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Issue: Vol. 1461 No. 1: 30 Apr. 2007
Type: Articles
Published: 2007-04-30
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1461.1.6
Page range: 59–68
Abstract views: 37
PDF downloaded: 1

New insights on the distribution and floral choices of Systropha Illiger, 1806 in Africa (Hymenoptera, Apoidea), with description of a new species from Sudan

Faculté universitaire des Sciences agronomiques de Gembloux, Entomologie fonctionnelle et évolutive, Passage des Déportés, 2, B-5030 Gembloux, Belgium
Université de Mons Hainaut, Laboratoire de Zoologie, Pentagone, Av. du Champs de Mars, 6, B-7000 Mons, Belgium
Hymenoptera Rophitinae Systropha Sahelo-Sudanian biogeography endemism

Abstract

In the present paper, we describe a new species, Systropha martiali sp.nov. from central Sudan and we present additional records for two other species: Systropha norae Patiny and Systropha ugandensis Cockerell. The phylogenetic topology previously inferred for the genus is revised including the new species. A phylogenetic tree is presented with the known floral choices and distribution mapped upon it. This highlights a geographical component to the pattern of floral choice in Systropha.

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