Species info
Classification > Tribe Calliopsini > Genus Callonychium > Subgenus Callonychium (Callonychium)
Callonychium (Callonychium) petuniae Cure & Wittmann, 1990
Male in frontal view (Photo: L Alvarez)
Male in frontal view (Photo: L Alvarez)
Male in frontal view (Photo: L Alvarez)
Male in lateral view (Photo: L Alvarez)
Male in lateral view (Photo: L Alvarez)
T7 of male
T7 of male
Female in lateral view (Photo: L. Alvarez)
Female in lateral view (Photo: L. Alvarez)
 
Geographic distribution
Distribution
Solitary bees, soil excavators
  • Argentina
    • Entre Ríos
    • Misiones
Other distribution
Brazil
 
Host plants
Callonychium petuniae was reported as an oligolectic bee species on three species of the solanaceous genus Petunia s. l. (Calibrachoa ovalifolia (Miers) Stehmann & Semir, Calibrachoa excellens (R.E. Fr.) Wijsman, and Petunia integrifolia (Hook.) Schinz & Thell.) (Cure & Wittmann, 1990).
References
  • CURE, J. R. & WITTMANN, D. 1990. Callonychium petuniae, a new Panurgine bee species (Apoidea, Andrenidae), oligolectic on Petunia (Solanaceae). Stud. Neotrop. Fauna Environ. 25 (3): 153-156
  • ALVAREZ, L.J., RAMELLO, P.J., AVALOS, A.A., ALMADA, V., AGUIRRE, M.S., TORRETTA, J.P. & LUCIA, M. 2024. Contributions to the wild bee fauna in Argentina (Hymenoptera: Anthophila). Pap. Avulsos Zool., 2024; v.64: e202464006
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