New enigmatic Andean bee species of Protandrena (Hymenoptera, Andrenidae, Panurginae) Novas espécies de abelhas andinas do gênero Protandrena (Hymenoptera, Andrenidae, Panurginae)
Panurgine bees are diverse and abundant in temperate areas of the Americas but poorly represented to nearly absent in the tropics. We describe and illustrate five distinctive new species of the genus Protandrena that occur at high altitudes (2000-3400 m) in the Andes, from Venezuela to Ecuador. The...
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Sociedade Brasileira de Entomologia
2007-12-01
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0085-56262007000400001 |