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Microsphecodes (Microsphecodes) Eickwort & Stage 1972

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  • 1. Division of Entomology, Natural History Museum, and Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, 1501 Crestline Drive - Suite 140, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, USA (msengel @ ku. edu).

Description

Subgenus Microsphecodes Eickwort & Stage

Sphecodes (Microsphecodes) Eickwort & Stage, 1972: 501. Type species: Sphecodes (Microsphecodes) kathleenae Eickwort in Eickwort & Stage, 1972, by original designation.

Microsphecodes Eickwort & Stage; Michener, 1978: 317; Michener, 2000: 366; Michener, 2007: 382.

DIAGNOSIS: Basal area of propodeum striate-foveolate, typically with areolae bordering midline enlarged, posteriorly delimited by distinct, strong carina. Mesosomal and metasomal pubscence generally sparse but setae of pleura fine and numerous.

INCLUDED SPECIES: Aside from the type species, M. kathleenae, the subgenus includes M. russeiclypeatus (Sakagami & Moure), M. trichommus, M. truncaticaudus, and M. stenochorus n. sp. (Sakagami & Moure, 1962; Eickwort & Stage, 1972; Michener, 1979) (Table 1).

Notes

Published as part of Engel, Michael S., 2013, A new species of Microsphecodes from Peru, with notes on the classification of the genus (Hymenoptera: Halictidae), pp. 1-9 in Journal of Melittology 2013 (24) on page 4, DOI: 10.17161/jom.v0i24.4642, http://zenodo.org/record/13736899

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Eickwort & Stage
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Hymenoptera
Family
Halictidae
Genus
Microsphecodes
Taxon rank
subGenus
Taxonomic concept label
Microsphecodes (Microsphecodes) Eickwort, 1972 sec. Engel, 2013

References

  • Eickwort, G. C., & K. R. Eickwort. 1972. Aspects of the biology of Costa Rican halictine bees, III. Sphecodes kathleenae, a social cleptoparasite of Dialictus umbripennis (Hymenoptera: Halictidae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 45 (4): 529 - 541.
  • Michener, C. D. 1978. The parasitic groups of Halictidae (Hymenoptera, Apoidea). University of Kansas Science Bulletin 51 (10): 291 - 339.
  • Michener, C. D. 2000. The Bees of the World. Johns Hopkins University Press; Baltimore, MD; xiv + [i] + 913 pp., + 16 pls.
  • Michener, C. D. 2007. The Bees of the World [2 nd Edition]. Johns Hopkins University Press; Baltimore, MD; xvi + [i] + 953 pp., + 20 pls.
  • Sakagami, S. F., & J. S. Moure. 1962. Sphecodes russeiclypeatus, n. sp., obtido de um ninho de Dialictus (Chloralictus) seabrai (Moure, 1956) (Hymenoptera-Apoidea). Boletim da Universidade do Parana, Zoologia 1 (18): 1 - 6.