<documentid="4517A706639193C43641579FC3928031"ID-DOI="10.17161/jom.v0i87.11673"ID-ISSN="2325-4467"ID-Zenodo-Dep="13228797"ID-ZooBank="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:64341535-B13B-4A89-9DF7-89D06924ECFA"IM.bibliography_approvedBy="felipe"IM.illustrations_approvedBy="felipe"IM.materialsCitations_approvedBy="felipe"IM.metadata_approvedBy="felipe"IM.taxonomicNames_approvedBy="felipe"IM.treatments_approvedBy="felipe"checkinTime="1722893657222"checkinUser="felipe"docAuthor="Engel, Michael S."docDate="2019"docId="722E8792924D7533FE2995B7D689FEAB"docLanguage="en"docName="JMelittology.2019.87.1-15.pdf"docOrigin="Journal of Melittology 2019 (87)"docSource="http://dx.doi.org/10.17161/jom.v0i87.11673"docStyle="DocumentStyle:20C606B715423E98DFED429F4976A416.4:JMelittology.2013-.journal_article.0cover"docStyleId="20C606B715423E98DFED429F4976A416"docStyleName="JMelittology.2013-.journal_article.0cover"docStyleVersion="4"docTitle="Trichommation osculans Engel 2019, new species"docType="treatment"docVersion="2"lastPageNumber="12"masterDocId="8E17FFEA92457538FFBB9039D52EFFF2"masterDocTitle="A new genus of augochlorine bees from northern Venezuela (Hymenoptera: Halictidae)"masterLastPageNumber="15"masterPageNumber="1"pageNumber="9"updateTime="1722900442272"updateUser="ExternalLinkService"zenodo-license-document="CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0">
<mods:namePartid="7045A80955240F1AD6D55E6B59FCE91B">Engel, Michael S.</mods:namePart>
<mods:affiliationid="2409F6420852D5528441F6CC459DA533">Division of Entomology, Natural History Museum, and Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, 1501 Crestline Drive - Suite 140, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045 - 4415, USA (msengel @ ku. edu).</mods:affiliation>
<figureCitationid="62BC2A01924D7530FDE695F7D7FCFA14"box="[605,722,1486,1510]"captionStart-0="Figures 1–2"captionStart-1="Figures 3–5"captionStart-2="Figures 6–7"captionStart-3="Figures 8–9"captionStart-4="Figures 10–13"captionStart-5="Figures 14–17"captionStartId-0="2.[160,241,1555,1577]"captionStartId-1="4.[161,242,1574,1596]"captionStartId-2="5.[160,241,1574,1596]"captionStartId-3="6.[160,241,1574,1596]"captionStartId-4="7.[160,241,1574,1596]"captionStartId-5="8.[160,241,1300,1322]"captionTargetBox-0="[160,1149,232,1549]"captionTargetBox-1="[170,1151,237,1545]"captionTargetBox-2="[160,1168,224,1568]"captionTargetBox-3="[160,1168,224,1568]"captionTargetBox-4="[160,1168,224,1568]"captionTargetBox-5="[177,1151,234,1289]"captionTargetId-0="figure-73@2.[160,1168,224,1549]"captionTargetId-1="figure-79@4.[160,1168,224,1568]"captionTargetId-2="figure-83@5.[160,1168,224,1568]"captionTargetId-3="figure-86@6.[160,1168,224,1568]"captionTargetId-4="figure-75@7.[160,1168,224,1568]"captionTargetId-5="figure-98@8.[160,1168,224,1295]"captionTargetPageId-0="2"captionTargetPageId-1="4"captionTargetPageId-2="5"captionTargetPageId-3="6"captionTargetPageId-4="7"captionTargetPageId-5="8"captionText-0="Figures 1–2. Holotype female of Trichommation osculans, new genus and species. 1. Lateral habitus. 2. Lateral detail of head and mesosoma."captionText-1="Figures 3–5. Holotype female of Trichommation osculans, new genus and species. 3. Facial view. 4. Ventral view of head. 5. Dorsal habitus."captionText-2="Figures 6–7. Labral and clypeal details from holotype female of Trichommation osculans, new ge- nus and species (clypeal angles of marginal area highlighted in green). 6. Direct view of clypeal apex and labral basal area. 7. Oblique view of clypeal apex and narrow labral distal process."captionText-3="Figures 8–9. Head details of Trichommation osculans, new genus and species. 8. Lateral oblique view of labiomaxillary complex and hypostomal lamella (arrow points to posterior enlargement of lamella). 9. Detail of compound eye showing fine ocular setae."captionText-4="Figures 10–13. Details of holotype female of Trichommation osculans, new genus and species. 10. Forewing. 11. Detail of mesoscutum, mesoscutellum, and metanotum. 12. Detail of mesoscutellum, metanotum, and basal area of propodeum. 13. Detail of protibial calcar."captionText-5="Figures 14–17. Details of holotype female of Trichommation osculans, new genus and species, and Megommation insigne (Smith). 14. Hind leg of T. osculans. 15. Metabasitibial plate of T. osculans. 16. Inner and outer metatibial spurs of T. osculans. 