Two new species of Pseudapis Kirby, 1900 (Hymenoptera: Halictidae: Nomiinae) from Africa

Silas Bossert; Alain Pauly

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4608.3.6

Two new species of Pseudapis Kirby, 1900 (Hymenoptera: Halictidae: Nomiinae) from Africa

Zootaxa. 2019 May 21;4608(3):zootaxa.4608.3.6. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4608.3.6.

Authors

Silas Bossert¹, Alain Pauly

Affiliation

¹ Department of Entomology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA Department of Entomology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, 20560, USA.. sb2346@cornell.edu.

PMID: 31717135
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4608.3.6

Abstract

Two previously unknown species of the genus Pseudapis Kirby, 1900 are described and illustrated: Pseudapis neumayeri Bossert Pauly, sp. nov. (♂, ♀, Kenya, Tanzania), and P. crassivertex Bossert Pauly, sp. nov. (♂, ♀, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal). We provide diagnoses for the new species and report all currently available records. Lastly, we present a revised identification key for the African species of the genus.

Keywords: Hymenoptera, bees, systematics, identification key, nomenclature.

MeSH terms

Animal Distribution
Animals
Bees
Hymenoptera*
Kenya
Mauritania
Senegal
Tanzania