Epicharis (Hoplepicharis) affinis Smith, 1874
Female in lateral view, Misiones (MLP). Photo: L. Alvarez
Geographic distribution
Distribution
Solitary bees, soil excavators
- Argentina
- Misiones
Other distribution
Bolivia, Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay and Venezuela
- Epicharis quadrinotata Mocsáry, 1898
- Epicharis tibialis Schrottky, 1902
Oil rewarding flowers: Banisteriopsis muricata (Cav.) Cuatrec, Mascagnia divaricata (Kunth) Nied, Stigmaphyllon bonariense (Hook. and Arn.) C.E. Anderson (Torretta et al. 2022)
- SCHROTTKY, C. 1913. La distribución geográfica de los himenópteros argentinos. An. Soc. Cient. Argent. 75: 180-286
- TORRETTA, J.P., ALISCIONI, S. S., MARRERO, H.J., AVALOS, A. A. 2022. Oil flowers of Malpighiaceae and its oil-collecting bees: loyalty and robbery in a highly specialized system. Apidologie 53: 30
