Skip to main content
ARS Home » Pacific West Area » Logan, Utah » Pollinating Insect-Biology, Management, Systematics Research » Research » Publications at this Location » Publication #418645
Research Project: Sustainable Crop Production and Wildland Preservation through the Management, Systematics, and Conservation of a Diversity of Bees

Location: Pollinating Insect-Biology, Management, Systematics Research

Title: Neotropical bees of the genus Heriades Spinola, 1808 (Hymenoptera:Megachilidae: Osmiini) from México and Central America

Author
item ROJAS-ARIAS, LAURA - The National Autonomous University Of Mexico
item Griswold, Terry
item HINOJOSA-DIAZ, ISMAEL - The National Autonomous University Of Mexico
item AYALA BARJAS, RICARDO - The National Autonomous University Of Mexico

Submitted to: Zootaxa
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
Publication Acceptance Date: 12/9/2024
Publication Date: 1/17/2025
Citation: Rojas-Arias, L., Griswold, T.L., Hinojosa-Diaz, I., Ayala Barjas, R. 2025. Neotropical bees of the genus Heriades Spinola, 1808 (Hymenoptera:Megachilidae: Osmiini) from México and Central America. Zootaxa. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5570.2.1.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5570.2.1

Interpretive Summary: This revision of the species of solitary bees in the genus Heriades concerns the species found in the tropical parts of North America (Mexico to Panama). It is a group of bees that nests in holes and uses resin to seal the nest. Previously only six species were known from these countries. In this revision nine new species are named, described, and their distribution mapped. A key to all the tropical North American species is provided to aid in identifying the species.

Technical Abstract: Heriades is a genus of solitary bees of the family Megachilidae. It is a monophyletic group divided in eight subgenera, of which Neotrypetes is the only one distributed in America. There are only two taxonomic revisions about this genus in this region, by Charles Michener (1938) and by Terry Griswold (1984). A revision of the genus Heriades for the Neotropical region of México and Central America was carried out. As a result, we recognize 15 species, of these nine are new to science, based on morphology, and male genitalia. The species registered for the study area are: Heriades amanda sp. nov., H. briceida sp. nov., H. viridiana sp. nov., H. danucia sp. nov., H. christina sp. nov., H. vulcanica sp. nov., H. nora sp. nov., H. mariana sp. nov., H. luisa. sp. nov., H. bruneri, H. crucifera, H. currani, H. leavitti, H. micheneri, and H. texana. Diagnoses, descriptions, illustrations and distributional maps of the species are included, as well as keys to the known Neotropical species.