cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Micridium thayerae Darby, 2017, sp.n.
Creators: name: Darby, Michael
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Ptiliidae
Micridium
Micridium thayerae

description: Micridium thayerae sp.n.
(Figs. 14, 24, 41, 43, 54, 62, 79, 86a/b, 93)
Habitus Fig. 14. Length 0.70 mm. Colour brown, legs and antennae pale yellow, covered with long yellow overlapping pubescence. Antennomeres 3–11 length 0.22 mm, Fig. 43. Width across eyes 0.19 mm. Mentum almost square, the two long setae normally situated at the anterior corners are placed medially close to the lateral margins, submentum with 4 setae, Fig. 41. Pronotum without linear depressions but with clearly marked shallow pits at sides of disc in posterior half, length 0.17 mm, width 0.26 mm, Fig. 24. Elytra length 0.47 mm, width 0.30 mm. Mesoventrum: keel slightly widened between mesocoxae Fig. 54. Mesepiventra: clearly reticulate, evenly rounded to mesocoxae, Fig. 54. Metaventrum: metepiventral sutures short reaching only 1/3 of the length of the sclerite, Fig. 62.
Male: posterior intercoxal process of metaventrum with fringe of long, flattened setae, Fig. 93. Aedeagus Fig. 86a/b.
Female: spermatheca Fig. 79.
Etymology. Named after Dr Margaret Thayer, the collector.
Diagnosis. The reticulation of the mesoventrum, very short metepiventral sutures and square mentum distinguish this species.
Type data: Holotype: ♂, Chile, Osorno Pr., Los Lagos, Parque Nac. Puyehue, Antillanca road, Valdivian rainfor., forest leaf and log litter, 470m, 20–25.xii.1982, A. Newton & M. Thayer (FMNH). Paratypes: 350 examples, same data as holotype (FMNH, BMNH); 19 examples, Chile, Osorno Pr., hills S of Muicolpué, secondary Valdivian forest, 160m, 21.12.82, A. Newton & M. Thayer (BMNH); 101 examples, Chile, Osorno Pr., Parque Nac. Puyehue, 4.1 km E Anticura, trap site 662, Valdivian rainfor., forest leaf and log litter, Berlese, 430m, 19–26.xii.1982, A. Newton & M. Thayer (FMNH, BMNH); 4 examples, Chile, Osorno Pr., Parque Nac Puyehue, Antillanca Road, trap site 661, Valdivian rainfor., forest leaf and log litter, Berlese, 690m, 18–24.xii.1982, A. Newton & M. Thayer (BMNH); 2 examples, Chile, Valdivia Pr., 4.1km W Anticura, trap site 663, Valdivian rainfor., leaf litter on forest floor, 160m, A. Newton & M. Thayer (FMNH).
description: Published as part of Darby, Michael, 2017, Taxonomic review of the genera Micridium Motschulsky, 1869 and Micridina Johnson, 1969 (Coleoptera: Ptiliidae) with eleven new species including the first records from South America and Madagascar, pp. 233-254 in Zootaxa 4242 (2) on page 251, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4242.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/376374
Micridium vittatum Motschulsky 1845
Creators: name: Darby, Michael
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Ptiliidae
Micridium
Micridium vittatum

description: Micridium vittatum (Motschulsky, 1845) as Trichopteryx vittata
(Figs. 3 a/b, 31)
Habitus Fig. 3 a/b. Length 0.53 mm. Colour yellow, head darker. Finely pubescent. Antonnomeres 3–11 length 0.19 mm. Width across eyes 0.15mm. Pronotum length 0.16 mm, width 0.21 mm, widest in anterior half, more shining than elytra, with fine scattered punctures more obvious in anterior than posterior half, lateral margins slightly sinuate. Fig. 31. Elytra length 0.35 mm, width 0.24 mm, more strongly punctured than pronotum, widest in front of middle and tapering posteriorly. Wings visible through elytra.
Remarks. The description, figure and measurements are based on two syntypes in the BMNH mounted on a single piece of mica(?) and bearing labels: ' Micridium vittatum' (on a card immediately under the specimens, possibly in Motschulsky's hand); ' Micridium vittatum; Type from Motschulsky; Russia [followed by a short, unreadable word] 1845' (in Matthews' hand on a pale green card, the posterior corners cut off); '2322. 2323' (Matthews/Mason collection numbers); ' Matthews coll 1904 - 120' (BMNH accession number) and ' Syntype' (added by the BMNH). (Figs. 3 a/b).
A slide preparation of two further specimens (one apparently previously unnoticed being very faint and to one side) bearing a label in Matthews' hand ' Micridium vittatum –maxilla Labium etc. 1865 44' also exist in the BMNH but it is not clear that these are the same species as those above. Further cards attached to these specimens, also apparently in Matthews' hand, are inscribed: 'Ex? 1892 All parts distinct, three joints of the tarsi very distinct' (two front corners of the card are cut off); 'In this preparation the Mentum etc are attached to one of the the[sic] maxilla 44' (green card, the two back corners cut off); '44' (green card); '2981' (Matthews/Mason collection number); and 'Matthews coll 1904 - 120' (BMNH accession number).
Some details of the ventral surfaces of the two syntypes are just visible through the mica and confirm that the insects show the mesoventral features confirming their determination as Micridium. For the reasons given above the insects have not been dissected so that their sex is not known.
description: Published as part of Darby, Michael, 2017, Taxonomic review of the genera Micridium Motschulsky, 1869 and Micridina Johnson, 1969 (Coleoptera: Ptiliidae) with eleven new species including the first records from South America and Madagascar, pp. 233-254 in Zootaxa 4242 (2) on pages 251-252, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4242.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/376374
Allopachria dieterleorum Wewalka 2000
Creators: name: Nilsson, Anders N.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2007
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Dytiscidae
Allopachria
Allopachria dieterleorum

