Document Type
Scientific Note
Abstract
Cases of partially albinic specimens of cleptoparasitic bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae) in which the pubescence lacks the usual pigmentation are presented and discussed. Anomalously pale-haired individuals within the following three genera are known: Brachymelecta Linsley, Epeolus Latreille, and Triepeolus Robertson. Since two of the aberrant specimens were mistaken for and erroneously described as new taxa, the present paper draws attention to this phenomenon within bees and its potential to cause taxonomic confusion.
Recommended Citation
Onuferko, Thomas M.
2021.
"Anomalously Pale-Haired Specimens in Three Genera of Cleptoparasitic Bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae),"
The Great Lakes Entomologist, vol 54
(1)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.22543/0090-0222.2404
Available at:
https://scholar.valpo.edu/tgle/vol54/iss1/9