Type specimens of bees (Hymenoptera, Apidae) deposited in the Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil

Author(s)

KELLI S. RAMOS ^[1] ; RICARDO KAWADA ^[2] ; CARLOS ROBERTO F. BRANDÃO ^[3]

Affiliation

^[1] Universidade de São Paulo. Museu de Zoologia - Brasil

^[2] Universidade Federal da Grande Dourados. Faculdade de Ciências Biológicas e Ambientais. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Entomologia e Conservação da Biodiversidade - Brasil

^[3] Universidade de São Paulo. Museu de Zoologia - Brasil

• Document type: Journal article
• Source: Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia (São Paulo); v. 55, n. 24, p. 335-361, 2015-00-00.

Abstract

ABSTRACTThe present catalogue lists the bee types (Hymenoptera, Apidaes.l.) deposited in the Museu de Zoologia, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil (MZSP). The Hymenoptera collection of the MZSP is one of the most important collections for the Brazilian and Neotropical faunas, holding relatively large number of types and represented taxa. The Apidae collection includes a total of 473 type-specimens (101 holotypes, 30 lectotypes, 190 paratypes, 34 paralectotypes, and 119 syntypes) that represent 257 species currently classified in 88 genera, 22 tribes, and five subfamilies (Andreninae, Apinae, Colletinae, Halictinae, and Megachilinae). Label data and additional information from the MZSP registers, literature sources, and taxonomic remarks are given, including high-resolution photographs of holotypes and lectotypes available through links to Specimage (image database of The Ohio State University). (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 10/16063-3 - Qualification, organization and divulgence of the Hymenoptera parasitic collection of the Museum of Zoology of the University of São Paulo
• Grantee: Carlos Roberto Ferreira Brandão
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
• FAPESP's process: 10/17046-5 - Systematics of neotropical bee genera of Protrandenini (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Andreninae)
• Grantee: Kelli dos Santos Ramos
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral