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SUBMITTER: Alqarni AS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3307365 | biostudies-literature | 2012
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Alqarni Abdulaziz S AS Hannan Mohammed A MA Engel Michael S MS
ZooKeys 20120301 172
A new species of the eucerine bee genus Tetraloniella Ashmead (Apinae: Eucerini) is described and figured from central Saudi Arabia and Qatar. Tetraloniella (Tetraloniella) persiciformissp. n. is distinguished on the basis of coloration, integumental sculpturing, male metafemoral structure, and male terminalia. A floral record of Pulicaria undulata (L.) C.A. Mey. (Compositae) is noted for some of the material. Females superficially resemble those of Tarsalia persica (Warncke) (Ancylaini) in over ...[more]