Augochlorodes Moure, 1958

ENGEL, MICHAEL S., 2000, Classification Of The Bee Tribe Augochlorini (Hymenoptera: Halictidae), Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2000 (250), pp. 1-89 : 33-34

Genus Augochlorodes Moure

Augochlorodes Moure, 1958a: 53 . Type species Augochlorodes turrifaciens Moure, 1958a monobasic and original designation.

Augochlorocles Sakagami, 1979: 83. Lapsus calami.

DIAGNOSIS: Augochlorodes is similar to the genera of the Augochlora -group ( Augochlora , Augochlorella , Ceratalictus , and Pereirapis ) but differs by the pectinate inner metatibial spur and the rounded preoccipital ridge.

DESCRIPTION: Female. Mandible with moderately developed subapical tooth. Labral distal process narrowly triangular; basal elevation orbicular; teeth weak. Prementum not greatly elongate. Galeal apex rounded galeal comb absent. Hypostomal ridge carinate; anterior angle rounded. Length of malar space less than basal mandibular width. Epistomal sulcus obtuse. Ocelli not greatly enlarged; ocellar furrow absent. Vertex not expanded or ridged behind ocelli. Preoccipital ridge rounded. Pronotal lateral angle not produced, obtuse; dorsal ridge carinate; lateral ridge rounded. Mesoscutal anterior border rounded; lip rounded. Tegula oval. Anterior basitarsal brush present. Basitibial plate with well-developed borders. Inner hind tibial spur pectinate. Apex of marginal cell acute Distal hamuli with irregular spacing pattern Basal area of propodeum weakly striate basally; propodeal pit narrow. Male. Mandible simple. Labrum with distal process; basal area not notched. Antenna extending back to scutellum; F2 length approximately equal to F1. Inner hind tibial spur serrate. Metasoma elongate. Apical margin of S4 produced laterally, with long setae. Apical margin of S5 unmodified, with dense medial patch of setae. Apical margin of S6 weakly emarginate

Apical margin of S7 with median process. Apical margin of S8 unmodified; spiculum broad. Proctiger with anal filaments. Gonobasal bridge narrow; dorsal lobes weak. Parapenial lobe and basal process of gonostylus absent; dorsal process large and weakly sclerotized. Ventral surface of penis valve with prong.

REVISIONS: At present there is only the one included species.

BIOLOGY: The biology of the type species was studied by Michener and Seabra (1959). This species nests in the soil and is apparently semisocial.

DISTRIBUTION: Augochlorodes is currently known only from southern Brazil.