AUGOCHLORINA BEEBE

ENGEL, MICHAEL S., 2000, Classification Of The Bee Tribe Augochlorini (Hymenoptera: Halictidae), Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2000 (250), pp. 1-89 : 29

SUBTRIBE AUGOCHLORINA BEEBE

Oxystoglossini Schrottky, 1909b: 482. Type genus: Oxystoglossa Smith, 1853 . Suppression in favor of Augochlorini Beebe, 1925 , pending with I.C.Z.N. (Engel, 1999a, b).

Augochloridae Beebe, 1925: 102 . Type genus: Augochlora Smith, 1853 . Corrected authorship (not Moure, 1943a: see Engel, 1999b).

Augochloropsini Moure, 1943a: 462 . Type genus: Augochloropsis Cockerell, 1897b .

Megaloptinae Moure, 1943a: 479 . Type genus: Megalopta Smith, 1853 .

DIAGNOSIS: This is the largest group of Augochlorini and is quite heterogeneous. The elongate medial process of the premental apex that extends anteriorly beyond the apices of the lateral processes is unique to the Augochlorina and readily separates them from the more primitive subtribe, Corynurina .

DESCRIPTION: As for the tribe with the following additions: Female. Angle formed by epistomal sulcus variable. Premental apex with median process elongate, extending beyond apices of lateral processes. Strong galeal comb absent (figs. 22, 23); galeal apex variable, frequently rounded; galeal base extends posteriorly to near stipital base (fig. 22). Marginal cell with apex variable. Integ- ument frequently brilliant metallic. Male Distal process of labrum frequently present Apical margins of S4–S5 frequently modified.