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Issue: Vol. 5570 No. 2: 17 Jan. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-01-17
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5570.2.1
Page range: 201-259
Abstract views: 291
PDF downloaded: 26

Neotropical bees of the genus Heriades Spinola, 1808 (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae: Osmiini) with description of nine new species

Estación de Biología Chamela; Instituto de Biología; Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; Posgrado en Ciencias Biológicas; Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (Posgrado en Ciencias Biológicas; UNAM. Unidad de Posgrado; Edificio D; 1° Piso; Circuito de Posgrados; Ciudad Universitaria; Coyoacán; C.P. 04510; CDMX; México)
U.S. Department of Agriculture; Agricultural Research Service; Pollinating Insects Research Unit; Logan; Utah; USA
Departamento de Zoología; Instituto de Biología; Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Museo de Zoología “Alfonso L. Herrera”; Departamento de Biología Evolutiva; Facultad de Ciencias; Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Estación de Biología Chamela; Instituto de Biología; Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Hymenoptera taxonomy morphology resin bees Neotrypetes

Abstract

Heriades is a genus of solitary bees of the family Megachilidae. It is a monophyletic group divided into eight subgenera, of which Neotrypetes is the only one distributed in the Americas. The revisions by Michener (1938) and by Griswold (1984) are the only ones known for Heriades in the region. An updated revision of Heriades for the Neotropical region, based on external morphology and male genitalia, is presented here. 15 species recognized for the genus, nine of which are new to science. The species are: Heriades amanda sp. nov., H. briceida sp. nov., H. viridiana sp. nov., H. danuncia sp. nov., H. cristina sp. nov., H. vulcanica sp. nov., H. nora sp. nov., H. mariana sp. nov., H. luisa. sp. nov., H. bruneri Titus, H. crucifera Cockerell, H. currani Michener, H. leavitti Crawford, H. micheneri Timberlake, and H. texana Michener. A new synonym is proposed, Heriades tayrona Gonzalez & Griswold as synonym of H. currani syn. nov. Diagnoses, descriptions, illustrations and distributional maps of the species are included, as well as identification keys for the group in the region.

 

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