TY - JOUR
T1 - Taxonomic revision of the aequata-group of the subgenus Eucera s. str. (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Eucerini)
AU - Dorchin, Achik
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2019 Magnolia Press.
PY - 2019/8/9
Y1 - 2019/8/9
N2 - The aequata-group of the subgenus Eucera s. str. Scopoli from the Eastern Mediterranean region, Bulgaria, and Iran is described, and the three species included are revised. The little-known E. aequata Vachal 1907 known from Turkey, Cyprus, Syria and Israel, is redescribed and a Lectotype is designated. Two species are described as new: E. dafnii sp. nov. from Iran, Israel, Syria, Turkey, Bulgaria, and Greece, and E. wattsi sp. nov. from Israel and Lebanon. An identification key is provided, and natural history information including assessment of preferred pollen host plants is presented.
AB - The aequata-group of the subgenus Eucera s. str. Scopoli from the Eastern Mediterranean region, Bulgaria, and Iran is described, and the three species included are revised. The little-known E. aequata Vachal 1907 known from Turkey, Cyprus, Syria and Israel, is redescribed and a Lectotype is designated. Two species are described as new: E. dafnii sp. nov. from Iran, Israel, Syria, Turkey, Bulgaria, and Greece, and E. wattsi sp. nov. from Israel and Lebanon. An identification key is provided, and natural history information including assessment of preferred pollen host plants is presented.
KW - Apiformes
KW - Longhorn bees
KW - Mediterranean
KW - Middle East
KW - Nesting biology
KW - Palaearctic
KW - Pollen host
KW - Pontic
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U2 - 10.11646/zootaxa.4652.3.3
DO - 10.11646/zootaxa.4652.3.3
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C2 - 31716855
AN - SCOPUS:85070601612
SN - 1175-5326
VL - 4652
SP - 457
EP - 472
JO - Zootaxa
JF - Zootaxa
IS - 3
ER -