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Colletes aragorn Kuhlmann & Goergen 2025, sp. nov.

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: Colletes aragorn Kuhlmann sp. nov. (Figs 1, 2) Diagnosis. Colletes aragorn belongs to the taxonomically challenging and species-rich C. rufitarsis species-group. As defined by Kuhlmann & Pauly (2013) and Kuhlmann (2020), the group comprises nine described species, namely (in alphabetical order) C. abessinicus Friese, C. aethiopicus Kuhlmann, C. fascicularis Cockerell, C. gorillarum Cockerell, C. marleyi Cockerell, C. michaelis Cockerell, C. opacus Friese, C. rufitarsis Friese and C. senkelensis Kuhlmann. Species of this group are mainly found in tropical to subtropical regions. Females and males in the C. rufitarsis species-group are predominantly dark orange-brown and densely hairy. Apical tergal hair bands are broad and relatively dark yellowish-white to orange-brown. Terga, especially T1, are densely (i

Source: Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.16604619

Authors: Kuhlmann, Michael, Goergen, Georg

Institutions: Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture

Language: English

Topic: Hymenoptera taxonomy and phylogeny

Subfield: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Domain: Life Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W6912021953

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