Taxonomic notes on Japanese species of the Nomada furva species group (Hymenoptera: Apidae) |
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| Authors: | Katsushi MITAI Osamu TADAUCHI |
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| Institution: | Entomological Laboratory, Graduate School of Bioresource and Bioenvironmental Sciences, Kyushu University and;Entomological Laboratory, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan |
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| Abstract: | The furva species group of the genus Nomada in Japan is taxonomically revised and the following three species are recognized: N. okubira Tsuneki, 1973, stat. nov., N. pulawskii Tsuneki, 1973, and N. taicho Tsuneki, 1973. Nomada okubira is raised to species rank, and N. etigonis Tsuneki, 1986, is synonymized under N. okubira. Detailed illustrations of male terminalia are provided for N. okubira and N. taicho. A key to the Japanese species is provided. |
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| Keywords: | cleptoparasitic bee male terminalia new status new synonymy |
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