Halictidae, Thomson, 1869

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Halictidae :

Rophitinae:

Systropha Illiger

Systropha Illiger, 1806: 145 . Type species: Andrena spiralis Olivier, 1789 = Eucera curvicornis Scopoli, 1770 , by monotypy; Friese 1911a: 652, 654; Brauns 1926a: 204; Cockerell 1936l: 477; Arnold 1947: 197, 200, 209; Rozen 1974: 12; Ebmer 1994: 807–821; Alexander 1990: 124; Michener 2000 17, 39, 64, 72, 87, 307, 309, 310, 312, 315, 320, 636–637; Patiny and Michez 2006: 27–44.

Systropha (Systrophidia) Cockerell, 1936: 477–478 . Type species: Systropha ogilviei Cockerell, 1936l , by monotypy; Michener 2000: 315.

Systropha (Austrosystropha) Patiny, 2006: 39–41 .

Systropha aethiopica Friese

Cameroun, Kenya.

Systropha aethiopica Friese, 1911a: 654 , male holotype (ZMHB) Kenya; Strand 1911f: 111; Friese 1914b: 296; Brauns 1926a: 192; Ebmer 1994: 814; Rasmussen and Ascher 2008: 21.

Systropha (Austrosystropha) aethiopica Friese : Patiny and Michez 2006: 29, 31, 35, 36, 39.

Systropha alfkeni (Brauns)

South Africa.

Rhophites alfkeni Brauns, 1926a: 190–191 , female and male syntypes (TMSA) South Africa; Arnold 1947: 209; Anonymous 1958: 30.

Systropha alfkeni (Brauns) : Eardley and Urban 2006: 168.

Systropha arnoldi Friese

Zimbabwe.

Systropha arnoldi Friese, 1922a: 2 , male holotype (ZMHB) Zimbabwe; Brauns 1926a: 192; Ebmer 1994: 814–815; Rasmussen and Ascher 2008: 26.

Systropha (Austrosystropha) arnoldi Friese : Patiny and Michez 2006: 29, 30, 31, 35, 36, 39.

Systropha bispinosa Friese

Cameroun.

Systropha bispinosa Friese, 1914b: 293 , 196, male holotype (ZMHB) Cameroun; Brauns 1926a: 192; Medler 1980: 481; Ebmer 1994: 814; Rasmussen and Ascher 2008: 31.

Systropha (Austrosystropha) bispinosa Friese : Patiny and Michez 2006: 29, 31, 35, 36, 39, 40. Systropha glabriventris Friese

Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe. On flowers of: Aptosimum procumbens , Merremia palmata , Senecio sp.

Systropha glabriventris Friese, 1922a: 2–3 , male holotype (ZMHB) Zimbabwe; Brauns 1926a: 192; Cockerell 1939b: 184; Ebmer 1994: 814; Danforth et al. 2006b: 366, 367, 368; Rasmussen and Ascher 2008: 55.

Systropha (Systrophidia) glabriventris Friese : Patiny and Michez 2006: 30, 31, 33, 35–38.

Pachysoma glabriventris (Friese) : Gess 1996: 177, 288, 302.

Systropha (Systrophidia) ogilviei Cockerell, 1936l: 477–478 , female holotype (BMNH) Namibia; Ebmer 1994: 814, syn.; Michener 2000: 315; Patiny and Michez 2006: 30.

Systropha krigei Brauns

South Africa, Zimbabwe.

Systropha krigei Brauns, 1926a: 192–193 , female and male syntypes (TMSA) South Africa; Anonymous 1958: 32; Ebmer 1994: 814–815;

Systropha (Austrosystropha) krigei Brauns : Patiny and Michez 2006: 28, 30, 31, 33, 39.

Systropha norae Patiny

Nigeria.

Systropha (Austrosystropha) norae Patiny, 2004b: 907 , male holotype (SEMK) Nigeria; Patiny and Michez, 2006: 30, 31, 35–37, 39, 40.

Systropha macronasuta Strand

Tanzania.

Systropha macronasuta Strand, 1911f: 110–111 , 142, female holotype (ZMHB) Tanzania; Strand 1927d: 114; Ebmer 1994: 815.

Systropha macrognatha [!] Strand: Friese 1914b: 296; Brauns 1926a: 192.

Systropha (Austrosystropha) macronasuta Strand : Patiny and Michez 2006: 28, 35.

Systropha rhodesiensis Friese

Zimbabwe.

Systropha rhodesiensis Friese, 1922a: 3–4 , female holotype (ZMHB) Zimbabwe; Brauns 1926a: 192; Cockerell 1936l: 478; Ebmer 1994: 815; Rasmussen and Ascher 2008: 90.

Systropha (Austrosystropha) rhodesiensis Friese : Patiny and Michez 2006: 28, 30, 35.

Systropha ugandensis Cockerell

Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda. On flowers of: Convolvulus sp.

Systropha ugandensis Cockerell, 1931h: 400 , male holotype (BMNH) Uganda; Cockerell 1935j: 236; Ebmer 1994: 815. Systropha (Austrosystropha) ugandensis Cockerell : Patiny and Michez 2006: 29, 30, 31, 35–38, 40.