New enigmatic Andean bee species of Protandrena (Hymenoptera, Andrenidae, Panurginae)

Revista Brasileira de Entomologia

Victor H. Gonzalez²  Luisa Ruz¹ 

[1] ,University of Kansas Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Lawrence Kansas ,USA

关键词: Apoidea;    Colombia;    floral records;    South America;    taxonomy;    América do Sul;    Apoidea;    Colombia;    recursos florais;    taxonomia;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0085-56262007000400001

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

Panurgine bees are diverse and abundant in temperate areas of the Americas but poorly represented to nearly absent in the tropics. We describe and illustrate five distinctive new species of the genus Protandrena that occur at high altitudes (2000-3400 m) in the Andes, from Venezuela to Ecuador. The species are also described to make the names available in forthcoming papers on their biology. These Andean species resemble some members of the subgenus Heterosarus but differ from it, as well as from any other subgenera of Protandrena, primarily in characters of the male genitalia and hidden sterna. The South American Protandrena s. l. are morphologically highly diverse and a complete study of the group is needed before supraspecific names are proposed for unusual species. Thus, to avoid further nomenclatural changes, we decided not to place these species in a new subgenus or any of the available subgenera. We also provide notes on the biology for some of the species.

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