Contributions to the wild bee fauna in Argentina (Hymenoptera: Anthophila)

Authors

  • Leopoldo Jesús Alvarez Universidad Nacional de La Plata (UNLP), Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo (FCNyM), División Entomología, Laboratorios Anexo Museo de La Plata. La Plata, BA, Argentina; Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET). https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4330-9617
  • Pablo José Ramello Universidad Nacional de La Plata (UNLP), Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo (FCNyM), División Entomología, Laboratorios Anexo Museo de La Plata. La Plata, BA, Argentina; Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET). https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2539-2939
  • Adan Alberto Avalos Universidad Nacional del Nordeste (UNNE), Instituto de Botánica del Nordeste (IBONE). Corrientes, CR, Argentina; Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET). https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9690-1334
  • Valentín Almada Universidad Nacional de La Plata (UNLP), Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo (FCNyM), División Entomología, Laboratorios Anexo Museo de La Plata. La Plata, BA, Argentina; Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET). https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0317-9256
  • Marina Soledad Aguirre Universidad Nacional de La Plata (UNLP), Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo (FCNyM), División Entomología, Laboratorios Anexo Museo de La Plata. La Plata, BA, Argentina. https://orcid.org/0009-0003-5466-8110
  • Juan Pablo Torretta Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA), Facultad de Agronomía (FAUBA), Cátedra de Botánica General. Buenos Aires, D.F., Argentina; Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET). https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8185-4822
  • Mariano Lucia Universidad Nacional de La Plata (UNLP), Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo (FCNyM), División Entomología, Laboratorios Anexo Museo de La Plata. La Plata, BA, Argentina; Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET). https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8019-6768

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/1807-0205/2024.64.006

Keywords:

Apiformes, Andrenidae, Apidae, Colletidae, Halictidae, Megachilidae

Abstract

Argentina is the country with the second highest number of bee species in the Neotropics after Brazil. Fifteen new records of wild bees belonging to genera of the families Apidae, Andrenidae, Colletidae, Halictidae, and Megachilidae are presented. Species of genera Callonychium Brèthes (Andrenidae), Gaesischia Michener, LaBerge & Moure, Melitoma Lepeletier & Serville, Trichocerapis Cockerell (Apidae), Hylaeus Fabricius (Colletidae), Habralictus Moure, Megalopta Smith, Neocorynura Schrottky, Pseudaugochlora Michener, Rhectomia Moure, Thectochlora Moure (Halictidae), and Bothranthidium Moure (Megachilidae) are recorded for the first time for Argentina. Whereas the genera Trichocerapis, Megalopta, Rhectomia, and Bothranthidium are cited for the first time in the country.

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Alvarez, L. J., Ramello, P. J., Avalos, A. A., Almada, V., Aguirre, M. S., Torretta, J. P., & Lucia, M. (2024). Contributions to the wild bee fauna in Argentina (Hymenoptera: Anthophila). Papéis Avulsos De Zoologia, 64, e202464006. https://doi.org/10.11606/1807-0205/2024.64.006

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