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<emphasis id="B9168A5CFF8B3F6CFDC1297E6367FBA7" bold="true" box="[557,818,1060,1087]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Brachymelecta alayoi</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis id="B9168A5CFF8B3F6CFF5129D361F5FB3B" box="[189,416,1161,1187]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Xeromelecta alayoi</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B9168A5CFF8B3F6CFF51299661A5FB7E" bold="true" box="[189,496,1228,1254]" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Proposed common name</emphasis>
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<paragraph id="8BDD564EFF8B3F6CFF5129A06255FA8C" blockId="9.[189,512,1274,1300]" box="[189,512,1274,1300]" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Alayo’s digger-cuckoo bee.</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B9168A5CFF8B3F6CFF5128666163FACE" bold="true" box="[189,310,1340,1366]" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Diagnosis</emphasis>
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Unique within the genus to
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are each of the following morphological features: the mesoscutum has a well-defined band of yellow hairs along the midline that does not attain its posterior margin (
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); each mesotibia of the female has a patch of yellow hairs that occupies nearly its entire dorsal surface (
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<figureCitation id="13594ACBFF8B3F6CFE9F288C6184FA68" box="[371,465,1494,1520]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="10.[189,232,1928,1954]" captionTargetBox="[189,1398,965,1872]" captionTargetId="figure-220@10.[189,1398,965,1889]" captionTargetPageId="10" captionText="Fig. 3. Brachymelecta alayoi (Michener, 1988). A–B, D: female (JAG); C: male (JAG). A. Habitus, lateral view. B. Habitus, dorsal view. C. Habitus, lateral view. D. Axillae and mesoscutellum, dorsal view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4965962" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4965962/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Fig. 3A</figureCitation>
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); and the mesoscutellum, except for the pair of spines and around their bases, is densely covered in yellow pubescence, such that the underlying integument is greatly obscured (
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<figureCitation id="13594ACBFF8B3F6CFAE128A3653CF98C" box="[1293,1385,1529,1556]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="10.[189,232,1928,1954]" captionTargetBox="[189,1398,965,1872]" captionTargetId="figure-220@10.[189,1398,965,1889]" captionTargetPageId="10" captionText="Fig. 3. Brachymelecta alayoi (Michener, 1988). A–B, D: female (JAG); C: male (JAG). A. Habitus, lateral view. B. Habitus, dorsal view. C. Habitus, lateral view. D. Axillae and mesoscutellum, dorsal view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4965962" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4965962/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Fig. 3D</figureCitation>
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).
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most closely resembles
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<emphasis id="B9168A5CFF8B3F6CFD342B446335F9AF" box="[728,864,1565,1591]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">B. haitensis</emphasis>
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, a Hispaniolan species, but in
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<taxonomicName id="4C622DCDFF8B3F6CFB2F2B44651EF9AF" authorityName="JAG" baseAuthorityName="Michener" baseAuthorityYear="1948" box="[1219,1355,1565,1591]" class="Insecta" family="Apidae" genus="Brachymelecta" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="haitensis">
|
||
<emphasis id="B9168A5CFF8B3F6CFB2F2B44651EF9AF" box="[1219,1355,1565,1591]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">B. haitensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
the mesoscutum and mesoscutellum both have well-defined bands of pale yellow hairs along the entire midline that connect and thus give the appearance of a single band; the mesoscutellum sometimes also has pale yellow hairs laterally, but the pubescence is otherwise dark brown or black, sparse, and does not obscure the underlying integument; each mesotibia of the female dorsally has a large glabrous area between a submedial band of off-white to pale yellow hairs (nearer the base than apex) and a band on the apical margin; and the T1–T3 fasciae of the male are complete.
