Oxaea Klug

Engel, Michael S., 2015, A review of the genera and subgenera of Oxaeinae (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae), Journal of Melittology 2015 (52), pp. 1-18 : 12-13

Subgenus Oxaea Klug

( Figs. 28–38 )

Oxaea Klug, 1807a: 261 . Type species: Oxaea flavescens Klug, 1807a , monobasic.

Dasyglossa Illiger in Klug, 1807b: 217 [no valid species included]. Klug, 1810: 44 [first included valid species]. Type species: Oxaea flavescens Klug, 1807a , by designation of Sandhouse, 1943: 544.

DIAGNOSIS: Metasomal terga with bright metallic coloration, frequently as metallic green, purple, or bluish-green bands ( Figs. 28–32 , 35 , 37 ); male mandible without basal tooth ( Fig. 38 ); outer lateral margin of volsella from narrow apex to widest point apical from apodeme straight, mediolateral angle not pronounced (refer to figures in Hurd & Linsley, 1976); penis valve elongate, slender, greatly surpassing gonostylar apices (refer to figures in Hurd & Linsley, 1976).

INCLUDED SPECIES: Oxaea (Oxaea) austera Gerstaecker, 1867 ; O. (O.) festiva Smith, 1854 ( Fig. 28 ); O. (O.) flavescens Klug, 1807a [lectotype ( Fig. 35 ) designation by Engel , 2006]; O. (O.) fuscescens Sichel, 1865 ; and O. (O.) stenocoryphe Moure, 1947 .

Figures

Figure 28. Photograph of dorsal habitus of holotype female of Oxaea (Oxaea) festiva Smith.

Figures 29–34. Photographs of Oxaea (Oxaea) flavescens Klug. 29. Dorsal habitus of female. 30. Dorsal habitus of male. 31. Lateral habitus of female. 32. Lateral habitus of male. 33. Facial view of female. 34. Facial view of male.

Figure 35. Photograph of dorsal habitus of lectotype male of Oxaea (Oxaea) flavescens Klug.

Figures 36–38. Photographs of female of Oxaea (Oxaea) stenocoryphe Moure. 36. Lateral habitus. 37. Dorsal habitus. 38. Facial view.