Cleptommation, Engel, Brooks, & Yanega, 2013

Engel, Michael S., 2013, Revision of the cleptoparasitic bee genus Cleptommation (Hymenoptera: Halictidae), Journal of Melittology 2013 (22), pp. 1-26 : 23-24

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.17161/jom.v0i22.4608

publication LSID

urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:842C4C85-3261-41BC-B9F4-3A069C832BB0

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13736980

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/1269837C-3D10-FFDC-2B8D-FC673ED1FE77

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scientific name

Cleptommation
status

new status

Key to species of Cleptommation

Known distributions are summarized in the couplets but are not meant as diagnostic for identification. Females are unknown for C. tupaqi .

1. Males ........................................................................................................................... 2

—. Females ........................................................................................................................ 5

2(1). Metasoma almost entirely yellow, frequently with brownish apical margins to segments, and propodeum entirely yellow ( Figs. 36, 37 View Figures 36–38 ) ( Panama, Costa Rica) ..................................................................................... C. chibchani Engel , n. sp.

—. Metasoma largely dark brown to light brown ( Figs. 3, 4 View Figures 3–4 , 20 View Figures 20–22 , 27, 28 View Figures 27–29 ), or, if as above, then propodeum brown with metallic green highlights ( Figs. 13, 15 View Figures 13–15 ) .... 3

3(2). Mesepisternum largely or entirely dark brown with strong metallic green highlights ( Fig. 3 View Figures 3–4 , 13 View Figures 13–15 ); apical process of sternum VII more broad and blunt along apex ( Figs. 6 View Figures 5–9 , 16 View Figures 16–19 ) .......................................................................................................... 4

—. Mesepisternum entirely yellow to amber colored ( Fig. 20 View Figures 20–22 ) [sometimes yellowish or reddish brown in older, faded specimens ( Fig. 27 View Figures 27–29 )]; apical process of sternum VII more acute, triangular ( Fig. 23 View Figures 23–26 ) (Amazon Basin, Guiana Shield) ..................... ........................................................................................................ C. minutum (Friese)

4(3). Metasomal terga largely yellow with brownish apical margins ( Figs. 13, 15 View Figures 13–15 ); terminalia as in figures 16–19 [note the broader and more pronounced process of the sterna; more rounded cephalad-inner angle of the ventral gonostylar process, straighter inner margin of the volsella, &c.] ( Ecuador) .... C. tupaqi Engel , n. sp.

—. Metasomal terga entirely brown to dark brown ( Figs. 1 View Figure 1 , 3, 4 View Figures 3–4 ), sometimes with yellow anteriorly on first metasomal tergum; terminalia as in figures 6–9 [note the less pronounced process of the sterna; more acutely angled cephalad-inner angle of the ventral gonostylar process, deeply concave inner margin of the volsella, &c.] ( Bolivia) ........................................................... C. bulivyense Engel , n. sp.

5(1). Mesoscutellum, metanotum, and propodeum not entirely metallic green in color, entirely or mostly amber to yellow in color, sometimes with medial areas of metallic green on mesoscutellum and metanotum ( Figs. 31 View Figures 30–32 , 34 View Figures 33–35 , 44 View Figures 43–45 ) ................. 6

—. Mesoscutellum, metanotum, and propodeum entirely metallic green in color, concolorous with mesoscutum ( Figs. 2 View Figure 2 , 11 View Figures 10–12 ) ( Bolivia) .... C. bulivyense Engel , n. sp.

6(5). Metasomal terga largely brown to dark brown ( Figs. 30, 31 View Figures 30–32 , 33, 34 View Figures 33–35 ) (Amazon Basin, Guiana Shield) ............................................................... C. minutum (Friese)

—. Metasomal terga largely amber to yellow ( Figs. 43, 44 View Figures 43–45 ) ( Panama, Costa Rica) ..... ................................................................................................ C. chibchani Engel , n. sp.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Halictidae

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