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Taxonomic study of Spilomena (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae) with a new species and five new records from China

Thu, 4 Feb 2021 21:16:59 +0000

Zoologia 38: 1-7

DOI: 10.3897/zoologia.38.e55803

Authors: Nawaz Haider Bashir, Li Ma, Qiang Li

Abstract: A new species, Spilomena capatrata Bashir & Ma, sp. nov. is described from Palearctic and Oriental China. Additionally, eleven species are reported, of which five are new records from China: S. beata Blüthgen, S. hainesi N. Smith, S. menkei R. Bohart, S. punctatissima Blüthgen, and S. valkeilai Vikberg. A key to Chinese species of Spilomena Shuckard is also provided.

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Xenochlora meridionalis sp. nov. (Hymenoptera: Apidae), a new halictine bee from eastern Brazil as evidence of past connections between Amazonia and Atlantic Forest

Tue, 5 Nov 2019 15:40:24 +0000

Zoologia 36: 1-7

DOI: 10.3897/zoologia.36.e33805

Authors: Gabriel A.R. Melo, Luiz R.R. Faria, Leandro M. Santos

Abstract: We describe a new species of the bee genus Xenochlora Engel, Brooks & Yanega, 1997, X. meridionalis sp. nov., based on a single female collected in the coastal forests of southeastern Brazil, in the state of Espírito Santo. The disjunct distribution exhibited by Xenochlora, with species in northern South America and in the Atlantic Forest of eastern Brazil, is discussed in light of current knowledge about other taxa with similar distribution pattern.

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A new fossil species of the crabronid wasp genus Tracheliodes (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae) from Dominican amber

Fri, 1 Nov 2019 11:29:02 +0000

Zoologia 36: 1-5

DOI: 10.3897/zoologia.36.e36293

Authors: Gabriel A.R. Melo, Brunno B. Rosa

Abstract: The first fossil species of the wasp genus Tracheliodes from Dominican amber is described. Tracheliodes grimaldii sp. nov. is based on a single female specimen exhibiting a somewhat generalized morphology compared to the extant fauna. While the new species resembles the Neotropical species in a few characters, it does not possess the many specialized features exhibited by this species group, especially those related to the female legs. This is the 4th genus and the 7th species of apoid wasps described from Dominican amber.

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