Callosphecodes, a little-known bee (Hymenoptera, Halictidae, Sphecodes)

By

Rasmussen, Claus, 1972-
Michener, Charles

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2011

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

127

Pages

61-68

Subjects

Anthophila , Apoidea , Australia , Bismarck Archipelago , cleptoparasite , Halictinae , Halictini , New Britain , Sphecodes , Sphecodina , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.127.1670

 

Abstract

Callosphecodes Friese, 1909, a synonym or perhaps subgenus of Sphecodes Latreille, 1804, is known on the basis of one female of Sphecodes ralunensis (Friese, 1909) from New Britain and one female and one male of a similar species, Sphecodes manskii (Rayment, 1935) from northeastern Australia. The male is here described for the first time and the females of the two species are compared for the first time. In spite of considerable collecting, only these three specimens have appeared in over a century. Descriptions and illustrations are provided.