Augochlora (Oxystoglossella) tenax Lepeco and Gonçalves, 2020

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 : 651-652

Augochlora (Oxystoglossella) tenax Lepeco and Gonçalves, 2020

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Augochlora (Oxystoglossella) tenax Lepeco and Gonçalves, 2020 . Holotype female (DZUP) from Brazil, Bahia, Maracás. Examined.

Diagnosis

Augochlora tenax females have a tuberculate S1 and males have S4 with a tuft of thick setae on medioapical margin ( A. mendax species group). Females are dark green with metapostnotum entirely carinate-rugulose, being similar to A. simplex sp. nov., but can be separated by the rounded head, mesoscutum and scutellum imbricate among punctures; anterior surface of T1 with dense tomentose setae. Male hind basitarsus is slightly narrowed apically and S5 strongly depressed transversally on median surface; from other species it can be separated by the mesoscutum and scutellum imbricate among punctures and mesosoma integument dark green and frons with dark blue reflections.

Distribution

Brazil (Bahia, Ceará, Espírito Santo, Minas Gerais, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Rio de Janeiro).

Examined material

Supplemental material.

Figures

Figure 13. Map of distribution records for Oxystoglossella of the A. aurinasis and A. modica species groups: (A) A. almeidai, A. aurinasis and A. meloi sp. nov.; (B) A. eucnemis, A. lamellata sp. nov., A. mineira sp. nov. and A. rightmyerae; (C) A. mendax and A. modica; (D) A. simplex sp. nov. and A. tenax.