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C622DCDFF8B3F6CFC712BA964C9F895" baseAuthorityName="Michener" baseAuthorityYear="1988" box="[925,1180,1779,1805]" class="Insecta" family="Apidae" genus="Brachymelecta" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="alayoi">
|
||
<emphasis id="B9168A5CFF8B3F6CFC712BA964C9F895" box="[925,1180,1779,1805]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Brachymelecta alayoi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is the only species in the genus known to occur in
|
||
<collectingCountry id="F37516DEFF8B3F6CFDC12A4C623BF8A8" box="[557,622,1814,1840]" name="Cuba" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Cuba</collectingCountry>
|
||
, where it is endemic.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="C37805C5FF8B3F6FFF512A026569FE64" lastPageId="10" lastPageNumber="11" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" type="materials_examined">
|
||
<paragraph id="8BDD564EFF8B3F6CFF512A0261FFF8EA" blockId="9.[189,426,1880,1906]" box="[189,426,1880,1906]" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">
|
||
<heading id="D095E122FF8B3F6CFF512A0261FFF8EA" bold="true" box="[189,426,1880,1906]" fontSize="11" level="3" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" reason="3">
|
||
<emphasis id="B9168A5CFF8B3F6CFF512A0261FFF8EA" bold="true" box="[189,426,1880,1906]" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Material examined</emphasis>
|
||
</heading>
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="8BDD564EFF8B3F6CFF062ADD6256F839" blockId="9.[189,1398,1927,2025]" box="[234,515,1927,1953]" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">
|
||
<emphasis id="B9168A5CFF8B3F6CFF062ADD6256F839" bold="true" box="[234,515,1927,1953]" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">
|
||
Primary
|
||
<typeStatus id="54D9E8ECFF8B3F6CFEB02ADD61C7F839" box="[348,402,1927,1953]" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">type</typeStatus>
|
||
material
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="8BDD564EFF8B3F6CFF512AF163FAF871" blockId="9.[189,1398,1927,2025]" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">
|
||
<materialsCitation id="3B0A5C13FF8B3F6CFF512AF163FFF871" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3302847359" collectingDate="1947-07-04" collectionCode="KUNHM" collectorName="F. de Zayas & V. J. Ferras" country="Cuba" location="Rancho Mundito" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" specimenCode="KUNHM 1461055" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-female="1" stateProvince="Pinar del Rio" typeStatus="holotype">
|
||
<collectingCountry id="F37516DEFF8B3F6CFF512AF16158F85D" box="[189,269,1963,1989]" name="Cuba" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">CUBA</collectingCountry>
|
||
•
|
||
<specimenCount id="9D649DC7FF8B3F6CFEC72AF16114F85D" box="[299,321,1963,1989]" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" type="female">♀</specimenCount>
|
||
,
|
||
<typeStatus id="54D9E8ECFF8B3F6CFEBF2AF161EFF85D" box="[339,442,1963,1989]" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
|
||
(studied from images);
|
||
<collectingRegion id="49A698ACFF8B3F6CFD322AF163D4F85D" box="[734,897,1963,1989]" country="Cuba" name="Pinar del Rio" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Pinar del Río</collectingRegion>
|
||
,
|
||
<location id="8EBD0095FF8B3F6CFC632AF1640EF85D" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03CBE758FF8B3F69FDC1297E6298FC6B:8EBD0095FF8B3F6CFC632AF1640EF85D" box="[911,1115,1963,1989]" country="Cuba" name="Rancho Mundito" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" stateProvince="Pinar del Rio">Rancho Mundito</location>
|
||
,
|
||
<location id="8EBD0095FF8B3F6CFB852AF16527F85F" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03CBE758FF8B3F69FDC1297E6298FC6B:8EBD0095FF8B3F6CFB852AF16527F85F" box="[1129,1394,1963,1991]" country="Cuba" name="Sierra de los Organos" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" stateProvince="Pinar del Rio">Sierra de los Órganos</location>
|
||
;
|
||
<date id="FFDC708EFF8B3F6CFF512A946117F870" box="[189,322,1998,2024]" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" value="1947-07-04">
|
||
<collectingDate id="EF988966FF8B3F6CFF512A946117F870" box="[189,322,1998,2024]" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" value="1947-07-04">4 Jul. 1947</collectingDate>
|
||
</date>
|
||
;
|
||
<collectorName id="26973398FF8B3F6CFEA22A956181F871" box="[334,468,1998,2025]" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">F. de Zayas</collectorName>
|
||
and
|
||
<collectorName id="26973398FF8B3F6CFDE02A9562DDF871" box="[524,648,1999,2025]" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">V.J. Ferras</collectorName>
|
||
leg.;
|
||
<specimenCode id="DBC4FE35FF8B3F6CFD262A9563FFF871" box="[714,938,1998,2025]" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">KUNHM 1461055</specimenCode>
|
||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="8BDD564EFF883F6FFF062C526243FEBA" blockId="10.[189,534,264,328]" box="[234,534,264,291]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">
|
||
<emphasis id="B9168A5CFF883F6FFF062C526243FEBA" bold="true" box="[234,534,264,291]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">DNA barcoded material</emphasis>
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="8BDD564EFF883F6FFF512C746106FED0" blockId="10.[189,534,264,328]" box="[189,339,302,328]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Unavailable.</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="8BDD564EFF883F6FFF062C28625BFE13" blockId="10.[189,1399,369,508]" box="[234,526,369,396]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">
