Description of the male Colletes vicugnensis Rojas and Toro (Hymenoptera: Colletidae) with an updated key to the males of the Colletes species with a metallic-blue metasoma from Chile

Abstract

The male of the rare bee species Colletes vicugnensis Rojas and Toro is herein described and illustrated for the first time. Also, an identification key to the known males of the species of the genus with a metallic-blue metasoma found in Chile is provided.

Keywords

• apoidea
• bee
• colletinae
• diagnosis
• neotropical region
• taxonomy