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Issue: Vol. 1105 No. 1: 10 Jan. 2006
Type: Articles
Published: 2006-01-10
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1105.1.3
Page range: 27–35
Abstract views: 84
PDF downloaded: 3

A new species of Exaerete Hoffmannsegg (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Euglossini) from Brazil

Department of Biology, UNEMAT Universidade do Estado de Mato Grosso, 78200-000 Cáceres, Mato Grosso, Brazil. Department of Biology, FFCLRP/USP Universidade de São Paulo, 14040-901, Av. dos Bandeirantes 3900, M. Alegre, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil.
Department of Pathology, UFMA Universidade Federal do Maranhão, 65025-650, Praça Madre Deus no 2, São Luiz, Maranhão, Brazil.
Apinae Exaerete orchid bees cleptoparasitic euglossine new species taxonomy moist forest Brazil Neotropics

Abstract

This paper describes males of a new species of the cleptoparasitic euglossine genus Exaerete Hoffmannsegg. Exaerete guaykuru Anjos-Silva and Rebêlo new species, was found in the moist forest of Planalto dos Guimarães, located in the Chapada dos Guimarães National Park in southern Mato Grosso, Brazil. Three males were captured using methyl salycilate baits in November 2004, at the beginning of the wet season. Illustrations of male features, including genitalia, and a key to species are provided.

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