Eur. J. Entomol. 104 (2): 311-340, 2007 | DOI: 10.14411/eje.2007.048

Revision of the bee genus Capicola (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Melittidae) distributed in the Southwest of Africa

Denis MICHEZ1, Connal EARDLEY2, Michael KUHLMANN3, Sébastien PATINY4
1 Université de Mons-Hainaut, Laboratoire de Zoologie, Pentagone, Av. du Champs de Mars, 6, B-7000 Mons, Belgium; e-mail: denis.michez@umh.ac.be
2 Plant Protection Research Institute, Private Bag X134, 0121 Queenswood, Pretoria, South Africa; e-mail: eardleyc@arc.agric.za
3 Institute of Landscape-Ecology, University of Münster, Robert-Koch-Str. 26, D-48149 Münster, Germany; e-mail: kuhlmmi@uni-muenster.de
4 Faculté universitaire des Sciences agronomiques de Gembloux, Unité d'Entomologie fonctionnelle et évolutive, Passage des Déportés 2, B-5030 Gembloux, Belgium; e-mail: patiny.s@fsagx.ac.be

The bee family Melittidae (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) includes 14 genera. Most have been reviewed but not the small African genus Capicola. The present work aims to fill this gap. Based on the revision of the type material and 1272 additional specimens, we provide a comprehensive synonymic and annotated catalogue of the 12 Capicola species sensu Michener (1981). Lectotypes are designated for the previously established species Capicola braunsiana (= C. obscura syn. n.), C. cinctiventris, C. femorata, C. flavitarsis and C. rufiventris. Moreover, C. danforthi sp. n., C. flavicara sp. n., C. gessorum sp. n., C. micheneri sp. n., and C. richtersveldensis sp. n., are newly described, as well as the previously unknown female of C. nanula, male of C. nigerrima and male of C. rhodostoma. New synonymies are proposed for C. braunsiana (= C. obscura) and C. flavitarsis (= C. cinctiventris). An original dataset of 20 morphological characters is used for the inference of the 12 species' phylogenetic relationship. A key to species is provided. In addition, the ranges of the 12 taxa are mapped and discussed. This paper contributes to a global revision of the Melittidae.

Keywords: Hymenoptera, Melittidae, Capicola, systematic, new species, new synonymies, distribution, host plants, key, Afrotropical region

Received: June 28, 2006; Revised: January 31, 2007; Accepted: January 31, 2007; Published: April 25, 2007  Show citation

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MICHEZ, D., EARDLEY, C., KUHLMANN, M., & PATINY, S. (2007). Revision of the bee genus Capicola (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Melittidae) distributed in the Southwest of Africa. EJE, 104(2), 311-340. doi: 10.14411/eje.2007.048
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