A new species of Plebeia Schwarz (Hymenoptera: Apidae) from the Argentine Yungas
A new species of Plebeia Schwarz (Hymenoptera: Apidae) from Argentina is described and illustrated. Plebeia mansita Alvarez & Rasmussen sp. nov. occurs in the extreme northwest of the country and is restricted to the biogeographic province of the Yungas, where it is found at altitudes above 1,00...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2021 |
| País: | Argentina |
| Institución: | Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas |
| Repositorio: | CONICET Digital (CONICET) |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/156298 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://hdl.handle.net/11336/156298 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | APIFORMES LOCAL NAME NESTING BEHAVIOUR STINGLESS BEES https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6 https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1 |
| Sumario: | A new species of Plebeia Schwarz (Hymenoptera: Apidae) from Argentina is described and illustrated. Plebeia mansita Alvarez & Rasmussen sp. nov. occurs in the extreme northwest of the country and is restricted to the biogeographic province of the Yungas, where it is found at altitudes above 1,000 m. Observations on behavior, biology and nesting substrates of the new species are presented. |
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