Augochlora (Augochlora) bractealis (Vachal, 1904), new combination

Lepeco, Anderson & Goncalves, Rodrigo Barbosa, 2022, Bayesian and parsimony phylogeny of Augochlora bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) based on morphology: insights for their biogeography and natural history, Arthropod Systematics & amp; Phylogeny 80, pp. 99-115 : 99

3.2.2. Augochlora (Augochlora) bractealis (Vachal, 1904), new combination

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. Examined through photographs. New synonym.

Comments.

Moure and Hurd (1987) designated the lectotype for Halictus pyrrhias and considered both names under Oxystoglossella , a decision followed by Moure (2007). We examined the photographs of the types from both names ( Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France) and the specimens belong to the A. hestia species group in Augochlora s. str. We also consider that the male and female are the same species proposing the synonymy for these names. As discussed herein, this species superficially resembles Oxystoglossella and shares labral modifications with that subgenus, what justified Moure and Hurd’s (1987) generic assignment.