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Issue: Vol. 4608 No. 3: 21 May 2019
Type: Article
Published: 2019-05-21
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4608.3.6
Page range: 517–530
Abstract views: 102
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Two new species of Pseudapis Kirby, 1900 (Hymenoptera: Halictidae: Nomiinae) from Africa

Department of Entomology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA Department of Entomology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, 20560, USA.
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, O.D. Taxonomy & Phylogeny, Rue Vautier 29, Brussels 1000, Belgium.
Hymenoptera bees systematics identification key nomenclature

Abstract

Two previously unknown species of the genus Pseudapis Kirby, 1900 are described and illustrated: Pseudapis neumayeri Bossert & Pauly, sp. nov. (♂, ♀, Kenya, Tanzania), and P. crassivertex Bossert & Pauly, sp. nov. (♂, ♀, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal). We provide diagnoses for the new species and report all currently available records. Lastly, we present a revised identification key for the African species of the genus.

 

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