Euaspis Gerstaecker, 1858

Nalinrachatakan, Pakorn, Ascher, John S., Kasparek, Max, Traiyasut, Prapun, Thanoosing, Chawatat & Warrit, Natapot, 2023, A review of the anthidiine bees (Apoidea, Megachilidae) in Thailand, ZooKeys 1186, pp. 235-284 : 235

Euaspis Gerstaecker, 1858

Euaspis Gerstaecker, 1858: 460. Type species: Thynnus abdominalis Fabricius, 1793, by original designation.

Dilobopeltis Fairmaire, 1858: 266. Type species: Dilobopeltis fuscipennis Fairmaire, 1858 = Thynnus abdominalis Fabricius, 1793, by original designation.

Parevaspis Ritsema, 1874: 71. Type species: Parevaspis basalis Ritsema, 1874, by designation of Sandhouse 1943: 585.

Note.

As a cleptoparasitic bee, Euaspis has a distinct median longitudinal carina (Fig. 9B ), juxta-antennal carina, and often comes with reddish metasoma. Baker (1995) revised the Asiatic species and Tran et al. (2016) noted and discussed three species from Vietnam. Additional material is still crucially required to prove and justify some problematic species in this genus.

Figures

Figure 9. Females of Euaspis aequicarinata Pasteels, 1980 (BSRU-AB- 4120) A mesosoma including the scutellum B face C, E S 6 D lateral habitus. Scale bars: 2 mm (D); 1 mm (A-C, E).