First record of the bee genus Bathanthidium (Bathanthidium s. str.) Mavromoustakis (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) from Vietnam: Description of a new species and a key to species

Thi Ngat Tran; Lam Xuan Truong; Toshko Ljubomirov; Lien Thi Phuong Nguyen

doi:10.3897/jhr.88.73969

Journal of Hymenoptera Research (Dec 2021)

First record of the bee genus Bathanthidium (Bathanthidium s. str.) Mavromoustakis (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) from Vietnam: Description of a new species and a key to species

Thi Ngat Tran,
Lam Xuan Truong,
Toshko Ljubomirov,
Lien Thi Phuong Nguyen

Affiliations

Thi Ngat Tran: Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet Road, Nghia Do, Cau Giay, Hanoi, Vietnam
Lam Xuan Truong: Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology
Toshko Ljubomirov: Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
Lien Thi Phuong Nguyen: Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/jhr.88.73969
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 88
pp. 51 – 60

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The little-known bee genus Bathanthidium Mavromoustakis, 1953 of the family Megachilidae is reported for the first time from Vietnam. A new species, Bathanthidium (Bathanthidium s. str.) paco Tran & Nguyen, sp. nov. from Hoa Binh province is described and illustrated. A nest of the new species is reported from a wooden house. An updated identification key to all known species of the subgenus Bathanthidium s. str. is also provided.

Published in Journal of Hymenoptera Research

ISSN: 1070-9428 (Print); 1314-2607 (Online)
Publisher: Pensoft Publishers
Country of publisher: Bulgaria
LCC subjects: Science: Zoology
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