Austrosphecodes minarum ( Schrottky, 1910 )

Gonçalves, Rodrigo Barbosa & Pereira, Felipe Walter, 2022, New species of the cuckoo bee genus Austrosphecodes Michener, 1978 (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Sphecodini) and a key for Brazilian species, European Journal of Taxonomy 819, pp. 55-89 : 80

Austrosphecodes minarum ( Schrottky, 1910)

Fig. 10D

Sphecodes minarum Schrottky, 1910: 63 .

Comments

This species was described for a male and the female remains unknown. Besides the holotype, a second specimen studied was considered to be A. minarum , for the size, overall body sculpture and pubescence of sterna 3–5. The species is similar to A. jurupari sp. nov., but can be distinguished by the punctate vertex and mesoscutum.

Material examined

Holotype BRAZIL • 1 ♂; Minas Gerais, Caxambu ; MZSP 2533 .

Other material

BRAZIL – Minas Gerais • 1 ♂; “DZUP\568673” “ Ouro Preto \ MG– Brasil 25/01/86 \ Melo, Soares, Morato ”; DZUP 568673 .

Figures

Fig. 10. Geographic records map. A. Austrosphecodes asmodeus sp. nov., A. balrog sp. nov., A. brasiliensis (Schrottky, 1910). B. A. cerberus sp. nov., A gorgon sp. nov., A. inornatus (Schrottky, 1902). C. A. jurupari sp. nov., A. krampus sp. nov., A. lucifer sp. nov. D. A. minarum (Schrottky, 1910), A. orcus sp. nov., A. tartarus sp. nov.