Female head in frontal view. Photo: Ramos & Rozen, 2014
Lateral view of the female. Photo: Foto: Ramos & Rozen, 2014
Male head in frontal view (holotype). Photo: Ramos & Rozen, 2014
Macrocephalic male head in frontal view. Photo: Ramos & Rozen, 2014
Lateral view of the macrocephalic male. Photo: Foto: Ramos & Rozen, 2014
Geographic distribution
Distribution
Solitary bees, soil excavators
Argentina
Buenos Aires
Catamarca
La Rioja
Salta
Santiago del Estero
Tucumán
Other distribution
References
VACHAL, J. 1909. Espèces nouvelles ou litigieuses d'Apidae du haut Bassin du Parana et des régions contiguës et délimitation d' une nouvelle sous-famille Diphaglossinae (Hym.). Rev. Entomol. (Caen) 28 (1/2): 5-64
HOLMBERG, E. L. 1921. Apidae Argentinae. Generis Psaenythia Gerstaecker. Exoticis inclusis. An. Mus. Nac. Hist. Nat. B. Aires 31: 249-354
RAMOS, K. S. & ROZEN, J. G. 2014.Psaenythisca, a New Genus of Bees from South America (Apoidea: Andrenidae: Protandrenini) with a Description of the Nesting Biology and Immature Stages of One Species. Am. Mus. Novit. 3800: 1-32 [8] (Key, taxonomy, descriptive note)