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Moure
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<emphasis id="9DB6EADAB715E37AFEF7FD3072C9FCBC" box="[264,406,759,782]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">Thectochlora</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="CB534B39B715E37AFE62FD31717BFCBF" author="Moure" box="[413,548,758,781]" pageId="4" pageNumber="30" refString="Moure, J. S. (1940) Apoidea neotropica. Revista do Museu Paulista, 2, 39 - 64." type="journal article" year="1940">Moure 1940</bibRefCitation>
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.
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species:
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<emphasis id="9DB6EADAB715E37AFD3BFD30703CFCBC" box="[708,867,759,782]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">Halictus alaris</emphasis>
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. Original designation.
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<emphasis id="9DB6EADAB715E37AFEF7FCF872DCFCEA" box="[264,387,831,856]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">Comments</emphasis>
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In the three phylogenetic studies of the tribe
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(
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,
<bibRefCitation id="CB534B39B715E37AFB3EFCA07284FC1B" author="Danforth" pageId="4" pageNumber="30" refString="Danforth, B. N. &amp; Eickwort, G. C. (1997) The evolution of social behavior in the augochlorine sweat bees (Hymenoptera: Halictidae) based on a phylogenetic analysis of the genera. In Choe, J. C. &amp; Crespi, B. J. (Eds). Social Behavior in Insects and Arachnids. Cambridge University Press, 270 - 292." type="book chapter" year="1997">Danforth &amp; Eickwort 1997</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation id="CB534B39B715E37AFE14FC487127FC1B" author="Engel" box="[491,632,911,937]" pageId="4" pageNumber="30" refString="Engel, M. S. (2000) Classification of the bee tribe Augochlorini (Hymenoptera: Halictidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural history, 250, 1 - 89." type="journal article" year="2000">Engel 2000</bibRefCitation>
), the relationships of
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<emphasis id="9DB6EADAB715E37AFC80FC487743FC1A" box="[895,1052,911,936]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">Thectochlora</emphasis>
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are not consensual. A close relationship of the genus with
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<emphasis id="9DB6EADAB715E37AFD49FC707032FC62" box="[694,877,951,976]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">Augochloropsis</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="9DB6EADAB715E37AFC57FC707706FC62" box="[936,1113,951,976]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">Augochlorodes</emphasis>
(
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)
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, a basal and isolated position in the tribe (
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) or a grouping with
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<emphasis id="9DB6EADAB715E37AFEF7FBC072D8FB92" box="[264,391,1031,1056]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">Megalopta</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="9DB6EADAB715E37AFE33FBC0712DFB92" box="[460,626,1031,1056]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">Ischnomelissa</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="CB534B39B715E37AFD77FBC07048FB93" author="Engel" box="[648,791,1031,1057]" pageId="4" pageNumber="30" refString="Engel, M. S. (2000) Classification of the bee tribe Augochlorini (Hymenoptera: Halictidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural history, 250, 1 - 89." type="journal article" year="2000">Engel 2000</bibRefCitation>
)
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have been proposed. In spite of this, the monophyly of the genus is strongly supported by the dorsal hook on the fore leg trochanter and by the female acarinarium. The latter structure is associated with specialized acarid mites carried by the females (
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Fain
<emphasis id="9DB6EADAB715E37AFD53FBB871BDFB2A" box="[684,738,1151,1176]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">et al</emphasis>
. 1999
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). No variation was found in this character among the species recognized here.
</paragraph>
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Five species are here recognized in
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<emphasis id="9DB6EADAB715E37AFD24FB087028FB5A" box="[731,887,1231,1256]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">Thectochlora</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
:
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<emphasis id="9DB6EADAB715E37AFC78FB0870B7FB5A" box="[903,1000,1231,1256]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">T. alaris</emphasis>
(
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)
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="68C24D4BB715E37AFB53FB0872EEFAA3" authority="Strand, 1910" authorityName="Strand" authorityYear="1910" class="Insecta" family="Halictidae" genus="Augochloropsis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="5" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="basiatra" status="comb. nov.">
<emphasis id="9DB6EADAB715E37AFB53FB087674FB5A" box="[1196,1323,1231,1256]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">T. basiatra</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="CB534B39B715E37AFEEFFB3072F6FAA3" author="Strand" box="[272,425,1271,1297]" pageId="4" pageNumber="30" refString="Strand, E. (1910) Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Hymenopterenfauna von Paraguay. Zoologisches Jahrbuch, Abteilung fur Systematik, 29, 455 - 562." type="journal article" year="1910">Strand, 1910</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="9DB6EADAB715E37AFE45FB3171CFFAA2" bold="true" box="[442,656,1270,1296]" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="868557A1B715E37AFE45FB3171CFFAA2" box="[442,656,1270,1296]" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">new combination</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
,
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<emphasis id="9DB6EADAB715E37AFD60FB30701CFAA2" box="[671,835,1271,1296]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">T. brachycera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="9DB6EADAB715E37AFCB5FB317084FAA2" bold="true" box="[842,987,1270,1296]" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="868557A1B715E37AFCB5FB317084FAA2" box="[842,987,1270,1296]" pageId="4" pageNumber="5" rank="species">new species</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
,
<taxonomicName id="68C24D4BB715E37AFC15FB30773FFAA2" box="[1002,1120,1271,1296]" class="Insecta" family="Halictidae" genus="Thectochlora" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="5" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="hamata" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="9DB6EADAB715E37AFC15FB30773FFAA2" box="[1002,1120,1271,1296]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">T. hamata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="9DB6EADAB715E37AFB98FB3177A7FAA2" bold="true" box="[1127,1272,1270,1296]" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="868557A1B715E37AFB98FB3177A7FAA2" box="[1127,1272,1270,1296]" pageId="4" pageNumber="5" rank="species">new species</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
and
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<emphasis id="9DB6EADAB715E37AFEF7FAD87238FA8A" box="[264,359,1311,1336]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">T. mixta</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="9DB6EADAB715E37AFE92FAD972A2FA8A" bold="true" box="[365,509,1310,1336]" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="868557A1B715E37AFE92FAD972A2FA8A" box="[365,509,1310,1336]" pageId="4" pageNumber="5" rank="species">new species</taxonomicNameLabel>
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. Their phylogenetic relationships are presented in the
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.
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<emphasis id="9DB6EADAB715E37AFEF7FAA87220FA3A" box="[264,383,1391,1416]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">Diagnosis</emphasis>
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Pronotal dorsal ridge strongly lamellate; fourth male sternum produced laterally into a posterior process with strong setae at apex (
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); anterior border of the first female tergum modified into a well-developed acarinarium (
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); dorsal hook on the mid leg trochanter present in both sexes (
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). Other valuable diagnostic features of the genus are the anteriorly projecting mesoscutum, the flattened metasoma, the pectinate inner tibial spur in the female hind leg, and the obtuse epistomal sulcus.
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