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Issue: Vol. 4722 No. 6: 17 Jan. 2020
Type: Article
Published: 2020-01-17
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4722.6.5
Page range: 583–590
Abstract views: 55
PDF downloaded: 2

New records of the bee genus Colletes Latreille 1802 (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Ethiopia with description of a new species

1Zoological Museum of Kiel University, Hegewischstr. 3, D-24105 Kiel, Germany
Hymenoptera Northeast Africa bee fauna Apiformes taxonomy

Abstract

New records of the Ethiopian species of the bee genus Colletes are presented. Colletes meneliki sp. n. is described as new and C. michaelis Cockerell 1936 is first recorded for the country and redescribed, thus bringing the number of Colletes species known from Ethiopia to ten. Also, a key is provided to enable their identification.

 

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