description: Allopachria dieterleorum Wewalka, 2000
Incorrect original spelling: Allopachria dieterlei Wewalka, 2000:117.
Stated etymology: "This species is dedicated to the family Elisabeth and Klaus Dieterle, Stuttgart and Dr. Stephan Dieterle, Bochum."
Comment: As name explicitly based on more than one person and including the male sex, the correct suffix is – orum.
description: Published as part of Nilsson, Anders N., 2007, Some necessary corrections of the spelling of species-group names within the family Dytiscidae (Coleoptera), pp. 49-54 in Zootaxa 1615 on page 50, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.179076
Allopachria hautmannorum Wewalka 2000
Creators: name: Nilsson, Anders N.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2007
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Dytiscidae
Allopachria
Allopachria hautmannorum

description: Allopachria hautmannorum Wewalka, 2000
Incorrect original spelling: Allopachria hautmanni Wewalka, 2000:108. Stated etymology: "This species is dedicated to the family Susanne and Andreas Hautmann, Augsburg." Comment: As name explicitly based on more than one person and including the male sex, the correct suffix is – orum.
description: Published as part of Nilsson, Anders N., 2007, Some necessary corrections of the spelling of species-group names within the family Dytiscidae (Coleoptera), pp. 49-54 in Zootaxa 1615 on page 50, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.179076
Allopachria scholzorum Wewalka 2000
Creators: name: Nilsson, Anders N.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2007
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Dytiscidae
Allopachria
Allopachria scholzorum

description: Allopachria scholzorum Wewalka, 2000
Incorrect original spelling: Allopachria scholzi Wewalka, 2000:116. Stated etymology: "This species is dedicated to the family Claudia and Frank Scholz, Eching, Bavaria." Comment: As name explicitly based on more than one person and including the male sex, the correct suffix is – orum.
description: Published as part of Nilsson, Anders N., 2007, Some necessary corrections of the spelling of species-group names within the family Dytiscidae (Coleoptera), pp. 49-54 in Zootaxa 1615 on page 50, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.179076
Allopachria schramhauserorum Wewalka 2000
Creators: name: Nilsson, Anders N.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2007
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Dytiscidae
Allopachria
Allopachria schramhauserorum

description: Allopachria schramhauserorum Wewalka, 2000
Incorrect original spelling: Allopachria schramhauseri Wewalka, 2000:109. Stated etymology: "This species is dedicated to the family Christine and Harry Schramhauser, Vienna." Comment: As name explicitly based on more than one person and including the male sex, the correct suffix is – orum.
description: Published as part of Nilsson, Anders N., 2007, Some necessary corrections of the spelling of species-group names within the family Dytiscidae (Coleoptera), pp. 49-54 in Zootaxa 1615 on page 50, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.179076
Allopachria weinbergerorum Wewalka 2000
Creators: name: Nilsson, Anders N.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2007
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Dytiscidae
Allopachria
Allopachria weinbergerorum

description: Allopachria weinbergerorum Wewalka, 2000
Incorrect original spelling: Allopachria weinbergeri Wewalka, 2000:112. Stated etymology: "This species is dedicated to the family Maja and Ewald Weinberger, Vienna." Comment: As name explicitly based on more than one person and including the male sex, the correct suffix is – orum.
description: Published as part of Nilsson, Anders N., 2007, Some necessary corrections of the spelling of species-group names within the family Dytiscidae (Coleoptera), pp. 49-54 in Zootaxa 1615 on page 50, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.179076
Celina slossonae Mutchler 1918
Creators: name: Nilsson, Anders N.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2007
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Dytiscidae
Celina
Celina slossonae

description: Celina slossonae Mutchler, 1918
Incorrect original spelling: Celina slossoni Mutchler, 1918:85. Stated etymology: "Dedicated to Mrs. Annie Trumbull Slosson." Comment: As name explicitly based on one female person, the correct suffix is – ae.
description: Published as part of Nilsson, Anders N., 2007, Some necessary corrections of the spelling of species-group names within the family Dytiscidae (Coleoptera), pp. 49-54 in Zootaxa 1615 on page 50, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.179076
Deronectes costipennis subsp. gignouxorum Fery & Brancucci 1989
Creators: name: Nilsson, Anders N.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2007
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Dytiscidae
Deronectes
Deronectes costipennis
Deronectes costipennis gignouxorum fery & brancucci, 1989

description: Deronectes costipennis gignouxorum Fery & Brancucci, 1989
Incorrect original spelling: Deronectes costipennis gignouxi Fery & Brancucci, 1989:303. Stated etymology: "This subspecies is dedicated to the Gignoux family (Toulon, Briançon)." Comment: As a family generally consists of more than one person and includes the male sex, and this specific name is explicitly based on the name of a family, the correct suffix is – orum.
description: Published as part of Nilsson, Anders N., 2007, Some necessary corrections of the spelling of species-group names within the family Dytiscidae (Coleoptera), pp. 49-54 in Zootaxa 1615 on page 50, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.179076
Deronectes hebauerorum Fery & Hosseinie 1998
Creators: name: Nilsson, Anders N.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2007
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Dytiscidae
Deronectes
Deronectes hebauerorum

