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Issue: Vol. 4320 No. 3: 18 Sept. 2017
Type: Article
Published: 2017-09-18
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4320.3.1
Page range: 401–425
Abstract views: 125
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New dark species of the bee genus Colletes (Hymenoptera, Colletidae) from Mexico and Guatemala

Hymenoptera Apoidea Bees Colletidae Taxonomy Central America Neotropics

Abstract

Eight new species of Neotropical Colletes (Hymenoptera, Colletidae, Colletinae) are described and illustrated, Colletes tzotzilis Balboa & Ayala sp. n., C. jobeli Balboa & Ayala sp. n., C. guatemalensis Balboa & Ayala sp. n., C. chiapensis Balboa & Ayala sp. n., C. jaliscoensis Balboa & Ayala sp. n., C. nigerrima Balboa & Ayala sp. n., C. isabelae Balboa & Ayala sp. n. and C. solari Balboa & Ayala sp. n. A key to all known dark Mesoamerican species is provided.

 

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