A gynandromorph of Xylocopa nigrocincta Smith (Hymenoptera: Apidae).
We describe a mixed gynandromorph of Xylocopa (Neoxylocopa) nigrocincta from a single specimen from Argentina. The specimen presents bilateral asymmetry, with the right half of its head displaying male characters and the left half displaying female characters; the mesosoma presents male characters mostly in the right half of the prothorax, pronotal lobe and distal half of the fore tibia and in the pubescence of tarsus; the rest of the mesosoma and the metasoma display female features.
Lucia
Mariano
M
División Entomología, Museo de La Plata, Univ. Nac. de La Plata, La Plata, Argentina. mlucia@fcnym.unlp.edu.ar
Abrahamovich
Alberto H
AH
Alvarez
Leopoldo J
LJ
D000818:Animals; D001118:Argentina; D001516:Bees / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D012734:Disorders of Sex Development; D005260:Female; D008297:Male