|
||
<emphasis id="B9168A5CFF883F6FFF062C28625BFE13" bold="true" box="[234,526,369,396]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Non-barcoded material</emphasis>
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="8BDD564EFF883F6FFF512CCD6569FE64" blockId="10.[189,1399,369,508]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">
|
||
<materialsCitation id="3B0A5C13FF883F6FFF512CCD6471FE29" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3302847351" box="[189,1060,407,434]" collectingDate="1987-06" collectionCode="PCYU" collectorName="R. Alayo" country="Cuba" location="Pan de Guajaibon" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-male="1" stateProvince="Artemisa">
|
||
<collectingCountry id="F37516DEFF883F6FFF512CCD6158FE29" box="[189,269,407,433]" name="Cuba" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">CUBA</collectingCountry>
|
||
•
|
||
<specimenCount id="9D649DC7FF883F6FFECF2CCD6104FE2A" box="[291,337,407,434]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" type="male">1 ♂</specimenCount>
|
||
;
|
||
<collectingRegion id="49A698ACFF883F6FFEB72CCD619FFE29" box="[347,458,407,433]" country="Cuba" name="Artemisa" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Artemisa</collectingRegion>
|
||
,
|
||
<location id="8EBD0095FF883F6FFE382CC262F3FE29" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03CBE758FF8B3F69FDC1297E6298FC6B:8EBD0095FF883F6FFE382CC262F3FE29" box="[468,678,407,434]" country="Cuba" name="Pan de Guajaibon" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" stateProvince="Artemisa">Pan de Guajaibón</location>
|
||
;
|
||
<date id="FFDC708EFF883F6FFD5C2CC26370FE29" box="[688,805,407,434]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" value="1987-06">
|
||
<collectingDate id="EF988966FF883F6FFD5C2CC26370FE29" box="[688,805,407,434]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" value="1987-06">Jun. 1987</collectingDate>
|
||
</date>
|
||
;
|
||
<collectorName id="26973398FF883F6FFCC32CC263C2FE29" box="[815,919,407,434]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">R. Alayo</collectorName>
|
||
leg.;
|
||
<collectionCode id="ED73CE8BFF883F6FFC3A2CCD6471FE29" box="[982,1060,407,433]" collectionName="PCYU" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">PCYU</collectionCode>
|
||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
•
|
||
<materialsCitation id="3B0A5C13FF883F6FFBD72CCD6267FE4F" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3302847346" collectingDate="1990-08" collectionCode="USNM" collectorName="J. A. Genaro" country="Cuba" location="Soroa" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-male="1" stateProvince="Artemisa">
|
||
<specimenCount id="9D649DC7FF883F6FFBD72CCD643CFE2A" box="[1083,1129,407,434]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" type="male">1 ♂</specimenCount>
|
||
;
|
||
<collectingRegion id="49A698ACFF883F6FFB9E2CCD64B4FE29" box="[1138,1249,407,433]" country="Cuba" name="Artemisa" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Artemisa</collectingRegion>
|
||
,
|
||
<location id="8EBD0095FF883F6FFB072CCD6566FE29" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03CBE758FF8B3F69FDC1297E6298FC6B:8EBD0095FF883F6FFB072CCD6566FE29" box="[1259,1331,407,433]" country="Cuba" name="Soroa" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" stateProvince="Artemisa">Soroa</location>
|
||
;
|
||
<date id="FFDC708EFF883F6FFAD12CCD60AEFE4F" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" value="1990-08">
|
||
<collectingDate id="EF988966FF883F6FFAD12CCD60AEFE4F" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" value="1990-08">Aug. 1990</collectingDate>
|
||
</date>
|
||
;
|
||
<collectorName id="26973398FF883F6FFEE52CE761C2FE4F" box="[265,407,445,471]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">J.A. Genaro</collectorName>
|
||
leg.;
|
||
<collectionCode id="ED73CE8BFF883F6FFE312CE76267FE4F" box="[477,562,445,471]" collectionName="USA, Washington D.C., National Museum of Natural History, [formerly, United States National Museum]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">USNM</collectionCode>
|
||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
•
|
||
<materialsCitation id="3B0A5C13FF883F6FFDA22CE761C2FE64" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3302847430" collectingDate="1955-05" collectorName="P. Alayo" country="Cuba" location="La Gran Piedra" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-female="1" stateProvince="Santiago de Cuba">
|
||
<specimenCount id="9D649DC7FF883F6FFDA22CE76229FE4F" box="[590,636,445,471]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" type="female">1 ♀</specimenCount>
|
||
;
|
||
<collectingRegion id="49A698ACFF883F6FFD612CE66337FE4E" box="[653,866,444,470]" country="Cuba" name="Santiago de Cuba" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Santiago de Cuba</collectingRegion>
|
||
,
|
||
<location id="8EBD0095FF883F6FFC832CE7647CFE4E" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03CBE758FF8B3F69FDC1297E6298FC6B:8EBD0095FF883F6FFC832CE7647CFE4E" box="[879,1065,444,471]" country="Cuba" name="La Gran Piedra" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" stateProvince="Santiago de Cuba">La Gran Piedra</location>
|
||
,
|
||
<location id="8EBD0095FF883F6FFBDA2CE664B2FE4F" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03CBE758FF8B3F69FDC1297E6298FC6B:8EBD0095FF883F6FFBDA2CE664B2FE4F" box="[1078,1255,444,471]" country="Cuba" name="Sierra Maestra" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" stateProvince="Santiago de Cuba">Sierra Maestra</location>
