Female lateral view, LaPlata, Buenos Aires (Photo: M. Lucia)
Female lateral view, LaPlata, Buenos Aires (Photo: M. Lucia)
Female head in frontal view. Photo: Ramos & Melo, 2010
Male head in frontal view. Photo: Ramos & Melo, 2010
Geographic distribution
Distribution
Solitary bees, soil excavators
Argentina
Buenos Aires
Entre Ríos
Misiones
Santa Fe
Other distribution
Brazil
Synonyms
Psaenythia (Parapsaenythia) argentina Friese, 1908
Anthrenoides iheringi Schrottky, 1911
References
FRIESE, H. 1908. Die Apidae (Blumenwespen) von Argentina nach den Reisenergebnissen der Herren A. C. Jensen-Haarup und P. Jörgensen in den Jahren 1904-1907. Flora Fauna 10: 1-94
BRÈTHES, J. 1909. Hymenoptera paraguayensis. An. Mus. Nac. Hist. Nat. B. Aires (3) 19: 225-256
DALMAZZO, M. 2010. Diversidad y aspectos biológicos de abejas silvestres de un ambiente urbano y otro natural de la región central de Santa Fe, Argentina. Rev. Soc. Entomol. Arg. 69(1-2), 33-44.
RAMOS, K. S. & MELO, G. A. R. 2010. Taxonomic revision and phylogenetic relationships of the bee genus Parapsaenythia Friese (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Protandrenini), with biogeographic inferences for the South American Chacoan subregion. Syst. Entomol. 35: 449-474
TORRETTA, J. P., & POGGIO, S. L. 2013. Species diversity of entomophilous plants and flower-visiting insects is sustained in the field margins of sunflower crops. Journal of Natural History, 47(3-4), 139-165.
MARRERO, H. J., TORRETTA, J. P., & MEDAN, D. 2014. Effect of land use intensification on specialization in plant–floral visitor interaction networks in the Pampas of Argentina. Agriculture, ecosystems & environment, 188, 63-71.
MAZZEO, N. M., & TORRETTA, J. P. 2015. Wild bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) in an urban botanical garden in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment, 50(3), 182-193