Update on the flower associations of southern African Masarinae with notes on the nesting of Masarina strucki Gess and Celonites gariepensis Gess (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Masarinae)

17 Pages·1997·5.5 MB·English

by  S K Gess

J.HYM.RES.
Vol.6,1997,pp.75-91
Update on the FlowerAssociations of Southern African Masarinae
with Notes on the Nesting ofMasarina stntcki Gess and Celonites
gariepensis Gess (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Masarinae)
SarahK.Gess,FriedrichW.Gess,andRobertW.Gess
AlbanyMuseum,Grahamstown,SouthAfrica
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Abstract. FlowervisitingrecordsarepresentedforsevennewlydescribedspeciesofMasarinae
fromtheRichtersveldandforMasarinastruckiGess.Thepotentialofthesewaspsaspollinators
isdiscussed.CelonitesgariepensisGessandMasarinapeliostoiniGessareassociatedwithPeliostomum
andtheformer,atleast,withAptosimum(Scrophulariaceae),apreferencesharedwithfourother
speciesofCelonites.Masarinati/lecodoniGessappearstoberestrictedtoTylecodonhallii(Tolken)
Tolken(Crassulaceae)and isapparentlythefirstrecordedinsectvisitortoaTi/lecodon species.
JugurtiacodoniGessisanabundantvisitortoCodonroyeniiL.ofthefamilyHydrophyllaceae,one
ofthepreferredforageplantfamiliesoftheNorthAmericanmasarinesbutotherwisenotknown
tobevisitedbymasarines.RecordsforMasarinastruckifromawiderangeoflocalitiesconfirm
its,foramasarine,unusualassociationwithHernianniaspp.(Sterculiaceae).IntheRichtersveld
Zygophyllumspp.(Zygophyllaceae)werebeingvisited,thoughnotapparentlyfavoured,byCer-
aniiusbrevitarsisGess,twospeciesoiJugurtia,J.codoniGessand/.koeroegabensisGess,andMasarina
tni.xtoidesGess.TheserecordsareofinterestasZygophyllumhasonlyotherwisebeenshownto
attractoneotherspeciesofMasarinae,aQuartimoidesspecies,intheCentralNamibDesert.Some
aspectsofthenestingofC.gariepensis,whichconstructsaerialmudcells,andofM.strucki,which
nestsintheground,arepresentedanddiscussed.
Gess(S.K.1996)presentedasynthesisof /. braunsiella(Schulthess),/.calcarataRich-
theavailabledataonthenestingandflow- ards,and/.duplicataRichards,twospecies
er visiting of the Masarinae in southern of Celonites, C. ch/peatus Richards and C.
Africa. Recent fieldwork insouthwestern pcliostomiGess.Flowervisitingrecordsfor
southern Africa, mostnotablyinthepre- thesespeciesofJugurtiaandCelonitescon-
viously under collected Richtersveld Na- firm previously recorded flower family
tional Park in the extreme north of Na- choices(Gess,S.K. 1996).
m18a.qixu.a1l99a6n),dh(aFisg.re1s)ul(t1e6d-24i.nixt.hle99d5isacnodve5r-y CelonitesLatreille
ofnewspecies,additionalflowerassocia- Celonit—esgariepensisGess
tionsofparticularinterest,andanesteach Distribution. Celonites gariepensis Gess
ofMasarinastruckiGessandCeloiitesgar- hasbeenrecordedfromonlytheRichters-
iepensisGess.Descriptionsofthenewspe- veldNationalParkinnorthernNamaqua-
ciesaregiveninGess(F.W. 1997)andthe land(Gess,F.W.—1997).
flower visiting and nesting data are pre- Floioervisiting. OntheKoeroegabvlak-
sentedanddiscussedinthepresentpaper. te(28.11S,17.03E)(Figs.2-5)C.gariepensis
Some other masarines collected in the femalesandmaleswereforagingonlyon
Richtersveld National Park, allextending flowers of a species of Peliostomum
the known distributions for the species, (Scrophulariaceae),togetherwithCelonites
are: Ceramius cerceriformis Saussure, four ch/peatus Brauns, Celonites pcliostomiGess
speciesofJugurtia,j. braunsi(Schulthess), (Fig.6)andMasarinapcliostomiGess(Fig.
