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Biodiversity Institute & Natural History Museum Scholarly Works: Recent submissions
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A new species of the bee genus Ctenoplectrella in middle Eocene Baltic amber (Hymenoptera, Megachilidae)
(Pensoft Publishers, 2011-06-22)A new species of the extinct bee genus Ctenoplectrella Cockerell (Megachilinae: Ctenoplectrellini) is described and figured from two females preserved in middle Eocene (Lutetian) Baltic amber. Ctenoplectrella phaeton sp. ... -
Family-group names for termites (Isoptera), redux
(Pensoft Publishers, 2011-11-21)Forty-eight family-group names are identified for insects among the Isoptera (termites), representing a nearly 19% increase since the last compilation less than 10 years ago. Accordingly, these names are newly catalogued, ... -
Unraveling the Phylogenetic Relationships of the Eccoptochilinae, an Enigmatic Array of Ordovician Cheirurid Trilobites
(Public Library of Science, 2012-11-16)The Cheiruridae are a diverse group of trilobites and several subfamilies within the clade have been the focus of recent phylogenetic studies. This paper focuses on the relationships of one of those subfamilies, the ... -
A new species of Chilicola from Bahia, Brazil (Hymenoptera, Colletidae), with a key to the species of the megalostigma group
(Pensoft Publishers, 2011-12-09)The bee genus Chilicola Spinola (Xeromelissinae) is recorded from the State of Bahia, Brazil for the first time, based on a new species of the megalostigma group of the subgenus Hylaeosoma Ashmead. Chilicola (Hylaeosoma) ... -
A new species of Microsphecodes from Jamaica (Hymenoptera, Halictidae)
(Pensoft Publishers, 2011-06-22)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 ... -
A New Species of Dialictus from Sombrero Island, Anguilla (Hymenoptera, Halictidae)
(Pensoft Publishers, 2011-03-19)A new species of Lasioglossum Curtis subgenus Dialictus Robertson (Halictinae, Halictini) is described and figured from a series of female and males collected on Sombrero Island, Anguilla; the northernmost island of the ... -
Euglossa williamsi, a new species of orchid bee from the Amazon Basin of Ecuador and Peru, with notes on its taxonomic association and biogeography (Hymenoptera, Apidae)
(Pensoft Publishers, 2011-12-23)Euglossa williamsi sp. n. is here described from the lowland Amazonian region in Ecuador and Peru, and as part of a small species assemblage within Euglossa consisting of E. dodsoni Moure and E. obtusa Dressler. An ... -
Euglossa obrima, a new species of orchid bee from Mesoamerica, with notes on the subgenus Dasystilbe Dressler (Hymenoptera, Apidae)
(Pensoft Publishers, 2011-10-05)A new species of the orchid bee subgenus Dasystilbe Dressler (Euglossini: Euglossa Latreille) is described and figured from a series of males and females collected broadly in Mesoamerica. Euglossa (Dasystilbe) obrima, sp. ... -
Andinopanurgus, a new Andean subgenus of Protandrena (Hymenoptera, Andrenidae)
(Pensoft Publishers, 2011-09-02)A new subgenus of Protandrena Cockerell (Panurginae: Protandrenini) from South America, Andinopanurgus Gonzalez & Engel, subgen. n., is described and figured for distinctive species of the genus occurring at mid- and high ... -
Alocanthedon, a new subgenus of Chalicodoma from Southeast Asia (Hymenoptera, Megachilidae)
(Pensoft Publishers, 2011-05-31)A new subgenus, Alocanthedon Engel and Gonzalez subg. n., is described for five species of unusual Southeast Asian bees in the genus Chalicodoma Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau (Megachilinae: Megachilini). The subgenus is most ... -
A new family of Coreoidea from the Lower Cretaceous Lebanese amber (Hemiptera: Pentatomomorpha)
(Versita - Walter de Gruyter, 2011-12-31)A new genus and species, Yuripopovina magnifica, belonging to a new coreoid family, Yuripopovinidae (Hemiptera: Pentatomomorpha), is described and illustrated from the Lower Cretaceous amber of Lebanon. The species represents ... -
Two new species of Euglossa from South America, with notes on their taxonomic affinities (Hymenoptera, Apidae)
(Pensoft Publishers, 2012-09-13)Two new species of the genus Euglossa Latreille, subgenus Glossurella Dressler are here presented. Euglossa (Glossurella) embera sp. n., from the Pacific lowlands of Colombia, and E. (G.) adiastola sp. n., from the Atlantic ... -
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 ...