Protomeliturga catimbaui sp. nov., from the National Park Vale do Catimbau, Buique, Pernambuco is the second species of Protomeliturgini. Protomeliturga turnerae (Ducke, 1907) was collected in flowers of Turnera ulmifolia Linnaeus, is oligolectic and very common in Northeast Brazil. The males of Protomeliturga catimbaui sp. nov. show several orange colored paintings on meso and metassoma, a shining tegument with fine punctures and sternite 7 is projected backwards in the shape of a rounded spata with lateral carina and apicolateral teeth. The bees were collected in flowers of Turneraceae (Piriqueta sidifolia (Cambess.) Urb. var. multiflora Urb.), indicating oligolecty also for this species.
Apoidea; new species; Neotropics; Panurginae; Northeast Brazil; taxonomy; Turneraceae
