1. PaDIL Species Factsheet Scientific Name: Rhathymus sp -- (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Apinae: Rhathymini) Common Name Tribe Representative - Rhathymini Live link: http://www.padil.gov.au/pollinators/Pest/Main/139837 Image Library Australian Pollinators Live link: http://www.padil.gov.au/pollinators/ Partners for Australian Pollinators image library Western Australian Museum https://museum.wa.gov.au/ South Australian Museum https://www.samuseum.sa.gov.au/ Australian Museum https://australian.museum/ Museums Victoria https://museumsvictoria.com.au/ 2. Species Information 2.1. Details Specimen Contact: Museum Victoria - [email protected] Author: Ken Walker Citation: Ken Walker (2010) Tribe Representative - Rhathymini(Rhathymus sp)Updated on 8/17/2010 Available online: PaDIL - http://www.padil.gov.au Image Use: Free for use under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY- NC 4.0) 2.2. URL Live link: http://www.padil.gov.au/pollinators/Pest/Main/139837 2.3. Facets Bio-Region: Central and South America Host Family: Not recorded Host Genera: Cleptoparasitic Status: Exotic Species not in Australia Bio-Regions: Neotropical Body Hair and Scopal location: Scopa absent, Body hair almost absent Cleptoparasite: Yes - all species Episternal groove: Present and extending below scrobal groove Wings: Submarginal cells - Three, Hairy Head - Structures: One subantennal suture below each antennal socket Head - Mouthparts: Galeal comb absent, Glossa and Labial palps elongate; palps flattened and sheathlike, Stipial comb present, Lorum V shaped; mentum tapered, Mandibles simple Legs: Arolia present, Middle coxa fully exposed Male Genitalia: S7 broad and transverse Metasoma & Metanotum: Pygidial plate present, Prepygidial fimbria continuous, S6 curved to form tubular guide for sting Nests, Ovarioles & Immatures: Parasitic, Larva spins a cocoon, Ovarioles per ovary equals 4 or more Larval provisions: Parasitic on other bees 2.4. Diagnostic Notes The subfamily Apinae consists of the corbiculate Apidae and taxa from the Anthophoridae. There is no known unique subfamily character that is present in all species, many such useful characters are lost in the cleptoparasitic species. Most species have a pygidial plate and well developed prepygidial fimbriae. The scopa is restricted to the hind leg and basitarsus. Source: Michener (2007). Bees of the World. John Hopkins University Press. 3. Diagnostic Images Results Generated: Friday, September 24, 2021 .