Afroheriades dolichocephala

Afroheriades dolichocephala (FRIESE, 1925) Osmia dolichocephala FRIESE, 1925: 505. Holotype ♀ (Ookiep [= Okiep], South Africa) (American Museum of Natural History, New York, United States of America). Eriades reicherti BRAUNS, 1929: 140-141. Lectotype J (Willowmore, South Africa) (Ditsong National Museum of Natural History, Pretoria, South Africa [former Transvaal Museum]). Archeriades hennigi PETERS, 1978: 340. Holotype ♀ (Kamieskroon, South Africa) (SAMC). M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d (59♀♀, 19JJ). South Africa: 12♀♀, 20 km NW Steinkopf, Escarpment, 29°08´49´´S 17°35´07´´E, 960 m, 12.ix.2017, leg. M. Kuhlmann; 2♀♀, Kamiesberg Mts., 26 km NNE Kamieskroon, road side, 30°03´45´´S 18°00´25´´E, 770 m, 3.x.2014, leg. M. Kuhlmann; 1♀, Hantam Mts., 32 km N Calvinia, S Klipwerf Farm, river bank, 31°12´09´´S 19°50´04´´E, 870 m, 30.viii.2010, leg. M. Kuhlmann; 5♀♀, 15 km NW Nieuwoudtville, Farm Zoetfontein, Fynbos, 31°14´05´´S 19°02´50´´E, 775 m, 7.x.2022, leg. M. Kuhlmann; 11♀, idem, 8.x.2022; 2♀♀, idem, 9.x.2022; 1J, idem, 11.viii.2023; 1♀, 1J, 15 km NW Nieuwoudtville, near farm Engelsepunt, Fynbos, 31°14´08´´S 18°58´23´´E, 843 m, 30.viii.2003, leg. K. Timmermann; 1J, 15 km NW Nieuwoudtville, Farm Engelsepunt, 31°14´31´´S 18°59´08´´E, 830 m, 7.viii.2003, leg. K. Timmermann; 1J, 12 km NW Nieuwoudtville, Farm Avontuur, dolerite hill, 31°16´02´´S 19°04´05´´E, 830 m, 27.viii.2008, leg. H. Erhardt; 1J, idem, 6.ix.2008, leg. M. Kuhlmann; 2♀♀, 12 km NW Nieuwoudtville, Farm Avontuur, Fynbos, 31°16´18´´S 19°02´55´´E, 770 m, 25.viii.2010, leg. M. Kuhlmann; 1J, idem, 25.viii.2017; 1♀, idem, 30.viii.2018; 1J, idem, 7.ix.2023, leg. H. Erhardt; 1J, Nieuwoudtville, Flower Reserve East, 31°21´55´´S 19°08´52´´E, 735 m, 13.ix.2002, leg. M. Kuhlmann; 1J, idem, 16.ix.2002; 1J, idem, 18.ix.2007; 1♀, Nieuwoudtville, Flower Reserve, dolerite hills, 31°22´10´´S 19°08´50´´E, 770 m, 27.viii.2006, leg. K. Timmermann; 9♀♀, idem, 19.ix.2007; 2JJ, Nieuwoudtville, Glen Lyon, garden, 31°24´03´´S 19°08´34´´, 700 m, 23.viii.2003, leg. M. Kuhlmann; 1♀, 20 km S Nieuwoudtville, Farm Papkuilsfontein, Fynbos, 31°33´16´´S 19°08´31´´E, 680 m, 7.ix.2007, leg. M. Kuhlmann; 1♀, idem, 27.viii.2012; 1♀, 23 km ESE Vanrhynsdorp, Knersvlakte, road side, 31°44´06´´S 18°55´32´´E, 200 m, 17.viii.2010, leg. M. Kuhlmann; 1J, Keiskie Mts., 3 km E Farm M´Vera, shale, 31°45´29´´S 19°54´13´´E, 1190 m, 30.viii.2016, leg. M. Kuhlmann; 1J, Keiskie Mts., 5 km S Farm Nooiensrivier, burned area, 31°45´47´´S 19°50´17´´E, 1275 m, leg. M. Kuhlmann; 1♀, 27 km SE Vanrhynsdorp, Ouberg Pass, Fynbos, 31°48´07´´S 18°55´00´´E, 380 m, 23.viii.2012, leg. M. Kuhlmann; 2♀♀, idem, 30.viii.2012; 1♀, idem, 24.ix.2014; 2♀♀, idem, 19.ix.2016; 1♀, Cederberg Mts., road to Algeria, Olifants River bridge, 32°21´55´´S 18°57´06´´E, 150 m, 8.ix.2017, leg. M. Kuhlmann; 4♀♀, 5JJ, 20 km W Sutherland, Farm Kanolfontein, road side, 32°24´43´´S 20°27´28´´E, 1385 m, 17.ix.2017, leg. M. Kuhlmann. G e n e r a l d i s t r i b u t i o n: The species seems to have a more restricted distribution and has been found throughout Namaqualand southwards to the vicinity of Sutherland in the Roggeveld Mts. and the Cederberg Mts. (PETERS 1978).