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NWontheroadfromOkaukuejotoOkon-
deka,3.iv.l996,byD.W.andG.T.Gess.A
sampleoftwelve—femaleswastaken.
Watervisiting. C.brci'itarsiswasfound
tobeabundantatatrickleofwatercross-
ing the road in a rocky pass (28.10S,
17.02E)immediately to the northofKoe-
roegabvlakte. Whilst imbibing water the
wasps stood on wet sand or rock at the
edgeofthewater.Onefurtherfemalewas
observedimbibingwaterfromtheedgeof
anisolatedpoolofwaterinahollowona
steeply sloping rock. In this instance the
surfaceonwhichthewaspstoodwasdry,
indicating that water is imbibed directly
from the pool and not from wetsand as
has been observed for Ceramius hicolor
(Thunberg)(Gess,S.K.1996)andCeramius
sociusTurner(GessandGess1986).Inno
casedidoneofthesewaspsalightonthe
watersurface. —
Flowervisiting. Allplantsin flowerin
thevicinityofthewaterweresampledfor
flowervisitorsthroughout theday, how-
ever,onlyonefemaleandonemaleofC.
brevitarsis were taken. Both werevisiting
the small cream flowers of Zygcphyllum
prismatocarpum E. Mey. ex Sond. (Zygo-
phyllaceae).ThisisthefirstrecordofCer-
amius visiting flowersofZygophyllaceae.
Therecordsare,however, toofewforan
Figs.6and7. Pcliosiomumsp.(Scrophulariaceae).6, associationtobesuggestedasinstancesof
MCfeallsooawneriritcnasappppnreilioioxosisttcmcnavitniieGlGeyes2ss0spmremenp)tae.rriinnggtfoloewnetrer(flleonwgetrh.o7f, cpfoarrseufsaelrormveeidsishtpaienscgiooecfscafoslfioowCneearrlslaymoitbuheseren(tGherasensc,otrhSdo.esKd.e
1996). Aizoaceae: Mesembryanthema
south. To the north of the Richtersveld wouldbe theexpected planttaxon tobe
NationalParkthereisasurprisinghiatus favouredbyC.brevitarsis,itbeingamem-
intheknowndistributionofCeramiiis,no berofGroup2A and therebeing consis-
species having been recorded between tencyofflowerfamily choicewithinCer-
thereandnorthernNamibiawhenceasin- amius species groups in southern Africa
glespeciesfromGroup4,Ceramiusdainar- (Gess,S.K. 1996).
i(i1n9i3s5)Tufrrnoemr,femwaalsesdaensdcraibmeadlebyfroTmurOnne-r JugurtiadeSaussure
gandjera (1923)anda malefromKaman- Jugu—rtiacodoniGess
yab (1925), part of material collected by Distribution. Jugurtia coiioni Gess has
the staff of the South African Museum beenrecordedfromonlytheRichtersveld
(Gess, F.W. 1965). Recently this species National Park in northern Namaqualand
was recorded flying abundantly 10.3 km (Gess,F.W. 1997).
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Figs.8-12. ParadiseKloof, RichtersveldNationalPark.8,Approachtokloot.9,NestingsiteofCehnites
^mkyensisGessmarkedwitharrow.10,NestofC.gariepensisonundersideofjuttingedgeinrockcrevice
(outercellbrokenduringcaptureofbuilder).11,CellofC.gariepensis.12,CellofC.gariep\'nsisopenedto
showpapillateprovisionmassandpositionofegg.
—
weWraetceorllveiscitteidnga.ttTheweodgfeemoafleaspoofol/.ocfodwoiai-i cfrlooswseirnsgotfhCe.Krooeyrenoieigaarbevl3a5kmtem(Fhiig.gh5,).erTehcet
terinParadiseKloof.Thissuggeststhatit andcampanulate(Figs. 13-15).Themany
is probable that /. cocioni, like the other lobedcorollaiswhite.Thereare10-12sta-
kspneocwines,uosfesJugwiaitrtei—raifnorneswthicconhstnreuscttiionng.is mroelnlsa.tTubheeafbioluamten5tsmamrefartotmachtehdetboasteheacnod-
Flower visiting. Females of /. codoiii arecloselyadpressedsothattheycloseoff
were found foraging abundantly on the thebaseoftheflower(Fig.15)presumably
flowersofthespiny, metrehighherbCo- protectingthenectarfromevaporation,ju-
don royeniiL. (Hydrophyllaceae)growing giirtia codoni, when visiting a flower,
inthegravellybed ofa drywatercourse, alights on the outwardly curved corolla
where it emerged from the hills before lobesand,whenpreparingtoimbibenee-
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Steud. (Amaranthaceae). Atothersitesin
theParkitwasfounduncommonlyvisit-
ing flowers of Zi/gopln/Uiim meyeri Sond.
