A synopsis of the bee genus Palaeorhiza Perkins Hymenoptera, Colletidae of New Guinea Part 7 Subgenus Cercorhiza
Hirashima, Y.
Journal of the Faculty of Agriculture Kyushu University 26(2-3): 87-109
1982
ISSN/ISBN: 0023-6152
Accession: 037724070
The new subgenus CERCORHIZA is proposed for 11 Palaeorhiza spp. of New Guinea and Solomon Islands, and subdivided into 2 species groups. Eight new species, P. chimbuensis, P. nigrescens, P. terrestris, P. anthracina, P. melanosoma, P. dorsalis, P. sanguinea and P. pulchella, are described. P. terrestris is a ground-nesting species. The visiting habits of P. sanguinea and P. pulchella to Evodia are noted.