[Chilicola (Hylaeosoma) Ashmead bees (Colletidae, Xeromelissinae) of the megalostigma group: a new species from Colombia and a key to species]

Neotrop Entomol. 2007 Nov-Dec;36(6):910-3. doi: 10.1590/s1519-566x2007000600012.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

We describe a new species of Chilicola (Hylaeosoma) of the megalostigma group from southern Colombia and present an identification key to species. Chilicola muruimuinane sp. nov. resembles Chilicola yanezae Hinojosa-Díaz & Michener, 2005, from Mexico, but it differs from it in its body color, shape of basal tarsomeres of female fore legs, and characters of the seventh and eighth sterna of the male.

Publication types

  • English Abstract
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Bees / anatomy & histology*
  • Bees / classification*
  • Colombia
  • Female
  • Male