(Zygophyllaceae),SeuecioarenariusThunb.
(Asteraceae) and Pelargonium klitighard-
tenseKnuth(Geraniaceae).
Duetothesmallnessinsizeof/.codoni
comparedwithCodonroyeniiitispossible
for/.codoniwhenobtainingnectartoenter
andleavetheflowerswithoutcominginto
contactwitheithertheanthersorthestig-
masandtocollectpollenfromtheanthers
withoutcomingintocontactwiththestig-
mas.Itisthereforeprobablethat,whereas
C. royenii is clearly an important forage
plantfor/.codoni,/.codoniisnotapoten-
tialpollinatorofC. royeniibutisrathera
pollenandnectarthief.Amorelikelypo-
tentialpollinatoristherelativelylargebee
XylocopaliiguhrisGerstaecker(Apidae:Xy-
locopinae) which, although it is a less
commonvisitor and not restricted toCo-
don, inbehaviourand fitisideallysuited
toactasapollinator.
Jugurtiak—oeroegabensisGess
Distribution. Jugurtia koeroegabensis
Gess has been recorded from only the
Richtersveld National Park in northern
Namaqualand(G—ess,F.W. 1997).
Floioervisiting. Only seven femalesof
/e.rsk.oeOronegatbhoeisbiasnwkesreofcoallderctyedwaftreormcofulroswe-
cF13oi,glsl.Jeucg1tu3irntaginapdocl1ol4de.on.niCGodeosisiiromi/bciiibiiinLg.(neHcytdarro.ph14y,ll/.acceoadeo)u.i cf17rr.oo0sm3sEit)nheg(Fsitmghsa.ell2K-c5or)eertaowmeogffaleobmwvaelrlaseksotfweeZry(ge2o8t.p1ahkyIelSn-,
luniprismatocarpuinE.Mey.exSond.(Zy-
gophyllaceae) and one female was taken
tar, walks down the side of the flower from a yellow rayed capitulum ofOsteo-
(Fig. 13) and inserts its long tongue be- spennumsp.(Asteraceae).AtPootjiespram
tweenthefilaments.Whencollectingpol- (20.OSS,16.57E),inabroadsandydrainage
len,thewaspeitherreachesoverfromthe area, four females were taken visiting
corolla or moves across onto a filament flowers, one from the yellow petalled
and ingests the pollen directly from the flowers of Cleoine paxii (Schinz) Gilg. &
anther(Fig.14).Althoughapparentlypre- Benth. (Capparaceae),onefromthe flow-
ferringC. royenii,/. codoniwasfoundless ersofPeliostomum leucorrhizum (Scrophu-
commonly visiting the flowers of P. leii- lariaceae) and two from the green and
corrhizum (Scrophulariaceae) and of brown flowers of Ferraria cf divaricata
Hermbstaedtia glauca (Wendl.) Reichb. ex Sweet (Iridaceae). These records are too
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shrubbyZygophyllumprismatocarpum (Zy-
gophyllaceae) (Fig. 4), and four from the
largeryellowflowersofcompact,shrubby
Zygophyllum meyeri. In addition one fe-
malewascollected fromtheflowersofa
species of Wahlenhergia (Campanulaceae)
andonefromayellowrayedcapitulumof
Asteraceae.
Masarin—apeliostomiGess
20mm Distribution. Masarina peliostomi has
beenrecordedfromonlytheRichtersveld
NationalPark(G—ess,F.W. 1997).
