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Issue: Vol. 5263 No. 1: 4 Apr. 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-04-04
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5263.1.6
Page range: 107-121
Abstract views: 248
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Two new species of Pseudapis Kirby, 1900 (Hymenoptera: Halictidae: Nomiinae) from Oman

Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences; Brussels; Belgium
Dept Life Sciences; Natural History Museum; London SW7 5BD UK
Hymenoptera

Abstract

Two new species are described in the genus Pseudapis: P. kuhlmanni Pauly & Monks, and P. lisetae Pauly & Monks, both from Oman. Their distributional and flower-visiting data are presented, and they are diagnosed and differentiated from other species in the genus.

 

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