Two new species of Melitoma Lepeletier and Serville (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Emphorini) from South America, with modified hind legs in the males

• Autores: Arturo Andrés Roig
• Localización: Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales, ISSN-e 1853-0400, ISSN 1514-5158, Vol. 11, Nº. 1, 2009, págs. 101-105
• Idioma: español
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  • Two new species of Melitoma Lepeletier and Serville are described: M. fulviscopis n. sp. from MattoGrosso, Brazil, and M. torquata n. sp. from southeastern and southern Brazil, and northern Argentina. Themales have a peculiar hind basitarsus, unique among emphorine bees, that suggests a close relationship of thetwo species. The basitarsus bears, on the inner surface, a longitudinal channel-like polished depression fringedwith long hairs.