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

By

Melo, Gabriel A. R.
Faria Junior, Luiz Roberto Ribeiro
Santos, Leandro M.

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2019-11-5

Original Publication

Nature conservation

Volume

36

Pages

1--7

Subjects

Augochlorini , Halictidae , Neotropical , systematics , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers 2012-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zoologia.36.e33805

 

Abstract

We describe a new species of the bee genusXenochloraEngel, Brooks & Yanega, 1997,X. meridionalissp. nov., based on a single female collected in the coastal forests of southeastern Brazil, in the state of Espírito Santo. The disjunct distribution exhibited byXenochlora, 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.