17. Hind leg of M. insigne."figureDoi-0="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13228799"figureDoi-1="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13228801"figureDoi-2="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13228803"figureDoi-3="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13228805"figureDoi-4="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13228807"figureDoi-5="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13228809"httpUri-0="https://zenodo.org/record/13228799/files/figure.png"httpUri-1="https://zenodo.org/record/13228801/files/figure.png"httpUri-2="https://zenodo.org/record/13228803/files/figure.png"httpUri-3="https://zenodo.org/record/13228805/files/figure.png"httpUri-4="https://zenodo.org/record/13228807/files/figure.png"httpUri-5="https://zenodo.org/record/13228809/files/figure.png"pageId="8"pageNumber="9">Figs. 1–16</figureCitation>
: Total body length 9.5 mm; forewing length 7.9 mm. Head slightly wider than long, length 2.07 mm, width 2.33 mm. Upper interorbital distance 1.07 mm; lower interorbital distance 0.93 mm. Compound eyes with fine, white ocular setae, individual setae much longer than an individual ommatidial diameter (
<figureCitationid="62BC2A01924D7530FB8596B7D1A8F954"box="[1086,1158,1678,1702]"captionStart="Figures 8–9"captionStartId="6.[160,241,1574,1596]"captionTargetBox="[160,1168,224,1568]"captionTargetId="figure-86@6.[160,1168,224,1568]"captionTargetPageId="6"captionText="Figures 8–9. Head details of Trichommation osculans, new genus and species. 8. Lateral oblique view of labiomaxillary complex and hypostomal lamella (arrow points to posterior enlargement of lamella). 9. Detail of compound eye showing fine ocular setae."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13228805"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13228805/files/figure.png"pageId="8"pageNumber="9">Fig. 9</figureCitation>
<figureCitationid="62BC2A01924C7531FE719118D735FECB"box="[458,539,289,313]"captionStart="Figures 10–13"captionStartId="7.[160,241,1574,1596]"captionTargetBox="[160,1168,224,1568]"captionTargetId="figure-75@7.[160,1168,224,1568]"captionTargetPageId="7"captionText="Figures 10–13. Details of holotype female of Trichommation osculans, new genus and species. 10. Forewing. 11. Detail of mesoscutum, mesoscutellum, and metanotum. 12. Detail of mesoscutellum, metanotum, and basal area of propodeum. 13. Detail of protibial calcar."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13228807"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13228807/files/figure.png"pageId="9"pageNumber="10">Fig. 13</figureCitation>
<figureCitationid="62BC2A01924C7531FF139178D5D6FEAB"box="[168,248,321,345]"captionStart="Figures 14–17"captionStartId="8.[160,241,1300,1322]"captionTargetBox="[177,1151,234,1289]"captionTargetId="figure-98@8.[160,1168,224,1295]"captionTargetPageId="8"captionText="Figures 14–17. Details of holotype female of Trichommation osculans, new genus and species, and Megommation insigne (Smith). 14. Hind leg of T. osculans. 15. Metabasitibial plate of T. osculans. 16. Inner and outer metatibial spurs of T. osculans. 17. Hind leg of M. insigne."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13228809"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13228809/files/figure.png"pageId="9"pageNumber="10">Fig. 16</figureCitation>
<figureCitationid="62BC2A01924C7531FCEB9178D6B0FEAB"box="[848,926,321,345]"captionStart="Figures 10–13"captionStartId="7.[160,241,1574,1596]"captionTargetBox="[160,1168,224,1568]"captionTargetId="figure-75@7.[160,1168,224,1568]"captionTargetPageId="7"captionText="Figures 10–13. Details of holotype female of Trichommation osculans, new genus and species. 10. Forewing. 11. Detail of mesoscutum, mesoscutellum, and metanotum. 12. Detail of mesoscutellum, metanotum, and basal area of propodeum. 13. Detail of protibial calcar."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13228807"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13228807/files/figure.png"pageId="9"pageNumber="10">Fig. 10</figureCitation>
) with basal vein distad 1cu-a by two times vein width; first submarginal cell slightly longer than combined lengths of second and third submarginal cells; second submarginal nearly quadrate, anterior border along Rs only slightly shorter than posterior border, anterior border about as long as anterior border of third submarginal cell along same vein (
., 3Rs and 4Rs nearly equal); posterior border of third submarginal cell slightly less than twice length of anterior border; 1rs-m confluent with 1m-cu; 2rs-m faintly arched, distad 2m-cu by six times vein width; hind wing with distal hamuli arranged 2-1-2.
