Cyanopasiphae 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 : 23

Cyanopasiphae Engel , new subgenus

ZooBank: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:B84AF72C-60AF-4FBA-B79F-98BDD1A6BE37

TYPE SPECIES: Leioproctus (Perditomorpha) indigoticus Compagnucci & Roig Alsina, 2008 .

DIAGNOSIS: This subgenus includes robust, metallic blue species that superficially resemble Spinolapina but lack the projection of the male sternum VI and have the median ocellus above the upper tangent of the compound eyes.

ETYMOLOGY: The new subgeneric name is a combination of the Ancient Greek kúanos (κῨ́ᾰνος, meaning, “dark blue”) and Pasiphae . The gender of the name is feminine.