|
||
;
|
||
<date id="FFDC708EFF883F6FFB192CE76527FE4F" box="[1269,1394,444,471]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" value="1955-05">
|
||
<collectingDate id="EF988966FF883F6FFB192CE76527FE4F" box="[1269,1394,444,471]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" value="1955-05">May 1955</collectingDate>
|
||
</date>
|
||
;
|
||
<collectorName id="26973398FF883F6FFF512CB8614AFE64" box="[189,287,482,508]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">P. Alayo</collectorName>
|
||
leg.; JAG
|
||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
•
|
||
<materialsCitation id="3B0A5C13FF883F6FFE432CB8656CFE64" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3302847319" box="[431,1337,482,508]" collectingDate="2001-06" collectorName="J. A. Genaro" country="Cuba" location="Santiago de Cuba" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-male="1" stateProvince="Santiago de Cuba">
|
||
<specimenCount id="9D649DC7FF883F6FFE432CB8618BFE64" box="[431,478,482,508]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" type="male">1 ♂</specimenCount>
|
||
; same collection data as for preceding;
|
||
<date id="FFDC708EFF883F6FFC422CB86471FE64" box="[942,1060,482,508]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" value="2001-06">
|
||
<collectingDate id="EF988966FF883F6FFC422CB86471FE64" box="[942,1060,482,508]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" value="2001-06">Jun. 2001</collectingDate>
|
||
</date>
|
||
;
|
||
<collectorName id="26973398FF883F6FFBDC2CB864E9FE64" box="[1072,1212,482,508]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">J.A. Genaro</collectorName>
|
||
leg.; JAG
|
||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="C37805C5FF883F69FF512F7F610BFEDE" lastPageId="12" lastPageNumber="13" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" type="description">
|
||
<paragraph id="8BDD564EFF883F6FFF512F7F613EFDA7" blockId="10.[189,363,549,575]" box="[189,363,549,575]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">
|
||
<heading id="D095E122FF883F6FFF512F7F613EFDA7" bold="true" box="[189,363,549,575]" fontSize="11" level="3" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" reason="3">
|
||
<emphasis id="B9168A5CFF883F6FFF512F7F613EFDA7" bold="true" box="[189,363,549,575]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Redescription</emphasis>
|
||
</heading>
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="8BDD564EFF883F6FFF062F0C6110FDE8" blockId="10.[189,1398,598,700]" box="[234,325,598,624]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">
|
||
<emphasis id="B9168A5CFF883F6FFF062F0C6110FDE8" bold="true" box="[234,325,598,624]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Female</emphasis>
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="8BDD564EFF883F6FFF512F2664AFFD23" blockId="10.[189,1398,598,700]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">
|
||
MEASUREMENTS. Length
|
||
<quantity id="4C9AFBABFF883F6FFE082F26621AFD0E" box="[484,591,636,662]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.1199999999999999" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" unit="mm" value="11.2">11.2 mm</quantity>
|
||
(
|
||
<quantity id="4C9AFBABFF883F6FFD8F2F2662EDFD0E" box="[611,696,636,662]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.1" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" unit="mm" value="11.0">11 mm</quantity>
|
||
for
|
||
<typeStatus id="54D9E8ECFF883F6FFD032F26630CFD0E" box="[751,857,636,662]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
|
||
;
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EFF32BBFFF883F6FFC842F266477FD0E" author="Michener C. D." box="[872,1058,636,662]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" pagination="377 - 379" refId="ref31490" refString="Michener C. D. 1988. The parasitic anthophorid genus Xeromelecta in Cuba (Hymenoptera: Apoidea). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 81: 377 - 379. https: // doi. org / 10.1093 / aesa / 81.3.377" type="journal article" year="1988">Michener 1988</bibRefCitation>
|
||
); ITW
|
||
<quantity id="4C9AFBABFF883F6FFB902F266489FD0E" box="[1148,1244,636,662]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.7" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" unit="mm" value="2.7">2.7 mm</quantity>
|
||
; head length
|
||
<quantity id="4C9AFBABFF883F6FFF512FFB614FFD24" box="[189,282,673,700]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.7" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" unit="mm" value="2.7">2.7 mm</quantity>
|
||
; head width
|
||
<quantity id="4C9AFBABFF883F6FFE432FFB6259FD24" box="[431,524,673,700]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.3" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" unit="mm" value="3.3">3.3 mm</quantity>
|
||
; fore wing length
|
||
<quantity id="4C9AFBABFF883F6FFD0D2FFB636EFD24" box="[737,827,673,700]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="8.6" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" unit="mm" value="8.6">8.6 mm</quantity>
|
||
(
|
||
<quantity id="4C9AFBABFF883F6FFCA72FFB63C5FD24" box="[843,912,673,700]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="9.0" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" unit="mm" value="9.0">9 mm</quantity>
|
||
for
|
||
<typeStatus id="54D9E8ECFF883F6FFC2D2FFB647EFD23" box="[961,1067,673,699]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
|
||
;
