegula yellow. Mesoscutum matt. Mesoscutum and mesoscutellum densely (i =0.25–0.5 d) and fairly finely but deeply punctate (Fig. 99D). Propodeum and metapostnotum matt (Fig. 99E). Mesoscutum, mesoscutellum and mesepisternum sparsely covered with short, yellowish-white hair (Fig. 99D). Metanotum and propodeum sparsely covered with short, white hair, metapostnotum glabrous (Fig. 99D–E).</p><p>WINGS. Yellowish; wing venation brown and stigma brown to dark brown (Fig. 99A).</p><p>LEGS. Integument black. Coxa, trochanter and femur sparsely covered with short, white hair. Tibia and tarsi covered with short, white hair (Fig. 99A).</p><p>METASOMA. Integument of T1 basally black, T2 red, T3–T7 to a variable extent red, from completely red to completely black. T1–T2 with few short, white hair, from T3 increasingly more and longer hair (Fig. 99B). T5 and T6 disc covered with long, golden hair. T7 covered with short, yellowish-white hair and longer golden hair (Fig. 99F).</p><p>TERMINALIA. Genitalia (Fig. 100C–D), S7 (Fig. 100A) and terminal plate of S8 (Fig. 100B) as illustrated.</p><p>Distribution</p><p>Only known from the Kamiesberg Mts and the vicinity of Nieuwoudtville (Eardley 2007).</p><p>Host bees</p><p>Unknown.</p><p>Seasonal activity</p><p>August–September (Eardley 2007).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F8216BFF89FF00FDC3FDA2FDE2F976	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Pöllein, Daniela;Kuhlmann, Michael	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European 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.text	03F8216BFF77FF05FD61F935FE85F984.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Sphecodopsis chrysea Pöllein & Kuhlmann 2025	<div><p>Sphecodopsis chrysea sp. nov.</p><p>urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 985230AE-3C14-44E9-8BCA-F4815159D3A8</p><p>Figs 101–102</p><p>Diagnosis</p><p>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. 101B); fore legs usually black (Fig. 101A); head and mesosoma with short white hair (Fig. 101C–D); mesoscutum densely, coarsely and deeply punctate, matt or slightly shiny (Fig. 101D); propodeum smooth and shiny, except for the metapostnotum, covered only with white hair (Fig. 101E); genitalia elongated and narrow (Fig. 102B–C).</p><p>Etymology</p><p>The name refers to the shiny golden hair on the mesoscutum and scutellum.</p><p>Type material (2 specimens)</p><p>Holotype</p><p>SOUTH AFRICA • ♂; <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.142778&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.400833" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.142778/lat -31.400833)">Nieuwoudtville</a>, Farm Glen Lyon, Renosterveld; 31°24′03″ S, 19°08′34″ E; 700 m a.s.l.; 31 May 2004; MK leg.; SAMC.</p><p>Paratype</p><p>SOUTH AFRICA • 1 ♂; <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=18.92111&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.431665" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 18.92111/lat -31.431665)">Gemsbokrivier-Pad</a>, 4.5 km NE of Grootdrif, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=18.92111&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.431665" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 18.92111/lat -31.431665)">roadside</a>; 31°25′54″ S, 18°55′16″ E; 170 m a.s.l.; 28 May 2013; MK leg.; RCMK .</p><p>Description</p><p>Female</p><p>Unknown.</p><p>Male</p><p>BODY LENGTH. 6.0 mm.</p><p>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. 101C), between punctures slightly shiny. Antenna black.</p><p>MESOSOMA. Integument black, tegula brown. Mesoscutum slightly shiny. Mesoscutum and mesoscutellum densely (i=0.25–1 d) and finely but deeply punctate (Fig. 101D). Propodeum with sparse (i=0.5– 1.5 d), fine and shallow punctation, metapostnotum matt (Fig. 101E). Mesoscutum, mesoscutellum and mesepisternum covered with long, golden hair (Fig. 101D). Metanotum and propodeum covered with short, golden hair, metapostnotum glabrous (Fig. 101D–E).</p><p>WINGS. Yellowish; wing venation brown and stigma brown to dark brown (Fig. 101A).</p><p>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. 101A).</p><p>METASOMA. Integument of T1–T5 red, T6 apical quarter black, T7 black. T1 and T2 with few short, white hair mixed with short, black hair, from T3 increasingly more and longer hair (Fig. 101B). T7 covered with short, golden hair (Fig. 101F).</p><p>TERMINALIA. Genitalia (Fig. 102B–C) and terminal plate of S8 (Fig. 102A) as illustrated. Unfortunately, S7 of the specimen was lost during dissection.</p><p>Distribution</p><p>Only known from the wider Nieuwoudtville area.</p><p>Host bees</p><p>Unknown.</p><p>Seasonal activity</p><p>May.</p><p>Comment</p><p>This species possibly represents the unknown male of S. papilla as both were collected in autumn in the same area.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F8216BFF77FF05FD61F935FE85F984	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Pöllein, Daniela;Kuhlmann, Michael	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European 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.text	03F8216BFF72FF06FD6EF9BAFE18FE05.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Sphecodopsis directa Pöllein & Kuhlmann 2025	<div><p>Sphecodopsis directa sp. nov.</p><p>urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 4ADDC4FF-2ABC-4B9B-A3A6-3B661F722B36</p><p>Figs 103–104</p><p>Diagnosis</p><p>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: S6 bifid posteriorly, apical notch about three times as long as its apical width, shape as shown in Fig. 104C; metasoma partially red (Fig. 103B); front legs with red dots on femur and tibia (Fig. 103A); T6 densely covered with golden hair (Fig. 104B). The male is unknown.</p><p>Etymology</p><p>The name refers to the long straight tips of the female S6.</p><p>Type material (2 specimens)</p><p>Holotype</p><p>SOUTH AFRICA • ♀; <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=18.15&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.233334" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 18.15/lat -31.233334)">Leliefontein</a>, plain; 31°14′ S, 18°09′ E; 31 Aug. 2003; CM leg.; SANC.