A new species of Chilicola from Bahia, Brazil (Hymenoptera, Colletidae), with a key to the species of the megalostigma group

By

Oliveira, Favízia Freitas de
Mahlmann, Thiago
Engel, Michael S.

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2011

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

153

Pages

81-90

Subjects

Anthophila , Apoidea , Brazil , Chilicola, Hylaeosoma , Colletidae , taxonomy , Xeromelissinae

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.153.2188

 

Abstract

The bee genus Chilicola Spinola (Xeromelissinae) is recorded from the State of Bahia, Brazil for the first time, based on a new species of the megalostigma group of the subgenus Hylaeosoma Ashmead. Chilicola (Hylaeosoma) kevani sp. n. is described and figured from males collected in Wesceslau Guimarães, Bahia. The species can be distinguished on the basis of coloration, size, integumental sculpturing, and structure of the hidden metasomal sterna and genitalia. A revised key to the species of the megalostigma group is provided.