A new bee genus from the pampas of eastern Argentina, with appended notes on the classification of “paracolletines” (Hymenoptera: Colletidae)
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A new genus and species are described and figured from the eastern pampas of Tandil, Argentina. Aenarete roigi Engel & Gonzalez, new genus and species, is quite similar to Spinolapis Moure (here used in a restricted sense), occurring in southern Chile, and particularly Patagoniapis Engel, new genus (type species: Pasiphae cyanea Cockerell) from further southward in Argentina (Rio Negro to Tierra del Fuego). The genus is distinguished from these two genera and other South American “paracolletines”. Given the employment of different concepts for “paracolletine” genera herein and in recent published works relative to the classification outlined by Michener, a revised key to these groups is appended based on the genera as envisioned by the authors. This necessitates making available the following new taxa (eight new subtribes, 20 new genera, 13 new subgenera): Aageocolletes Engel, new genus; Aglaocolletes Engel, new genus; Asciocolletes Engel, new genus; Baeocolletina Engel, new subtribe; Bicolletopsis Engel, new subgenus of Bicolletes Friese; Calloproctus Engel, new genus; Chilicolletina Engel, new subtribe; Chrysopasiphae Engel, new genus; Conospermapis Engel, new genus; Cyanopasiphae Engel, new subgenus of Bicolletes; Cygnella Engel, new subgenus of Euryglossidia Cockerell; Cyranocolletes Engel, new genus; Damocrateia Engel, new genus; Donovanapis, new subgenus of Leioproctus Smith; Eremocolletes Engel, new genus; Erythropasiphae Engel, new subgenus of Bicolletes; Hexaproctus Engel, new genus; Houstoniella Engel, new subgenus of Eremocolletes; Kanakapis Engel, new subgenus of Lamprocolletes Smith; Leucopasiphae Engel, new subgenus of Perditomorpha Ashmead; Lonchorhynchina Engel & Gonzalez, new subtribe; Manocolletes Engel, new subgenus of Euryglossidia; Machaerocolletes Engel, new genus; Maoricolletes Engel, new subgenus of Leioproctus; Maynardapis Engel, new genus; Nanopasiphae Engel, new genus; Niltoniina Engel, new subtribe; Notinopasiphae Engel, new subgenus of Euryglossidia; Packercolletes Engel, new genus; Perditomorphina Engel, new subtribe; Phenacolletina Engel, new subtribe; Rhamphocolletes Engel, new genus; Ruzopria Engel, new subgenus of Belopria Moure; Sarocolletidion Engel, new genus; Spinolapina Engel, new subtribe; Sthenele Engel, new genus; Stilbopasiphae Engel, new genus; Stoclele Engel, new subgenus of Lamprocolletes; Torocolletina Engel, new subtribe; Walkerapis Engel, new genus; Zyzzocolletes Engel, new genus.
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