Wasp‐mediated pollination encompasses diverse mechanisms, presenting a relevant yet
underexplored facet of plant–insect interactions. This review synthesises current knowledge …

The purpose of this catalogue is to list the valid names, nomenclatorial history of, and
published references to, the known bees of Sub-Saharan Africa and the western Indian …

Recent (1996–2002) sampling by the authors of flower visitors in particular in the
Richtersveld and Namibia has added considerably to the knowledge of the flower …

Simple Summary The pollen wasps are a fascinating group of insects that live similarly to
solitary bees: females provision their brood cells with a mixture of pollen and nectar instead …

Evolution of different life forms within basal taxa of the diplopterous wasps (Hymenoptera,
Vespidae). The diplopterous wasps offer the possibility to reconstruct the evolutionary …

Celonites montanus Mocsáry, 1906, described from the Alai Range in Kyrgyzstan, is
synonymized with C. kostylevi Panfilov, 1961, syn. nov. and C. haemorrhoidalis …

Celonites fischeri was recorded from ten localities in various open, disturbed habitats in
North-West Cyprus. The species is probably narrowly oligolectic exploiting exclusively …

The results of a survey of flowers visited by aculeate wasps and bees in the semi-arid to arid
areas of southern Africa, ie the Karoo Biome and associated dry fynbos, arid savanna and …

While many pollen wasps nest in hard clayey soil or in rigid sand or use these kinds of
substrates to build aerial earthen cells, all representatives of the genus Quartinia, in which …

Quartinia canariensis was recorded from three semidesertic sand habitats in Fuerteventura.
All localities were sparsely covered by halophytic vegetation and characterized by large …