description: Deronectes hebauerorum Fery & Hosseinie, 1998
Incorrect original spelling: Deronectes hebaueri Fery & Hosseinie, 1998:256.
Stated etymology: "We name this species for Hans Hebauer (Rain, Germany), the collector of the holotype, and Franz Hebauer (Gleichen, Germany)."
Comment: As name explicitly based on more than one person and including the male sex, the correct suffix is – orum.
description: Published as part of Nilsson, Anders N., 2007, Some necessary corrections of the spelling of species-group names within the family Dytiscidae (Coleoptera), pp. 49-54 in Zootaxa 1615 on pages 50-51, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.179076
Hydroporus carrorum Larson 1975
Creators: name: Nilsson, Anders N.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2007
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Dytiscidae
Hydroporus
Hydroporus carrorum

description: Hydroporus carrorum Larson, 1975
Incorrect original spelling: Hydroporus carri Larson, 1975:307.
Stated etymology: "The specific epithet is based on the surname of Mr. and Mrs. John Carr of Calgary, Alberta."
Comment: As name explicitly based on more than one person and including the male sex, the correct suffix is – orum.
description: Published as part of Nilsson, Anders N., 2007, Some necessary corrections of the spelling of species-group names within the family Dytiscidae (Coleoptera), pp. 49-54 in Zootaxa 1615 on page 51, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.179076
Ilybius anjarum Nilsson 1999
Creators: name: Nilsson, Anders N.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2007
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Dytiscidae
Ilybius
Ilybius anjarum

description: Ilybius anjarum Nilsson, 1999
Incorrect original spelling: Ilybius anjae Nilsson, 1999:36.
Stated etymology: "The specific epithet is a noun in the genitive case, derived from the name of one of my daughters, as well as from Sergey Kholin's daughter, Anja."
Comment: As name explicitly based on more than one person and not including the male sex, the correct suffix is – arum.
description: Published as part of Nilsson, Anders N., 2007, Some necessary corrections of the spelling of species-group names within the family Dytiscidae (Coleoptera), pp. 49-54 in Zootaxa 1615 on page 51, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.179076
Microdytes holzmannorum Wewalka & Wang 1998
Creators: name: Nilsson, Anders N.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2007
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Dytiscidae
Microdytes
Microdytes holzmannorum

description: Microdytes holzmannorum Wewalka & Wang, 1998
Incorrect original spelling: Microdytes holzmanni Wewalka & Wang, 1998:66.
Stated etymology: "The species is dedicated to our friends Chantale and Prof. Dr. Robert Holzmann, Washington D.C."
Comment: As name explicitly based on more than one person and including the male sex, the correct suffix is – orum.
description: Published as part of Nilsson, Anders N., 2007, Some necessary corrections of the spelling of species-group names within the family Dytiscidae (Coleoptera), pp. 49-54 in Zootaxa 1615 on page 51, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.179076
Andonectes gregarius Garcia 2002
Creators: name: Nilsson, Anders N.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2007
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Dytiscidae
Andonectes
Andonectes gregarius

description: Andonectes gregarius García, 2002
Incorrect original spelling: Andonectes gregarium García, 2002:325.
Stated etymology: " gregarium significa reunido."
Comment: As the genus name Andonectes is masculine, the inflection has to be corrected. The latin ' gregarius ' means belonging to a flock.
description: Published as part of Nilsson, Anders N., 2007, Some necessary corrections of the spelling of species-group names within the family Dytiscidae (Coleoptera), pp. 49-54 in Zootaxa 1615 on page 52, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.179076
Andonectes intermedius Garcia 2002
Creators: name: Nilsson, Anders N.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2007
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Dytiscidae
Andonectes
Andonectes intermedius

description: Andonectes intermedius García, 2002
Incorrect original spelling: Andonectes intermedium García, 2002:316.
Stated etymology: "el termino de intermedio deriva de la situación geográfica del biotopo en que habita la especie".
Comment: As the genus name Andonectes is masculine, the inflection has to be corrected. The latin ' intermedius ' means intermediate.
description: Published as part of Nilsson, Anders N., 2007, Some necessary corrections of the spelling of species-group names within the family Dytiscidae (Coleoptera), pp. 49-54 in Zootaxa 1615 on page 52, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.179076
Desmopachria nigra Zimmermann 1923
Creators: name: Nilsson, Anders N.
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Year: 2007
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Dytiscidae
Desmopachria
Desmopachria nigra

description: Desmopachria nigra Zimmermann, 1923
Incorrect original spelling: Desmopachria niger Zimmermann, 1923:33 (Nilsson 2001:217).
Comment: As the genus name Desmopachria is feminine, the inflection has to be corrected. The Latin adjective ' niger ' means black. The etymology is not stated explicitly in the original work. Nevertheless, there seems to be clear evidence that this adjective is meant: "An der glänzend schwarzen Färbung leicht zu erkennen" [= "Easily recognisable by the shining black colouration."].
description: Published as part of Nilsson, Anders N., 2007, Some necessary corrections of the spelling of species-group names within the family Dytiscidae (Coleoptera), pp. 49-54 in Zootaxa 1615 on page 52, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.179076
Heterosternuta
Creators: name: Nilsson, Anders N.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2007
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Dytiscidae
Heterosternuta

description: The Heterosternuta species
Following Alarie & Nilsson (1997) and Larson et al. (2000) the Hydroporus subgenus Heterosternuta has been given generic status and including 13 species (Nilsson 2001:153). As the gender of Heterosternuta is feminine, the following additional changes in the inflection of adjectives are necessary: H. alleghenianus (Matta & Wolfe, 1979) to allegheniana, H. laetus (Leech, 1948) to laeta, H. ouachitus (Matta & Wolfe, 1979) to ouachita, H. pulcher (LeConte, 1855) to pulchra, and H. sulphurius (Matta & Wolfe, 1979) to sulphuria.
description: Published as part of Nilsson, Anders N., 2007, Some necessary corrections of the spelling of species-group names within the family Dytiscidae (Coleoptera), pp. 49-54 in Zootaxa 1615 on page 52, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.179076
Ilybiosoma
Creators: name: Nilsson, Anders N.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2007
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Dytiscidae
Ilybiosoma

