Cygnella Engel, 2022

Engel, Michael S. & Gonzalez, Victor H., 2022, A new bee genus from the pampas of eastern Argentina, with appended notes on the classification of “ paracolletines ” (Hymenoptera: Colletidae), Journal of Melittology 2022 (109), pp. 1-39 : 32-34

Cygnella Engel , new subgenus

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TYPE SPECIES: Euryglossa cygnella Cockerell, 1905b .

DIAGNOSIS: This subgenus is distinctive among Euryglossidia for the dense, coarse punctation of the integument.

ETYMOLOGY: The new subgeneric name is derived from the epithet of the type species, cygnellus (Latin, meaning, “small swan” or “small minstrel” — cygnus, “swan” or “minstrel”, and the suffix – ellus, denoting a diminutive), but in the feminine form. Cockerell (1905b) took the specific epithet from the type locality: Swan River , Australia.