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The Afrotropical Bees written by Connal Eardley Presented by Laurence Packer

The Afrotropical Bees written by Connal Eardley Presented by Laurence Packer Photos by Dino Martins, Ken Walker & Nicolas Vereecken. Area covered Africa south of the Sahara desert and East Indian Ocean islands, not Yemen. South of white line. Major collections

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The Afrotropical Bees written by Connal Eardley Presented by Laurence Packer

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  1. The Afrotropical Bees written by Connal Eardley Presented by Laurence Packer Photos by Dino Martins, Ken Walker & Nicolas Vereecken

  2. Area covered • Africa south of the Sahara desert and • East Indian Ocean islands, not Yemen South of white line

  3. Major collections • Iziko South African Museum, Cape Town, South Africa • Transvaal Museum, Pretoria, South Africa • Albany Museum, Granhamstown, South Africa • Agricultural Research Council, Pretoria, South Africa • National Museums of Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya

  4. Bee diversity #spp Short-tongued bees: Colletidae 201 Andrenidae 24 Halictidae 933 Melittidae 63 Long-tongued bees: Megachilidae 851 Apidae 721 Total number of species = 2793 From South Africa = 1273spp. Reasons: Diverse climate and vegetation 4 resident bee taxonomists, rest of Africa 0 taxonomists

  5. Taxonomic coverage Colletidae 4 genera, 2 revised, 1 being studied Andrenidae 4 genera, all revised Halictidae 19 genera, 10 revised, 2 being studied Melittidae 10 genera, all revised Megachilidae 36 genera, 3 revised, 1 being studied Apidae 35 genera, 31 revised southern Africa remaining 4 revised southern Africa only All revised genera have keys, not revised no key LUCID key to genera (possibly subgenera) in preparation

  6. Catalogue A comprehensive catalogue giving: All valid species names All invalid names Reference to every literature citing for every name Type information (holotype, lectotype, syntype) Type depository Type locality (country) Synonymies Associated species, food plants, parasites, hosts Country from which recorded Hopefully submitted to Zootaxa this year, but not freely available

  7. Photographs Unfortunately few photographs available but hopefully this will change in the future - trying to equipment Database Iziko South African Museum complete Transvaal Museum part Albany Museum complete Agricultural Research Council complete end 2008 National Museums of Kenya part ?

  8. Literature All literature in hard copy, not for loan 90% of African bee literature digital, available

  9. DNA bar coding bees 1 bee taxonomist in Africa, but several interest (in East, Central and West Africa) Bee taxonomist uses morphology, no molecular skills Material collected before 1990 killed in ethyl acetate, after 1990 killed in potassium cyanide Willingness to participate and collect for Global project, started with Scrapter

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