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<paragraphid="FA383684924C7531FF6B9278D1A5FBCB"blockId="9.[160,1169,225,1786]"pageId="9"pageNumber="10">Clypeus and supraclypeal area with coarse, shallow punctures separated by less than a puncture width or more, integument between punctures coriarious; face with small, contiguous, irregular punctures giving integument a roughened appearance, such punctures becoming weaker on lower face and blending to coriarious integument, similarly blending to imbricate-coriarious integument in ocellocular area and on vertex; gena and postgena coriarious. Pronotum finely coriarious to imbricate. Mesoscutum with small contiguous punctures, punctures slightly more spaced outside parapsidal lines, punctures weaker and more separated posteriorly; tegula faintly coriarious anteriorly with scatered minute punctures, posteriorly smooth and impunctate; mesoscutellum with faint small punctures in anterior third, punctures contiguous medially, elsewhere separated by a puncture width or more, blending to imbricate and coriarious integument posteriorly; metanotum minutely nodulose; pleura with coarse, small, weak punctures separated by less than a puncture width, such punctures becoming weaker and more drawn out ventrally, integument between finely and weakly coriarious; lateral and posterior surfaces of propodeum imbricate to coriarious, basal area of propodeum coriarious, with short basal rugae. Metasomal terga and sterna imbricate.</paragraph>
Mandible dark brown near base, otherwise largely reddish brown; labiomaxillary complex amber brown, with yellow palpi; labrum reddish brown; clypeal apex light reddish brown (almost fulvous), remainder of clypeus, supraclypeal area, face, and vertex reddish brown, with metallic green and blue reflections on lower face, margins of supraclypeal area and clypeus around subantennal sulci and lateral borders of epistomal sulcus; scape largely reddish brown except lighter on ventral surface; pedicel and flagellum reddish brown to brown except somewhat lighter ventrally and apically on flagellum, particularly so by apical flagellomere; gena and postgena reddish brown with strong metallic green to green-blue highlights, particularly on gena. Pronotum as described for gena; propleuron light reddish brown; mesoscutum largely reddish brown with scatered metallic highlights along borders (
<figureCitationid="62BC2A01924C7531FC9495B8D653FA6B"box="[815,893,1409,1433]"captionStart="Figures 10–13"captionStartId="7.[160,241,1574,1596]"captionTargetBox="[160,1168,224,1568]"captionTargetId="figure-75@7.[160,1168,224,1568]"captionTargetPageId="7"captionText="Figures 10–13. Details of holotype female of Trichommation osculans, new genus and species. 10. Forewing. 11. Detail of mesoscutum, mesoscutellum, and metanotum. 12. Detail of mesoscutellum, metanotum, and basal area of propodeum. 13. Detail of protibial calcar."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13228807"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13228807/files/figure.png"pageId="9"pageNumber="10">Fig. 11</figureCitation>
); tegula as on mesoscutum without highlights; mesoscutellum and metanotum metallic green, with golden to brassy highlights, particularly on metanotum (
<figureCitationid="62BC2A01924C7531FD7F95F8D668FA2B"box="[708,838,1473,1497]"captionStart="Figures 10–13"captionStartId="7.[160,241,1574,1596]"captionTargetBox="[160,1168,224,1568]"captionTargetId="figure-75@7.[160,1168,224,1568]"captionTargetPageId="7"captionText="Figures 10–13. Details of holotype female of Trichommation osculans, new genus and species. 10. Forewing. 11. Detail of mesoscutum, mesoscutellum, and metanotum. 12. Detail of mesoscutellum, metanotum, and basal area of propodeum. 13. Detail of protibial calcar."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13228807"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13228807/files/figure.png"pageId="9"pageNumber="10">Figs. 10, 11</figureCitation>
<figureCitationid="62BC2A01924C7531FE5795D8D703FA0B"box="[492,557,1505,1529]"captionStart="Figures 1–2"captionStartId="2.[160,241,1555,1577]"captionTargetBox="[160,1149,232,1549]"captionTargetId="figure-73@2.[160,1168,224,1549]"captionTargetPageId="2"captionText="Figures 1–2. Holotype female of Trichommation osculans, new genus and species. 1. Lateral habitus. 2. Lateral detail of head and mesosoma."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13228799"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13228799/files/figure.png"pageId="9"pageNumber="10">Fig. 2</figureCitation>
