Gaesischia (Gaesischia) nigra Moure, 1968

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

Gaesischia (Gaesischia) nigra Moure, 1968 ( Figs. 1 H-J and 5)

Material examined (1♀): 1♀, Argentina,Misiones,Parque Nacional Iguazú, Estación Garganta, 24/I/2018, Col. Alvarez, Avalos & Almada.

Distribution: Brazil: Espírito Santo, Minas Gerais, Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo. Paraguay ( Urban, 1968, 1989a). Argentina: Misiones. New record.

Remarks: Of the other Argentine species of genus, G. nigra is easily distinguished by the abundant black pubescence on the mesosoma and metasoma ( Fig. 1I, J ) and the reduced spine of the fore coxa ( Urban, 1968).

Figures

Figure 1. (A-D) Callonychium (Callonychium) petuniaeCure &Wittmann male.(E-G) Melitoma danunciae Oliveira & Engel female.(H-J) Gaesischia (Gaesischia) nigra Moure female.A,E, H = head in frontal view.B,G,J = lateral view.B,C = S3 and T7.f = basitial plate.i = metasoma indorsal view.Scale bars:1 mm.