Rhectomia catarina Gonçalves, 2010

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 : 9

Rhectomia catarina Gonçalves, 2010 ( Fig. 4C, D )

Material examined (1♀): 1♀, Argentina, Entre Ríos, Quinta Arco Iris (Is. del Ibicuy), (33°47′00″S, 58°33′01″W, 7 msnm), 29-30/XII/2011. Col. Jensen, R., Lutz, A.

Distribution: Brazil: Santa Catarina ( GonÇalves, 2010). Argentina: Entre Ríos. New record.

Remarks: This is the first record of genus and species from Argentina. Rhectomia catarina is very similar to R. pumilla Moure, 1947 , from which it differs by the length of the mesoscutal median line, which in R. catarina reaches the middle portion of the sclerite ( Fig. 4D ) ( GonÇalves, 2010).

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Figure 4. (A,B)PseudaugochloracallainaAlmeidafemale.(C,D)RhectomiacatarinaGonçalvesfemale.(E-G)Thectochlora hamataGonçalves&Melo female.(H,I)Bothranthidium lauroi Moure female.A, C,E,H = head infrontal view.B, G,I = lateral view.D = mesoscutumin dorsal view.F = foreleg trochanter.Scale bars:1 mm.