<documentid="47CFF4E4F31D5C30F3A0EE68C6624CB0"ID-DOI="10.17161/jom.v0i59.5031"ID-ISSN="2325-4467"ID-Zenodo-Dep="13145888"ID-ZooBank="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:164B4E3B-D34B-4ED1-9AD5-32E8010B46C1"IM.bibliography_approvedBy="felipe"IM.illustrations_approvedBy="felipe"IM.materialsCitations_approvedBy="carolina"IM.metadata_approvedBy="felipe"IM.taxonomicNames_approvedBy="felipe"IM.treatments_approvedBy="carolina"checkinTime="1722454885044"checkinUser="felipe"docAuthor="Torretta, Juan Pablo & Roig-Alsina, Arturo"docDate="2016"docId="1D644B68FFB9FFCE2A2CB7D64DA532FE"docLanguage="en"docName="JMelittology.2016.59.1-12.pdf"docOrigin="Journal of Melittology 2016 (59)"docSource="http://dx.doi.org/10.17161/jom.v0i59.5031"docStyle="DocumentStyle:20C606B715423E98DFED429F4976A416.4:JMelittology.2013-.journal_article.0cover"docStyleId="20C606B715423E98DFED429F4976A416"docStyleName="JMelittology.2013-.journal_article.0cover"docStyleVersion="4"docTitle="Monoeca armata Torretta & Roig-Alsina 2016, new species"docType="treatment"docUuid="F2146668-13AF-4FA1-88ED-B8F63E90DAEF"docUuidSource="ZooBank"docVersion="3"lastPageNumber="10"masterDocId="E15D3310FFBCFFC72B70B3744F593607"masterDocTitle="First report of Monoeca in Argentina, with description of two new species (Hymenoptera: Apidae)"masterLastPageNumber="12"masterPageNumber="1"pageNumber="6"updateTime="1722615000371"updateUser="carolina"zenodo-license-document="CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0">
<mods:titleid="BEFD0FD01A0407E96C24C9E6A869DD58">First report of Monoeca in Argentina, with description of two new species (Hymenoptera: Apidae)</mods:title>
<mods:namePartid="B4B20D04B3334E7EC7538FBE7650AD42">Torretta, Juan Pablo</mods:namePart>
<mods:affiliationid="9C152E3CEDBCC12E6CC51E6DED99640C">Cátedra de Botánica General, Facultad de Agronomía, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Av. San Martín 4453, C 1417 DSE, Buenos Aires, Argentina (torretta @ agro. uba. ar). & Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Argentina.</mods:affiliation>
<mods:affiliationid="BED0D050E0054A63DD738739A234224C">Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Argentina. & Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales “ Bernardino Rivadavia ”, Av. A. Gallardo 470, C 1405 D- JR, Buenos Aires, Argentina (arturo @ macn. gov. ar).</mods:affiliation>
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<figureCitationid="0DF6E6FBFFB9FFC22970B7954D3032FE"box="[512,617,1249,1273]"captionStart-0="Figures 1–4"captionStart-1="Figures 5–9"captionStartId-0="3.[160,241,1352,1374]"captionStartId-1="4.[160,241,840,862]"captionTargetBox-0="[160,1168,224,1345]"captionTargetBox-1="[160,1168,224,834]"captionTargetId-0="figure-196@3.[160,1168,224,1345]"captionTargetId-1="figure-407@4.[160,1168,224,834]"captionTargetPageId-0="3"captionTargetPageId-1="4"captionText-0="Figures 1–4. Males of Monoeca Lepeletier & Audinet-Serville from Argentina. 1. Dorsal view of mesosoma of Monoeca pulchella, new species, holotype. 2. Ventral view of metasoma of M. pulchella, holotype. 3. Dorsal view of mesosoma of M. armata, new species, paratype from Bernardo de Irigoyen, Misiones. 4. Ventral view of metasoma of M. armata, same paratype as in figure 3."captionText-1="Figures 5–9. Mesosomal and leg structures of species of Monoeca Lepeletier & Audinet-Serville from Argentina. 5. Female mesosoma of Monoeca armata, new species, anterior view showing pointed pronotal lobe and carinate dorsolateral angle of pronotum. 6. Female hind femur and tibia of M. armata, showing inner apical carina of femur (c). 7. Male hind tarsus of M. armata, showing apical tooth-like projection (t) of basitarsus. 8. Outer view of male hind tibia and tarsus of M. armata. 9. Outer view of male hind tibia and tarsus of M. pulchella, new species."figureDoi-0="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13145890"figureDoi-1="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13145892"httpUri-0="https://zenodo.org/record/13145890/files/figure.png"httpUri-1="https://zenodo.org/record/13145892/files/figure.png"pageId="5"pageNumber="6">Figs. 3–8</figureCitation>