<figureCitationid="62BC2A01924C7531FE939638D455F9EB"box="[296,379,1537,1561]"captionStart="Figures 10–13"captionStartId="7.[160,241,1574,1596]"captionTargetBox="[160,1168,224,1568]"captionTargetId="figure-75@7.[160,1168,224,1568]"captionTargetPageId="7"captionText="Figures 10–13. Details of holotype female of Trichommation osculans, new genus and species. 10. Forewing. 11. Detail of mesoscutum, mesoscutellum, and metanotum. 12. Detail of mesoscutellum, metanotum, and basal area of propodeum. 13. Detail of protibial calcar."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13228807"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13228807/files/figure.png"pageId="9"pageNumber="10">Fig. 12</figureCitation>
<figureCitationid="62BC2A01924C7531FCCD9638D6EAF9EB"box="[886,964,1537,1561]"captionStart="Figures 1–2"captionStartId="2.[160,241,1555,1577]"captionTargetBox="[160,1149,232,1549]"captionTargetId="figure-73@2.[160,1168,224,1549]"captionTargetPageId="2"captionText="Figures 1–2. Holotype female of Trichommation osculans, new genus and species. 1. Lateral habitus. 2. Lateral detail of head and mesosoma."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13228799"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13228799/files/figure.png"pageId="9"pageNumber="10">Figs. 1</figureCitation>
<figureCitationid="62BC2A01924C7531FC689638D6CCF9EB"box="[979,994,1537,1561]"captionStart="Figures 3–5"captionStartId="4.[161,242,1574,1596]"captionTargetBox="[170,1151,237,1545]"captionTargetId="figure-79@4.[160,1168,224,1568]"captionTargetPageId="4"captionText="Figures 3–5. Holotype female of Trichommation osculans, new genus and species. 3. Facial view. 4. Ventral view of head. 5. Dorsal habitus."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13228801"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13228801/files/figure.png"pageId="9"pageNumber="10">5</figureCitation>
<figureCitationid="62BC2A01924C7531FE019678D722F9AB"box="[442,524,1601,1625]"captionStart="Figures 10–13"captionStartId="7.[160,241,1574,1596]"captionTargetBox="[160,1168,224,1568]"captionTargetId="figure-75@7.[160,1168,224,1568]"captionTargetPageId="7"captionText="Figures 10–13. Details of holotype female of Trichommation osculans, new genus and species. 10. Forewing. 11. Detail of mesoscutum, mesoscutellum, and metanotum. 12. Detail of mesoscutellum, metanotum, and basal area of propodeum. 13. Detail of protibial calcar."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13228807"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13228807/files/figure.png"pageId="9"pageNumber="10">Fig. 10</figureCitation>
<figureCitationid="62BC2A01924C7531FE939658D45DF98B"box="[296,371,1633,1657]"captionStart="Figures 1–2"captionStartId="2.[160,241,1555,1577]"captionTargetBox="[160,1149,232,1549]"captionTargetId="figure-73@2.[160,1168,224,1549]"captionTargetPageId="2"captionText="Figures 1–2. Holotype female of Trichommation osculans, new genus and species. 1. Lateral habitus. 2. Lateral detail of head and mesosoma."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13228799"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13228799/files/figure.png"pageId="9"pageNumber="10">Figs. 1</figureCitation>
<figureCitationid="62BC2A01924C7531FE3B9658D4B3F98B"box="[384,413,1633,1657]"captionStart="Figures 14–17"captionStartId="8.[160,241,1300,1322]"captionTargetBox="[177,1151,234,1289]"captionTargetId="figure-98@8.[160,1168,224,1295]"captionTargetPageId="8"captionText="Figures 14–17. Details of holotype female of Trichommation osculans, new genus and species, and Megommation insigne (Smith). 14. Hind leg of T. osculans. 15. Metabasitibial plate of T. osculans. 16. Inner and outer metatibial spurs of T. osculans. 17. Hind leg of M. insigne."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13228809"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13228809/files/figure.png"pageId="9"pageNumber="10">14</figureCitation>
); pro- and mesotibial spurs yellow, outer metatibial spur yellow, inner metatibial spur amber. Metasoma dark reddish brown to dark brown on apical terga and sterna (
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<figureCitationid="62BC2A01924C7531FD4E96F8D675F92B"box="[757,859,1729,1753]"captionStart="Figures 1–2"captionStartId="2.[160,241,1555,1577]"captionTargetBox="[160,1149,232,1549]"captionTargetId="figure-73@2.[160,1168,224,1549]"captionTargetPageId="2"captionText="Figures 1–2. Holotype female of Trichommation osculans, new genus and species. 1. Lateral habitus. 2. Lateral detail of head and mesosoma."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13228799"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13228799/files/figure.png"pageId="9"pageNumber="10">Figs. 1, 2</figureCitation>
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, and due north of Mariara, and is a well-known locality for bird watching. Further exploration for crepuscular and matinal bees in the area would be fruitful, ideally leading to the discovery of the yet-unknown male for this species.
