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Issue: Vol. 3139 No. 1: 21 Dec. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-12-21
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3139.1.3
Page range: 55–62
Abstract views: 32
PDF downloaded: 1

New resin bee species in the genus Mielkeanthidium Urban (Hymenoptera, Megachilinae)

Bolsistas do CNPq, Laboratório de Biologia Comparada de Hymenoptera, Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Caixa Postal 19020, 81531980, Curitiba, Paraná, Brasil
Bolsistas do CNPq, Laboratório de Biologia Comparada de Hymenoptera, Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Caixa Postal 19020, 81531980, Curitiba, Paraná, Brasil
Hymenoptera Anthidiini South America taxonomy Megachilidae Apidae

Abstract

Three new species of Mielkeanthidium are described and illustrated: M. albertinoi sp. nov., M. dissimile sp. nov. and M. tucumanum sp. nov. Generic characters are discussed and a key to species of the genus is provided. Mielkeanthidium is reported for the first time from Argentina (Tucumán).

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