Bee species newly recorded for the Moroccan fauna, including two new species of Ammobatoides and Thyreus (Hymenoptera: Anthophila)

Wood, Thomas James

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Bee species newly recorded for the Moroccan fauna, including two new species of Ammobatoides and Thyreus (Hymenoptera: Anthophila)

Wood, Thomas James

2023 • In Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, 59 (3), p. 177 - 203

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broodparasite; DNA barcoding; North Africa; solitary bees; taxonomy; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Insect Science

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[en] Summary: Morocco has a large and species-rich bee fauna, but due to its large size and diversity of habitats, it remains understudied. Expeditions during 2022 discovered 16 new species for the country, including several very rarely collected or poorly studied taxa. The female of Thyreus mauretaniensis (Strand, 1911) is described for the first time, and Melitturga (Australomelitturga) rubricata Morice, 1916 is rediscovered and confirmed as a valid species; a female specimen is designated as a neotype for this taxon. Additionally, two new species of brood parasitic bees were discovered: Ammobatoides schwarzin. sp. is described from southern Morocco where it is probably the parasite of Melitturga (Australomelitturga) albescens Pérez, 1895, and Thyreus rasmontin. sp. is described from south-western Morocco where it likely parasitises Anthophora (Paramegilla) species. Lasioglossum (Evylaeus) marginatum (Brullé, 1832) is confirmed as present in Morocco in the Middle Atlas. Additional data are presented on the ecology and taxonomy of poorly known species. These findings further emphasise the understudied nature of both the Moroccan and broader North African bee fauna.

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Zoology

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Wood, Thomas James ; Université de Mons - UMONS > Faculté des Sciences > Service de Zoologie

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English

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Bee species newly recorded for the Moroccan fauna, including two new species of Ammobatoides and Thyreus (Hymenoptera: Anthophila)

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2023

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Annales de la Société Entomologique de France

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0037-9271

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2168-6351

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Taylor and Francis Ltd.

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177 - 203

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Peer reviewed

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S869 - Zoologie

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R100 - Institut des Biosciences

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Fonds De La Recherche Scientifique - FNRS

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This work was supported by Fonds De La Recherche Scientifique - FNRS [individual fellowship Chargé de recherches]. I am supported by an F.R.S.-FNRS fellowship (Chargé de recherches). My thanks go to the taxonomists who were instrumental in making or confirming identifications for the taxa presented here: Andreas Müller (Wädenswil, Switzerland), Christophe Praz (Neuchâtel, Switzerland), Jakub Straka (Prague, Czech Republic) and Pierre Rasmont (Mons, Belgium). I thank Vladimir Radchenko and an anonymous reviewer for helpful comments that improved the manuscript. I also thank Frederique Bakker (RMNH) for access to the Lieftinck collection, and Esther Ockermüller and Martin Schwarz (OÖLM) for access to the Linz collection.

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