Alloxaea Ascher

Engel, Michael S., 2015, A review of the genera and subgenera of Oxaeinae (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae), Journal of Melittology 2015 (52), pp. 1-18 : 10-11

Genus Alloxaea Ascher , Engel, & Griswold

Oxaea (Alloxaea) Ascher , Engel, & Griswold, 2006: 542. Type species: Oxaea (Alloxaea) brevipalpis Ascher , Engel, & Griswold, 2006, by original designation. Graf & Moure, 2007: 16 [elevated to generic rank].

DIAGNOSIS: Male without pale maculations on clypeus, labrum, mandible, and antenna ( Fig. 27 ); mandible simple apically ( Fig. 27 ); maxillary palpi composed of three palpomeres; metasomal terga brownish black or black with faint metallic highlights, not partly reddish ( Figs. 25, 26 ); metasomal tergum VI with long, conspicuous tufts of brown to yellow brown setae at sides; apical margin of male metasomal sternum VIII deeply emarginate medially; gonobase greatly reduced, ringlike, much wider than long, not tapering basally (refer to figures in Ascher et al., 2006); gonostylus partially (albeit weakly) differentiated from gonocoxae, with setae apicolaterally; outer lateral apex of volsella without dorsal lobed extension, outer margin from broadly-rounded ventral apex to widest point apical from apodeme deeply concave before protrudent mediolateral process (refer to figures in Ascher et al., 2006); penis valve not elongate, not surpassing gonostylar apices, without ventral subapical ridge or process (refer to figures in Ascher et al., 2006). Female remains unknown.

INCLUDED SPECIES: Alloxaea brevipalpis (Ascher, Engel, & Griswold, 2006).

Figures

Figures 25–27. Photographs of male of Alloxaea brevipalpis (Ascher, Engel, & Griswold). 25. Lateral habitus. 26. Dorsal habitus. 27. Facial view.