description: The Ilybiosoma species
Nilsson (2000) transferred 16 species from the genus Agabus to the genus Ilybiosoma. As the gender of Ilybiosoma is neuter, the following additional changes in the inflection of adjectives are necessary relative to Nilsson (2001:30-31): I. brevicollis (LeConte, 1857) to brevicolle, I. discicollis (Ancey, 1882) to discicolle, I. flohrianus (Sharp, 1887) to flohrianum, I. ilybiiformis (Zimmermann, 1928) to ilybiiforme, I. kermanensis (J.Balfour-Browne, 1939) to kermanense, I. minnesotensis (Wallis, 1933) to minnesotense, I. oaxacaensis (Larson, 2000) to oaxacaense, I. pandurus (Leech, 1942) to pandurum, I. perplexus (Sharp, 1882) to perplexum, I. regularis (LeConte, 1852) to regulare, and I. roguus (Larson, 1997) to roguum.
description: Published as part of Nilsson, Anders N., 2007, Some necessary corrections of the spelling of species-group names within the family Dytiscidae (Coleoptera), pp. 49-54 in Zootaxa 1615 on page 52, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.179076
Desmopachria aphronoscelus K.B.Miller 1999
Creators: name: Nilsson, Anders N.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2007
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Dytiscidae
Desmopachria
Desmopachria aphronoscelus

description: Desmopachria aphronoscelus K.B.Miller, 1999
Incorrect subsequent spelling: Desmopachria aphronoscela K.B.Miller, 1999:352 (Nilsson 2001:216). Stated etymology: "from the Greek, aphrono and scelus, together meaning 'silly leg' ". Comment: The original spelling ' aphronoscelus ' is a noun in apposition. Consequently, the ending is constant relative to the gender of the associated genus name. The incorrect spelling ' aphronoscela ' was seemingly introduced by Miller (2001:233).
description: Published as part of Nilsson, Anders N., 2007, Some necessary corrections of the spelling of species-group names within the family Dytiscidae (Coleoptera), pp. 49-54 in Zootaxa 1615 on page 52, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.179076
Desmopachria granum LeConte 1855
Creators: name: Nilsson, Anders N.
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Year: 2007
Subjects: Biodiversity
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Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Dytiscidae
Desmopachria
Desmopachria granum

description: Desmopachria granum (LeConte, 1855)
Incorrect subsequent spelling: Desmopachria grana (LeConte, 1855:294) (Nilsson 2001:215). Comment: The original spelling ' granum ' is a Latin noun in apposition meaning seed. Consequently, the ending is constant relative to the gender of the associated genus name. The incorrect spelling ' grana ' was seemingly introduced by Zimmermann (1919:130).
description: Published as part of Nilsson, Anders N., 2007, Some necessary corrections of the spelling of species-group names within the family Dytiscidae (Coleoptera), pp. 49-54 in Zootaxa 1615 on page 53, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.179076
Desmopachria speculum Sharp 1887
Creators: name: Nilsson, Anders N.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2007
Subjects: Biodiversity
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Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Dytiscidae
Desmopachria
Desmopachria speculum

description: Desmopachria speculum Sharp, 1887
Incorrect subsequent spelling: Desmopachria specula Sharp, 1887:752 (Nilsson 2001:217). Comment: The original spelling ' speculum ' is a Latin noun in apposition meaning mirror. Consequently, the ending is constant relative to the gender of the associated genus name. The incorrect spelling ' specula ' was seemingly introduced by Young (1995:43).
description: Published as part of Nilsson, Anders N., 2007, Some necessary corrections of the spelling of species-group names within the family Dytiscidae (Coleoptera), pp. 49-54 in Zootaxa 1615 on page 53, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.179076
Desmopachria zethus Young 1995
Creators: name: Nilsson, Anders N.
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Year: 2007
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
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Coleoptera
Dytiscidae
Desmopachria
Desmopachria zethus

description: Desmopachria zethus Young, 1995
Incorrect subsequent spelling: Desmopachria zetha Young, 1995:40 (Nilsson 2001:217). Comment: The original spelling ' zethus ' is a Greek mythological name used for the son of Zeus and Antiope. It is to be dealt with as a noun in apposition. Consequently, the ending is constant relative to the gender of the associated genus name. The incorrect spelling ' zetha ' was seemingly introduced by Miller (2001:234).
description: Published as part of Nilsson, Anders N., 2007, Some necessary corrections of the spelling of species-group names within the family Dytiscidae (Coleoptera), pp. 49-54 in Zootaxa 1615 on page 53, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.179076
Alloscirtetica danuncia Vivallo, 2009, new species
Creators: name: Vivallo, Felipe
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2009
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Apidae
Alloscirtetica
Alloscirtetica danuncia

