A revision of the bee genus Ancyloscelis (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in Argentina
Author
Schaller, A.
Author
Roig-Alsina, A.
text
Zootaxa
2021
2021-06-02
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4980.3.4
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Ancyloscelis saltensis
Rodríguez & Roig-Alsina
(
Figs. 6D
,
7D
,
8D
,
11D
,
13H
)
Ancyloscelis saltensis
Rodríguez & Roig-Alsina, 2004: 359-360
, figs. 4, 8, 12, 14, 20, 22, 25 and 27(
Holotype
male,
Argentina
,
Salta
,
Sumalao
,
II-1994
,
M. Fritz
, MACN, examined)
Diagnosis.
This species is similar to
A. romeroi
in size (length of forewing
5.9–7.3 mm
). It is distinguished by the color of the forewing, which has the entire apical margin darkened, and by the shorter pubescence. The hairs on the mesopleuron are 1.7–2.7x MOD (male) and 1.8–1.9x MOD (female). Males are characterized by the black scape and pedicel (8D). The shape of the hind basitarsus is similar to that of
A. romeroi
, with a basal inner rounded projection followed by a median tooth, but the apex is pointed (11D). The hidden sterna and genital capsule have been drawn by Rodríguez and Roig-Alsina (2004).
Distribution
.
Argentina
: province of
Salta
.