Three new cryptic species of Euglossa from Brazil (Hymenoptera, Apidae)

Authors: Nemesio, Andre Country: Brazil DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.222.3382 Published: Jan. 1, 2012 Source: ZooKeys OpenAlex: View in OpenAlex

Collection: Pensoft Publishers

Keywords: Amazon Basin · Topics: Plant and animal studies, Plant Diversity and Evolution, Fern and Epiphyte Biology

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Three new species of orchid bees are described and figured from the Amazon and Atlantic forests of Brazil. Euglossa clausi sp. n., E. moratoi sp. n., and E. pepei sp. n. are distinguished from their close congeners E. crassipunctata Moure, E. parvula Dressler, and E. sapphirina Moure, previously placed in the subgenus Euglossa (Glossurella) Dressler, 1982, a demonstrably paraphyletic assemblage requiring serious reconsideration. Their affinities with related species are discussed and pertinent characters are figured.

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