Review of Scaura Schwarz, 1938 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini)

Scaura Schwarz is a small, widely distributed Neotropical genus of stingless bees whose workers and males have the metabasitarsus as broad as or wider than the metatibia. The genus currently includes four valid species. A species complex composed of three additional species are described here as new...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published inZootaxa Vol. 4712; no. 4; p. zootaxa.4712.4.1
Main Authors Nogueira, David Silva, Dos Santos Júnior, José Eustáquio, DE Oliveira, Favízia Freitas, DE Oliveira, Marcio Luiz
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New Zealand 23.12.2019
Subjects
Animals
Bees
Geography
Hymenoptera
Male
Hymenoptera, Anthophila, Bee, Morphology, Stingless bee, Taxonomy
Online AccessGet more information

Cover

More Information
Summary:Scaura Schwarz is a small, widely distributed Neotropical genus of stingless bees whose workers and males have the metabasitarsus as broad as or wider than the metatibia. The genus currently includes four valid species. A species complex composed of three additional species are described here as new (S. amazonica sp. n., S. aspera sp. n. and S. cearensis sp. n.). In addition to the descriptions and redescriptions of the species of Scaura, an illustrated identification key is presented, as well as updated geographical records.
ISSN:1175-5334
DOI:10.11646/zootaxa.4712.4.1