New cases of mosaic gynandromorphy in Habropoda laboriosa (Apidae: Anthophorini) and Melissodes bimaculatus (Apidae: Eucerini)
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We describe the first documented cases of gynandromorphy in the specialist digger bee Habropoda laboriosa (Fabricius) (Apidae: Anthophorini) and in the longhorn bee Melissodes bimaculatus (Lepeletier) (Apidae: Eucerini) from specimens collected in North Carolina and Georgia, USA. Both specimens display mosaic gynandromorphy, appearing predominately female with patches of pale-yellow male coloration on the clypeus. These records represent the first reported case of gynandromorphy in Habropoda Latreille and the fifth reported case in Melissodes Smith.
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