A new species of Microsphecodes from Jamaica (Hymenoptera, Halictidae).

By

Engel, Michael S.

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2011

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

111

Pages

33-40

Subjects

Anthophila , Apoidea , Halictinae , Hymenoptera , new species , Sphecodina , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.111.1597

 

Abstract

A new species of the cleptoparasitic bee genus Microsphecodes Eickwort and Stage (Halictinae: Halictini) is described and figured from a male and female collected in Jamaica. Microsphecodes xaymacensis Engel, sp. n., is distinguished from its congeners on the basis of integumental coloration and sculpturing, and form of the male pygidial plate and genitalia.