Sphecodopsis capensis

Sphecodopsis capensis species group The group consists of the following four species: S. albomaculata sp. nov., S. aquifolia sp. nov., S. capensis (Friese, 1915) and S. fumipennis (Bischof, 1923). Characteristics of this group are the following: head covered with long, black hair (Figs 1C, 3C, 5C, 7C, 9C); mesoscutum covered with long, black hair mixed with shorter, yellowish-white hair (Figs 1D, 3D, 5D, 7D, 9D); patches with very dense white pubescence apically on the tibia (Figs 1A, 3A, 5A, 7A, 9A); female S6 simple posteriorly, shape as shown in Figs 4D, 6D, 10D; male gonostylus approximately the same length or longer as gonocoxa (Figs 2C–D, 8C–D). This group includes the type species of the genus Pseudodichroa Bischoff, 1923 (= S. capensis), that Michener (2007) treated as a subgenus of Sphecodopsis.