Flowervisiting. Bothfemalesandmales
ofM.peliostomiwereforagingabundantly
ontheflowersofPeliostomumleucorrhizum
(Scrophulariaceae)(Fig. 7)growingalong
the banks of the upper reaches ofa dry
Fig. 15. Coihii nn/ciiii L. (Hydrophyllaceae), Dia- watercoursecrossingtheKoeroegabvlakte
gtlyerda)a.mnmdatoifclurgeiipirteisaecnotdactiinionGeofssfl(owwienrgscutanldonlgeigtsudoimniatl-- aa(Fsnisdgosc.iaa2t-si5po)en.cibTeehstiwsoefiesnPetlahiesopsfeticrosimteusmr.eocfoHMrodawseaovfreiran,na
few to establish a particular preference, afisvseocsipaetceideswiotfhCeplloannittsesofartehiksngoewnnusto(sbeee
nhootwerveestrr,icittedistcolveiasrittihnagtf/.lokwoeerwsegoafbaenssiinsglies asibzoevea)n.dMabseahraivniaouprelitoosttohmeiCbeelionnigteosfsspiemciileasr
plantfamily. should, likethem,beconsideredapoten-
MasarinaRichards tial pollinatorofPeliostomum intheRich-
tersveld. Although not collected from
Masari—namixtoidesGess flowers of Aptosimum spinescens, which
Distribution. Masarina mixtoides Gess was growing further down the water-
hasbeenrecordedfromonlytheRichters- course, it is probable that M. peliostomi
veldNationalParkinnorthernNamaqua- wouldvisittheseflowers.
lanFdlo(wGeerss,visFi.tWin.g.1—99M7a).sarina mixtoides is Masa—rinastruckiGess
notrestrictedtoasinglefamilyofplants. Distribution. Masarinastruckihasbeen
At a site 1.5km from theHelskloofGate recorded from Namaqualand (Goegap
(28.18S, 16.57E),theabundantwhiteflow- NatureReserve,Springbokand thewest-
ersofanisolatedplantofPelargoniumkling- ern side ofthe Kamiesberg), theOlifants
liardtenseKnuth(Geraniaceae)growingon RiverValleytothesouth(eastbankofthe
theedgeofadry,stoneydrainagechamiel Clanwilliam Dam), immediately east of
onahillsidewereclearlyattractivetothis the Western Escarpment (Skuinshoogte
wasp, a sample of 15 females and one Pass between Nieuwoudtville and Lour-
malehavingbeentakeninunderanhour. iesfonteinandBiedouwValleyintheCed-
However,ontheKoeroegabvlakte,where erberg) and in the western Little Karoo
flowers associated with a dry, gravelly (Ladismith)(Gess—,F.W. 1997).
drainage chamiel crossing the flats (Figs. Flowervisiting. Thefirstrecordwasfor
2-5) were sampled, three females were a single female collected by Michael
takenfromthesmallcreamflowersoflax. Struck, 20.viii.l985, visiting the yellow
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flowers of Hermannia disermifolia Jacq. of andS.K. Gess)visitingyellow flowersof
thesubgenusHermannia(Sterculiaceae)in HermanniavestitaThunb. ofthesubgenus
Goegap NatureReserve (formerlyHester Hermanniagrowinginlevelgroundonthe
Malan Nature Reserve) in theSpringbok roadsidehalfwayuparockyslope.
district, Namaqualand. An intensive It seems probable thatM. strucki is al-
search by the Gesses for this masarine ways associated with Hermannia spp. as
duringsixsubsequentspringvisitstoNa- careful collecting by the Gesses from a
maqualand yielded only one further fe- widerangeoffloweringplantsbothinthe
male,fromthesamelocality(10-12.x.1988, vicinity ofits collection sites and further
F.W. and S.K. Gess), until spring 1994 afieldhasbeenundertaken. Italsoseems
v^'hentheyfoundfemalesandmalesrela- to be of note that the Hermannia plants
tivelyabundantinassociationwithH.dis- with which it has been found have all
ermifolia in the Goegap Nature Reserve beenassociatedwithrockyhillslopes.