<figureCitationid="0DF6E6FBFFB9FFC22904B7954DE132FE"box="[628,696,1249,1273]"captionStart="Figures 10–13"captionStartId="6.[160,241,1601,1623]"captionTargetBox="[160,1168,224,1594]"captionTargetId="figure-94@6.[160,1168,224,1594]"captionTargetPageId="6"captionText="Figures 10–13. Male genitalia of species of Monoeca Lepeletier & Audinet-Serville from Argentina (scale bars = 0.2 mm). 10. Ventral view, Monoeca armata, new species, holotype. 11. Dorsal view, M. armata. 12. Ventral view, M. pulchella, new species, holotype. 13. Dorsal view, M. pulchella."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13145894"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13145894/files/figure.png"pageId="5"pageNumber="6">10, 11</figureCitation>
<figureCitationid="0DF6E6FBFFB9FFC229B4B7954C7632FE"box="[708,815,1249,1273]"captionStart="Figures 14–18"captionStartId="8.[160,241,1339,1361]"captionTargetBox="[160,1168,224,1332]"captionTargetId="figure-211@8.[160,1168,224,1332]"captionTargetPageId="8"captionText="Figures 14–18. Hidden sterna of species of Monoeca Lepeletier & Audinet-Serville from Argentina (scale bars = 0.2 mm). 14. Ventral view of S7 of Monoeca armata, new species, holotype. 15. Lateral view of S7 of M. armata. 16. Ventral view of S8 of M. armata. 17. Ventral view of S7 of M. pulchella, new species, holotype. 18. Ventral view of S8 of M. pulchella, with disc largely damaged."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13145896"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13145896/files/figure.png"pageId="5"pageNumber="6">14, 15, 16</figureCitation>
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, due to the dark coloration of the integument, the infumate wings, and the polished, sparsely punctate
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2. Comparing the structures of male
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<bibRefCitationid="F15C878FFFB9FFC22936B6F54C28339E"author="Michener, C. D. & J. S. Moure"box="[582,881,1409,1433]"pageId="5"pageNumber="6"pagination="395 - 452"refId="ref6220"refString="Michener, C. D., & J. S. Moure. 1957. A study of the classification of the more primitive nonparasitic anthophorine bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 112 (5): 395 - 452."type="journal article"year="1957">Michener & Moure, 1957</bibRefCitation>
: their figures 43–45), the terminal sterna and genitalia are strikingly different. Since females of
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), some peculiar structures of
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such as the pointed pronotal lobe, the carinate dorsolateral angle of the pronotum, and the strong, short carina on the posterior surface of the hind femur, could not be compared. These features are not mentioned in the descriptions of any of the other known species of
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, this new species can be separated from the former by the pointed pronotal lobe and from the latter by the lack of fulvous pilosity. The sterna and genital capsule of
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are diagnostic for the species: the S7 has a median apical digitiform projection, which is keeled ventrally and is as long as half the length of the sternum (
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<figureCitationid="0DF6E6FBFFBAFFC12806B5B74C9F30DC"box="[886,966,1731,1755]"captionStart="Figures 14–18"captionStartId="8.[160,241,1339,1361]"captionTargetBox="[160,1168,224,1332]"captionTargetId="figure-211@8.[160,1168,224,1332]"captionTargetPageId="8"captionText="Figures 14–18. Hidden sterna of species of Monoeca Lepeletier & Audinet-Serville from Argentina (scale bars = 0.2 mm). 14. Ventral view of S7 of Monoeca armata, new species, holotype. 15. Lateral view of S7 of M. armata. 16. Ventral view of S8 of M. armata. 17. Ventral view of S7 of M. pulchella, new species, holotype. 18. Ventral view of S8 of M. pulchella, with disc largely damaged."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13145896"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13145896/files/figure.png"pageId="6"pageNumber="7">Fig. 16</figureCitation>
