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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ursinus
species group
This group is characterized by the presence of hooked hairs on the mouthparts of the females (
Figs. 9A–B
). Hooked hairs are present on the stipes, on the prementum and on the first two segments of the labial palpus, except in
A. halictoides
, which lacks such hairs on the second segment of the palpus. One species,
A. bonariensis
, also has modified hairs on the hypostomal area of the head, on the trochanters, and on the metasomal sterna (
Fig. 9C
). Species of the group are 6.2–11.0 mm long. Males have a ventral tubercle in front of the middle coxa, except
A. bonariensis
which lacks the tubercles. Yellowish hairs are usually present on the metasomal apical bands and/or on the tibial scopa of females (
Fig. 1
), and males of some species are entirely covered by golden pile (
A. ursinus
,
A. mesopotamica
,
A. duckei
, and
A. holmbergi
), or nearly so (
A. bonariensis
) (
Fig. 2
).