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The Bdellidae (Acarina) Of The Australian Realm, Warren T. Atyeo
The Bdellidae (Acarina) Of The Australian Realm, Warren T. Atyeo
Bulletin of the University of Nebraska State Museum
Although primarily a systematic study, variations in the integumental striae and chaetotaxy of the legs are discussed. The genus Octobdellodes Atyeo, 1960 is synonymized with Bdellodes Oudemans, 1937 and the sugenus Cytobdella Mihelcic, 1958 is synonymized with Cyta von Heyden, 1826. The genus Bdellodes is divided into the subgenera Bdellodes and Hoploscirus Thor, 1937 (=Thoribdella Grandjean, 1938, new synonymy). Twenty-two species are now known to occur in New Zealand and the outlying islands. These include four known species: Bdella iconica, Bdellodes (Roploscirus) lapidaria, B. (R.) reticulata, and Cyta latirostris, and eighteen new species: Bdellodes (Bdellodes) harpax, B. (B.) oraria, …
New Species And Records Of Little-Known Species Of Melissodes From North America (Hymenoptera: Anthophoridae), Wallace E. Laberge
New Species And Records Of Little-Known Species Of Melissodes From North America (Hymenoptera: Anthophoridae), Wallace E. Laberge
Bulletin of the University of Nebraska State Museum
Two new species from Mexico, Melissodes (Tachymelissodes) sonorensis and M. (Melissodes) tescorum, are described in this paper. The previously undescribed males of M. cerussata LaBerge and M. baileyi Cockerell are described. Notes concerning the key to species of the subgenus Callimelissodes are given. New records of the following poorly known species of Melissodes are included: M. opuntiella, M. sphaeralcea, M. fimbriata, M. baileyi, M. apicata, M. mitchelli, M. intorta, M. flexa, M. maesta, M. cerussata, M. expolita, M. fasciatella, M. floris, M. …
Deltoptila, A Middle American Genus Of Anthophorine Bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea), Wallace E. Leberge, Charles D. Michener
Deltoptila, A Middle American Genus Of Anthophorine Bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea), Wallace E. Leberge, Charles D. Michener
Bulletin of the University of Nebraska State Museum
A third genus in the tribe Anthophorini in the vI/estern Hemisphere, genus Deltoptila, is described in this work. Previously described species included in the genus are as follows: D. melanopyrrha (Dours), D. elefas (Friese), D. fulva (Smith), D. bombyformis (Smith), D. montezumia (Smith), D. aurulentocaudata (Dours), D. agilis (Smith), D. costaricensis (Friese). New descriptions and records are given for D. montezumia, D. aurulentocaudata, D. agilis and D. costaricensis. Two new species are described: D. afimbriata and D. pexata.