<figureCitationid="0DF6E6FBFFBBFFC02979B3954DD636FE"box="[521,655,225,249]"captionStart="Figures 10–13"captionStartId="6.[160,241,1601,1623]"captionTargetBox="[160,1168,224,1594]"captionTargetId="figure-94@6.[160,1168,224,1594]"captionTargetPageId="6"captionText="Figures 10–13. Male genitalia of species of Monoeca Lepeletier & Audinet-Serville from Argentina (scale bars = 0.2 mm). 10. Ventral view, Monoeca armata, new species, holotype. 11. Dorsal view, M. armata. 12. Ventral view, M. pulchella, new species, holotype. 13. Dorsal view, M. pulchella."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13145894"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13145894/files/figure.png"pageId="7"pageNumber="8">Figs. 10, 11</figureCitation>
<figureCitationid="0DF6E6FBFFBBFFC029B6B2754C53371E"box="[710,778,257,281]"captionStart="Figures 5–9"captionStartId="4.[160,241,840,862]"captionTargetBox="[160,1168,224,834]"captionTargetId="figure-407@4.[160,1168,224,834]"captionTargetPageId="4"captionText="Figures 5–9. Mesosomal and leg structures of species of Monoeca Lepeletier & Audinet-Serville from Argentina. 5. Female mesosoma of Monoeca armata, new species, anterior view showing pointed pronotal lobe and carinate dorsolateral angle of pronotum. 6. Female hind femur and tibia of M. armata, showing inner apical carina of femur (c). 7. Male hind tarsus of M. armata, showing apical tooth-like projection (t) of basitarsus. 8. Outer view of male hind tibia and tarsus of M. armata. 9. Outer view of male hind tibia and tarsus of M. pulchella, new species."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13145892"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13145892/files/figure.png"pageId="7"pageNumber="8">Fig. 7</figureCitation>
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<figureCitationid="0DF6E6FBFFBBFFC02924B2D54DC037BE"box="[596,665,417,441]"captionStart="Figures 1–4"captionStartId="3.[160,241,1352,1374]"captionTargetBox="[160,1168,224,1345]"captionTargetId="figure-196@3.[160,1168,224,1345]"captionTargetPageId="3"captionText="Figures 1–4. Males of Monoeca Lepeletier & Audinet-Serville from Argentina. 1. Dorsal view of mesosoma of Monoeca pulchella, new species, holotype. 2. Ventral view of metasoma of M. pulchella, holotype. 3. Dorsal view of mesosoma of M. armata, new species, paratype from Bernardo de Irigoyen, Misiones. 4. Ventral view of metasoma of M. armata, same paratype as in figure 3."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13145890"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13145890/files/figure.png"pageId="7"pageNumber="8">Fig. 3</figureCitation>
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mostly glabrous, with few simple hairs on lateral portions.
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and
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with pygidial plate covered with adpressed short hairs. S2–S5 with dense bands of plumose, and long, simple hairs (
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and propodeum with very sparse and weak punctures, metaposnotum smooth and shiny.
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smooth and shiny, with few, very fine punctures on anterior vertical area.
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with dense, fine punctures, except median area glabrous and shiny.
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and
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with punctures sparser and coarser than on
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leg with scopal hairs on hind tibia and basitarsus pale yellow, abundant, long (4–7x DF, a few up to 10x) hairs, but basal area of tibia with hairs black, and in some
distal hairs of basitarsus also black; distal tarsomeres with orange hairs.
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mostly glabrous, with few simple hairs on lateral portions.
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and
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with glabrous median area.
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with plumose hairs surrounding pygidial plate. S2–S5 with abundant, orange, hooked setae. S5 covered with long (3–4x
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(
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<paragraphid="9572FA7EFFB5FFCE2BA0B7F54D4832BE"blockId="9.[160,1175,225,1273]"pageId="9"pageNumber="10">ETYMOLOGY: The specific epithet refers to the presence of a strong apical tooth on the hind basitarsus of the male.</paragraph>