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Issue: Vol. 3401 No. 1: 27 Jul. 2012
Type: Articles
Published: 2012-07-27
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3401.1.2
Page range: 37–42
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Gynandromorphism in Xylocopinae Bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae): description of four new cases

División Entomología, Museo de La Plata, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Paseo del Bosque s/n, 1900FWA, La Plata, Argentina. CONICET, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Argentina
División Entomología, Museo de La Plata, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Paseo del Bosque s/n, 1900FWA, La Plata, Argentina. CONICET, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Argentina.
División Entomología, Museo de La Plata, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Paseo del Bosque s/n, 1900FWA, La Plata, Argentina. CONICET, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Argentina.
Hymenoptera Gynandromorphs Carpenter Bees Argentina

Abstract

Four new gynandromorph Xylocopinae bees from Argentina are described and illustrated; one specimen of Xylocopasplendidula Latreille and three of Ceratina rupestris Holmberg. All specimens are mosaic gynandromorphs as they display mixed female-male characters in different parts of the body.

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