</p><p>Paratype</p><p>SOUTH AFRICA • 1 ♀; <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=18.15&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.233334" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 18.15/lat -31.233334)">Leliefontein</a>, plain; 31°14′ S, 18°09′ E; 21 Sep. 2004; CM leg.; RCMK .</p><p>Description</p><p>Female</p><p>BODY LENGTH. 5.6 mm.</p><p>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. 103C), between punctures slightly matt. Antenna black.</p><p>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. 103D). Propodeum with dense (i=1–1.5 d), fairly fine but shallow punctation, metapostnotum matt (Fig. 104A). Mesoscutum and mesoscutellum with short, white hair mixed with very short, golden hair (Fig. 103D). Metanotum, propodeum and mesepisternum sparsely covered with short, white hair, metapostnotum glabrous (Figs 103D, 104A).</p><p>WINGS. Yellowish-brown; wing venation brown and stigma brown to dark brown (Fig. 103A).</p><p>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. 103A).</p><p>METASOMA. Integument of T1–T3 red, T4 basal quarter red, the rest, T5 and T6 black. T1 and T2 with few short, white hair, from T3 increasingly more and longer hair (Fig. 103B). T6 broad and rounded apically, covered with long, white hair (Fig. 104B). Shape of S6 (Fig. 104C) as illustrated.</p><p>Male</p><p>Unknown.</p><p>Distribution</p><p>Only known from the type locality in the Kamiesberg Mts.</p><p>Host bees</p><p>Unknown.</p><p>Seasonal activity</p><p>August–September.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F8216BFF72FF06FD6EF9BAFE18FE05	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Pöllein, Daniela;Kuhlmann, Michael	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European 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.text	03F8216BFF71FF08FDA8FE3AFE9EFBD9.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Sphecodopsis fimbriata Pöllein & Kuhlmann 2025	<div><p>Sphecodopsis fimbriata sp. nov.</p><p>urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 7DDC25CB-D651-474F-ABF8-5A15380EEA33</p><p>Figs 105–106</p><p>Diagnosis</p><p>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: S6 bifid posteriorly, apical notch shorter and narrower, about as long as its apical width (Fig. 106C); metasoma partially red (Fig. 105B); fore tibia and tarsi completely or largely red (Fig. 105A); head wider than long, vertex slightly rounded (Fig. 105C); T5 apically with conspicuously long fringe of bright white, strongly branched hair, laterally distinctly longer forming a small medial gap (Fig. 106B). The male is unknown.</p><p>Etymology</p><p>The species is named for the conspicuous white fimbria of the female T5.</p><p>Type material (1 specimen)</p><p>Holotype</p><p>SOUTH AFRICA • ♀; C.P., 6 km N of Kamieskroon, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=17.933332&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-30.316668" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 17.933332/lat -30.316668)">Farm Arkoep</a>; 30°19′ S, 17°56′ E; 1–2 Oct. 1990; CE leg.; SANC.</p><p>Description</p><p>Female</p><p>BODY LENGTH. 5.0 mm.</p><p>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. 105C). Surface between punctures slightly shiny. Antenna red to reddish-brown.</p><p>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. 105C). Propodeum with dense (i=0–0.25 d), fine and shallow punctation, metapostnotum fairly shiny (Fig. 106A). Mesoscutum, mesoscutellum, metanotum and mesepisternum covered with short yellowish-white to bright white hair (Fig. 105C). Propodeum covered with short, bright white hair, metapostnotum glabrous (Fig. 106A).</p><p>WINGS. Yellowish; wing venation brown and stigma brown (Fig. 105A).</p><p>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. 105A).</p><p>METASOMA. Integument of T1–T6 light red, T 6 in the middle dark. T1 and T2 with few short, white hair, from T3 increasingly more and longer hair. T4 marginal zone with dense short, white hair (Fig. 105B). T5 with long, white hair and apical margin with two bright white fringes of hair. T6 broad and rounded apically, covered with short, white hair and golden hair apically (Fig. 106B). Shape of S6 (Fig. 106C) as illustrated.</p><p>Male</p><p>Unknown.</p><p>Distribution</p><p>Only known from the type locality.</p><p>Host bees</p><p>Unknown.</p><p>Seasonal activity</p><p>October.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F8216BFF71FF08FDA8FE3AFE9EFBD9	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Pöllein, Daniela;Kuhlmann, Michael	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European 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.text	03F8216BFF7FFF0BFDECFB9EFD39FE95.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Sphecodopsis longipygidium Eardley 1997	<div><p>Sphecodopsis longipygidium Eardley, 1997</p><p>Fig. 107</p><p>Sphecodopsis longipygidium Eardley, 1997: 403–404, holotype ♀ (type locality: Niewerust [= Nuwerus], South Africa) (SAMC) examined.</p><p>Diagnosis</p><p>The female of S. longipygidium can be separated from that of all other species of the genus by the combination of the following characters: S6 bifid posteriorly; metasoma partially red (Fig. 107B); fore tibia and tarsi completely or largely red (Fig. 107A); head wider than long, vertex slightly rounded (Fig. 107C); mesoscutum matt, densely and deeply punctate (Fig. 107D); T5 apically without hair fringe (Fig. 107B); head and mesoscutum with black hair (Fig. 107C–D); T6 narrow and almost truncate apically, with long black hair (Fig. 107B). The male is unknown.</p><p>This characteristic species was described in detail by Eardley &amp; Brothers (1997). Thus, to facilitate the identification only images are provided (Fig. 107) without repeating the description.</p><p>Additional material examined</p><p>None.</p><p>Distribution</p><p>Only known from the type locality Nuwerus (Eardley &amp; Brothers 1997).</p><p>Host bees</p><p>Unknown.</p><p>Seasonal activity</p><p>September (Eardley &amp; Brothers 1997).