description: Alloscirtetica danuncia new species
(Figs. 1–2, 11)
Diagnosis: this species is easily recognized by the broadly interrupted apical bands of white pilosity on T2 to T5 contrasting with the black hairs elsewhere on the metasoma.
HOLOTYPE (MALE): Dimensions: Approximate total length: 8.04; head width: 3.08; forewing length: 6.86; length of F1: 0.27; length of F2: 0.74; length of F3: 0.65. Coloration: Black, basitarsi dark brown, rest of tarsi light brown. F1 to F10 dark brown with anteroventrally area light brown. Clypeus yellow with two black laterobasal spots near the epistomal suture. Labrum yellow with dark brown margin. Mandible with yellow basal spot. Veins dark brown. Pygidial plate orange apically. Claws dark brown. Wings hyaline. Punctation: strong and relatively not very dense on clypeus, dense on labrum, paraocular area and especially on ocellocular area. Mesosoma finely reticulate and with dense punctation, except on mesoscutum. Metasoma with dense and relatively uniform punctation, with smooth apical impressed areas on T1 to T5. Pubescence: occipital area, labrum, mesepisternum, propodeum and femora with white pilosity. T1 to T4 with a distal band of white hairs widely interrupted medially. Rest of the head and legs, mesoscutum and scutellum with yellowish pilosity. Rest of the metasoma covered with black pilosity on terga, and light brown on sterna, being darker on S6. Structure: Vein 1°m-cu of forewing sharply angled at the base of the 2nd submarginal cell. Tibial spur of middle legs almost straight, with apex slightly curved. Basitibial plate present, rounded and flat. Pygidial plate elevated and with open apex, confluent with distal margin of the tergum. Distal edge of T7 rounded and carinate. Claws with a well-developed internal tooth.
Type material. Holotype male: Chile Region I Zapahuira, 3250m. 5 March 1984 M. T. Kalin Arroyo\ Balbisia microphylla \ 1583\ Alloscirtetica sp #1 #m det. R. W. Brooks 1986 (American Museum of Natural History [AMNH], New York, USA). The holotype will be returned to the AMNH.
Distribution. Chile: Region of Arica and Parinacota: Zapahuira.
Etymology. The specific name is given as an homage to Danúncia Urban, for her dedication to the study of the taxonomy of the South American species of Eucerini for more than 40 years. The specific epithet is used as a noun in apposition.
description: Published as part of Vivallo, Felipe, 2009, Notes on the bee genus Alloscirtetica Holmberg, 1909 in northern Chile with the description of two new altiplanic species and a key for the Chilean species of Eucerini (Hymenoptera: Apidae), pp. 16-30 in Zootaxa 2010 on pages 17-18, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.185792
Eucerinoda Michener & Moure
Creators: name: Vivallo, Felipe
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2009
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Apidae
Eucerinoda

description: Eucerinoda Michener & Moure
Eucerinoda is a probably relictual monotypic genus, which is distributed exclusively in Chile (Michener 1979). As mentioned by Michener (2007), Eucerinoda gayi (Spinola), the only known species of this genus, has the paraglossa much shorter than first segment of labial palpus, and gradulus of S2 simple and curved. These characters are unique within Eucerini, and justify its placement in its own subtribe: Eucerinodina.
description: Published as part of Vivallo, Felipe, 2009, Notes on the bee genus Alloscirtetica Holmberg, 1909 in northern Chile with the description of two new altiplanic species and a key for the Chilean species of Eucerini (Hymenoptera: Apidae), pp. 16-30 in Zootaxa 2010 on page 22, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.185792
Eucerinoda gayi Spinola
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Eucerinoda
Eucerinoda gayi

description: Eucerinoda gayi (Spinola)
The male of this species has strongly modified hind legs and yellow areas on clypeus and on the lower paraocular area. The female has the tibial scopa with yellow pilosity and some plumose and simple hairs intermixed. The metasoma has distal bands of white and branched pilosity from T2 to T5. T1 has the same pilosity, but only at the sides of the tergum. T6 completely covered with white pilosity. Michener & Moure (1957) presented a full description of both sexes of this species, including illustrations of the male genitalia. In the literature, it is possible to find records of this species in the Region of Valparaíso (Toro 1986; Urban et al. 2007) and Santiago (Urban et al. 2007). These two areas have experienced an explosive development in the last 50 years, which probably affected the diversity of bees in these two sectors. Despite having reviewed several bee collections in Chile and of having carried out a number of collections in areas where there are records of this species, this bee has not been collected again.
The only floral record known of this species is Cynara cardunculus L. (Asteraceae), according to information contained in a female exemplar deposited at DZUP. There are no data available about cleptoparasites and/or natural enemies.
description: Published as part of Vivallo, Felipe, 2009, Notes on the bee genus Alloscirtetica Holmberg, 1909 in northern Chile with the description of two new altiplanic species and a key for the Chilean species of Eucerini (Hymenoptera: Apidae), pp. 16-30 in Zootaxa 2010 on page 22, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.185792
Melissodes Latreille
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Melissodes

description: Melissodes Latreille
Melissodes bruneri (Cockerell), M. ecuadoria Schrottky & Bertoni, M. nigroaenea (Smith), M. sexcinta (Lepeletier), M. tintinnans (Holmberg) and M. rufodentata Smith are the South American species of this genus (Urban 1973). These species are quite similar to each other, especially the males, which can be differentiated mainly by the color of the pilosity. The only species of the genus occurring in Chile is Melissodes ecuadoria.
description: Published as part of Vivallo, Felipe, 2009, Notes on the bee genus Alloscirtetica Holmberg, 1909 in northern Chile with the description of two new altiplanic species and a key for the Chilean species of Eucerini (Hymenoptera: Apidae), pp. 16-30 in Zootaxa 2010 on page 23, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.185792
Melissodes ecuadoria Bertoni & Schrottky
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Melissodes
Melissodes ecuadoria

