Augochlora (Augochlora) ignifera Crawford, 1914
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https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2016.180 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3850550 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03891349-FFA3-F70E-FE79-D71CFECFDEE5 |
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Valdenar |
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Augochlora (Augochlora) ignifera Crawford, 1914 |
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Augochlora (Augochlora) ignifera Crawford, 1914 View in CoL
Fig. 22 View Fig A–C
Augochlora ignifera Crawford, 1914: 46 View in CoL .
Type locality
DOMINICA: Yale Expedition 1913, Jun. –Jul. 1913, coll. H.W. Foote, Cat. No. USNM 16734 ( NMNH, holotype, ♀).
Remarks
Augochlora ignifera is the only member of this genus and tribe currently known from the island, and it can easily be distinguished from other halictid bees on that basis. The female is particularly distinctive due to the fiery red iridescence covering most of the head, mesosoma and metasoma ( Fig. 22 View Fig A–C). The wings are faintly dusky. The male has a more coppery and greenish tone ( Crawford 1914). The closest islands with a relatively well known halictid fauna are St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Six augochlorine bees are recorded from those islands ( Ashmead 1900; Moure 2007). Future studies should compare A. ignifera to these species and others which presumably occur on intermediary islands but remain undocumented.
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Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History |
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Augochlora (Augochlora) ignifera Crawford, 1914
Gibbs, Jason 2016 |
Augochlora ignifera
Crawford J. C. 1914: 46 |