Austellurgus avulsus ( Ramos & Melo, 2006 ) Ramos & Melo, 2021

Ramos, Kelli S. & Melo, Gabriel A. R., 2021, Three new genera of Protandrenini bees from South America (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Andreninae), Revista Brasileira de Entomologia (e 20210096) 65 (4), pp. 1-10 : 3

Austellurgus avulsus ( Ramos & Melo, 2006) , new combination

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Protandrena avulsa Ramos & Melo , 2006: 44. Holotype female, Brazil: Espírito Santo, Santa Teresa ( DZUP, examined); Moure et al., 2007: 49; Ramos & Melo , 2010: 450; Ramos et al., 2015: 340.

Diagnosis and comments. As for the genus (see above). Additional images of external morphology, including male genitalia and associated sterna, are provided by Ramos and Melo (2006).

Material examined. Holotype female ( DZUP), ‘ DZUP 26756 ’ and ‘SANTA TERESA—ES\ BRASIL — 19/4/1967 \ C. & C. T. ELIAS’ . Paratypes. Brazil, Espírito Santo: 2 females ( MZSP 55287 and 55288) ‘CARIACICA— E. STO \ BRASIL 2–8/V/67\ C. & C. T. Elias leg’; 2 males ( MZSP 55289 and 55290) ‘SANTA TERESA—ES \ BRASIL — 19/4/1967 \ C. & C. T. ELIAS’ .

Figures

Figure 1 Austellurgus avulsus (Ramos & Melo, 2006), paratypes. A, head of female in frontal view.B, female in lateral view. C, labrum and mandible of female in frontal view. D, head of male in frontal view.E, male in lateral view.F,labrum and mandible of male in frontal view. G, mesosoma of male in dorsal view.H, metasoma of female in dorsal view. I, apex of female metasoma, showing the pygidial plate. Scale bar: 0.5 mm.