Pseudophilanthus

author(s) : Michez & Pauly
Geographic zone: Africa - World

Pseudophilanthus 

Africa
Pseudophilanthus (Dicromonia) wenzeli (Michener & Brooks 1987)
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Pseudophilanthus (Pseudophilanthus) taeniatus Alfken 1939
New data: Ethiopia, Southern Region, Mago National Park, ix.2012, male flying around Plectranthus sp., leg. A. Pauly & J.l. Boevé (RBINS)

This species differs from P. tsavoensis by its yellow coloration.
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Pseudophilanthus (Pseudophilanthus) tavetensis (Cockerell 1934)
According to Michener (1981), this species is probably synonym of P. tsavoensis
Pseudophilanthus (Pseudophilanthus) tsavoensis (Strand 1920)
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References

Michener, C.D. 1981. Classification of the bee family Melittidae with a review of species of Meganomiinae. Contribution of the American Entomological Institute, 18, 1-135.
Michener, C.D. & Brooks R.W. 1987. The family Melittidae in Madagascar (Hymenoptera, Apoidea). Annales de la Societe entomologique de France, 23 (1): 99-103.
Pauly A., Brooks RW., Nilsson LA., Pesenko YA., Eardley CD., Terzo M., Griswold T., Schwarz M., Patiny S., Munzinger J., Barbier Y. 2001. Hymenoptera Apoidea de Madagascar et des îles voisines. Annales du Musée royal de l'Afrique centrale (Sciences Zoologiques), Tervuren (Belgique), 286: 1-406.