Phylogenetic Relationships Of A New Genus Of Calliopsine Bees From Peru, With A Review Of Spinoliella Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae)
Author
Gonzalez, Victor H.
Author
Smith-Pardo, Allan H.
Author
Engel, Michael S.
text
Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History
2017
2017-04-13
2017
412
1
72
http://www.bioone.org/doi/10.1206/0003-0090-412.1.1
journal article
10.1206/0003-0090-412.1.1
0003-0090
5407146
Spinoliella obscura
Compagnucci
Spinoliella obscura
Compagnucci, 2015: 80
(
holotype
♀
, MACN: San Fernando,
Catamarca
,
Argentina
).
DIAGNOSIS: The female of this Argentinean species can be recognized by the following combination of features: pygidial plate with apex rounded, not bifid; outer metatibial spur straight; frons, mesoscutum, and mesoscutellum smooth and shiny, largely impunctate; tibiae and tarsi yellow; and terga dark reddish brown with a small lateral spot on basal three terga. Based on the characters indicated in the original description, the male of this species will run to
S. aidae
in our key.
MATERIAL EXAMINED (
n
=
2♀♀
): ARGEN-
TINA:
Catamarca
:
1♀
,
Catamarca
,
10 km
S. Copacabana
near Tinogastra,
03-08-1990
[
3 August 1990
],
Rozen
&
Roig-Alsina
colls. (
AMNH
)
;
San Juan
:
1♀
,
16 km
W. Media Agua
,
11-09-1998
[
11 September 1998
],
Rozen
&
Navarrete
colls., on plant # 1 (
Heliotropium
) (
SEMC
)
.
DISTRIBUTION:
Argentina
:
Catamarca
,
San Juan
.
FLORAL RECORD:
Heliotropium
L. (
Boraginaceae
).
COMMENTS: This species was previously known from San Fernando,
Catamarca
, the
type
locality.