A new species of Andinopanurgus (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae) from high elevations in southern Peru

• Published in: Revista peruana de biología Vol. 26; no. 2; pp. 211 - 216
• Main Authors: Gonzalez Betancourt, Victor Hugo, Alvarado, Mabel, Rasmussen, Claus
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Lima Leonardo Romero Chumpitaz, Editor Jefe 01-07-2019; Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos. Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas; Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
• Subjects: andes; Andinopanurgus; Andrenidae; Animal behavior; anthophila; apoidea; BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION; BIOLOGY; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; ECOLOGY; ENTOMOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; Hymenoptera; Identification keys; Morphology; Museum exhibits; Museums; MYCOLOGY; Natural history; New species; ORNITHOLOGY; Plant reproduction; pollinators; Protandrenini; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; ZOOLOGY; Peru; Andes; Anthophila; polinizadores; pollinators; Apoidea
• ISSN: 1561-0837; 1727-9933; 1727-9933
• DOI: 10.15381/rpb.v26i2.15586

We describe and figure a distinctive new species of the bee genus Andinopanurgus Gonzalez and Engel (Andrenidae, Protandrenini) from Apurímac and Cusco in southern Peru. Andinopanurgus vargasllosai Gonzalez and Alvarado, n. sp., occurs at elevations above 4000 m in the Central Andes and is the second species of this genus in Peru. The new species possesses terga with semi-translucent distal margins, a unique feature among Andinopanurgus, and it combines morphological features of the two species groups previously recognized in the genus. To facilitate its recognition, we provide an updated key to species of Andinopanurgus.