''Eoanthidium turnericum'' is a species of
bee
Bees are winged insects closely related to wasps and ants, known for their roles in pollination and, in the case of the best-known bee species, the western honey bee, for producing honey. Bees are a monophyly, monophyletic lineage within the ...
in the genus ''
Eoanthidium
''Eoanthidium'' is a genus of bees in the Megachilidae family.
Description
''Eoanthidium'' generally have elongate, slender bodies with black integument and yellow maculations. Their body length ranges from 6–10 mm.
Distribution
''Eoanthidi ...
''. It is endemic to
Southern Africa.
Ecology
''Eoanthidium turnericum'' visit the flowers of
Cleome
''Cleome'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Cleomaceae, commonly known as spider flowers, spider plants, spider weeds, or bee plants. Previously, it had been placed in the family Capparaceae, until DNA studies found the Cleomaceae ge ...
,
Indigofera,
Codon schenckii
''Codon schenckii'' is a species of flowering plant in the genus ''Codon''. It is native to Namibia and the Northern Cape Province of South Africa. It is also known by the name yellow nectarcup.
Description
''Codon schenckii'' is similar in ...
and
Justicia dregei.
References
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Species described in 1934
Insects described in 1934
Megachilidae
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