Bothranthidium lauroi Moure, 1947

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 : 11

Bothranthidium lauroi Moure, 1947 ( Figs. 4H, I and 5 )

Material examined (6♀♀): 1♀, Argentina, Misiones, Parque Nacional Iguazú, 18/XI/2008, Col. Zamudio, Colleselli & Gómez de Oliveira // Límite, Van-Pesc., T 1-E1 //. 2♀♀, Argentina, Misiones, Parque Nacional Iguazú, 12/

XII/2008, Col. Zamudio, Colleselli & Gómez de Oliveira // Límite, Van-Pesc., T 2-E1 //. 1♀, Argentina, Misiones, Parque Nacional Iguazú, 17/XII/2008, Col. Zamudio, Colleselli & Gómez de Oliveira // Palmital,Van-Pesc., T 1-E2 //. 1♀, Argentina, Misiones, Parque Nacional Iguazú, 13/ II/2009, Col. Zamudio, Colleselli & Gómez de Oliveira // Palmital,Red-Tarde, T 1 //. 1♀, Argentina,Misiones,Parque Nacional Iguazú, Rta. 101, 09/XII/2017, Col. L. Alvarez – P. Ramello // Recolectada con vainillin, Sitio 5, (-25°42′22.2″, -54°21′41.7″), dosel 12 m //.

Distribution: Brazil: Espírito Santo, Minas Gerais, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, São Paulo, Paraná, Santa Catarina. Bolivia: Santa Cruz. Paraguay:San Estanislao. Perú: San Martín ( Urban,2004). Argentina: Misiones. New record.

Remarks: Individuals of this species were collected using Van Someren traps baited with rotten fish and one female was collected in an euglossine trap baited with vanillin.

Figures

Figure 4. (A,B)PseudaugochloracallainaAlmeidafemale.(C,D)RhectomiacatarinaGonçalvesfemale.(E-G)Thectochlora hamataGonçalves&Melo female.(H,I)Bothranthidium lauroi Moure female.A, C,E,H = head infrontal view.B, G,I = lateral view.D = mesoscutumin dorsal view.F = foreleg trochanter.Scale bars:1 mm.

Figure 5. Georeferenced new records of bee species for Argentina.The Ecoregions corresponding to each record are presented. Symbols represent localities with more than one new record:Star = Parque Nacional Iguazú;Plus = M.Belgrano;Diamond = Loreto;Triangle = PuebloLiebig.