A new paracolletine bee from Colombia (Hymenoptera: Colletidae), with an updated checklist of the tropical Andean bee fauna
- Gonzalez, Victor H.
- Velez-Ruiz, Rita I.
- Engel, Michael S.
Publication date
December 2015
DOI Publisher
The University of Kansas Language
EnglishAbstract
This is the published version.A new species of the paracolletine genus Lonchopria Vachal, Lonchopria (Biglossa) comforti Gonzalez & Engel, new species, from high elevations in the Central Andes of Colombia is described and figured. A preliminary key to the species of the Lonchopria subgenus Biglossa Friese is presented. Recent records of bees occurring at elevations above 2500 m in Colombia and other Andean countries are also summarized
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