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Issue: Vol. 2512 No. 1: 21 Jun. 2010
Type: Articles
Published: 2010-06-21
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2512.1.2
Page range: 26–46
Abstract views: 51
PDF downloaded: 1

Description of a new species of Osmia (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) from southwestern North America, with a redescription of the enigmatic species Osmia foxi Cameron

USDA-ARS Bee Biology and Systematics Laboratory, BNR 244 UMC 5310, Utah State University, Logan, UT, 84322-5310 USA
USDA-ARS Bee Biology and Systematics Laboratory, BNR 244 UMC 5310, Utah State University, Logan, UT, 84322-5310 USA
Hymenoptera Bee Apoidea Osmiini Sierra Madre pine-oak forest ecoregion

Abstract

The Osmia of southwestern North America are not well known. A new species, Osmia (Acanthosmioides) palmula, and the enigmatic Osmia (Melanosmia) foxi Cameron, known only from the male holotype, are described and figured in both sexes, with additional comments on their distribution and biology. A checklist and key to the known Osmia species from Cochise County, Arizona, Hidalgo County, New Mexico, and adjacent counties in the United States are presented.

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