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F8216BFF7FFF0BFDECFB9EFD39FE95	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Pöllein, Daniela;Kuhlmann, Michael	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European 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.text	03F8216BFF7DFF0DFDFBFECDFEE1FAD3.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Sphecodopsis minutissima (Cockerell 1933)	<div><p>Sphecodopsis minutissima (Cockerell, 1933)</p><p>Fig. 108</p><p>Morgania (Omachthes) minutissima Cockerell, 1933a: 379, holotype ♀ (type locality: Aliwal North, South Africa) (NHML) examined.</p><p>Morgania (Pseudopasitess) rufula Cockerell, 1933a: 382–383, holotype ♀ (type locality: 38 miles E of Ceres, South Africa) (NHML) examined.</p><p>Diagnosis</p><p>The female of S. minutissima can be separated from that of all other species of the genus by the combination of the following characters: S6 bifid posteriorly, apical notch about as long as its apical width (Fig. 108E); Metasoma partially red (Fig. 108B); fore tibia and tarsi completely or largely red (Fig. 108A); Head only slightly wider than long, vertex conspicuously raised and rounded (Fig. 108C). Males were not available for study (see Eardley &amp; Brothers 1997).</p><p>This characteristic species was described in detail by Eardley &amp; Brothers (1997). Thus, to facilitate the identification only images are provided (Fig. 108) without repeating the description.</p><p>Additional material examined</p><p>None.</p><p>Distribution</p><p>Only known from the type localities in central South Africa (Eardley &amp; Brothers 1997).</p><p>Host bees</p><p>Unknown.</p><p>Seasonal activity</p><p>November–January (Eardley &amp; Brothers 1997).</p><p>Comment</p><p>The additional specimens mentioned by Eardley &amp; Brothers (1997) are misidentifications and represent other species.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F8216BFF7DFF0DFDFBFECDFEE1FAD3	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Pöllein, Daniela;Kuhlmann, Michael	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European 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.text	03F8216BFF7AFF10FD99FA93FE18FDAC.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Sphecodopsis regina Pöllein & Kuhlmann 2025	<div><p>Sphecodopsis regina sp. nov.</p><p>urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 217A8B44-1ADC-40E3-ADA5-15F62C11CA25</p><p>Figs 109–112</p><p>Diagnosis</p><p>The female of S. regina sp. nov. can be separated from that of all other species by the combination of the following characters: S6 bifid posteriorly, apical notch about as long as its apical width (Fig. 110C); metasoma partially red (Fig. 109B); fore tibia and tarsi completely or largely red (Fig. 109A); head wider than long, vertex flat (Fig. 109C); T5 apically without hair fringe (Fig. 110B); head and mesoscutum with short golden hair (Fig. 109C–D); propodeum sparsely covered with golden hair (Fig. 110A). 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. 111B); fore tibia and tarsi completely red (Fig. 111A); metapostnotum glabrous and shiny (Fig. 111E); Head and mesosoma with relatively short golden and white hair (Fig. 111C–D); wings slightly yellowish, almost clear (Fig. 111A).</p><p>Etymology</p><p>The species looks like a queen (Latin: ‘ regina ’) because of the golden ‘crown’ hairs on the female vertex. Noun in apposition.</p><p>Type material (9 specimens)</p><p>Holotype</p><p>SOUTH AFRICA • ♀; <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=18.92111&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.431665" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 18.92111/lat -31.431665)">Gemsbokrivier-Pad</a>, 4.5 km NE of Grootdrif, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=18.92111&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.431665" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 18.92111/lat -31.431665)">roadside</a>; 31°25′54″ S, 18°55′16″ E; 170 m a.s.l.; 17 Aug. 2010; MK leg.; SAMC.</p><p>Paratypes</p><p>SOUTH AFRICA • 1 ♀; <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=18.15&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-30.233334" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 18.15/lat -30.233334)">Leliefontein</a>, plain; 30°14′ S, 18°09′ E; 23 Sep. 2003; CM leg.; RCMK • 1 ♂; <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=18.166666&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-30.233334" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 18.166666/lat -30.233334)">Remhoogte</a>, slope; 30°14′ S, 18°10′ E; 14 Sep. 2003; CM leg.; RCMK • 1 ♀, 1 ♂; Hantam Mts, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.834446&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.202501" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.834446/lat -31.202501)">river bank</a>, 32 km N of Calvinia, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.834446&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.202501" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.834446/lat -31.202501)">S of Klipwerf Farm</a>; 31°12′09″ S, 19°50′04″ E; 870 m a.s.l.; 30 Aug. 2010; MK leg.; RCMK • 2 ♀♀, 1 ♂; W Cape, Knersvlakte, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=18.71028&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.373056" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 18.71028/lat -31.373056)">Sukkulent Karoo</a>, 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, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=18.792778&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.43361" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 18.792778/lat -31.43361)">Farm Kaapse Drif</a>; 31°26′01″ S, 18°47′34″ E; 22 Sep. 1999; MK leg.; RCMK .</p><p>Description</p><p>Female</p><p>BODY LENGTH. 4.0– 5.2 mm.</p><p>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. 109C). Surface between punctures slightly shiny. Antenna reddish-brown to brown.</p><p>MESOSOMA. Integument black, tegula yellow. Mesoscutum slightly shiny. Mesoscutum and mesoscutellum densely (i =0.25–0.5 d), finely and shallowly punctate (Fig. 109D). Propodeum with sparse (i=1–2 d), fine and shallow punctation, metapostnotum shiny (Fig. 110A). Mesoscutum, mesoscutellum and mesepisternum sparsely covered with short, white hair mixed with short, gold hair(Fig.109D).Metanotum and propodeum sparsely covered short, white hair mixed with short, gold hair, metapostnotum glabrous (Figs 109D, 110A).