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Issue: Vol. 4563 No. 1: 28 Feb. 2019
Type: Article
Published: 2019-02-28
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4563.1.12
Page range: 191–200
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The bee Ruizanthedella mutabilis Spinola (Hymenoptera: Halictidae): a very common but poorly known species studied using integrative taxonomy

División Entomología, Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales ‘Bernardino Rivadavia’—CONICET, Angel Gallardo 470, C1405DJR, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
División Entomología, Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales ‘Bernardino Rivadavia’—CONICET, Angel Gallardo 470, C1405DJR, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Hymenoptera Halictidae Argentina Caenohalictini Chile DNA barcoding

Abstract

Ruizanthedella mutabilis (Spinola) is a very abundant species in Chile and the northwest of Argentinean Patagonia. In this contribution, Halictus nigrocaeruleus Spinola 1851 is established as a junior synonym of R. mutabilis (Spinola 1851), after considering morphological data, DNA barcoding results, and biological observations. The variability in the colouration of the metasoma has been incorrectly used to distinguish these colour forms as valid species. New records enlarge the distribution of the species in Argentina, from the Andes to the Atlantic coast.

 

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