Austrostelis silveirai Urban, 2006

Parizotto, Daniele R., Urban, Danúncia & Melo, Gabriel A. R., 2017, Revision of the cleptoparasitic bee genus Austrostelis Michener and Griswold (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Megachilinae), Journal of Natural History (J. Nat. Hist.) 52 (1 - 2), pp. 53-71 : 69-70

Austrostelis silveirai Urban, 2006

( Figures 2 (h), 3(f), 5(e), 7(e), 7(i))

Austrostelis silveirai Urban, 2006: 47 . Holotype male, Brazil: Minas Gerais (DZMG, examined).

Comments and diagnosis

This species is known only from the male holotype and can be recognized for the yellowish ferruginous maculae on head and mesosoma; fore and middle legs with large yellowish ferruginous area; metasoma predominantly black with two narrow yellow spots on disc of T3 – T4 and T2 with shallow and dense punctures on disc .

Type material examined

Holotype male of Austrostelis silveirai ‘Abelhas da Zona /Metalúrgica MG /Pq Mangabeiras/ 0759-1865’ ‘Belo Horizonte MG / Brasil 27/11/1996 /J. Damasceno’ ‘ Austrostelis ?/sp. 01/F. A. Silveira det. 2000’ ‘Holótipo’ ‘ Austrostelis / silveirai / Urban’.

Figures

Figure 2. Head (male), frontal view: (a) Austrostelis amapaensis; (b) A. bonaventura; (c) A. catamarcensis; (d) A. flava; (e) A. iheringi; (f) A. appendiculata; (g) A saltensis sp. nov.; (h) A. silveirai; (i) A. zebrata.