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Issue: Vol. 1037 No. 1: 19 Aug. 2005
Type: Articles
Published: 2005-08-19
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1037.1.4
Page range: 37–48
Abstract views: 59
PDF downloaded: 3

A review of Panurgus (Pachycephalopanurgus), with the description of a new species from Spain

Faculté universitaire des Sciences agronomiques de Gembloux, Entomologie fonctionnelle et évolutive, Passage des Déportés 2, B-5030 Gembloux, Belgium
Grupo de Investigación “Transferencia de I+D en el Área de Recursos Naturales”, Universidad de Almería, Ctra. de Sacramento s/n, E-04120 La Cañada (Almería)
Université de Mons Hainaut, Laboratoire de Zoologie, Pentagone, Av. du Champs de Mars, 6, B-7000 Mons, Belgium
Hymenoptera Panurginae Panurgus sister-species Europe North Africa parapatry

Abstract

Study of recently collected bees from south-eastern Spain revealed a new species of subgenus Panurgus (Pachycephalopanurgus) Patiny, 1999, closely related to P. canescens Latreille, 1811, and P. calceatus Pérez, 1895. Within this group of three species, P. meridionalis sp.nov. is characterized by the presence of a pair of latero-ventral teeth on the third tergum of the male (unique among Panurginae). This new species is only the second species of Pachycephalopanurgus recorded from Europe, the other five being North African. Distributional patterns in subgenus Pachycephalopanurgus are mapped and summarized.

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