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Biodiversity Institute & Natural History Museum: Recent submissions
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Three new cryptic species of Euglossa from Brazil (Hymenoptera, Apidae)
(Pensoft Publishers, 2012-09-21)e new species of orchid bees are described and figured from the Amazon and Atlantic forests of Brazil. Euglossa clausi sp. n., E. moratoi sp. n., and E. pepei sp. n. are distinguished from their close congeners E. ... -
Snakefly diversity in Early Cretaceous amber from Spain (Neuropterida, Raphidioptera)
(Pensoft Publishers, 2012-06-26)The Albian amber from Spain presently harbors the greatest number and diversity of amber adult fossil snakeflies (Raphidioptera). Within Baissopteridae, Baissoptera? cretaceoelectra sp. n., from the Peñacerrada I outcrop ... -
A new Chlerogelloides from northeastern Brazil and French Guiana, with a key to the species (Hymenoptera, Halictidae)
(Pensoft Publishers, 2012-04-23)A third species of the rare augochlorine bee genus Chlerogelloides Engel et al. (Halictinae, Augochlorini) is described and figured. Chlerogelloides nexosa sp. n. is most similar to the type species, C. femoralis Engel et ... -
Bolivian Neocorynura (Hymenoptera: Halictidae): A new species and preliminary key to the fauna
(Brill Academic Publishers, 2012)A new species of the diverse and complicated augochlorine bee genus Neocorynura Schrottky (Augochlorini: Augochlorina) is described and figured. Neocorynura faceta sp. n. is described and figured from the Andes of Bolivia ... -
Sambia succinica, a crown group tenthredinid from Eocene Baltic amber (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae)
(Brill Academic Publishers, 2012-12-17)Sambia succinica gen. et sp.n. from Eocene Baltic amber is described and illustrated. It is apparently the first amber fossil that can be definitively assigned to Tenthredininae. It displays two diagnostic forewing characters ... -
A Unique Box in 28S rRNA Is Shared by the Enigmatic Insect Order Zoraptera and Dictyoptera
(Public Library of Science, 2013-01-03)The position of the Zoraptera remains one of the most challenging and uncertain concerns in ordinal-level phylogenies of the insects. Zoraptera have been viewed as having a close relationship with five different groups of ... -
Taxonomic and biological notes on Andinopanurgus (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae)
(University of Kansas, 2013-01-12)Additional taxonomical and biological information on Andinopanurgus Gonzalez & Engel, a recently described subgenus of Protandrena Cockerell occurring at mid- and high elevations (1100–3400 m) in the Andes from Venezuela ... -
Maria Guiomar Nates-Parra: biographical sketch and summary of contributions to the melittological knowledge of Colombia
(University of Kansas, 2013-02-26)A brief account of some aspects of the academic career of Maria Guiomar Nates-Parra, a Colombian bee biologist who pioneered melittological research in her country, is presented here as a small tribute on the occasion of ... -
Introducing the Journal of Melittology: An outlet for disseminating bee research and raising melittological awareness
(University of Kansas, 2013-01-11)A new journal is introduced, the focus of which is to disseminate the results of research on wild and managed bees, to raise public awareness of bees, and to promote and facilitate international communication and collaboration. -
Aristotle's Historia Animalium and Apis reproduction
(The University of Kansas, 2013-02-18)The details of observations and accounts recorded in Aristotle’s Historia Animalium have been cataloged by scholars for decades. The degree to which his interpretations and accounts are accurate and demonstrate an actual ... -
Species status and new distribution records for Lithurgus huberi Ducke (Hymenoptera, Megachilidae, Lithurginae)”
(Pensoft Publishers, 2013-01-30)Notes are provided on the morphology of males and females of the enigmatic Lithurgus huberi Ducke (Lithurginae: Lithurgini), a species historically believed to have been introduced into South America from Asia and to be a ... -
New, primitive termites (Isoptera) from Early Cretaceous ambers of France and Lebanon
(Staatliches Museum fur Naturkunde Stuttgart, 2011-12-30)Three new genera and species of primitive termites (Isoptera) are described and figured from Early Cretaceous French and Lebanese ambers: Santonitermes chloeae ENGEL, NEL & PERRICHOT, n. gen., n. sp., from an imago preserved ... -
The earliest earwigs in amber (Dermaptera): A new genus and species from the Early Cretaceous of Lebanon
(Brill Academic Publishers, 2011-07-01)Rhadinolabis phoenicica Engel, Ortega-Blanco & Azar gen. et sp.n. is described and figured from two female earwigs preserved in Early Cretaceous amber from Lebanon, representing the oldest Dermaptera in amber. In addition ... -
Serphitid wasps in Cretaceous amber from New Jersey (Hymenoptera: Serphitidae)
(Brill Academic Publishers, 2011-07-01)Species of the extinct, parasitoid wasp family Serphitidae (Proctotrupomorpha: Bipetiolarida: Serphitoidea), occurring in Cretaceous (Turonian) amber from New Jersey, are reviewed. Two species, both new, are described and ... -
A new species of Diochus from Baltic amber (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Diochini)
(Pensoft Publishers, 2011-10-19)The first fossil of the staphylinine tribe Diochini Casey is described and figured from an inclusion in mid-Eocene (Lutetian) Baltic amber. Diochus electrus sp. n. is distinguished from its congeners and the diversity of ... -
On the Origin of Pantepui montane biotas: A Perspective Based on the Phylogeny of Aulacorhynchus toucanets
(Public Library of Science, 2013-06-26)To understand the origin of Pantepui montane biotas, we studied the biogeography of toucanets in the genus Aulacorhynchus. These birds are ideal for analyzing historical relationships among Neotropical montane regions, ... -
An Ancient Origin for the Enigmatic Flat-Headed Frogs (Bombinatoridae: Barbourula) from the Islands of Southeast Asia
(Public Library of Science, 2010-08-09)Background The complex history of Southeast Asian islands has long been of interest to biogeographers. Dispersal and vicariance events in the Pleistocene have received the most attention, though recent studies suggest ... -
The apid cuckoo bees of the Cape Verde Islands (Hymenoptera, Apidae)
(2012-11-26)The apid cuckoo bees of the Cape Verde Islands (Republic of Cape Verde) are reviewed and five species recognized, representing two genera. The ammobatine genus Chiasmognathus Engel (Nomadinae: Ammobatini), a specialized ... -
The melectine bee genera Brachymelecta and Sinomelecta (Hymenoptera, Apidae).
(Pensoft, 2012-11-26)The enigmatic, cleptoparasitic bee genera Brachymelecta Linsley and Sinomelecta Baker (Apinae: Melectini) are redescribed, each represented by a single species which has not been reencountered since capture of the type ... -
A new species of Chalicodoma from Saudi Arabia with modified facial setae (Hymenoptera, Megachilidae)
(2012-06-25)Some bees and pollen wasps have independently evolved simple, stiff, erect, apically-curved, curly or hooked facial setae as adaptations to collect pollen from nototribic flowers. A distinctive new species of Chalicodoma ...