Gess, F.W. & S.K. - Annals of the Cape Provincial Museums. Volume 18. Part 9. A Fourth Contribution to the Knowledge of the Ethology of the Genus Ceramius Latreille ( Hymenoptera: Vespoidea: Masaridae) in Southern Africa.

Cape Provincial Museum, Albany Museum, Grahamstown, Natural History. Volume 18. Part 9. 28th May 1990. Stapled wraps, p183-p202. illustrated, 184mm wide x 240mm high. New unread copy. Ethological accounts including nest structure and flower visiting records are given for four species of Ceramius Latreille; C. clypeatus Richards, C. micheneri Gess, C. toriger Schulthess, and C. braunsi Turner. In addition first flower visiting records are given for C. caffer Saussure and C. metanotalis Richards. Notes are given on usurpation of nests of C. braunsi by Megachile (Eutricharaea) aliceae Cockerell (Megachildiae) and the association with this bee of the parasitic bee Coelioxys (Coelioxys) recusata Schults (Megachilidae). In the discussion the ethological data are used to clarify the species grouping within the genus Ceramius.

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