Leucopasiphae 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 : 22

Leucopasiphae Engel , new subgenus

ZooBank: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:3668DCBC-72F3-4DAF-A1F4-A0D648FEFEB6

TYPE SPECIES: Pasiphae leucostoma Cockerell, 1917 .

DIAGNOSIS: The new subgenus differs from the nominate subgenus in that the inner metatibial spur is coarsely ciliate, with 10 or more short fine branches, rather than the finely ciliate to sharply serrate condition of Perditomorpha s.str.

ETYMOLOGY: The new subgeneric name is a combination of the Ancient Greek adjective leukós (λευκός, meaning, “white”, “bright”, or “shining”) and Pasiphae . The gender of the name is feminine.