Doeringiella Holmberg 1886

Key to Chilean Species of Doeringiella

1. Mesosoma with setation entirely black except on dorsum of pronotum and anterior transverse band on mesoscutum (Fig. 7); metasoma with pale apical bands primarily on T1 and T2 (Figs. 7, 9); far northern Chile (Region XV)..................................................................... D. mamabee Packer, n. sp.

—. Mesosoma with abundant pale setation (Fig. 12); metasoma with pale markings distinct on all terga (Fig. 12); central and southern Chile (from Region IV south to Region X)..................................................................................................... 2

2(1). Male scape not swollen (Fig. 13); male S5 with complete row of approximately equally long hairs (Fig. 14); female T5 with pseudopygidial area at least as long as wide (Fig. 15)........................................... D. gayi (Spinola)

—. Male scape considerably swollen (Fig. 16); male S5 with moderately long hairs laterally, short medially (Fig. 17); female T5 with pseudopygidial area much shorter than broad (Fig. 18).............................................. D. gigas (Spinola) Note, although females of the new species are unknown, the characters used in the key above are not generally sexually dimorphic among these bees and both sexes should be identifiable using it.