Austrostelis flava ( Friese, 1925 )

Parizotto, Daniele R., Urban, Danúncia & Melo, Gabriel A. R., 2017, Revision of the cleptoparasitic bee genus Austrostelis Michener and Griswold (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Megachilinae), Journal of Natural History (J. Nat. Hist.) 52 (1 - 2), pp. 53-71 : 66

Austrostelis flava ( Friese, 1925)

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Stelis flava Friese, 1925: 39 . Holotype male, Colombia: Cauca (ZMB, examined).

Comments and diagnosis

This species is most similar to A. appendiculata for its abundant yellow integumental markings. It differs from A. appendiculata for the paraocular bands contiguous with the postocellar band; mesoscutum with an inverted J-shaped band on each side; mesepisternum black with yellow maculae; metasoma almost entirely yellow and with shallow integumental punctures, disc of T2 and T3 with similar and uniform punctures. The single known specimen is the male holotype deposited in the ZMB .

Type material examined

Holotype male of Stelis flava ‘Columbia /Popayan/1900/Lehmann’ ‘ Stelis (?)/ flava /1904 Friese det.’ ‘Type’ ‘ Holotype / Stelis flava ♂ / Friese 1925 ’.

Figures

Figure 2. Head (male), frontal view: (a) Austrostelis amapaensis; (b) A. bonaventura; (c) A. catamarcensis; (d) A. flava; (e) A. iheringi; (f) A. appendiculata; (g) A saltensis sp. nov.; (h) A. silveirai; (i) A. zebrata.