A new species of Microsphecodes from Jamaica (Hymenoptera, Halictidae).

Authors :: Engel, Michael S.
Source :: ZooKeys. 6/22/2011, Vol. 111, p33-40. 8p. 2 Color Photographs, 1 Diagram, 1 Chart.
Publication Year :: 2011
Abstract: A new species of the cleptoparasitic bee genus Microsphecodes Eickwort and Stage (Halictinae: Halictini) is described and figured from a male and female collected in Jamaica. Microsphecodes xaymacensis Engel, sp. n., is distinguished from its congeners on the basis of integumental coloration and sculpturing, and form of the male pygidial plate and genitalia. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]