Key to the species of Agapostemonoides 1. Occipital carina low throughout, not lamellate dorsally; punctation on lateral portions of disc of T1 sparser. Female: mesoscutal pubescence long, on anterior corners distinctly longer than one ocellar diameter; terga completely dull (Fig. 1); pubescence on basal half of T1 well developed (Fig. 1). Male: pubescence dark brown on scutellum and metanotum; legs black; sterna 7 and 8 as in Fig. 8. Costa Rica and Panama (Fig. 18) ................................................................................................. Agapostemonoides hurdi ­ Dorsal portion of occipital carina distinctly lamellate (Fig. 3); punctation on lateral portions of disc of T1 denser (Fig. 2). Female: mesoscutal pubescence short, on anterior corners subequal to one ocellar diameter; terga reflective, with only a dull luster (Fig. 2); pubescence on basal half of T1 relatively sparse. Male: pubescence light brown on scutellum and metanotum; legs dark brown to amber; sterna 7 and 8 as in Fig. 9. Bolivia and Peru (Fig. 18) ....................... Agapostemonoides weirauchi sp. nov.

Published as part of Gonçalves, Rodrigo B. & Melo, Gabriel A. R., 2006, Notes on the Neotropical bee genera Agapostemonoides Roberts & Brooks and Rhinetula Friese, with description of a new species of Agapostemonoides (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Halictinae), pp. 39-48 in Zootaxa 1136 on page 40, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.171976