Nanopasiphae Engel, 2022

Engel, Michael S. & Gonzalez, Victor H., 2022, A new bee genus from the pampas of eastern Argentina, with appended notes on the classification of “ paracolletines ” (Hymenoptera: Colletidae), Journal of Melittology 2022 (109), pp. 1-39 : 23

Nanopasiphae Engel , new genus

ZooBank: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:131BC09C-D740-4F41-B6D9-7B1809C6F58B

TYPE SPECIES: Leioproctus (Perditomorpha) inconspicuus Michener, 1989 .

DIAGNOSIS: This genus resembles Perditomorpha in the form of the metafemoral and metatibial scopal setae and shortened flagellum, but has a distinctly pectinate inner metatibial spur.

ETYMOLOGY: The new subgeneric name is a combination of the Ancient Greek nânos (νᾶνος, meaning, “dwarf”) and Pasiphae . The gender of the name is feminine.