description: Melissodes ecuadoria Bertoni & Schrottky
The female of this species has orange pilosity on mesoscutum and scutellum like M. bruneri, differentiating it by the white pilosity on mesepisternum (dark brown in M. bruneri) and the yellow bands on metasoma (white in M. bruneri). It differs from M. sexcinta by the narrow bands on metasoma (in M. sexcinta are very broad, covering the terga almost entirely) and by the black hairs intermixed with the light yellow pilosity on mesoscutum (absent in M. sexcinta). From M. rufodentata differs by the yellow bands on metasoma (whitish in M. rufodentata). The male is similar to M. tintinnans, but differs by the dark brown coloration of femora and tibiae (red in M. tintinnans). It differs from M. nigroaenea by the light brown coloration of terga (dark brown in M. nigroaenea) and by the yellowish pilosity on the basitibial plate (dark brown in M. nigroaenea). Melissodes ecuadoria differs from M. sexcinta by the whitish pilosity on mesosoma (mostly orange in M. sexcinta) and by the whitish bands of pilosity on metasoma (yellow in M. sexcinta). It differs from M. bruneri by the yellowish translucent tegula (dark brown in M. bruneri), and from M. rufodentata by the coloration of the bands of metasoma (white in M. ecuadoria, yellow in M. rufodentata), and by the coloration of the hairs on mesoscutum (whitish in M. ecuadoria, orange in M. rufodentata). Urban (1973) in her revision of the South American species of the genus provided diagnoses of males and females, distributional records and illustrations of the male’s genitalia.
This species is distributed from northern Chile (Toro 1986) to Ecuador (Guayas, Guayaquil) (Urban et al. 2007). In Chile this species visits Medicago sativa L. (Fabaceae), Argemone mexicana L. (Papaveraceae), Ve r b en a litoralis Kunth (Verbenaceae), Pluchea chingoyo (Kunth) DC. and Cosmea bipinnata (Cav.) (Asteraceae) (Wagenknecht 1970).
description: Published as part of Vivallo, Felipe, 2009, Notes on the bee genus Alloscirtetica Holmberg, 1909 in northern Chile with the description of two new altiplanic species and a key for the Chilean species of Eucerini (Hymenoptera: Apidae), pp. 16-30 in Zootaxa 2010 on page 23, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.185792
Melissoptila Holmberg
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Melissoptila

description: Melissoptila Holmberg
Melissoptila includes approximately 54 species in three subgenera (Michener 2007). The species of the genus are distributed from the United States to southern Argentina and Chile (Urban 1998a; Michener 2007), being especially diverse in South America (Urban 1998a; Silveira et al. 2002). The species present in Chile are: Melissoptila chilena Urban, M. dama and M. tandilensis Holmberg.
description: Published as part of Vivallo, Felipe, 2009, Notes on the bee genus Alloscirtetica Holmberg, 1909 in northern Chile with the description of two new altiplanic species and a key for the Chilean species of Eucerini (Hymenoptera: Apidae), pp. 16-30 in Zootaxa 2010 on page 23, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.185792
Melissoptila chilena Urban
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Melissoptila
Melissoptila chilena

description: Melissoptila chilena Urban
This species is characterized by the densely haired hind tibiae and basitarsi in both sexes. The male has plumose pilosity on mesepisternum and the length of F2 is more than 2x the length of F1. The female has a broad distal translucent band, slightly yellowish on terga. Upper paraocular area micro-reticulated and shiny, reaching the lateral ocelli (Urban 1998a). Male genitalia was illustrated by Moure & Michener (1955) and Urban (1998a).
Melissoptila chilena occurs exclusively in Chile. There are distributional records from the Regions of Coquimbo and Santiago (Metropolitan). There are no floral records available.
description: Published as part of Vivallo, Felipe, 2009, Notes on the bee genus Alloscirtetica Holmberg, 1909 in northern Chile with the description of two new altiplanic species and a key for the Chilean species of Eucerini (Hymenoptera: Apidae), pp. 16-30 in Zootaxa 2010 on page 23, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.185792
Melissoptila dama Vachal
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Melissoptila
Melissoptila dama

description: Melissoptila dama (Vachal)
Both sexes of this species have very light pilosity, predominantly whitish or yellowish, and flattened clypeal disc, more evident in male. In addition, the male also has abundant and very dense yellow pilosity on the ocellocular area (integument not visible beneath hairs). The female has the tibial escopa with whitish pilosity and hind basitarsi with yellowish hairs (Urban 1998a). Illustrations of the male genitalia and other structures were made by Urban (1968).
This species occurs mainly in Argentina, found in Chile only in the south (Region of Biobío) (Urban et al. 2007). In Chile, this species has been observed visiting Senecio rutaceus Phil. (Compositae) (Jaffuel & Pirión 1926; Wagenknecht 1970), Baccharis rosmarinifolia Hook. & Arm., Baccharis pingraea DC., Gutierrezia paniculata A. Gray, Haplopappus angustifolia (DC.) Reiche, Bidens pilosa L., Taraxacum officinale Weber ex FHWigg. (Asteraceae), Ver b en a litoralis (Verbenaceae), Argemone mexicana (Papaveraceae), Malvastrum peruvianum L. (Malvaceae) and Eryngium paniculatum Cav. et Domb ex Delar. (Umbelliferae= Apiaceae) (Wagenknecht 1970). In Argentina visits Hoffmanseggia falcaria Cav. (Fabaceae) (Jensen-Haarup 1908a).
Melissoptila dama is parasitized by the bees Doeringiella burmeisteri (Friese) (Apidae: Nomadini) in Argentina (Jörgensen 1912) and Isepeolus luctuosus (Spinola) (Apidae: Isepeolini) in Chile (Jafuel & Pirión 1926). Additional information about taxonomy and bionomy see Urban et al. (2007) and references herein.
description: Published as part of Vivallo, Felipe, 2009, Notes on the bee genus Alloscirtetica Holmberg, 1909 in northern Chile with the description of two new altiplanic species and a key for the Chilean species of Eucerini (Hymenoptera: Apidae), pp. 16-30 in Zootaxa 2010 on page 24, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.185792
Melissoptila tandilensis Holmberg
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Melissoptila
Melissoptila tandilensis

