Duckeanthidium, a genus new to Central America, with generic synonymy and a new species (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae)
Duckeanthidium, a genus new to Central America, with generic synonymy and a new species (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae)
Michener, C.D.
Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 75(4): 233-240
2002
ISSN/ISBN: 0022-8567
DOI: 10.2307/25481782
Duckeanthidium, a genus of large anthidiine bees hitherto known only from the Amazon valley, is here reported from Costa Rica and French Guiana. Atropium, supposedly an African genus, is neotropical and a junior synonym of Duckeanthidium; its type species, A. atropos (Smith), is a new combination in Duckeanthidium and a senior synonym of D. megachiliforme (Ducke), the type species of Duckeanthidium. A new species, D. thielei, is described from Costa Rica and compared with D. atropos.