Megommation Moure, 1943

Gonçalves, Rodrigo B. & Santos, Leandro M., 2010, Notes and new species of the halictine genus Megommation Moure (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Augochlorini), Zootaxa 2685, pp. 57-64 : 58

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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6197186
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scientific name	Megommation Moure, 1943
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Megommation Moure, 1943 View in CoL

( Figs. 1–7 View FIGURES 1 – 3 View FIGURES 4 – 6 View FIGURE 7 )

Megommation Moure, 1943 View in CoL . Type species Halictus insignis Smith, 1853 by monotypy.

Diagnosis (comparative to other Augochlorini genera). Prementum greatly elongate, more than seven times longer than wide; ocelli greatly enlarged, distance between lateral ocellus and compound eye less than one ocellus diameter; pronotal lobes not angled or carinate; basal area of metapostnotum not striate; inner hind tibial spur pectinate, but with short branches; outer surface of metatibia with patch of black setae.

References

Moure, J. S. (1943) Notas sobre abelhas da colecao Zikan (Hym. Apoidea). Revista de Entomologia, 14 (3), 447 - 484.

Smith, F. (1853) Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part I. Andrenidae and Apidae. British Museum, London, 1 - 198 pp.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 3. Megommation amazonicum n. sp., holotype female (1) lateral habitus; (2) frontal view of the head; (3) antero-posterior view of the head.

FIGURES 4 – 6. Megommation insigne, types of Megalopta (Megaloptella) ipomoeae Schrottky, 1912. (4) Paralectotype female, lateral habitus; (5) paralectotype female, frontal view of the head; (6) lectotype male, frontal view of the head. Figures 5 and 6 to same scale.