Melitoma danunciae Oliveira & Engel, 2015

Alvarez, Leopoldo Jesús, Ramello, Pablo José, Avalos, Adan Alberto, Almada, Valentín, Aguirre, Marina Soledad, Torretta, Juan Pablo & Lucia, Mariano, 2024, Contributions to the wild bee fauna in Argentina (Hymenoptera: Anthophila), Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 64, pp. 1-13 : 4

Melitoma danunciae Oliveira & Engel, 2015

( Figs. 1 E-G and 5)

Material examined (1♀, 2♂♂): 1♀, Argentina, Formosa, afueras de Formosa Capital, 07/I/2019, S/ Ipomoea carnea, Col. L. Alvarez, A. Avalos & J.P. Torretta. 1♂, Argentina, Corrientes, San Miguel, pan trap (-27.9932, -57.5816), 03/I/2022, Col. M. Aguirre. 1♂, Argentina, Corrientes, San Miguel, Koe Mimbi, pan trap azul (-27.9928, -57.5808), 03/I/2022, Col. M. Aguirre.

Distribution: Brazil: Bahia ( Oliveira & Engel, 2015). Argentina: Corrientes and Formosa. New records.

Remarks: Melitoma danunciae is included in the segmentaria species group and was generally misidentified as Melitoma segmentaria (Fabricius, 1804) , from which it can be easily differentiated by the white pubescence of the head ( Fig. 1E ), the female basitibial plate rounded apically ( Fig. 1F ), and male S7, S8 and genitalia ( Oliveira & Engel, 2015).

Figures

Figure 1. (A-D) Callonychium (Callonychium) petuniaeCure &Wittmann male.(E-G) Melitoma danunciae Oliveira & Engel female.(H-J) Gaesischia (Gaesischia) nigra Moure female.A,E, H = head in frontal view.B,G,J = lateral view.B,C = S3 and T7.f = basitial plate.i = metasoma indorsal view.Scale bars:1 mm.