Augochlora (Oxystoglossella) morrae Strand, 1910

Lepeco, Anderson & Gonçalves, Rodrigo Barbosa, 2023, A review of Augochlora (Oxystoglossella) bees from South America: unexpected Amazonian diversity and assessment of vulnerable species, Journal of Natural History (Oxford, England) 57 (9 - 12), pp. 608-664 : 641-642

Augochlora (Oxystoglossella) morrae Strand, 1910

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Augochlora morrae Strand, 1910 . Holotype female (ZMB) from Paraguay, ′ Villa Morra ̍. Not examined.

Halictus hemitomes Vachal, 1911 . Lectotype female (MNHP) from Bolivia. Designation by Lepeco and Goncalves (2020b). Synonymy by Moure and Hurd (1987). Examined through photographs.

Diagnosis

Females of this species have the basal elevation of labrum orbicular and both sexes the portion of mesepisternum anterior to mesepisternal groove mostly covered with coarse rugae and gena and post-gena striate ( A. morrae subgroup). Differently from other species of the group, Augochlora morrae has the mesoscutum disc completely covered with punctures of similar diameters.

Comments

For a recent redescription of the species and additional notes see Lepeco and Goncalves (2020b).

Distribution

Argentina (Misiones, Salta), Bolivia (La Paz, Santa Cruz), Brazil (Acre, Bahia, Ceará, Espírito Santo, Goiás, Maranhão, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Paraíba, Paraná, Rio de Janeiro, Santa Catarina, São Paulo, Sergipe), Paraguay.

Examined material

Supplemental material.

Figures

Figure 14. Map of distribution records for Oxystoglossella of the A. morrae and A. iphigenia species groups: (A) A. antonita, A. morrae, A. obidensis sp. nov. and A. thalia; (B) A. brevipilosa sp. nov., A. cymatoides, A. erubescens and A. laevinota sp. nov.; (C) A. iphigenia, A. matucanensis and A. phoenicis.