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EFF32BBFFF883F6FFBDB2FFB64B8FD23" author="Michener C. D." box="[1079,1261,673,699]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" pagination="377 - 379" refId="ref31490" refString="Michener C. D. 1988. The parasitic anthophorid genus Xeromelecta in Cuba (Hymenoptera: Apoidea). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 81: 377 - 379. https: // doi. org / 10.1093 / aesa / 81.3.377" type="journal article" year="1988">Michener 1988</bibRefCitation>
|
||
).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="8BDD564EFF883F6FFF512FBF6535FC0C" blockId="10.[188,1400,741,917]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">INTEGUMENT COLORATION. Dark brown to black except as follows. Mandible with apical third golden yellow in non-type specimen. Mandible with basal two-thirds, labrum, flagellum with ventral surface (in non-type specimen), tip of mesoscutellar spine, and legs, excluding dark brown coxae and tibial spurs, reddish orange. Tegula amber. Fore wing dusky subhyaline throughout, slightly darker beyond venation. Hind wing dusky subhyaline to hyaline. Much of metasoma with reddish tinge in non-type specimen.</paragraph>
|
||
<caption id="DF1D06C6FF883F6FFF512AD260A9F871" ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4965962" ID-Zenodo-Dep="4965962" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4965962/files/figure.png" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" startId="10.[189,232,1928,1954]" targetBox="[189,1398,965,1872]" targetPageId="10">
|
||
<paragraph id="8BDD564EFF883F6FFF512AD260A9F871" blockId="10.[189,1399,1928,2025]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">
|
||
<emphasis id="B9168A5CFF883F6FFF512AD26158F83B" bold="true" box="[189,269,1928,1955]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Fig. 3.</emphasis>
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C622DCDFF883F6FFEFB2AD362A2F83B" authority="(Michener, 1988)" baseAuthorityName="Michener" baseAuthorityYear="1988" box="[279,759,1929,1955]" class="Insecta" family="Apidae" genus="Brachymelecta" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="alayoi">
|
||
<emphasis id="B9168A5CFF883F6FFEFB2AD3624FF83B" box="[279,538,1929,1955]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Brachymelecta alayoi</emphasis>
|
||
(
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EFF32BBFFF883F6FFDC12AD362BBF83B" author="Michener C. D." box="[557,750,1929,1955]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" pagination="377 - 379" refId="ref31490" refString="Michener C. D. 1988. The parasitic anthophorid genus Xeromelecta in Cuba (Hymenoptera: Apoidea). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 81: 377 - 379. https: // doi. org / 10.1093 / aesa / 81.3.377" type="journal article" year="1988">Michener, 1988</bibRefCitation>
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)
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</taxonomicName>
|
||
. A–B, D: female (JAG); C: male (JAG).
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<emphasis id="B9168A5CFF883F6FFB012AD26557F83A" bold="true" box="[1261,1282,1928,1954]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">A</emphasis>
|
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. Habitus, lateral view.
|
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<emphasis id="B9168A5CFF883F6FFEB52AF66138F85E" bold="true" box="[345,365,1964,1990]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">B</emphasis>
|
||
. Habitus, dorsal view.
|
||
<emphasis id="B9168A5CFF883F6FFD692AF662CFF85E" bold="true" box="[645,666,1964,1990]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">C</emphasis>
|
||
. Habitus, lateral view.
|
||
<emphasis id="B9168A5CFF883F6FFC582AF6639CF85E" bold="true" box="[948,969,1964,1990]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">D</emphasis>
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. Axillae and mesoscutellum, dorsal view.
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</paragraph>
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</caption>
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<paragraph id="8BDD564EFF893F6EFF512C536472FBD8" blockId="11.[187,1401,265,1089]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">PUBESCENCE. Face with hairs dense throughout except clypeus with lower quarter and area around ocelli mostly exposed, predominantly pale to golden yellow but dark brown/black around ocelli. Head with dense, erect hairs along preoccipital ridge almost entirely pale to golden yellow. Genal beard hairs predominantly pale to golden yellow. Mesoscutum sparsely hairy except densely hairy anteriorly and along margins, with hairs short, appressed, and predominantly dark brown/gray except for small patch of golden-yellow hairs on each side along anterior margin between midline and pronotal lobe, pair of central spots of golden-yellow hairs and narrow longitudinal band posterior to each extending to axilla, well-defined band of golden-yellow hairs along most of midline (not attaining posterior margin), and pale to golden-yellow hairs along margins. Axilla with conspicuous patch of black hairs. Mesoscutellum, except for pair of spines and around their bases, densely covered in golden-yellow pubescence greatly obscuring underlying integument. Metanotum with long, erect/suberect golden-yellow hairs, densest medially. Propodeum with erect, predominantly pale to golden-yellow hairs. Mesopleuron with (pale to golden-yellow) hairs moderately dense ventrally as well as between two sparsely hairy circular patches (one beneath base of fore wing (hypoepimeral area), a larger one occupying much of ventrolateral half of mesopleuron). Legs, from coxae to tarsi, with appressed and erect pale to golden-yellow hairs. Profemur with posteroventral fringe of dense, pale yellow hairs. Protibia covered in sparse to moderately dense pale to golden-yellow hairs. Mesotibia and metatibia each with patch of moderately dense short, appressed pale to golden-yellow hairs, occupying nearly entire dorsal surface (with sparsely hairy ovate patch in basal quarter). T1–T4 with well-defined medially interrupted apical fasciae, each with lobe-like anterolateral extension on each side with erect among appressed golden-yellow hairs except that of T2 with pair of anterolateral extensions on each side. T3 and T4 each with fascia laterally removed from apical margin, narrowed or interrupted mesad each anterolateral extension. T5 and T6 without fasciae. Exposed metasomal sterna mainly with short, appressed pale yellow hairs.