Augochlora (Augochlora) bractealis ( Vachal, 1904 )

Lepeco, Anderson & Gonçalves, Rodrigo Barbosa, 2023, A review of Augochlora (Oxystoglossella) bees from South America: unexpected Amazonian diversity and assessment of vulnerable species, Journal of Natural History (Oxford, England) 57 (9 - 12), pp. 608-664 : 654

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2023.2195564
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8067121
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scientific name	Augochlora (Augochlora) bractealis ( Vachal, 1904 )
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Augochlora (Augochlora) bractealis ( Vachal, 1904) View in CoL

Halictus bractealis Vachal, 1904 . Holotype male (MNHP) from Peru, ′ Villanota ̍ [probably lapsus for Vilcanota, in Cuzco, Peru]. Examined through photographs.

Halictus pyrrhias Vachal, 1911 . Lectotype female (MNHP) from Peru, Marcapata; designated by Moure and Hurd (1987). Synonymy by Lepeco and Gonçalves (2022). Examined through photographs.

Halictus pinacis Vachal, 1911 . Holotype male (MNHP) from Peru, ′ Callanga ̍. Examined through photographs. New synonym.

Comments

The male holotype of Halictus pinacis has a ferruginous hind basitarsus, not yellow as in Oxystoglossella , and the head shape and body punctation agree with those of A. bractealis , recently transferred to Augochlora s. str. by Lepeco and Goncalves (2022). Vachal (1911, p. 50) separated H. pinaci s from H. bractealis based on T1 colouration, not entirely metallic on H. pinacis ; however, examining the holotypes images we suppose that this difference is due to particular specimen preservation, as seen in a series of other species, such as A. obidensis sp. nov.

References

Lepeco A, Goncalves RB. 2022. Bayesian and parsimony phylogeny of Augochlora bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) based on morphology: implications for taxonomy, biogeography, eusociality and nesting biology. Arthopod Syst Phylogeny. 80: 99 - 115. doi: 10.3897 / asp. 80. e 71943.

Moure JS, Hurd PD. 1987. An annotated catalog of the halictid bees of the western hemisphere (Hymenoptera: Halictidae). Washington DC: Smithsonian Institution Press; p. 405.

Vachal J. 1904. Etude sur les Halictus d ̍ Amerique (Hym.). Mis Entomol. 12: 113 - 128.

Vachal J. 1911. Etude sur les Halictus d ̍ Amerique (Hym.). Misc Entomol. 19: 9 - 24.