Notinopasiphae 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 : 34

Notinopasiphae Engel , new subgenus

ZooBank: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:0870E164-582D-4E0D-AE8B-1FE6EFF69D36

TYPE SPECIES: Filiglossa striatula Rayment, 1959 .

DIAGNOSIS: This subgenus is distinctive for the combination of widely spaced punctures, a well-developed scopa, metatibia with abundant plumose setae, the inner metatibial spur of the female finely ciliate, and the dull, nonmetallic integument.

ETYMOLOGY: The new subgeneric name is a combination of the Ancient Greek adjective nótinos (νότῐνος, meaning, “southern”) and Pasiphae . The gender of the name is feminine.