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BDD564EFF893F6EFF51293364B1FAC4" blockId="11.[188,1401,1129,1373]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">SURFACE SCULPTURE. Labrum and clypeus (except medially in lower quarter where sparsely punctate) with punctures equally dense (most i≤1d). Clypeus with many smaller punctures among large ones. Integument lateral to lateral ocellus punctate. Mesoscutum and mesoscutellum with fine punctures, not much coarser than those of metasomal terga. Mesoscutum and mesoscutellum with punctures equally dense (most i<1d) and similar in size. Mesopleuron with denser (most i<1d) punctures in upper half than ventrolateral half (many i=1–2d), interspaces well-defined and shining. Discs of metasomal terga with punctures very fine, dense (i≈1d), interspaces dull due to tessellate surface microsculpture.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BDD564EFF893F6EFF5128DF6410F8B6" blockId="11.[188,1400,1411,1838]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">
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STRUCTURE. Mandible tridentate, with small inner tooth approximately ⅓ length of mandible from base and slightly larger inner tooth approximately ⅓ length of mandible from apex as well as usual large apical tooth (rutellum) (difficult to see in
|
||
<typeStatus id="54D9E8ECFF893F6EFD3328976313FA7F" box="[735,838,1485,1511]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
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||
because mandibles closed; described from nontype specimen). Maxillary palpus apparently with one palpomere (three according to
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EFF32BBFFF893F6EFB5528A8653BF994" author="Michener C. D." box="[1209,1390,1522,1548]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" pagination="377 - 379" refId="ref31490" refString="Michener C. D. 1988. The parasitic anthophorid genus Xeromelecta in Cuba (Hymenoptera: Apoidea). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 81: 377 - 379. https: // doi. org / 10.1093 / aesa / 81.3.377" type="journal article" year="1988">Michener 1988</bibRefCitation>
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||
) (mouthparts not extended in
|
||
<typeStatus id="54D9E8ECFF893F6EFDF92B4C622AF9A8" box="[533,639,1558,1584]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
|
||
; described from non-type specimen). Scape with greatest length 2.2 × greatest width. F2 nearly as long as wide (L/W ratio = 0.9). Mesoscutellum strongly bigibbous, with pair of long, acute, subparallel spines, directed posteriorly. Lateral surface of propodeum posterior to spiracle with rugose crescent ridge, strongly carinate above and joining anterior lip of spiracle (difficult to see in
|
||
<typeStatus id="54D9E8ECFF893F6EFE622BFD61A0F959" box="[398,501,1703,1729]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
|
||
because integument obscured by dense pubescence; described from non-type specimen). Fore wing with two submarginal cells (second submarginal crossvein present but incomplete in both fore wings of all known specimens, including only
|
||
<typeStatus id="54D9E8ECFF893F6EFC9B2BAA63B5F892" box="[887,992,1776,1802]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" type="paratype">paratype</typeStatus>
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||
;
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||
<bibRefCitation id="EFF32BBFFF893F6EFC002BB564F1F892" author="Michener C. D." box="[1004,1188,1775,1802]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" pagination="377 - 379" refId="ref31490" refString="Michener C. D. 1988. The parasitic anthophorid genus Xeromelecta in Cuba (Hymenoptera: Apoidea). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 81: 377 - 379. https: // doi. org / 10.1093 / aesa / 81.3.377" type="journal article" year="1988">Michener 1988</bibRefCitation>
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||
). T6 with narrow, V-shaped but apically rounded pygidial plate with median longitudinal ridge.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="8BDD564EFF893F6EFF512A0C60A8F8E8" blockId="11.[189,253,1878,1904]" box="[189,253,1878,1904]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">
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||
<heading id="D095E122FF893F6EFF512A0C60A8F8E8" bold="true" box="[189,253,1878,1904]" fontSize="11" level="3" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" reason="3">
|
||
<emphasis id="B9168A5CFF893F6EFF512A0C60A8F8E8" bold="true" box="[189,253,1878,1904]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Male</emphasis>
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||
</heading>
