Engel, Engel & Herhold & Davis & Wang & Thomas, 2021

Engel, Michael S., Herhold, Hollister W., Davis, Steven R., Wang, Bo & Thomas, Jennifer C., 2021, Stingless bees in Miocene amber of southeastern China (Hymenoptera: Apidae), Journal of Melittology 2021 (105), pp. 1-83 : 74

Chapadapis Engel , new subgenus

ZooBank: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:1D3425ED-2F27-4092-9AD4-34CBA7BDD2DB

TYPE SPECIES: Schwarziana chapadensis Melo, 2015 .

DIAGNOSIS: This subgenus includes a single species that generally resembles those species of Schwarziana s.str., but can be distinguished by the longer malar space, which is about as long as the flagellar diameter, and by the sparser and shorter mesepisternal setae, which are shorter than the protibial width (Melo, 2015). Like Schwarziana s.str., Chapadapis lacks metallic reflections and has a generally mate mesoscutum, with indistinct punctures and a microreticulate integumental sculpture. The subgenus is currently endemic to Chapada dos Veadeiros of Goiás, Brazil.

ETYMOLOGY: The new subgeneric name is a combination of chapada, referring to the plateaus of the Brazilian Highlands, in reference to the Chapada dos Veadeiros, and apis (Latin, meaning, “bee”). The gender of the name is feminine.