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Julio A. Genaro

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The Hispaniolan cleptoparasitic bees of the genus Triepeolus are revised. One new species: T. danieli and the female of T. nisibonensis are described. With this new taxon the number of species is elevated to three. Distribution, geographical range, flight season, and a key to the species are presented.

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Cuckoo bee, Apoidea, Apidae, Nomadinae, Epeolini, Triepeolus, new species, taxonomic revision, Hispaniola

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Genaro, J. A. (2014). The genus Triepeolus Robertson, 1901 in Hispaniola, with the description of a new species (Hymenoptera: Anthophila: Apidae). Novitates Caribaea, (7), 22–27. https://doi.org/10.33800/nc.v0i7.55

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