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="8BDD564EFF893F6EFF512ADC6523F870" blockId="11.[189,1401,1926,2025]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Description as for female except for usual secondary sexual characters and as follows: scape shorter, with greatest length 1.8 × greatest width; mesotibia with patch of very dense, short, appressed, pale to golden-yellow hairs, denser than hairs on mesotibia of female and metatibia of both sexes; T5 with</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="8BDD564EFF8E3F69FF512C53610BFEDE" blockId="12.[188,1398,265,326]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">small patches of pale yellow hairs along anterior margin of apical impressed area; T7 with slight median emargination.</paragraph>
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||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="C37805C5FF8E3F69FF512C3761C6FE42" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" type="distribution">
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||
<paragraph id="8BDD564EFF8E3F69FF512C376103FE1F" blockId="12.[189,342,365,391]" box="[189,342,365,391]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">
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||
<heading id="D095E122FF8E3F69FF512C376103FE1F" bold="true" box="[189,342,365,391]" fontSize="11" level="3" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" reason="3">
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||
<emphasis id="B9168A5CFF8E3F69FF512C376103FE1F" bold="true" box="[189,342,365,391]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Distribution</emphasis>
|
||
</heading>
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="8BDD564EFF8E3F69FF512CC661C6FE42" blockId="12.[189,1399,412,474]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">
|
||
This species is known only from
|
||
<collectingCountry id="F37516DEFF8E3F69FDA92CC662D6FE2E" box="[581,643,412,438]" name="Cuba" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Cuba</collectingCountry>
|
||
and is the only species of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C622DCDFF8E3F69FC512CC66438FE2E" authorityName="Linsley" authorityYear="1939" box="[957,1133,412,438]" class="Insecta" family="Apidae" genus="Brachymelecta" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B9168A5CFF8E3F69FC512CC66438FE2E" box="[957,1133,412,438]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Brachymelecta</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
known to occur in the country (
|
||
<figureCitation id="13594ACBFF8E3F69FECB2C9A61D3FE42" box="[295,390,448,474]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="13.[189,232,1654,1680]" captionTargetBox="[189,1398,391,1601]" captionTargetId="figure-96@13.[189,1398,391,1616]" captionTargetPageId="13" captionText="Fig. 4. Species distribution maps.A. Brachymelecta alayoi (Michener, 1988) (yellow circles),B. haitensis (Michener, 1948) (red circles), and B. tibialis (Fabricius, 1793) (blue circles). B. B. californica (Cresson, 1878) (red and blue circles indicate barcoded specimens assigned BINs BOLD:AAC6481 and BOLD:AAC6482, respectively). C. B. interrupta (Cresson, 1872). D. B. larreae (Cockerell, 1900). Known localities based on studied material and literature records are indicated by yellow circles except where indicated otherwise; subnational entities colored in orange indicate known/published provincial/ state records." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4965964" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4965964/files/figure.png" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Fig. 4A</figureCitation>
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||
).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="C37805C5FF8E3F69FF512F5B616CFCA4" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" type="biology_ecology">
|
||
<paragraph id="8BDD564EFF8E3F69FF512F5B6175FD83" blockId="12.[189,288,513,539]" box="[189,288,513,539]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">
|
||
<heading id="D095E122FF8E3F69FF512F5B6175FD83" bold="true" box="[189,288,513,539]" fontSize="11" level="3" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" reason="3">
|
||
<emphasis id="B9168A5CFF8E3F69FF512F5B6175FD83" bold="true" box="[189,288,513,539]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Ecology</emphasis>
|
||
</heading>
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="8BDD564EFF8E3F69FF062F6A61DFFDD2" blockId="12.[189,1399,560,728]" box="[234,394,560,586]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">
|
||
<emphasis id="B9168A5CFF8E3F69FF062F6A61DFFDD2" bold="true" box="[234,394,560,586]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Host records</emphasis>
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="8BDD564EFF8E3F69FF512F096349FD4F" blockId="12.[189,1399,560,728]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">
|
||
Unknown. Given that New World
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C622DCDFF8E3F69FDBD2F096294FDF5" authorityName="Westwood" authorityYear="1840" box="[593,705,595,621]" class="Insecta" family="Apidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="tribe" tribe="Melectini">Melectini</taxonomicName>
|
||
have been associated only with anthophorine bees (mostly
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C622DCDFF8E3F69FF512F2C6215FD09" box="[189,576,630,657]" class="Insecta" family="Apidae" genus="Anthophora" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="undetermined">
|
||
<emphasis id="B9168A5CFF8E3F69FF512F2C611CFD08" box="[189,329,630,656]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Anthophora</emphasis>
|
||
Latreille, 1803 spp.
