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Biodiversity Institute & Natural History Museum: Recent submissions
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The bee genus Ischnomelissa in Peru, with a key to the species (Hymenoptera: Halictidae)
(University of Kansas, 2013-11-14)A new species of the rare augochlorine bee genus Ischnomelissa Engel (Augochlorini: Augochlorina) is described and figured from cloud forests of the Abra Patricia Reserve, Amazonas, Peru. Ischnomelissa lignopteryx Engel, ... -
Extreme adaptations for aquatic ectoparasitism in a Jurassic fly larva
(eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd, 2014-06-24)The reconstruction of ancient insect ectoparasitism is challenging, mostly because of the extreme scarcity of fossils with obvious ectoparasitic features such as sucking-piercing mouthparts and specialized attachment organs. ... -
Revision of the cleptoparasitic bee genus Cleptommation (Hymenoptera: Halictidae)
(University of Kansas, 2013-11-04)The cleptoparasitic bee genus Cleptommation Engel, Brooks, & Yanega, new status (Halictinae: Augochlorini), is revised. In addition to the type species, Cleptommation minutum (Friese), new combination, the following new ... -
Revision of the bee genus Chlerogella (Hymenoptera: Halictidae), Part III: New records and a new species from Peru
(University of Kansas, 2013-05-03)A distinctive new species of the bee genus Chlerogella Michener (Halictinae: Augochlorini) is described and figured from central Peru (Santuario Nacional Pampa Hermosa). Chlerogella mabelae Engel, new species, is quite ... -
Observations on the urban ecology of the Neotropical stingless bee Tetragonisca angustula (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini)
(University of Kansas, 2013-07-29)Tetragonisca angustula (Latreille) is a small, docile, cavity-nestingstingless bee that is widely distributed in the Neotropical region. This speciesis particularly abundant in disturbed environments, including humansettlements. ... -
Incasarus garciai, a new genus and species of panurgine bees from the Peruvian Andes (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae)
(University of Kansas, 2013-05-03)Incasarus garciai Gonzalez, Rasmussen, & Engel, a new genus and species of protandrenine bees (Andrenidae: Panurginae), is described and figured from a male collected in Ayacucho, Peru. Incasarus superficially resembles ... -
In memoriam: Wallace Edmund LaBerge (1927-2013)
(University of Kansas, 2013-09-09)A brief account of the life and career of Wallace Edmund LaBerge (1927–2013) is presented along with a compilation of his publications and taxa proposed. In total 326 publications and 1 family-group, 46 genus-group, and ... -
Bees visiting squash (Cucurbita moschata Duchesne ex Poiret) in southwestern Colombia (Hymenoptera: Apoidea)
(University of Kansas, 2013-10-07)This note records for the first time 12 bee species belonging to eight genera of Apidae and Halictidae as visitors of cultivated squash (Cucurbita moschata Duchesne ex Poiret: Cucurbitaceae) in the municipality of El Patía, ... -
A new species of the allodapine bee genus Braunsapis from the Central African Republic (Hymenoptera: Apidae)
(University of Kansas, 2013-10-29)A new species of the allodapine bee genus Braunsapis Michener (Allodapini: Allodapina) is described and figured from a series of females collected in the Central African Republic. Braunsapis maxschwarzi Engel, new species, ... -
A new species of Microsphecodes from Peru, with notes on the classification of the genus (Hymenoptera: Halictidae)
(University of Kansas, 2013-10-19)A new species of the cleptoparasitic bee genus Microsphecodes Eickwort & Stage (Halictinae: Halictini) is described and figured from Amazonian Peru. Microsphecodes stenochorus Engel, new species, is closest to M. kathleenae ... -
A new species of Chiasmognathus from Kazakhstan (Hymenoptera: Apidae)
(University of Kansas, 2013-05-07)A new species of the ammobatine bee genus Chiasmognathus Engel (Nomadinae: Ammobatini) is described and figured from near Almaty, Kazakhstan. Chiasmognathus scythicus Engel & Packer, new species, is superficially similar ... -
A minute stingless bee in Eocene Fushan amber from northeastern China (Hymenoptera: Apidae)
(University of Kansas, 2013-07-29)The first fossil bee in Eocene amber of the Fushan Coalfield, Liaoning, China is described and figured. Exebotrigona velteni Engel & Michener, new genus and species (Apinae: Meliponini) is based on a stingless bee worker ... -
A male of the bee genus Agapostemon in Dominican amber (Hymenoptera: Halictidae)
(University of Kansas, 2013-09-04)The first fossil species of the caenohalictine bee genus Agapostemon Guérin-Méneville (Halictinae: Caenohalictini:Agapostemonina) is described and figured from a single male preserved in EarlyMiocene (Burdigalian) amber ... -
First record of Chiasmognathus from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (Hymenoptera, Apidae)
(Pensoft Publishers, 2013-10-25)The cleptoparasitic bee genus Chiasmognathus Engel (Nomadinae: Ammobatini) is recorded from Saudi Arabia for the first time. Chiasmognathus nearchus Engel was previously known from specimens collected in the United Arab ... -
Mesozoic giant fleas from northeastern China (Siphonaptera): Taxonomy and implications for palaeodiversity
(SpringerOpen, 2013-05)The recently discovered definite giant fleas from the Middle Jurassic Daohugou fauna and the Early Cretaceous Jehol fauna of northeastern China represent significant evidence for understanding ectoparasitism in the Mesozoic ... -
A new trap-jawed ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Haidomyrmecini) from Canadian Late Cretaceous amber
(Cambridge University Press, 2013-05-15)A new genus and species are described within the extinct tribe Haidomyrmecini, and tentatively placed within the subfamily Sphecomyrminae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Haidoterminus cippus new genus and species expands the ... -
Wasp mimicry among Palaeocene reduviid bug from Svalbard
(Polska Akademia Nauk, Instytut Paleobiologii, 2013)The enigmatic Svalbard Palaeocene fossil taxon Hymenopterites deperditus is revised, and is neither a wasp nor a plant seed, but turns out to be a bug hemelytra corresponding to the oldest described reduviid bug. It can ... -
A termite from the Late Oligocene of northern Ethiopia
(Polska Akademia Nauk, Instytut Paleobiologii, 2013)Termites of the family Stolotermitidae are a relict lineage of primitive Isoptera. The fossil record of Stolotermitidae is exceptionally poor, with only two Miocene (Neogene) species documented to date. Herein, a new genus ... -
A new genus of nemonychid weevil from Burmese amber (Coleoptera, Curculionoidea)
(Pensoft Publishing, 2014-04-28)The first fossil nemonychid (Nemonychidae) in Burmese amber, belonging to the subfamily Rhinorhynchinae, is described and figured as Burmonyx zigrasi Davis & Engel, gen. n. and sp. n. While this specimen also comprises the ... -
A new interpretation of the bee fossil Melitta willardi Cockerell (Hymenoptera, Melittidae) based on geometric morphometrics of the wing
(Pensoft Publishers, 2014-03-14)Although bees are one of the major lineages of pollinators and are today quite diverse, few well-preserved fossils are available from which to establish the tempo of their diversification/extinction since the Early Cretaceous. ...