Allodapine bees in the Arabian Peninsula (Hymenoptera, Apidae) : a new species of Braunsapis from the Sarawat Mountains, with an overview of the Arabian fauna

Title Variants

Alternative: Arabian allodapine bees

Alternative: New species of Braunsapis from the Sarawat Mountains, with an overview of the Arabian fauna

Related Titles

Series: American Museum novitates, no. 3801

By

Engel, Michael S.

Alqarni, Abdulaziz S.
Hannan, Mohammed A.
Hinojosa-Diaz, Ismael
Michener, Charles D. (Charles Duncan), 1918-2015

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

New York, NY, American Museum of Natural History, [2014]

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"April 29, 2014."

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An interesting new species of allodapine bee (Xylocopinae: Allodapini: Allodapina) is described and figured from males and females captured in the Sarawat Mountains near al-Baha, representing the first records of the tribe for Saudi Arabia. Braunsapis alqarnii Engel and Michener, new species, is similar to the small species of the genus known from Africa and Madagascar but is distinguished on the basis of several features, most notably the male hind legs and terminalia. Notes are provided on the known allodapine fauna of the Arabian Peninsula, with a key to the species.

Subjects

Allodapini , Arabian Peninsula , Bāhah Region , Bees , Braunsapis , Braunsapis alqarnii , Classification , Insects , Saudi Arabia

Call Number

QL1 .A436 no.3801 2014

Language

English

Identifiers

OCLC: 878548585