Two new species of nocturnal bees of the genus Megalopta (Hymenoptera: Halictidae) with keys to species

Megalopta Smith, 1853, is a Neotropical genus of nocturnal or crepuscular bees. Two subgenera are recognized with most of its nearly 30 species placed in the nominate subgenus. Species of Megalopta s. str. are more commonly collected than species of Noctoraptor Engel et al. 1997, all presumably para...

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Main Authors: Victor H Gonzalez, Terry Griswold, Ricardo Ayala
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Vicerractoría Investigación 2010-03-01
Series:Revista de Biología Tropical
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-77442010000100018