Palaearctic Chelostoma bees of the subgenus Gyrodromella (Megachilidae, Osmiini): biology, taxonomy and key to species
Author
Müller, Andreas
text
Zootaxa
2015
3936
3
408
420
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3936.3.6
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1175-5326
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rapunculi
species group
Preoccipital ridge raised to a carina. Basal zone of propodeum distinctly sloping and usually only about half as long as metanotum. Anterior surface of tergum 1 shallowly concave. Females: Clypeus only slightly protruding or with flat narrow apical zone (
Fig. 5
). Males: Median elevation on sternum 2 of uniform shape among species, roughly triangular in lateral view, its posterior surface evenly sloping, of half-elliptical shape and almost flat (
Fig. 12
). Apical zone of sternum 4 without dense pilosity of yellowish hairs. Tergum 7 tripartite with one lower median tooth and two upper lateral teeth (
Fig. 6, 9
), which are rarely fused to a straight uninterrupted transverse apical margin.