(primarily at 29.37S, 17.59E) (3-8.X.1994, The flowers of the Hermannia spp. re-
F(3.0W..13aS,nd1S8..K0.3EG)essi)nantdheatKaBmakileesibkrearagl calolr"dbeedlla-sshbaepiendg"vaisnidte7d-1b0ymM.msitnrulcekingathr.e
a(9n-d11.1X7)..19T94h,eFf.oWl.loawnidngS.sKp.riGnegs,s)19(9F5i,gst.he1y6 Maansaarvienraagsteruclkein,gotfhwohfic7h.4thmemfemaalnedsatrhee
againfoundfemalesandmalesattheKa- males 6.6 mm, alights on theside ofthe
miesberg site (28.ix.1995, F.W., S.K. and downwardly hanging flowers, moves
R.W. Gess) but none were found at the down, and curves around the lip to face
Goegapsite.ThesitesintheGoegapNa- upwardsintotheflower(Fig.22h).When
tureReserveandtheKamiesbergarelevel remaininginthispositionanindividualis
sandyareasatthebaseofrockyoutcrops, apparentlyingestingpollen.Whenthein-
in which H. disermifolia is the dominant dividual enters into the flower leaving
plant. only its abdomen exposed it isundoubt-
IntheOlifantsRiverValleyontheeast edly imbibing nectar. The nectarheld in
bank of the Clanwilliam Dam, 19.2 km the inrolled bases of the petals will be
s7fEoo)ruatMghi.nogfstotrhuncekaicnawroaarsvaanfngoepuafnlrdokwbe(y3r2eR.d1o7bsSep,retc1i8eG.se56so/sf raaennadacvh4e.e0rdamgbeymlteihnnegttwhhaesofmpa'4ls.e2.tmonmguienwthheicfhemhaalse
HermanniasubgenusMahernia (3 females, AsaflowervisitorM.struckiappearsto
5.X.1995,F.W.,S.K.andR.W.Gess)grow- berestrictedtoHermanniaandthereforeto
ing in sandy soil at the foot of a rocky bedependantuponthisgenusforpollen
slope. andnectar.Itsdistributionisfarmorelim-
At the Skuinshoogte Pass site (31.16S, itedthanthatofHermanniaandwithinthe
19.08E) only two females were collected areaswhere it doesoccur it seems tobe
(23-30.ix.l994,F.W.andS.K.Gess),oneon restricted to rocky slopes and on these
thegroundinadryriverbedandtheoth- slopestoalimitedrangeofHermanniaspe-
eronthegroundbeneathashrubletofa cies.Itis,however,notthesolevisitorto
yellowfloweredspeciesofHermanniasub- these species ofHermannia (Table 1). As-
genusHermannia. semblagesofvisitorsto the threespecies
InthewesternLittleKarootwosamples of Hermannia subgenus Hermannia with
havebeentakenintheLadismithdistrict, which it has been associatetl are charac-
one at Buffelspoort (3320BD) (3 females, terizedbythepresenceof,inaddition,one
14.viii.l995, V.B. Whitehead)onayellow or more species ofAnthophora {Py^antho-
flowered shrubby Her)nannia sp. and the phora) (Apidae: Apinae: Anthophorini)
other6kmfromLadismithontheroadto and—one or more species of Megachili-
Barrydale (3 females, 21.viii.l995, F.W. dae oneormorespeciesofPlesianthidium
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Figs. 16-18. lb.NestingareaotMasaiinastnickiGess, Kamiesbcrg,bushesmtheforeground,Hcrnmiuim
disermifolinJacq.(Sterculiaceae).17,FlowersofH.liiscniiifclin(lengthofflowerapproximately9mm).18,Cell
ofM.ifruckiopenedtoshowpapillateprovisionmassandpositionofegg.
(Spinaiithidium) (Megachilidae: Megachili- hairy faces. Such pollen would be trans-
nae: Anthidiini) and/or a species of La- ferred to receptive stigmasby the wasps
sioglossum(Halictidae).Thoughthesebees andthebeesvisitingflowersintherecep-
arethereforealsoexpectedvisitorstothe tivephase.Allcanthereforebeconsidered
flowerstheyarelessconstantastheyare tobepotentialpollinators,butwherethey
allknown tovisitinadditionflowerspe- arepresentthemasarineswillbethemore
cies of other genera belonging to other dependable.
plantfamiliesoccurringincloseproximity The species of Hermannia subgenus
totheHermanniaplants. Makernia was sampled on one day only.
Masarinastriickiand thebeesall visita Onthisdayitwasonlyvisitedbytwoma-
considerablenumberofflowersinsucces- sarines, M. strucki and Masarina mixta
sion,and allwhilevisitingflowersinthe Richards.Bothcanbeconsideredpotential
pollen-presenting stage receivea dusting pollinators, however, M. strucki is more
ofpollenwhichadherestothem.Masarina dependablethanM. mixtawhichvisitsin
struckiinenteringtheflowersreceivesthe additionflowersofplantsofseveralother
pollendorsallyandthebeeswhichareall familieswhichgrowincloseproximityto
too large to enter receivepollenon their theHermantimplants.
