Trichocerapis mirabilis (Smith, 1865)

Alvarez, Leopoldo Jesús, Ramello, Pablo José, Avalos, Adan Alberto, Almada, Valentín, Aguirre, Marina Soledad, Torretta, Juan Pablo & Lucia, Mariano, 2024, Contributions to the wild bee fauna in Argentina (Hymenoptera: Anthophila), Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 64, pp. 1-13 : 4

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11606/1807-0205/2024.64.006
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10943028
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scientific name	Trichocerapis mirabilis (Smith, 1865)
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Trichocerapis mirabilis (Smith, 1865) View in CoL ( Figs. 2A, B View Figure 2 and 5 View Figure 5 )

Material examined (1♀): 1♀, Argentina, Misiones,Parque Nacional Iguazú, 18/XI/2008, Col. Zamudio, Colleselli & Gómez de Oliveira // Limite, Red Mañana, T 3-M1 //.

Distribution: Brazil: Espírito Santo, Minas Gerais, Paraná, Rio de Janeiro, Santa Catarina, São Paulo. Paraguay ( Urban, 1989b). Argentina: Misiones. New record.

Remarks: This is the first record of genus and species from Argentina. The female of T. mirabilis can be recognized by the yellow-fulvous pubescence of the mesoscutum and scutellum, and the hind basitarsus without a tuft of white setae ( Fig. 2B View Figure 2 ) ( Urban, 1989b).