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
) (
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C622DCDFF8E3F69FDB72F2D6354FD09" authorityName="Linnaeus" authorityYear="1758" box="[603,769,631,657]" class="Insecta" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="order">Hymenoptera</taxonomicName>
|
||
:
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C622DCDFF8E3F69FCE22F2C6332FD08" authorityName="Latreille" authorityYear="1802" box="[782,871,630,656]" class="Insecta" family="Apidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="family">Apidae</taxonomicName>
|
||
:
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C622DCDFF8E3F69FC982F2C647CFD09" baseAuthorityName="Kirby" baseAuthorityYear="1837" box="[884,1065,630,657]" class="Insecta" family="Apidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subFamily" subFamily="Anthophorinae">Anthophorinae</taxonomicName>
|
||
), presumably
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C622DCDFF8E3F69FB3F2F2D6515FD08" baseAuthorityName="Michener" baseAuthorityYear="1988" box="[1235,1344,630,656]" class="Insecta" family="Apidae" genus="Brachymelecta" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="alayoi">
|
||
<emphasis id="B9168A5CFF8E3F69FB3F2F2D6515FD08" box="[1235,1344,630,656]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">B. alayoi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is a cleptoparasite of one or both species of
|
||
<emphasis id="B9168A5CFF8E3F69FD4D2FC0631BFD2C" box="[673,846,666,692]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C622DCDFF8E3F69FD4D2FC06378FD2C" authorityName="Latreille" authorityYear="1803" box="[673,813,666,692]" class="Insecta" family="Apidae" genus="Anthophora" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Anthophora</taxonomicName>
|
||
—
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C622DCDFF8E3F69FCBE2FC06427FD2D" authority="Cresson, 1865" authorityName="Cresson" authorityYear="1865" box="[850,1138,666,693]" class="Insecta" family="Apidae" genus="Anthophora" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="atrata">
|
||
<emphasis id="B9168A5CFF8E3F69FCBE2FC063E8FD2C" box="[850,957,666,692]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">A. atrata</emphasis>
|
||
Cresson, 1865
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C622DCDFF8E3F69FB432FC060ADFD4F" authority="Smith, 1879" authorityName="Smith" authorityYear="1879" class="Insecta" family="Apidae" genus="Anthophora" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="hilaris">
|
||
<emphasis id="B9168A5CFF8E3F69FB432FC06575FD2C" box="[1199,1312,666,692]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">A. hilaris</emphasis>
|
||
Smith, 1879
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
— known to occur in
|
||
<collectingCountry id="F37516DEFF8E3F69FE142FE76263FD4F" box="[504,566,701,727]" name="Cuba" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Cuba</collectingCountry>
|
||
(see
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EFF32BBFFF8E3F69FD982FE7635AFD4F" author="Brooks R. W." box="[628,783,701,727]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" pagination="105 - 124" refId="ref29218" refString="Brooks R. W. 1999. Bees of the genus Anthophora Latreille 1803 (Hymenoptera Apidae Anthophorini) of the West Indies. Tropical Zoology 12: 105 - 124. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 03946975.1999.10539381" type="journal article" year="1999">Brooks 1999</bibRefCitation>
|
||
).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="8BDD564EFF8E3F69FF062FA561C9FC81" blockId="12.[189,412,767,828]" box="[234,412,767,793]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">
|
||
<emphasis id="B9168A5CFF8E3F69FF062FA561C9FC81" bold="true" box="[234,412,767,793]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Floral records</emphasis>
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="8BDD564EFF8E3F69FF512E78616CFCA4" blockId="12.[189,412,767,828]" box="[189,313,802,828]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Unknown.</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="C37805C5FF8E3F69FF512E3E6298FC6B" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" type="discussion">
|
||
<paragraph id="8BDD564EFF8E3F69FF512E3E617AFCE6" blockId="12.[189,303,868,894]" box="[189,303,868,894]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">
|
||
<heading id="D095E122FF8E3F69FF512E3E617AFCE6" bold="true" box="[189,303,868,894]" fontSize="11" level="3" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" reason="3">
|
||
<emphasis id="B9168A5CFF8E3F69FF512E3E617AFCE6" bold="true" box="[189,303,868,894]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Remarks</emphasis>
|
||
</heading>
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="8BDD564EFF8E3F69FF512EC86298FC6B" blockId="12.[189,1398,914,1011]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">
|
||
The male of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C622DCDFF8E3F69FEA62EC961E4FC34" baseAuthorityName="Michener" baseAuthorityYear="1988" box="[330,433,914,940]" class="Insecta" family="Apidae" genus="Brachymelecta" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="alayoi">
|
||
<emphasis id="B9168A5CFF8E3F69FEA62EC961E4FC34" box="[330,433,914,940]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">B. alayoi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is described here for the first time. The only (female)
|
||
<typeStatus id="54D9E8ECFF8E3F69FBFB2EC96429FC35" box="[1047,1148,915,941]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" type="paratype">paratype</typeStatus>
|
||
(figs 2, 4 in
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EFF32BBFFF8E3F69FAEA2EC860ACFC48" author="Michener C. D." pageId="12" pageNumber="13" pagination="377 - 379" refId="ref31490" refString="Michener C. D. 1988. The parasitic anthophorid genus Xeromelecta in Cuba (Hymenoptera: Apoidea). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 81: 377 - 379. https: // doi. org / 10.1093 / aesa / 81.3.377" type="journal article" year="1988">Michener 1988</bibRefCitation>
|
||
) is meant to have been deposited in the USNM but does not appear to be there (S.G. Brady and E. Okonski, personal communication, 2019).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
</treatment>
|
||
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