Annals of the South African Museum: Annale Van Die Suid-Afrikaanse MuseumWest, Newman & Company for the trustees of the Museum, 1992 - Natural history |
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... nectar host plants in southern Africa ( Whitehead et 143 Ann . S. Afr . Mus . 102 ( 4 ) , 1992 : 143–164 , 9 figs , 4 tables . al . 1984 ; Whitehead & Steiner 1985 ; Steiner.
... nectar host plants in southern Africa ( Whitehead et 143 Ann . S. Afr . Mus . 102 ( 4 ) , 1992 : 143–164 , 9 figs , 4 tables . al . 1984 ; Whitehead & Steiner 1985 ; Steiner.
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... Nectar is not produced by oil - secreting host plants , so bees must obtain it from other plants . Both males and females take nectar from the same source , and males also patrol nectar plants in search of receptive females . Although ...
... Nectar is not produced by oil - secreting host plants , so bees must obtain it from other plants . Both males and females take nectar from the same source , and males also patrol nectar plants in search of receptive females . Although ...
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... plants . Males have been found to patrol the oil - producing flowers of B. cymosa early in the season , presumably in search of females . No bees of this species have as yet been found visiting nectar plants . Distribution ( Fig . 5 ) ...
... plants . Males have been found to patrol the oil - producing flowers of B. cymosa early in the season , presumably in search of females . No bees of this species have as yet been found visiting nectar plants . Distribution ( Fig . 5 ) ...
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38 on road Allotype antennae apex apical margins areas between punctures Barberton basal basitarsus Blue Mountain Pass branched hairs clypeus coarsely punctate dark brown dark hairs dense Diascia disc distal eastern Transvaal finely branched flagellar segment Foreleg/body forelegs forewing Genital capsule glossa hairs on apical Head hind tibia holotype impunctate K. E. Steiner labrum lateral lobes lateral ocelli Lebelonyane Pass Lesotho light brown hairs long as wide malar space mandibles MELITTIDAE Mesosoma metanotum Metasoma Michener mouth-parts Natal Naudesnek nectar plants neliana Nkandla ocelli ocellocular pale paler palps paratypes Pilgrim's Rest posterior Propodeal propodeum pubescence Rediviva pallidula sp Rediviva saetigera sp road to Havelock Sani Pass scattered black hairs sclerite scutellum scutum shiny shorter species Steiner & Whitehead sterna surface T3 and T4 Table tarsomeres tibia tibia and basitarsus tibial spurs unbranched under-side V. B. Whitehead ventral view west of Sabie white hairs wings