Conospermapis, 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 : 37

Conospermapis Engel, new genus

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TYPE SPECIES: Leioproctus ( Leioproctus) conospermi Houston, 1989 .

DIAGNOSIS: This genus corresponds to the conospermi species group of Houston (1989). Aside from the characters outlined in the various couplets of the above key that lead to the genus, other noteworthy traits include the serrate inner metatibial spur of females, the ventrally bowed prementum, and the sparse metatibial scopa with bifurcate or trifurcate setae.

ETYMOLOGY: The new genus-group name is taken from Conospermum Sm. ( Proteaceae : Proteoideae : Conospermeae) and the Latin noun apis (meaning, “bee”). The gender of the name is feminine.