1. PaDIL Species Factsheet Scientific Name: Ericrocis pintada Snelling & Zavortink, 1984 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Apinae: Ericrocidini) Common Name Tribe Representative - Ericrocidini Live link: http://www.padil.gov.au/pollinators/Pest/Main/139838 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 - Ericrocidini(Ericrocis pintada)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/139838 2.3. Facets Bio-Region: USA and Canada, Central and South America Host Family: Not recorded Host Genera: Cleptoparasitic Status: Exotic Species not in Australia Bio-Regions: Nearctic, Neotropical, Greater and Lesser Antilles, Araucanian Body Hair and Scopal location: Scopa absent, Body hair relatively sparse Cleptoparasite: Yes - all species Episternal groove: Present but not extending below scrobal groove Wings: Submarginal cells - Three, Apex of marginal cell truncate or rounded, Hind wing with second abscissa of M + Cu shorter than oblique cu-v, Apically papillate Head - Structures: One subantennal suture below each antennal socket Head - Mouthparts: Galeal comb absent, Stipial comb present, Lorum V shaped; mentum tapered, Flabellum bipartite Legs: Middle tibial spur large, bifurcate or multidentate along its length, Middle coxa fully exposed, Arolia absent Male Genitalia: S7 broad, well developed and no apical lobes, Gonostyli short and broad, S7 broad and transverse Metasoma & Metanotum: Pygidial plate present Nests, Ovarioles & Immatures: Parasitic, 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: Monday, September 27, 2021 .