</p><p>WINGS. Yellowish; wing venation brown and stigma brown (Fig. 109A).</p><p>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. 109A).</p><p>METASOMA. Integument of T1–T3 red, T4–T6 to a variable extent red, from completely red to completely black. T1 and T2 with few short, white hairs, from T3 increasingly more and longer hair (Fig. 109B). T6 covered with short, white hair, narrow and rounded apically (Fig. 110B). Shape of S6 (Fig. 110C) as illustrated.</p><p>Male</p><p>BODY LENGTH. 4.9 mm.</p><p>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. 111C). Surface between punctures slightly shiny. Antenna reddish-brown to brown.</p><p>MESOSOMA. Integument black, tegula yellow. Mesoscutum slightly shiny. Mesoscutum and mesoscutellum densely (i =0.25–0.5 d), finely and shallowly punctate (Fig. 111D). Propodeum with sparse (i=1–2 d), fine and shallow punctation, metapostnotum shiny (Fig. 111E). Mesoscutum, mesoscutellum and mesepisternum sparsely covered with short, white hair mixed with short, gold hair (Fig. 111D). Metanotum and propodeum sparsely covered with short, white hair mixed with short, gold hair, metapostnotum glabrous (Fig. 111D–E).</p><p>WINGS. Yellowish; wing venation brown and stigma brown (Fig. 111A).</p><p>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. 111A).</p><p>METASOMA. Integument of T1–T3 red, T4–T7 to a variable extent red, from completely red to completely black. T1 and T2 with few short, white hair, from T3 increasingly more and longer hair (Fig. 111B). T7 narrow and rounded apically, covered with short, white hair (Fig. 111F).</p><p>TERMINALIA. Genitalia (Fig. 112C), S7 (Fig. 112A) and terminal plate of S8 (Fig. 112B) as illustrated.</p><p>Distribution</p><p>Found in different parts of Namaqualand.</p><p>Host bees</p><p>Unknown.</p><p>Seasonal activity</p><p>August–September.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F8216BFF7AFF10FD99FA93FE18FDAC	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Pöllein, Daniela;Kuhlmann, Michael	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European 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.text	03F8216BFF67FF12FD9DFD66FE36F90C.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Sphecodopsis vicfalls Pöllein & Kuhlmann 2025	<div><p>Sphecodopsis vicfalls sp. nov.</p><p>urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 1D21ECB3-6A01-462F-9C54-797D000C98E6</p><p>Figs 113–114</p><p>Diagnosis</p><p>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: S6 bifid posteriorly, apical notch about twice as long as its apical width (Fig. 114C); metasoma partially red (Fig. 113B); fore tibia and tarsi completely or largely red (Fig. 113A); head wider than long, vertex flat (Fig. 113C); T5 apically with short fringe of hair of ± even length (Fig. 114B); head and mesoscutum with short white or golden hair (Fig. 113C–D); propodeum densely covered with bright white hair (Fig. 114A). The male is unknown.</p><p>Etymology</p><p>The name is the abbreviation for Victoria Falls, the place where the species was first collected. Noun in apposition.</p><p>Type material (11 specimens)</p><p>Holotype</p><p>ZIMBABWE • ♀; <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=25.833334&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-17.933332" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 25.833334/lat -17.933332)">Victoria Falls</a>; [17°56′ S, 25°50′ E]; 3 Jan. 1920; SANC.</p><p>Paratypes</p><p>NAMIBIA • 1 ♀; <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=24.25&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-17.5" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 24.25/lat -17.5)">Caprivi Zipfel</a>, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=24.25&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-17.5" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 24.25/lat -17.5)">Katima Mulilo</a>; [17°30′ S, 24°15′ E]; 15–24 Jan. 1995; MSn leg.; RCMS • 1 ♀; <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.75&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-17.916666" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.75/lat -17.916666)">Rundu</a>; [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 .</p><p>Description</p><p>Female</p><p>BODY LENGTH. 5.0 mm.</p><p>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. 113C). Surface between punctures slightly shiny. Antenna reddish-brown to brown.</p><p>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. 113D). Propodeum with dense (i=0.5–1 d), fine and shallow punctation, metapostnotum shiny (Fig. 114A). Mesoscutum, mesoscutellum, metanotum covered with yellowish-white hair. Mesepisternum and propodeum densely covered with short, bright white hair, metapostnotum glabrous (Figs 113D, 114A).</p><p>WINGS. Yellowish; wing venation brown and stigma brown (Fig. 113A).</p><p>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. 113A).</p><p>METASOMA. Integument of T1–T5 red, T6 to a variable extent red, from almost completely red (just apical margin dark) to completely black. T1 and T2 with few short, white hair, from T3 increasingly more and longer hair (Fig. 113B). T5 marginal zone with dense short, white hair. T6 broad and almost straight apically, covered with short, white hair (Fig. 114B). Shape of S6 (Fig. 114C) as illustrated.</p><p>Male</p><p>Unknown.</p><p>Distribution</p><p>Found in northern Namibia and western Zimbabwe.</p><p>Host bees</p><p>Unknown.</p><p>Seasonal activity</p><p>January.</p><p>Comment</p><p>The holotype specimen from Victoria Falls was misidentified as S. minutissima by Eardley &amp; Brothers (1997).</p><p>Nomen dubium</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F8216BFF67FF12FD9DFD66FE36F90C	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Pöllein, Daniela;Kuhlmann, Michael	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFF65FF12FDD0F91AFDE9F82D.text	03F8216BFF65FF12FDD0F91AFDE9F82D.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Sphecodopsis argyrura (Cockerell 1933)	<div><p>Sphecodopsis argyrura (Cockerell, 1933)</p><p>Morgania argyrura Cockerell, 1933b: 108–109, holotype ♀ (type locality: Stellenbosch, South Africa) (NHML), examined.</p><p>As already mentioned by Eardley &amp; Brothers (1997), only the mesosoma and part of the legs of the holotype still exist. This and the unspecific description do not allow for an identification, so the species is here treated as a nomen dubium.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F8216BFF65FF12FDD0F91AFDE9F82D	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Pöllein, Daniela;Kuhlmann, Michael	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
