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Cape Cuckoo Bees

Sphecodopsis

Sphecodopsis is a genus of cleptoparasitic cuckoo bees in the family Apidae. Endemic to southern Africa, the wasp-like bees of this genus are generally small, varying from 3.9 to 9 mm (0.15 to 0.35 in) in length, and mostly black, with orange-ish or reddish colouring of the metasoma in some of the species. The bee genus Scrapter is recognised as a host for the cleptoparasitic life cycle of some Sphecodopsis, but further data regarding preferred hosts is not

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14 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Sphecodopsis aculeata

speciesSphecodopsis aculeata

Sphecodopsis argyrura

speciesSphecodopsis argyrura

Sphecodopsis capensis

speciesSphecodopsis capensis

Sphecodopsis capicola

speciesSphecodopsis capicola

Sphecodopsis carolinae

speciesSphecodopsis carolinae

Sphecodopsis fumipennis

speciesSphecodopsis fumipennis

Sphecodopsis kuhlmanni

speciesSphecodopsis kuhlmanni

Sphecodopsis longipygidium

speciesSphecodopsis longipygidium

Sphecodopsis minutissima

speciesSphecodopsis minutissima

Sphecodopsis namaquensis

speciesSphecodopsis namaquensis

Sphecodopsis papilla

speciesSphecodopsis papilla

Sphecodopsis semirufa

speciesSphecodopsis semirufa

Sphecodopsis vespericena

speciesSphecodopsis vespericena

Sphecodopsis villosa

speciesSphecodopsis villosa

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 640270.