Ruzopria 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 : 20

Ruzopria Engel , new subgenus

ZooBank: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:96E248D8-E8DB-4385-A782-6716ADC75570

TYPE SPECIES: Leioproctus mourei Toro, 1968 .

DIAGNOSIS: This subgenus differs from the nominate subgenus by the wholly declivitous basal area of the propodeum that is poorly differentiated from the posterior surface, and with a granulose sculpturing that is rugulose at the extreme base. In the nominate group the basal area of the propodeum is smooth to finely imbricate and with a more defined, steeply sloping, subhorizontal zone.

ETYMOLOGY: The new subgeneric name is a combination of the surname Ruz, honoring Luisa Ruz, the doyenne of Chilean melitology, and the stem of Belopria Moure. The gender of the name is feminine.