Baeosphecodes, Engel, 2013

Engel, Michael S., 2013, A new species of Microsphecodes from Peru, with notes on the classification of the genus (Hymenoptera: Halictidae), Journal of Melittology 2013 (24), pp. 1-9 : 8

Baeosphecodes Engel, new subgenus

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TYPE SPECIES: Sphecodes (Microsphecodes) dominicanus Stage in Eickwort & Stage, 1972 .

DIAGNOSIS: Basal area of propodeum rugoso-striate, not delimited posteriorly by carina, posterior border rounded. Mesosomal and metasomal pubscence generally sparse, particularly on pleura.

ETYMOLOGY: The new genus-group name is a combination of baios (Greek, meaning “scanty”, in reference to the sparser pubescence of these species relative to Microsphecodes s.str.) and Sphecodes , type genus of the Sphecodina. The name is masculine.

INCLUDED SPECIES: The subgenus presently includes five species: M. domincanus (Stage) , M. kittensis Engel, M. solitarius (Ashmead) , M. thoracicus (Ashmead) , and M. xaymacensis ( Ashmead, 1900; Eickwort & Stage, 1972; Engel , 2006b, 2011) ( Table 1).