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A new species of the Neotropical genus Duckeanthidium Moure & Hurd is described and illustrated from the Amazon basin in Colombia. Duckeanthidium silvicola Guevara & Gonzalez, new species, is known from the female and exhibits intermediate features between the Central American species D. thielei Michener and the Amazonian species D. atropos (Smith). In addition, we report long-term observations on D. thielei from Panama for the first time, along with notes on nesting and sex ratio.
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New records of megachilid bees (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) for Colombia
The bee family Megachilidae consists of solitary species, some of which are impor- tant pollinators of cultivated plants. Although literature records indicate the exis- tence of about 50 species of 10 genera of megachilid bees in Colombia, taxonomic studies are lacking and thus limited information is available on their identity as well as their distribution in the country. Herein, we provide new geographical records for the following ten species: Anthidium sanguinicaudum Schwarz, Chelostomoides otomita (Cresson), Hoplostelis bilineolata (Spinola), Megachile amparo Gonzalez, M. kalina Gonzalez et al., M. lorenziensis Mitchell, M. moderata Smith, M. simillima Smith, Pseudomegachile lanata (Fabricius), and Stelis costaricensis Friese. We report M. kalina for the first time for the country.
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- Award ID(s):
- 1950805
- PAR ID:
- 10454947
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- Revista peruana de biologia
- Volume:
- 29
- Issue:
- 4
- ISSN:
- 1561-0837
- Page Range / eLocation ID:
- e22935
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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