Habralictus flavopictus Moure, 1941

Alvarez, Leopoldo Jesús, Ramello, Pablo José, Avalos, Adan Alberto, Almada, Valentín, Aguirre, Marina Soledad, Torretta, Juan Pablo & Lucia, Mariano, 2024, Contributions to the wild bee fauna in Argentina (Hymenoptera: Anthophila), Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 64, pp. 1-13 : 8

Habralictus flavopictus Moure, 1941 ( Figs. 3D, E and 5 )

Material examined (1♀): 1♀, Argentina, Misiones, Parque Nacional Iguazú, Palmital cruce, 25°41′23.20″S, 54°28′46.97″O, en flores de Euterpe edulis , −/ IX/2013, Col. F. Zamudio.

Distribution: Brazil: Minas Gerais, São Paulo ( Moure & Melo, 2022). Argentina: Misiones. New record.

Remarks: Females of H. flavopictus can be distinguished by the following characters: clypeus with a yellow apical band, broader medially ( Fig. 3D ); mandibles, labrum, fore and middle legs and pronotal lobe yellow; metasoma brown,T2-T5 with basolateral yellow spots ( Fig.3E ); inner hind tibial spur pectinate, with three branches ( Moure, 1941).

Figures

Figure 3. (A-C) Habralictus chlorobaptus Mourefemale.(D, E) Ha. flavopictusMoure female.(F,G) Megalopta guimaraesiSantos & Silveira female.(H-J) Neocorynura euadne (Schrottky) female.A,D,F,H =head in frontal view.B = metasomain dorsal view.C,E,G,J =lateral view.i = scutellum and metanotum.Scale bars:1 mm.

Figure 5. Georeferenced new records of bee species for Argentina.The Ecoregions corresponding to each record are presented. Symbols represent localities with more than one new record:Star = Parque Nacional Iguazú;Plus = M.Belgrano;Diamond = Loreto;Triangle = PuebloLiebig.