2017/09/19 by Cindy Julieth Celis, José Ricardo Cure, Jose Ricardo Cure · 1 citation
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · #Aedeagus #Apoidea #Biology #Botany #Genus #Halictidae #Hymenoptera #Insect and Pesticide Research #Insect-Plant Interactions and Control #Plant and animal studies #Subgenus #Taxon #Taxonomy (biology) #Zoology
paper · pdf · doi:10.15517/rbt.v65i4.26549
crossref issued 2017/09/19 · crossref published 2017/09/19 · crossref published-online 2017/09/19 · openalex publication_date 2017/09/19 · openalex created_date 2017/09/25 · crossref created 2017/11/07 · crossref deposited 2017/11/07 · crossref indexed 2026/07/31 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/04
Augochloropsis Cockerell, 1897b is a highly diverse group in the Neotropics and commonly collected in wildlife surveys. These bees remain mostly unidentified in collections because of the lack of taxonomic keys and the incomplete original descriptions, which prevent sorting specimens even at the subgeneric level. The aim of this study was to perform the phylogeny and the taxonomic revision of the genus Augochloropsis to subgeneric level, based on a detailed examination of 56 morphological characters of 2 433 specimens. Four subgenera are recognized and described in detail: (Augochloropsis s.str. (Cockerell, 1897b) (Paraugochloropsis Schrottky, 1906 ((Glyptochlora Moure, 1958) (Glyptobasia (Moure, 1941)))). Photographs of external morphological characters, illustrations of the male genital capsule and the metasomal sterna SIII-SVIII are provided, as well as a taxonomic key to subgenera and distribution maps.