Trichocerapis Cockerell, 1904

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Genus Trichocerapis Cockerell

Males of Trichocerapis are very distinctive, they have the eighth to tenth flagellomeres filiform and the eleventh one broad, flat and black, while females are characterized by the short apical spine on the fore coxa and the clypeus with two distinct carinae diverging below ( Fig. 2A ) ( Urban, 1989b; Michener, 2007). The genus Trichocerapis includes four South American species, which were treated by Urban (1989b), who provides a key to differentiate the species.

Figures

Figure 2. (A, B) Trichocerapis mirabilis (Smith) female. (C, D) Hylaeus bertonii (Schrottky) female.(E, F) Hy. paradoxus (Schrottky) female.(G, H) Hy.polybiaeformis (Schrottky) female.A,G = head in frontal view.B, D,F,H = lateral view.C,E = mesoscutum in dorsal view.Scale bars:1 mm.