Euglossa obrima, a new species of orchid bee from Mesoamerica, with notes on the subgenus Dasystilbe Dressler (Hymenoptera, Apidae)

By

Hinojosa-Diaz, Ismael
Melo, Gabriel A. R.
Engel, Michael S.

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2011

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

97

Pages

11-29

Subjects

Anthophila , Apoidea , Euglossa , Euglossini , Hymenoptera , Mesoamerica

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.97.1106

 

Abstract

A new species of the orchid bee subgenus Dasystilbe Dressler (Euglossini: Euglossa Latreille) is described and figured from a series of males and females collected broadly in Mesoamerica. Euglossa (Dasystilbe) obrima, sp. n., is differentiated from the one known species of Dasystilbe, E. (D.) villosa Moure, which occurs only in Panamá and perhaps Costa Rica. The subgenus and its constituent species are diagnosed, and comments provided on Dasystilbe.