Zyzzocolletes 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 : 36

Zyzzocolletes Engel , new genus

ZooBank: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:BD716552-4EAF-4087-8504-1A80F01918C7

TYPE SPECIES: Paracolletes nigrofulvus Cockerell, 1914b .

DIAGNOSIS: This genus superficially resembles Exleycolletes Maynard s.l. but lacks the metanotal tubercle otherwise present in species of that genus. In addition, the inner orbits of the compound eyes are parallel; the pterostigma is slender, roughly parallel-sided; and the basal area of the propodeum is finely and minutely tessellate, with a simple marginal line.

ETYMOLOGY: The new genus-group name is a combination of zyzzo (an artificial and euphonious combination of leters) and kollitís (κολλητής, meaning, “gluer” or "one who glues"). The gender of the name is masculine.