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Table 1. FlowervisitorstothosespeciesofHer- Table1. Continued.
nujuiiiaL.onwhichMnsnrimistnickiGessisknown
toforage.Numberinbracketsindicatesthenumber Apidae:Apinae:Anthophorini
ofplantfamiliesinadditiontoSterculiaceaewhich Ainlit>ph(}rciiPygiinllutphiirti)kiugeriEardley,Ladi-
areknowntobevisited. smith(1)
Nemestrinidae
sHiurbmgaenniuUsLiHcntiluiisieirimiiufioliaJacq.andHcnucinniuct.(/;.v- Prosoecasp.
ennifolia subgenusMahernia
Vespidae:Masarinae Hcrmanniasp,
MiisariiwsiruckiGess.Goegap,Kamiesberg.(Skuins- Vespidae:Masarinae
hoogte)(0) MasariunmixtaRichards,Clanwilliam(3)
Vespidae:Eumeninacapparentlyhunting MflSfln'm!struckiGess,Clanwilliam(0)
Megachilidae:Megachilinae:Anthidiini Vespidae:Eumeninaeapparentlyhunting
Plesiiinlhidium{Spiiuiiuhidiiim)callcscens(Cocker-
ell).Skuinshoogle(1)
Plesianthidium{.Spinanlhiiliiint)iniclnisijorme —
(Friese),Goegap(1) Nesting area. Unfortunately despite
Apidae:Apinae:Anthophorini carefulsearchonlyonenesthasbeenlo-
Antluiphorci[Pygmilhophnni)ubrochiuEardlcy.Goe- cated. This was at the Bakleikraal site in
Aiiglahpo,plKuiarmaieisPbyegirignt(h1o)phoni)di\'cisipfsFriese,Ka- tthreancKeamwiaessbbeertgwee(Fnig.two16)s.toTnhees innesgtentelny-
Antgmhaioepps(bh1eor)ngi((3.)Pygiinthophoni)krngeriEardley.Goe- Hsleorpmianngnigarobuunshdesin.aThbearseoialrewaasbestawnedeynatnhde
Anlhophoni{Pygantliophont)scliiill:i'iFrcise.Skuins- friable. —
hoogle(2) Provision. The provisionfrom thesin-
APmaec(bg3eh)iryglm.lealSukiusMiicpnnesirhiioinoigegigilieel\li(u1)(6F)nriiveesael)aGo(Fergiaespe.),KKaammiieessb-erg Tglilhkeee,clelpolanlgoeibttuyadeiilnnleaodlwswuoarcsfharvceee,rwyaanmsdoirsetgtruablnausrltuljcyeelpnlaty-.-
Apidae:Apinae:Apini pillate, each papilla ending in a nipple
ApismellifeniL.(verymany) (Figs.18and19b).Attheinnerendofthe
Scarabaeidae:Mclalonthinae:Hopliini provision was a larger central papilla
Asinglespecies which supported theegg. The outerend
Hcrniniiiiinct.cuncifolinJacq.
Vespidae:Masarinae
MasarinastnickiGess,Goegap,(Skuinshoogle)(0)
Vespidae:Eumeninaeapparentlyhunting
Halictidae
Lasioglossumsp.,Skuinshoogte(?)
Megachilidae:Megachilinae:Anthidiini
Plcsiiiiitliidiiiiii{Spiiiiiiilludiiiiii)ciilli'scciif(Cockerel!),
Skuinshoogte(I)
Apidae:Apinae:Anthophorini
Anthophora{P\/ganthoplwrn)ichuUzctFreise,Skuin-
shoogte(2)
HcnihviiiioI'cstitaThunb.
Vespidae:Masarinae
MasarinastruckiGess,Ladismith(0)
Halictidae Fig.19. Diagrammaticrepresentationsoflongitudi-
Lasioglcssiinisp.,Ladismith(?) ananldseegctgioonfoMfasnaersitnaansdtruceclkli,Gpeaspsi.llateprovisionmass