03F8216BFF62FF19FF49FECCFACBF82C.text	03F8216BFF62FF19FF49FECCFACBF82C.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Sphecodopsis Bischoff 1923	<div><p>Key for the identification of species of Sphecodopsis</p><p>Females</p><p>The preparation of S6 is essential for a reliable determination.</p><p>The females of the following species are unknown: S. albomaculata sp. nov., S. leonis, S. minuta sp. nov., S. nana sp. nov., S. nigra sp. nov., and S. villosa . The females of S. carolinae and S. capicola were not available for study, so they are not included in the key either.</p><p>1. S6 pointed posteriorly (Figs 4D, 6D, 10D) ....................................................................................... 2</p><p>– S6 bifid posteriorly (e.g. Figs 12C, 26C, 34C, 52C, 56C, 92C, 104C) ............................................ 4</p><p>2. T6 narrow and almost truncate apically (Fig. 10B) .......................... S. fumipennis (Bischoff, 1923)</p><p>– T6 broad and rounded apically (Figs 4C, 6C) ................................................................................... 3</p><p>3. Punctation on mesoscutum denser (i =0.25–0.5 d) and finer, individual punctures not always clearly separated (Fig. 3D); S6 shiny on surface and more pointed apically (Fig. 4D) ................................. ............................................................................................................................. S. aquifolia sp. nov.</p><p>– Punctation on mesoscutum slightly more dispersed (i =0.25–1 d) and coarser, individual punctures clearly separated (Fig. 5D); S6 matt on surface and rounded apically (Fig. 6D) ............................... .................................................................................................................... S. capensis (Friese, 1915)</p><p>4. Metasoma completely black (Figs 15B, 25B, 55B, 57B) ................................................................. 5</p><p>– T1 and T2 at least partially red, but metasoma usually with more extensive red colouration (e.g. Figs 11B, 33B, 59B, 81B) ................................................................................................................. 8</p><p>5. Apical notch of S6 at least five times as long as its apical width (Figs 56C, 58C) .......................... 6</p><p>– Apical notch of S6 at most three times as long as its apical width (Figs 16C, 26C) ........................ 7</p><p>6. Punctation of mesoscutum more dispersed (i=0.5–1 d) and coarser (Fig. 55D); apical notch of S6 five times as long as its apical width (Fig. 56C) ......................................................... S. atra sp. nov.</p><p>– Punctation of mesoscutum denser (i=0.25–0.5 d) and finer (Fig. 57D); apical notch of S6 nine times as long as its apical width (Fig. 58C) ............................................................. S. catastropha sp. nov.</p><p>7. T6 sparsely covered with short white hair (Fig. 16B); apical notch of S6 two times as long as its apical width (Fig. 16C) ........................................................................................ S. chaotica sp. nov.</p><p>– T6 covered with long black hair (Fig. 26B); apical notch of S6 three times as long as its apical width (Fig. 26C) .............................................................................................................. S. obscura sp. nov.</p><p>8. Fore tibia and tarsi completely or largely red (Figs 47A, 53A, 91A, 105A) .................................... 9</p><p>– Fore tibia and tarsi usually black, sometimes with small reddish spots (Figs 11A, 21A, 39A, 59A, 103A) .............................................................................................................................................. 20</p><p>9. Head only slightly wider than long, vertex conspicuously raised and rounded (Fig. 108C)............... ....................................................................................................... S. minutissima (Cockerell, 1933)</p><p>– Head wider than long, vertex flat, almost flat or just slightly rounded (Figs 47C, 93C, 105C, 107C) ......................................................................................................................................................... 10</p><p>10. T5 apically with conspicuously long fringe, hair laterally distinctly longer forming a small medial gap (Figs 48B, 106B) .......................................................…………………………………………11</p><p>– T5 apically either without or with short fringe of hair of ±even length (Figs 54B, 88B, 110B, 114B) ............................................................................................................................................... 12</p><p>11. Apical notch of S6 shorter and narrower, about as long as its apical width (Fig. 106C); T5 with bright white fringe of strongly branched hair (Fig. 106B) ............................................ S. fimbriata sp. nov.</p><p>– Apical notch of S6 longer and broader, about one and a half times as long as its apical width (Fig. 48C); T5 with brown fringe of slightly branched hair (Fig. 48B) ............................................. ............................................................................................................... S. vespericena Eardley, 1997</p><p>12. Head and mesoscutum with short white or golden hair (Figs 109C, 109D, 113C, 113D) ............. 