On the classification of North American Chelostoma (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae)

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Published Sep 30, 2019
DOI https://doi.org/10.17161/jom.v0i90.11760

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Michael S. Engel
University of Kansas & American Museum of Natural History
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3067-077X
Terry Griswold
USDA-ARS, Utah State University

Abstract

A new subgenus of Chelostoma Latreille is established for the New World group historically placed in Foveosmia Warncke.  These species, placed herein in Neochelostoma Engel & Griswold, new subgenus, are differentiated from the Palearctic Foveosmia and a modified key is provided to the subgenera of Chelostoma.

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No 90 (2019): On the classification of North American Chelostoma (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae)
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