Discovery of the bee tribe Tarsaliini in Arabia (Hymenoptera, Apidae), with the description of a new species. (American Museum novitates, no. 3877)

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dc.contributor.authorEngel, Michael S.
dc.contributor.authorAlqarni, Abdulaziz S.
dc.contributor.authorShebl, Mohamed A.
dc.date.accessioned2017-03-21T14:44:52Z
dc.date.available2017-03-21T14:44:52Z
dc.date.issued2017-03-20
dc.description28 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm.en_US
dc.description.abstractThe uncommonly encountered bee tribe Tarsaliini (Apinae) is recorded from the Arabian Peninsula for the first time, and based on a new species of the genus Tarsalia Morawitz. The tribes Ancylaini and Tarsaliini are diagnosed and their differences highlighted. Tarsalia kindahensis Engel, new species, is described and figured from the eastern portion of the Najd of central-eastern Saudi Arabia (Qassim and Riyadh regions). The new species is most similar to T. mimetes (Cockerell), known only from Egypt and Sudan, as well as the larger T. persica (Warncke) from Iran. These three species are morphologically and largely geographically distinct from the remainder of the genus, and are segregated into a new subgenus, Astibomelissa Engel. An updated and corrected checklist of the genera and subgenera of bees recorded from Saudi Arabia is appended.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2246/6703
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherAmerican Museum of Natural History.en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesAmerican Museum novitates;no.3877.
dc.subjectTarsalia kindahensis.en_US
dc.subjectTarsaliini.en_US
dc.subjectAncylaini.en_US
dc.subjectAstibomelissa.en_US
dc.subjectApidae.en_US
dc.subjectBees.en_US
dc.subjectNajd (Saudi Arabia)en_US
dc.subjectSaudi Arabia.en_US
dc.titleDiscovery of the bee tribe Tarsaliini in Arabia (Hymenoptera, Apidae), with the description of a new species. (American Museum novitates, no. 3877)en_US
dc.title.alternativeArabian Tarsalia.en_US

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