Corrigendum to “Bee Morphology: A Skeletomuscular Anatomy of Thyreus (Hymenoptera: Apidae)”

O. M. Meira, R. G. Beutel, H. Pohl, et al. 2024. “Bee Morphology: A Skeletomuscular Anatomy of Thyreus (Hymenoptera: Apidae).” Journal of Morphology, 285, e21751.

In published article, the Thyreus used for our study is incorrect, and is likely T. quinquefasciatus (Smith, F., 1879). This error was due to the switching of two specimen records in a flatfile database. Whereas we reported the scanned Thyreus (scan code BB311) as T. albomaculatus (specimen code: USNMENT01900218), the specimen that was the focal subject of our study is in fact T. quinquefasciatus (specimen code: SMFHYM0005662). Unfortunately, the specific epithet “albomaculatus” is used throughout the text; where this occurs, this should be read as “quinquefasciatus.” Fortunately, no conclusions from the study are affected by this mistake as only one species of Thyreus was used for the study. The revised identification is based on: (1) comparison of the voucher specimen of the present study with the type specimen (NHMUK014022685), which is preserved at the Natural History Museum London, and (2) the limited diversity of Thyreus in Madagascar, which is represented by a single known species. We thank Dr. Michael C. Orr for bringing our attention to this mistake.