A revision of the bee genus Augochlora Smith (Hymenoptera; Apoidea) in Southern South America Author Lepeco, Anderson Author Gonçalves, Rodrigo Barbosa 0000-0001-5623-0938 al.lepeco@gmail.com text Zootaxa 2020 2020-12-24 4897 1 1 97 journal article 9065 10.11646/zootaxa.4897.1.1 44450b6f-59be-485c-8fc3-8e673f8b03f5 1175-5326 4392347 1C8AA826-36BA-4F48-8F67-6DCD62DFC20F Augochlora (Oxystoglossella) morrae Strand, 1910 ( Figure 3D ) Augochlora morrae Strand, 1910: 471 , holotype ♀ (ZMB) from Paraguay , ‘ Villa Morra’ . Not examined. Halictus hemitomes Vachal, 1911: 43 , lectotype ♀ (MNHP, accession number EY25514 ) from Bolivia . Designation by Lepeco & Gonçalves (2020) . Examined through photographs. Diagnosis. This species has a rugulose preepisternum, copper-red metasomal terga and striate gena and postgena, characteristics that separates it from other Oxystoglossella occurring at the southernmost South America. A. (Augochlora) hestia sp. nov. is similar to this species in color pattern, but lacks the typical characteristics of the subgenus. Comments. Augochlora morrae was redescribed by Lepeco & Gonçalves (2020) , nests were studied by Michener & Lange (1958) . Distribution. A. morrae has a broad distribution in Brazil , occurring in the states of Bahia , Ceará , Espírito Santo , Goiás , Mato Grosso do Sul , Minas Gerais , Paraíba , Paraná , Rio de Janeiro , Santa Catarina , S„o Paulo, and Sergipe . The species is also recorded in Argentina , Bolívia and Paraguay .