Sarah Kathleen Gess
Sarah Kathleen Gess
- Department of Entomology. Albany Museum, Someaet Street. Grabarnstown 6140. Republic of South Africa
Taxon names authored
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Publications
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1975
[edit]- Gess, F.W. & Gess, S.K. 1975. Ethological studies of Bembecinus cinguliger (Smith) and B. oxydorcus (Handl.) (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae), two southern African turret-building wasps. Annals of the Cape Provincial Museums. Natural History 11: 21–46. PDF
1980
[edit]- Gess, F.W. & Gess, S.K. 1980. Ethological notes on Kohliella alaris Brauns (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae: Larrinae) in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. Annals of the Cape Provincial Museums. Natural History 13: 45–54. PDF
- Gess, F.W. & Gess, S.K. 1980. The whited sepulchre – the nesting of Chalybion tibiale (Fabr.). The Eastern Cape Naturalist 70: 11–14. PDF
1981
[edit]- Gess, F.W. & Gess, S.K. 1981. Three Acacia insects: a chain of dependence. The Naturalist (Port Elizabeth) 25 (3):27–30. PDF
1982
[edit]- Gess, F.W. & Gess, S.K. 1982. Ethological studies of Isodontia simoni (du Buysson), I. pelopoeiforme (Dahlbom) and I. stanleyi (Kohl) (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae: Sphecinae) in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. Annals of the Cape Provincial Museums. Natural History 14: 151–171. PDF
1989
[edit]- Gess, S.K. & Gess, F.W. 1989. Notes on nesting behavior in Bembix bubalus Handlirsch in southern Africa with the emphasis on nest sharing and reaction to nest parasites (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae). Annals of the Cape Provincial Museums. Natural History 18: 151–160. PDF
1993
[edit]- Gess, F.W. & Gess, S.K. 1993. Effects of increasing land utilization on species representation and diversity of aculeate wasps and bees in the semi-arid areas of southern Africa, pp. 83–113 in J. La Salle and I.D. Gould (editors). Hymenoptera and biodiversity. The Natural History Museum, London, 348 pp.
1994
[edit]- Gess, S.K. & Gess, F.W. 1994. Potential pollinators of the Cape Group of Crotalarieae (sensu Pohl) (Fabales, Papilionaceae), with implications for seed production in cultivated rooibos tea. African Entomology 2: 97. PDF
1996
[edit]- Gess, S.K. 1996. The pollen wasps. Ecology and natural history of the Masarinae. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts. 340 pp. − DOI: 10.4159/harvard.9780674281684
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1999
[edit]- Gess, F.W. & Gess, S.K. 1999. The use by wasps, bees and spiders of shells of Trigonephrus Pilsb. (Mollusca: Gasteropoda [sic]: Dorcasiidae) in desertic winter-rainfall areas in southern Africa. Journal of Arid Environments 43: 143–153. PDF
2003
[edit]- Gess, S.K. & Gess, F.W. 2003. A catalog for flower visiting records for aculeate wasps and bees in the semi-arid to arid areas of southern Africa. Department of Entomology, Albany Museum, Grahamstown. 529 pp.
2006
[edit]- Gess, S.K. & Gess, F.W. 2006. Survey of flower visiting by aculeate wasps and bees in the semi-arid areas of southern Africa. Annals of the Eastern Cape Museums 5: 1–51. PDF
2014
[edit]- Gess, S.K. & Gess, F.W. 2014. Wasps and bees in southern Africa. SANBI Biodiversity Series 24: 1–320 pp. PDF
- Gess, F.W. & Gess, S.K. 2014. Geographical distributions of Bembix (Hymenoptera, Crabronidae, Bembicinae) in southern Africa, with notes on biology. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 36: 53–130. PDF