Augochlora (Oxystoglossella) cymatoides ( Vachal, 1911 )

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Augochlora (Oxystoglossella) cymatoides ( Vachal, 1911)

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Halictus cymatoides Vachal, 1911 , lectotype female (MNHP) from Peru, Cuzco. Designation by Moure and Hurd (1987). Examined through photographs.

Diagnosis

Female of this species have the mesepisternum anterior to mesepisternal groove mostly covered with coarse rugae and gena and post-gena striate, resembling other species from A. morrae subgroup. Augochlora cymatoides is distinguished among South American Oxystoglossella by having the hypostomal carina strongly lamellate, translucent, thicker than 0.7× OD, without distinct prominence anteriorly.

Comments

As we only know the species from photographs of the female holotype, a detailed redescription can not be provided here.

Distribution

Peru (Cuzco).

Figures

Figure 3. The holotype female of Halictus cymatoides Vachal, 1911. (A) dorsal view, arrow: lamellate hypostomal carina; (B) frontalview of head; (C) dorsal view of metasoma; (D) labels. Scale bar: 1.0 mm

Figure 14. Map of distribution records for Oxystoglossella of the A. morrae and A. iphigenia species groups: (A) A. antonita, A. morrae, A. obidensis sp. nov. and A. thalia; (B) A. brevipilosa sp. nov., A. cymatoides, A. erubescens and A. laevinota sp. nov.; (C) A. iphigenia, A. matucanensis and A. phoenicis.