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Issue: Vol. 1155 No. 1: 20 Mar. 2006
Type: Articles
Published: 2006-03-20
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1155.1.6
Page range: 61–68
Abstract views: 33
PDF downloaded: 2

Two new species of Trimeria de Saussure from Brazil, with  biological notes and a key to the Brazilian taxa (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Masarinae)

Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Caixa postal 19020, 81531-980, Curitiba, PR, Brazil Graduate Program in Entomology
Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Caixa postal 19020, 81531-980, Curitiba, PR, Brazil
Hymenoptera Neotropical Brazil nests pollen wasps Trimeria new species

Abstract

Two new species of the masarine genus Trimeria de Saussure are described from Brazil: T. robusta new species, from Minas Gerais and Bahia, and T. rubra new species, from Rondônia. Anecdotal information on nests of T. robusta is presented. A key to the identification of the Brazilian species is provided.

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