description: Melissoptila tandilensis Holmberg
The male of this species, like M. paranaense Urban, M. paraguayensis (Brèthes) and M. desiderata (Holmberg) has the middle and hind legs strongly modified, which probably are used to immobilize the female before or during mating. However, it differs from these species by the presence of two longitudinal carinae, converging apically on S6, and by the width of F11, which is wider than the previous flagellomeres. The female is distinguished by the black pilosity at the base of T2 to T4 and a distal band of white pilosity (in the same terga), frequently interrupted in the middle of T2. Fore tibiae with whitish or yellowish hairs, and fore basitarsi with orange pilosity on the inner side (Urban 1998a). Illustrations of the male genitalia, hidden sterna and other male structures were made by Urban (1968). For additional information about the taxonomical history of this species see Urban et al. (2007) and references herein.
This species is distributed from southern Brazil, central-south Argentina, to southern Chile (Region of Biobío) (Urban et al. 2007). In Argentina this species visits: Cucurbita sp. (Cucurbitaceae) (Jensen-Haarup 1908c), Baccharis sp. (Jensen-Haarup 1908b), Baccharis marginalis var. caerulescens Heering (Jensen- Haarup 1908c), B. salicifolia (Ruiz & Pavón), B. serrulata (Lam.), B. pingraea DC., B. subulata Wedd., Tessaria absinthioides DC., Cirsium lanceolatum L., Bidens leucantha Willd., Grindelia pulchella (Corn.), Proustia ilicifolia H. et S. (Asteraceae), Taraxacum officinale G. H. Weber ex Wigg., Tagetes minutus L., T. filifolia Lag., Tanacetum vulgare L. (Compositae), Lycium gracile L., L. elongtum longiflorum Hauman (Solanaceae), Apodanthera scaberrima Brandegee, Cucurbita pepo L. (Cucurbitaceae), Verbena bonariensis L. (Verbenaceae), Hoffmanseggia falcaria (Fabaceae), Phoeniculum piperitum Mout. (Apiaceae), Sphaeralcea bonariensis (Cav.), Althaea officinalis L. (Malvaceae), Erodium cicutarium L. (Geraniaceae), Pharbitis hispida Choisy (Convolvulaceae) (Jörgensen 1909, 1912), Calendula officinalis L. (Asteraceae) and Medicago sativa (Fabaceae) (Jörgensen 1912). There are no floral records from Chile.
description: Published as part of Vivallo, Felipe, 2009, Notes on the bee genus Alloscirtetica Holmberg, 1909 in northern Chile with the description of two new altiplanic species and a key for the Chilean species of Eucerini (Hymenoptera: Apidae), pp. 16-30 in Zootaxa 2010 on page 24, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.185792
Peponapis Robertson
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Peponapis

description: Peponapis Robertson
The genus Poponapis contains several species, which are distributed mostly in North and Central America (Urban et al. 2007). All species of the genus visit crops of Cucurbita to obtain pollen (Hurd & Linsley 1967; Wagenknecht 1970). Some species are broadly distributed, due to the extension of cultivation of domestic Cucurbita (Michener 2007). The South American species of Peponapis were reviewed by Hurd & Linsley (1967). These autors also illustratrated some male structures of the species P. fervens, P. melonis (Friese) and P. citrullina (Cockerell), the latter being the only species of Peponapis represented in Chile.
description: Published as part of Vivallo, Felipe, 2009, Notes on the bee genus Alloscirtetica Holmberg, 1909 in northern Chile with the description of two new altiplanic species and a key for the Chilean species of Eucerini (Hymenoptera: Apidae), pp. 16-30 in Zootaxa 2010 on page 24, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.185792
Peponapis citrullina Cockerell
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Peponapis
Peponapis citrullina

description: Peponapis citrullina (Cockerell)
Hurd & Linsley (1967) provided a complete description of both sexes of this species, including taxonomical notes, floral and distributional records (see additional information in Urban et al. 2007 and references herein.) There are records of this species from Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Chile (Region of Arica and Parinacota) (Hurd & Linsley 1967; Urban et al. 2007).
description: Published as part of Vivallo, Felipe, 2009, Notes on the bee genus Alloscirtetica Holmberg, 1909 in northern Chile with the description of two new altiplanic species and a key for the Chilean species of Eucerini (Hymenoptera: Apidae), pp. 16-30 in Zootaxa 2010 on page 25, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.185792
Svastra Holmberg, s
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Svastra

description: Svastra Holmberg
The genus Svastra occurs mainly in North America, with only a few species distributed in South America (Michener 2007). The males of Svastra have the length of F2 about twice as lond as F1 or longer; inner apical lobes of S7 very small, much exceeded by lateral lobes; basal hair bands of T2 and sometimes of T3 with spatuloplumose hairs (Fig. 112-10b in Michener 2007). They also have a lateral carina of pygidial plate not tooched subapically (Michener 2007). The South American species, all members of the subgenus Svastra s. str. were reviewed by Urban (1998b).
description: Published as part of Vivallo, Felipe, 2009, Notes on the bee genus Alloscirtetica Holmberg, 1909 in northern Chile with the description of two new altiplanic species and a key for the Chilean species of Eucerini (Hymenoptera: Apidae), pp. 16-30 in Zootaxa 2010 on page 25, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.185792
Svastra flavitarsis Spinola
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Svastra
Svastra flavitarsis