13</p><p>– Head and mesoscutum with black hair, sometimes interspersed with lighter hair (Figs 51C–D, 91C– D, 107C–D) ..................................................................................................................................... 14</p><p>13. Propodeum sparsely covered with golden hair (Fig. 110A); apical notch of S6 about as long as its apical width (Fig. 110C) ......................................................................................... S. regina sp. nov.</p><p>– Propodeum densely covered with bright white hair (Fig. 114A); apical notch of S6 about twice as long as its apical width (Fig. 114C) ....................................................................... S. vicfalls sp. nov.</p><p>14. Mesoscutum matt, densely and deeply punctate (Figs 51D, 53D, 107D) ...................................... 15</p><p>– Mesoscutum shiny, sparsely and shallowly punctate (Figs 79D, 81D–E, 87D, 91D) .................... 17</p><p>15. T6 narrow and almost truncate apically, with long black hair (Fig. 107B) ........................................ .......................................................................................................... S. longipygidium Eardley, 1997</p><p>– T6 broad and rounded apically, with short golden hair (Figs 52B, 54B) ....................................... 16</p><p>16. Apical notch of S6 about seven times as long as its apical width (Fig. 52C); T6 laterally slightly rounded (Fig. 52B) ……………………..................................................... S. crassipunctata sp. nov.</p><p>– Apical notch of S6 about twice as long as its apical width (Fig. 54C); T6 laterally almost straight (Fig. 54B) ........................................................................................... S. namaquensis Eardley, 1997</p><p>17. Apical notch of S6 about as long as its apical width (Figs 80C, 82D) ........................................... 18</p><p>– Apical notch of S6 about one and a half times as long as its apical width (Figs 88C, 92C) .......... 19</p><p>18. Thin patches of white hair above each antennae (Fig. 81C); propodeum laterally and metapostnotum with abundant white hair in upper corners (Fig. 82A, 82B) .................. S. kuhlmanni Eardley, 2007</p><p>– No white hair above each antennae (Fig. 79C); propodeum laterally and metapostnotum only with few white hairs in upper corners (Fig. 80A) .................................................... S. keiskiensis sp. nov.</p><p>19. 2 nd antennal segment approx. twice as long as 3 rd segment (Fig. 91C); metapostnotum approx. as high as wide, superficially shagreened and more shiny (Fig. 92A) .... S. semirufa (Cockerell, 1933)</p><p>– 2 nd antennal segment 1.5 times longer than 3 rd segment (Fig. 87C); metapostnotum wider than high, more distinctly shagreened and matt (Fig. 88A) .................................................... S. rufipes sp. nov.</p><p>20. Apical notch of S6 about three as long as its apical width, shape as shown in Fig. 104C; T 6 densely covered with golden hair (Fig. 104B); front legs only with dots of red on the femur and the tibia (Fig. 103A) ………… ............................................................................................. S. directa sp. nov.</p><p>– S6 of different shape (Figs 12C, 30C, 34C, 60C); T6 either covered with black or white hair or with only thin golden hair (Figs 12B, 18B, 40B, 72B); front legs completely black or, if with red maculation, position and form different (Figs 11A, 21A, 45A, 73A) ............................................ 21</p><p>21. Head and mesosoma with conspicuously dense, long, black hair (Figs 33C–D, 43C–D); apical notch of S6 about as long as its apical width, shape as shown in (Figs 34C, 40C, 44C, 46C) ................ 22</p><p>– Head and mesosoma with light hair, if black then shorter or more dispersed (Figs 19C–D, 75C–D); shape of S6 different (Figs 12C, 18C, 60C) ................................................................................... 25</p><p>22. T5 only with long black hair (Fig. 44B) ................................................. S. leliefonteinensis sp. nov.</p><p>– T5 with black hair on the disc and bright white hair on the apical margin (Figs 34B, 40B, 46B). 23</p><p>23. T6 apically truncate (Fig. 40B) ................................................................................... S. felix sp. nov.</p><p>– T6 apically slightly rounded (Figs 34B, 46B) ................................................................................ 24</p><p>24. Mesoscutum very densely punctate (i=0–0.25 d) surface appears rugged (Fig. 33D); body length around 7–9 mm (Fig. 33A) ............................................................................ S. atricapillata sp. nov.</p><p>– Mesoscutum with more dispersed punctation (i=0.25–0.5 d) surface smooth (Fig. 45D); body length around 5 mm (Fig. 45A) ............................................................................ S. roggeveldensis sp. nov.</p><p>25. Smaller, body length 3.5–5.8 mm (Figs 59A, 63A, 71A, 73A, 75A); apical notch of S6 three to six times as long as its apical width, more or less spatulate (Figs 60C, 64C, 72C, 74C, 76C) ............ 26</p><p>– Larger, body length&gt; 6 mm (Figs 11A, 19A, 81A, 97A), or if smaller shape of S6 different (Figs 12C, 20C, 82D, 98C) ............................................................................................................................... 30</p><p>26. Head and mesoscutum with black hair, partially mixed with white hair (Fig. 71C–D) ..................... ....................................................................................................................... S. papilla Eardley, 2007</p><p>– Head and mesoscutum with purely white, yellowish-white or golden hair (Figs 73C–D, 75–D) .. 27</p><p>27. Propodeum densely covered with short white or yellowish-white hair (Figs 60A, 76A) .............. 28</p><p>– Propodeum very sparsely covered with short white hair (Figs 64A, 74A) .................................... 29</p><p>28. T5 apically densely covered with short white hair (Fig. 76B); T6 rounded apically, covered with short golden hair forming a fringe (Fig. 76B) ........................................................ S. tenera sp. nov.