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Issue: Vol. 5351 No. 3: 27 Sept. 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-09-27
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5351.3.3
Page range: 341-355
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New species of Centris (Xanthemisia) Moure from the Mesoamerican Dominion and the Mexican Transition Zone (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

HYMN Laboratório de Hymenoptera; Departamento de Entomologia; Museu Nacional; Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro; Quinta da Boa Vista; São Cristóvão 20940‒040 Rio de Janeiro; RJ; Brazil
Instituto de Ecología A.C.; Red de Diversidad Biológica del Occidente Mexicano; Centro Regional del Bajío; Pátzcuaro; Michoacán; Mexico; 61600
El Colegio de la Frontera Sur (ECOSUR); Departamento Agricultura Sociedad y Ambiente; San Cristóbal de Las Casas; Chiapas; Mexico; 29290
Hymenoptera Anthophila biodiversity Centridini oil-bees taxonomy

Abstract

Three new species of oil-collecting bees of the genus Centris (Xanthemisia) Moure are described and illustrated: C. jakalteka sp. nov., C. maya sp. nov. and C. purhepecha sp. nov. The new proposed taxa are distributed in the north of the Neotropical Region, specifically in the Mesoamerican Dominion and the Mexican Transition Zone, between the Neotropics and Nearctic. In addition, a distribution map and an identification key for the species of the subgenus occurring in the aforementioned regions are also presented.

 

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