description: Svastra flavitarsis (Spinola)
The female of this species has yellowish/orange pilosity on mesoscutum, scutellum and T1. T2 and T3 have a basal band of white pilosity. T4 with mostly black pilosity, with an apical tuft of white pilosity on each side (Urban 1998b). The male has clypeus, labrum and ventral side of scape yellow. The clypeus has two small black spots beside the tentorial foveae. Mesosoma and T1 with orange pilosity. T2 and T3 with a basal band of white pilosity. T4 with mostly with black pilosity, but some exemplars can exhibit some white hairs intermixed (Urban 1998b).
In Chile, this species is found in Antofagasta, Atacama, Coquimbo, Aconcagua and Santiago (Urban, 1998b). In Argentina occurs in Salta, Catamarca, La Rioja, Buenos Aires, Mendoza, La Pampa and Río Negro (Jörgensen 1912; Urban 1998b).
Available floral records of Svastra flavitarsis are: Hoffmanseggia falcaria (Fabaceae), (Jensen-Haarup 1908b, 1908c), Hyalis argentea D. Don ex Hook & Arn., Zinnia sp., Proustia ilicifolia, Gochnatia glutinosa (D. Don) Hook & Arn. (Asteraceae), Solanum elaeagnifolium Cav., Lycium chilense Miers ex Bertero, L. gracile (Solanaceae), Physalis viscosa L. (Solanaceae), Cynara cardunculus (Compositae), Atamisquea emarginata Miers ex Hook. & Arn. (Capparaceae), Oxybaphus ovatus (Ruiz & Pavón) (Nyctaginaceae) (Jörgensen 1909, 1912); Grindelia pulchella, Senecio pinnatus Poir. (Asteraceae) and Cercidium praecox (Ruiz & Pavón) (Caesalpinaceae) (Jörgensen 1912) from Argentina. In Chile visits Dolia divaricata (Lindl.) Hook. & Arn. ex Wettstein, Lycium chilense Miers ex Bertero, Solanum maritimum Meyen ex Nees (Solanaceae), Cristaria glaucophylla Cav. (Malvaceae), Mesembriantemum crystallinum L. (Aizoaceae), Frankenia salina (Molina) (Frankeniaceae), Chuquiraga oppositifolia D. Don (Asteraceae), Verbena litoralis (Verbenaceae), Prosopis chilensis (Mol.) (Fabaceae), Sambucus nigra L. (Caprifoliaceae), Parkinsonia aculeata L. (Caesalpiniaceae), Scabiosa atropurpurea L. (Dipsacaceae) and Geranium sp. (Gereniaceae) (Wagenknecht 1970).
description: Published as part of Vivallo, Felipe, 2009, Notes on the bee genus Alloscirtetica Holmberg, 1909 in northern Chile with the description of two new altiplanic species and a key for the Chilean species of Eucerini (Hymenoptera: Apidae), pp. 16-30 in Zootaxa 2010 on page 25, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.185792
Svastrides Michener, LaBerge & Moure
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Svastrides

description: Svastrides Michener, LaBerge & Moure
Svastrides is a genus that includes only South American species of relatively large Eucerini. Both sexes have the clypeocular distance about half or more of the width of the flagellum, and the body is covered with abundant pilosity. Additionally, males have very long antennae, often surpassing the basis of T2. Five species are included in Svastrides: S. bauni (Jörgensen) (Argentina), S. neffi Urban (Argentina), S. zebra (Friese) (Argentina and Peru), S. melanura (Spinola), and S. orellanae (Ruiz). The latter two species occur in Chile.
description: Published as part of Vivallo, Felipe, 2009, Notes on the bee genus Alloscirtetica Holmberg, 1909 in northern Chile with the description of two new altiplanic species and a key for the Chilean species of Eucerini (Hymenoptera: Apidae), pp. 16-30 in Zootaxa 2010 on page 25, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.185792
Svastrides melanura Spinola
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Svastrides
Svastrides melanura

description: Svastrides melanura (Spinola)
Male with clypeus largely black, with an apical yellow band. T4 and T5 completely covered by black hairs (Urban 1972). T3 of female has a basal band of white, dense and long pilosity, which is characteristic of this species (Urban 1975). Some females of S. zebra can exhibit white pilosity almost forming a band on T3, but it is not as evident as in S. melanura. Illustrations of the male genitalia and other morphological structures were made by Urban (1972).
This species is distributed mainly in central Chile (Wagenknecht 1970; Toro 1986), with relatively few records in Argentina (Urban 1972). In Chile, Svastrides melanura visits Teucrium bicolor Sm. (Lamiaceae) (Jaffuel & Pirión 1926), Lavatera assurgentiflora Kellogg (Malvaceae), Prosopis chilenis (Fabaceae), Schinus polygamus Cav. (Anacardiaceae), Madia sativa Mol. (Compositae), Monnina linearifolia Ruiz & Pav. (Polygalaceae), Geoffroea decorticans Burk. (Fabaceae), Cosmea bipinnata (Cav.) (Asteraceae), Scabiosa atropurpurea L. (Dipsacaceae), Rubus ulmifolius Schott. (Rosaceae) and Echium vulgare L. (Boraginaceae) (Wagenknecht 1970). Svastrides melanura is parasitized by Doeringiella gayi (Spinola) (Apidae: Nomadini) (Ruiz 1940).
description: Published as part of Vivallo, Felipe, 2009, Notes on the bee genus Alloscirtetica Holmberg, 1909 in northern Chile with the description of two new altiplanic species and a key for the Chilean species of Eucerini (Hymenoptera: Apidae), pp. 16-30 in Zootaxa 2010 on page 26, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.185792