</p><p>– T5 apically sparsely covered with short white hair (Fig. 60B); T6 almost truncate apically, covered with short golden hair but not forming a fringe (Fig. 60B) ................................... S. corona sp. nov.</p><p>29. T6 rounded apically with an inconspicuous fringe, hair laterally about as long as medially (Fig. 74B) .............................................................................................................. S. parvula sp. nov.</p><p>– T6 almost straight apically with a distinct fringe, hair laterally much longer than medially (Fig. 64B) ..................................................................................................... S. microscopica sp. nov.</p><p>30. Apical notch of S6 with a small tip distally (Figs 18C, 20C, 22C, 30C) ....................................... 31</p><p>– Apical notch of S6 without a small tip distally (Figs 12C, 20C, 82D, 98C) .................................. 33</p><p>31. Propodeum densely covered with relatively long, yellowish-white hair mixed with long, black hair (Fig. 22A); larger, body length approx. 5.8–6.6 mm (Fig. 21A) ............................ S. magna sp. nov.</p><p>– Propodeum covered with short, yellowish-white or white hair only (Figs 18A, 20A, 30A); smaller, body length max. 5.3 mm (Figs 17A, 19A, 29A) ........................................................................... 32</p><p>32. Mesoscutum slightly coarser and more dispersed (i= 0.25–1 d) punctate (Fig. 29D); tips of S6 slightly more curved inward (Fig. 30C) ................................................................ S. subtilis sp. nov.</p><p>– Mesoscutum more finely and densely (i =0.25–0.5 d) punctate (Fig. 17D); tips of S6 barely curved inward (Fig. 18C) ………………………….............................................................. S. acuta sp. nov.</p><p>33. T6 almost truncate apically (Figs 20B, 82C) .................................................................................. 34</p><p>– T6 rounded apically (Figs 12B, 98B) ............................................................................................. 35</p><p>34. Apical notch of S6 as long as its apical width, notch narrower (Fig. 82D) ........................................ ................................................................................................................ S. kuhlmanni Eardley, 2007</p><p>– Apical notch of S6 one and a half times as long as its apical width, notch wider (Fig. 20C) ............ ............................................................................................................................. S. angulata sp. nov.</p><p>35. Head with black hair (Fig. 97C) ............................................................................... S. bifida sp. nov.</p><p>– Head with white hair (Fig. 11C) ................................................................ S. aculeata (Friese, 1922)</p><p>Males</p><p>The extraction of the genitalia, S7 and S8 is indispensable for a reliable determination.</p><p>The males of the following species are unknown: S. acuta sp. nov., S. angulata sp. nov., S. aquifolia sp. nov., S. atra sp. nov., S. bifida sp. nov., S. catastropha sp. nov., S. chaotica sp. nov., S. crassipunctata sp. nov., S. directa sp. nov., S. fimbriata sp. nov., S. fumipennis, S. keiskiensis sp. nov., S. leliefonteinensis sp. nov., S. longipygidium, S. microscopica sp. nov., S. namaquensis, S. papilla, S. parvula sp. nov., S. roggeveldensis sp. nov. and S. vicfalls sp. nov. The male of S. minutissima was not available for study, so it is not included in the key.</p><p>1. Metasoma completely black (Figs 25B, 69B) .................................................................................. 2</p><p>– T1 and T2 at least partially red, but metasoma usually with more extensive red colouration (e.g. Figs 13B, 65B, 93B, 111B) ............................................................................................................... 3</p><p>2. Head and mesosoma with white hair (Fig. 69C–D) ................................................. S. nigra sp. nov.</p><p>– Head and mesosoma with black hair (Fig. 27C–D) .............................................. S. obscura sp. nov.</p><p>3. Fore tibia and tarsi completely red or light red (Figs 49A, 89A, 93A) ............................................ 4</p><p>– Fore legs usually black, sometimes with small reddish spots (Figs 7A, 41A, 61A, 67A) ............... 8</p><p>4. Metapostnotum glabrous and shiny (Figs 93E, 111E) ...................................................................... 5</p><p>– Metapostnotum with hair in upper corners and matt (Figs 49E, 83E, 89E) ..................................... 6</p><p>5. Head and mesosoma with relatively short golden and white hair (Fig. 111C–D); wings slightly yellowish, almost clear (Fig. 111A); smaller: body length 4.9 mm (Fig. 111A) .... S. regina sp. nov.</p><p>– Head and mesosoma with long, black hair mixed with short, white hair (Fig. 93C–D); wings fuscous (Fig. 93A); larger: body length 6.5–8.0 mm (Fig. 93A) ..................... S. semirufa (Cockerell, 1933)</p><p>6. Mesoscutum densely punctate, matt (Fig. 49D) ................................... S. vespericena Eardley, 1997</p><p>– Mesoscutum sparsely punctate, shiny (Figs 83D, 89D) ................................................................... 7</p><p>7. Metapostnotum with few hair in upper corners (Fig. 89E); mesoscutum slightly more densely (i=1–2 d) punctate (Fig. 89D) ................................................................................ S. rufipes sp. nov.</p><p>– Metapostnotum with more abundant hair in upper corners (Fig. 83E); mesoscutum slightly more sparsely (i= 1–3 d) punctate (Fig. 83D) ................................................. S. kuhlmanni Eardley, 2007</p><p>8. Head and mesosoma with white or golden hair (Figs 13C–D, 61C–D, 67C–D) .............................. 9</p><p>– Head and mesosoma with black hair, sometimes mixed with lighter hair (Figs 23C–D, 37C–D, 85C–D) ........................................................................................................................................... 