Augochlora (Oxystoglossella) mendax Lepeco and Gonçalves, 2020

Lepeco, Anderson & Gonçalves, Rodrigo Barbosa, 2023, A review of Augochlora (Oxystoglossella) bees from South America: unexpected Amazonian diversity and assessment of vulnerable species, Journal of Natural History (Oxford, England) 57 (9 - 12), pp. 608-664 : 637-638

Augochlora (Oxystoglossella) mendax Lepeco and Gonçalves, 2020

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Augochlora (Oxystoglossella) mendax Lepeco and Gonçalves, 2020 . Holotype female (DZUP) from Brazil, Mato Grosso, Serra do Roncador. Examined.

Diagnosis

Augochlora mendax females have a tuberculate S1 and males have S4 with a tuft of thick setae on medioapical margin ( A. mendax species group). Females are green (not dark green) with metapostnotum not entirely carinate-rugulose, being similar to A. modica , but can be separated by the metapostnotum mostly rugose with lateral ornamentation forming semicircular carinae and posterior surface microreticulate medially. Male hind basitarsus is slightly narrowed apically and S5 strongly depressed transversally on median surface, and from other species it can be separated by the metapostnotum entirely carinate-rugose combined with green integument.

Distribution

Brazil (Goiás, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Paraná, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo).

Examined material

Supplemental material.

Figures

Figure 13. Map of distribution records for Oxystoglossella of the A. aurinasis and A. modica species groups: (A) A. almeidai, A. aurinasis and A. meloi sp. nov.; (B) A. eucnemis, A. lamellata sp. nov., A. mineira sp. nov. and A. rightmyerae; (C) A. mendax and A. modica; (D) A. simplex sp. nov. and A. tenax.