First record of the bee genus Bathanthidium (Bathanthidium s. str.) Mavromoustakis (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) from Vietnam: Description of a new species and a key to species

By

Tran, Thi Ngat
Trương, Xuân Lam
Toshkov, Toshko
Nguyen, Lien P. T.

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2021

Original Publication

Journal of Hymenoptera research

Volume

88

Pages

51--60

Subjects

Anthidiini , Apoidea , identification key , Morphology , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Washington, D.C International Society of Hymenopterists

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/jhr.88.73969

 

Abstract

The little-known bee genusBathanthidiumMavromoustakis, 1953 of the family Megachilidae is reported for the first time from Vietnam. A new species,Bathanthidium(Bathanthidium s. str.) paco Tran & Nguyen,sp. nov.from Hoa Binh province is described and illustrated. A nest of the new species is reported from a wooden house. An updated identification key to all known species of the subgenus Bathanthidium s. str. is also provided.