Two new species of oil-collecting bees of Centris (Melanocentris) from Colombia (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

Felipe Vivallo

doi:10.1590/1678-4766e2021019

Abstract

ABSTRACT In this article are described two new species of oil-collecting bees of Centris (Melanocentris) from Colombia. Centris (Melanocentris) marinae sp. nov. occurs in the northeast, César Department, while C. (Melanocentris) germani sp. nov. occurs in the southeast, in the Caquetá, Meta and Vaupés Departments, as well as in the Amazonas State in northwestern Brazil. Photographs of both new species and a distribution map are also presented.

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IntroductionNeste artigo são descritas duas novas espécies de abelhas coletoras de óleo do subgênero Centris (Melanocentris) da Colômbia
Duas espécies novas de abelhas coletoras de óleo de Centris (Melanocentris) da Colômbia (Hymenoptera: Apidae)
The actual number of species of Centris that occur in Colombia is still unknown, and it is very likely that new species will be described in the future, especially from the Andes, as well as from jungle areas with difficult access in the south

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Introduction

Neste artigo são descritas duas novas espécies de abelhas coletoras de óleo do subgênero Centris (Melanocentris) da Colômbia. Important contributions on the biodiversity of the genus in some South American countries have been published in the last decades Some examples of this can be found in Roig-Alsina (2000) and Vivallo et al (2002, 2003) who revised the species that occur in Argentina and Chile, respectively. New contributions on the species richness of the genus were published by Vélez &Vivallo (2012, 2018), Vivallo & Vélez (2016) and Vivallo et al (2013, 2016) These authors revised the species that occur in Colombia, describing some new species and citing for the first time several others for the country. In this article are described two new Colombian species of C. (Melanocentris) from the northwest and southeast of the country as a new contribution to the knowledge of the South American species of that subgenus

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