The North American bees of the genus Ptilothrix Cresson, 1878 (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Emphorini), with the description of two new species
Ptilothrix Cresson is a genus of New World bees with an amphitropical distribution. Like other genera in the tribe Emphorini, Ptilothrix have narrow pollen preferences. These solitary ground-nesting bees exhibit a remarkable nesting behavior in which females carry water from ponds to facilitate the...
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| description | Ptilothrix Cresson is a genus of New World bees with an amphitropical distribution. Like other genera in the tribe Emphorini, Ptilothrix have narrow pollen preferences. These solitary ground-nesting bees exhibit a remarkable nesting behavior in which females carry water from ponds to facilitate the excavation of the hard soil where they nest. With 16 described species, there are few taxonomic studies and, before this work, a lack of taxonomic treatments for the species in North America. Thus, in this study we revised and recognized four species for the region: Ptilothrix bombiformis Cresson, Ptilothrix sumichrasti Cresson, Ptilothrix chiricahua Florez-Gomez & Danforth, sp. nov. and Ptilothrix zacateca Florez-Gomez & Danforth, sp. nov. We describe and illustrate males and females of the two new species. We also present diagnoses for the four species, a key to identify them, and a map of their geographic distributions. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a0471e07c22c410b8961f2d4894675102023-02-26T09:11:07ZengPensoft PublishersJournal of Hymenoptera Research1314-26072023-02-019527529310.3897/jhr.95.9602596025The North American bees of the genus Ptilothrix Cresson, 1878 (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Emphorini), with the description of two new speciesNathalia Flórez-Gómez0Bryan Danforth1Cornell UniversityCornell UniversityPtilothrix Cresson is a genus of New World bees with an amphitropical distribution. Like other genera in the tribe Emphorini, Ptilothrix have narrow pollen preferences. These solitary ground-nesting bees exhibit a remarkable nesting behavior in which females carry water from ponds to facilitate the excavation of the hard soil where they nest. With 16 described species, there are few taxonomic studies and, before this work, a lack of taxonomic treatments for the species in North America. Thus, in this study we revised and recognized four species for the region: Ptilothrix bombiformis Cresson, Ptilothrix sumichrasti Cresson, Ptilothrix chiricahua Florez-Gomez & Danforth, sp. nov. and Ptilothrix zacateca Florez-Gomez & Danforth, sp. nov. We describe and illustrate males and females of the two new species. We also present diagnoses for the four species, a key to identify them, and a map of their geographic distributions.https://jhr.pensoft.net/article/96025/download/pdf/ |
| spellingShingle | Nathalia Flórez-Gómez Bryan Danforth The North American bees of the genus Ptilothrix Cresson, 1878 (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Emphorini), with the description of two new species Journal of Hymenoptera Research |
| title | The North American bees of the genus Ptilothrix Cresson, 1878 (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Emphorini), with the description of two new species |
| title_full | The North American bees of the genus Ptilothrix Cresson, 1878 (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Emphorini), with the description of two new species |
| title_fullStr | The North American bees of the genus Ptilothrix Cresson, 1878 (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Emphorini), with the description of two new species |
| title_full_unstemmed | The North American bees of the genus Ptilothrix Cresson, 1878 (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Emphorini), with the description of two new species |
| title_short | The North American bees of the genus Ptilothrix Cresson, 1878 (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Emphorini), with the description of two new species |
| title_sort | the north american bees of the genus ptilothrix cresson 1878 hymenoptera apidae emphorini with the description of two new species |
| url | https://jhr.pensoft.net/article/96025/download/pdf/ |
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