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 ursinus
Haliday
(
Fig. 5A–B
)
Ancylosceles ursinus
Haliday, 1836: 320
(
Holotype
male,
Brazil
,
Sao Paulo
,
Graves
leg., Natural History Museum, London, examined through photographs).
Diagnosis
. Females of
A. ursinus
are distinguished, among species with hooked hairs on the first and second labial palpi, by the black and white scopa, the yellow hairs on the discs of T2–T4, and the long pubescence of the scutum (0.86–1.18x MOD). Males are characterized, among males with golden pubescence, by the pointed hind basitarsus without inner tooth (
Fig. 5A
), the weakly emarginate S6 (
Fig. 5B
), the light brown hind femur without evident mark, and the inner surface of the hind basitarsus with long hairs, 0.70–1.43x MOD.
Comments
.
Ancyloscelis ursinus
has not been found in
Argentina
, but it has been included in the key since it occurs at the same latitude both in
Paraguay
and
Brazil
, and it is likely to occur in the province of Misiones.
Distribution
.
Brazil
and
Paraguay
.
Brazil
, states of
Minas Gerais
,
Rio Grande do Sul
, and
São Paulo
.
Paraguay
, department of Guayrá.
Material studied
.
Brazil
.
Minas Gerais
:
2 ♀
,
1 ♂
,
Passos
, 17/
22-XII-1962
, Elias (
MACN
)
.
Paraguay
.
Guairá
:
1 ♀
,
Col Independencia
,
I-1951
(
MACN
)
;
1 ♂
, Villarica, diciembre (
MACN
)
.