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A new species of the bee genus Ammobates Latreille, 1809 from sub-Saharan Africa (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

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  • 1. University of Kiel, Germany

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The cleptoparasitic bee Ammobates (Ammobates) roggeveldi n. sp. is described from a female specimen collected in western South Africa. This is only the second species of the genus recorded from sub-Saharan Africa.

Une nouvelle espèce d’abeille d’Afrique subsaharienne du genre Ammobates Latreille, 1809 (Hymenoptera : Apidae)

Une nouvelle espèce du genre cleptoparasite Ammobates, Ammobates (Ammobates) roggeveldi n. sp., est décrite à partir d’un spécimen femelle collecté en Afrique du Sud occidentale. C’est seulement la deuxième espèce de ce genre rapportée pour l’Afrique subsaharienne.  

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