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A new species of Tetragona Lepeletier & Serville, 1828 from the "truncata group" and new distribution records of T. truncata Moure, 1971 (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

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  • David S Nogueira, Ciência e Tecnologia do Amazonas, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Brasilien
  • Claus Rasmussen
  • Marcio L. Oliveira, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Brasilien

Tetragona Lepeletier & Serville is a genus of stingless bees with 14 recognized species occurring from Mexico to Argentina. The genus is characterized by velvety genal area, mesotibial spur present, and propodeal triangle glabrous. Within the genus, the truncata species group (T. truncata Moure and T. atahualpasp. nov.) is characterized by worker metabasitarsus with posterior angle rounded and the mandible with two short teeth of similar length. Tetragona truncata is reported with new records for Ecuador (Napo and Orellana), Peru (Huánuco, Loreto, and San Martín), and Brazil (Acre [Rio Branco] and Tocantins [Itacá, Lizarda and Palmas]). In addition, T. atahualpasp. nov. is described as a new species from regions of altitudes above 1,800 m in Colombia (Boyacá), Ecuador (Napo, Zamora-Chinchipe), and Peru (Pasco). We illustrate and discuss the identification of these two species.

OriginalsprogEngelsk
TidsskriftNeotropical Entomology
Vol/bind50
Nummer1
Sider (fra-til)68-77
Antal sider10
ISSN1519-566X
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StatusUdgivet - feb. 2021

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