13</p><p>9. Head and mesosoma with white hair (Fig. 13C–D); gonostylus not inclined inward and slightly tapered, penis valves broader, about as long as gonostylus (Fig. 14C) ..... S. aculeata (Friese, 1922)</p><p>– Head and mesosoma with golden or white hair (Figs 65C–D, 67C–D); gonostylus inclined inward, penis valves narrower, slightly shorter than gonostylus (Figs 66C–D, 68C–D) ............................ 10</p><p>10. Propodeum very sparsely covered with short white hair (Fig. 67E); S8 narrow and almost truncate apically (Fig. 68B) .................................................................................................... S. nana sp. nov.</p><p>– Propodeum covered with white or golden hair (Figs 61E, 65E, 77E); S8 broader, apically rounded or notched (Figs 62B, 66B, 7B) .......................................................................................................11</p><p>11. S8 apically notched (Fig. 66B) .............................................................................. S. minuta sp. nov.</p><p>– S8 apically rounded (Figs 62B, 78B) ............................................................................................. 12</p><p>12. Head and mesosoma with golden hair (Fig. 61C–D); T7 more densely covered with short golden hair (Fig. 61F); S8 narrowly rounded apically (Fig. 62B) ............................................ S. corona sp. nov.</p><p>– Head and mesosoma with white hair (Fig. 77C–D); T7 very sparsely covered with short golden hair (Fig. 77F); S8 broadly rounded apically (Fig. 78B) ............................................... S. tenera sp. nov.</p><p>13. Head and mesosoma with conspicuously dense, long, black hair (Figs 35C–D, 37C–D, 41C–D) 14</p><p>– Head and mesosoma with white or golden hair, if with black hair, not as long and dense or mixed with lighter hair (Figs 1C–D, 95C–D, 99C–D) .............................................................................. 16</p><p>14. Gonostylus slightly longer than gonocoxa (Fig. 38C–D) .......................... S. capicola (Strand, 1911)</p><p>– Gonostylus shorter than gonocoxa (Figs 36C–D, 42C–D) ............................................................. 15</p><p>15. Gonostylus apically narrower, penis valves strongly curved downward (Fig. 42C–D); mesoscutum more sparsely punctate (Fig. 41D) .............................................................................. S. felix sp. nov.</p><p>– Gonostylus apically broader, penis valves less distinctly curved downward (Fig.36C–D); mesoscutum more finely punctate (Fig. 35D) ..................................................................... S. atricapillata sp. nov.</p><p>16. Mesoscutum sparsely, finely and shallowly punctate, very shiny (Figs 83D, 85D, 95D) .............. 17</p><p>– Mesoscutum densely, coarsely and deeply punctate, matt or slightly shiny (Figs 7D, 31D, 101D) .............................................................................................................................................. 19</p><p>17. Gonostylus shorter than gonocoxa, narrow, pointed posteriorly and extremely bent inward, penis valves distinctly longer than gonostylus (Fig. 86D) ................................... S. leonis Cockerell, 1933</p><p>– Gonostylus, broader, rounded posteriorly and straight or not so extremely bent inward (Figs 84C–D, 96C–D) ........................................................................................................................................... 18</p><p>18. Metapostnotum almost twice as wide as high (Fig. 95E); gonostylus slightly bent inward (Fig. 96C– D) .................................................................................................................. S. villosa (Friese, 1909)</p><p>– Metapostnotum slightly wider than high (Fig. 83E); gonostylus straight (Fig. 84C–D ...................... ................................................................................................................ S. kuhlmanni Eardley, 2007</p><p>19. Propodeum covered with white hair mixed with at least a few black hairs (Figs 1E, 7E, 23E) ..... 20</p><p>– Propodeum covered only with white or golden hair (Figs 31E, 99E, 101E) .................................. 22</p><p>20. Gonostylus shorter than gonocoxa (Fig. 24C–D) ................................................... S. magna sp. nov.</p><p>– Gonostylus approximately the same length or longer than gonocoxa (Figs 2C–D, 8C–D) ........... 21</p><p>21. Metapostnotum twice as wide as high (Fig. 7E); gonostylus straight dorsally (Fig. 8D) .................. .................................................................................................................... S. capensis (Friese, 1915)</p><p>– Metapostnotum twice as high as wide (Fig. 1E); gonostylus with a bump dorsally (Fig. 2D) .......... ..................................................................................................................... S. albomaculata sp. nov.</p><p>22. Genitalia shortened and broad (Fig. 32C) .............................................................. S. subtilis sp. nov.</p><p>– Genitalia elongated and narrow (Figs 100C–D, 102C) .................................................................. 23</p><p>23. Surface of the propodeum is smooth and shiny, except for the metapostnotum (Fig. 101E) ............. ............................................................................................................................... S. chrysea sp. nov.</p><p>– Surface of the propodeum is shagreened and matt, just like the metapostnotum (Fig. 100B) ........... ................................................................................................................... S. carolinae Eardley, 2007</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F8216BFF62FF19FF49FECCFACBF82C	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Pöllein, Daniela;Kuhlmann, Michael	Pöllein, Daniela, Kuhlmann, Michael (2025): Taxonomic revision of the southern African bee genus Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 980: 1-157, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.980.2805, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2805/12813
