bees; wild bees; pantaloon bees; new species; species description; bee conservation; bee taxonomy
Abstract :
[en] A new species of pantaloon bee, Dasypoda (Heterodasypoda) radchenkoi Ghisbain & Wood sp. nov., is described from both males and females collected in the limestone mountains of south-western Spain. COI barcodes show an important differentiation from D. morotei Quilis, 1928 of approximately 9.6% but the morphological divergence between the two species is extremely low. Dasypoda radchenkoi sp. nov. is the fifth species of Heterodasypoda found in Iberia, further confirming the peninsula as the center of diversity for the subgenus.
Disciplines :
Zoology
Author, co-author :
GHISBAIN, Guillaume ; Université de Mons - UMONS > Faculté des Sciences > Service de Zoologie
MICHEZ, Denis ; Université de Mons - UMONS > Faculté des Sciences > Service de Zoologie
Rosa, Paolo ; Université de Mons - UMONS > Faculté des Sciences > Service de Zoologie
Ferreira, Sónia ; University of Mons, Belgium
Wood, Thomas James ; Université de Mons - UMONS > Faculté des Sciences > Service de Zoologie
Language :
English
Title :
Unexpected discovery of a near cryptic Dasypoda species in southern Spain (Hymenoptera: Melittidae)
