Two new species of Old World cleptoparasitic bees are described and figured from Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Egypt, both of the genus Ammobates Latreille (Nomadinae: Ammobatini). Ammobates androsthenes Engel, new species (United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia), and A. arsinoe Engel, new species (Egypt), are distinguished from their congeners.
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1 September 2009
Two New Species of Ammobates from the Arabian Peninsula and Egypt (Hymenoptera: Apidae)
Michael S. Engel
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Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science
Vol. 112 • No. 4
September 2009
Vol. 112 • No. 4
September 2009
Anthophila
Apoidea
Egypt
Saudi Arabia
taxonomy
United Arab Emirates