Melissoptila dama (Vachal)

Vivallo, Felipe, 2009, Notes on the bee genus Alloscirtetica Holmberg, 1909 in northern Chile with the description of two new altiplanic species and a key for the Chilean species of Eucerini (Hymenoptera: Apidae), Zootaxa 2010, pp. 16-30 : 24

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.185792

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6214603

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scientific name

Melissoptila dama (Vachal)
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Melissoptila dama (Vachal) View in CoL

Both sexes of this species have very light pilosity, predominantly whitish or yellowish, and flattened clypeal disc, more evident in male. In addition, the male also has abundant and very dense yellow pilosity on the ocellocular area (integument not visible beneath hairs). The female has the tibial escopa with whitish pilosity and hind basitarsi with yellowish hairs ( Urban 1998a). Illustrations of the male genitalia and other structures were made by Urban (1968).

This species occurs mainly in Argentina, found in Chile only in the south (Region of Biobío) ( Urban et al. 2007). In Chile, this species has been observed visiting Senecio rutaceus Phil. (Compositae) ( Jaffuel & Pirión 1926; Wagenknecht 1970), Baccharis rosmarinifolia Hook. & Arm. , Baccharis pingraea DC., Gutierrezia paniculata A. Gray , Haplopappus angustifolia (DC.) Reiche, Bidens pilosa L., Taraxacum officinale Weber ex FHWigg. ( Asteraceae ), Ver b en a litoralis (Verbenaceae) , Argemone mexicana (Papaveraceae) , Malvastrum peruvianum L. ( Malvaceae ) and Eryngium paniculatum Cav. et Domb ex Delar. (Umbelliferae= Apiaceae ) ( Wagenknecht 1970). In Argentina visits Hoffmanseggia falcaria Cav. (Fabaceae) ( Jensen-Haarup 1908a).

Melissoptila dama View in CoL is parasitized by the bees Doeringiella burmeisteri (Friese) View in CoL ( Apidae View in CoL : Nomadini View in CoL ) in Argentina ( Jörgensen 1912) View in CoL and Isepeolus luctuosus (Spinola) View in CoL ( Apidae View in CoL : Isepeolini View in CoL ) in Chile ( Jafuel & Pirión 1926). Additional information about taxonomy and bionomy see Urban et al. (2007) and references herein.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Apidae

Genus

Melissoptila

Loc

Melissoptila dama (Vachal)

Vivallo, Felipe 2009
2009
Loc

Argentina ( Jörgensen 1912 )

Jorgensen 1912
1912
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