A new species of Bathanthidium Mavromoustakis (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae: Anthidiini) from China, with a key to the species
Author
Niu, Ze-Qing
Author
Wu, Yan-Ru
Author
Zhu, Chao-Dong
text
Zootaxa
2012
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59
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journal article
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10.5281/zenodo.280216
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280216
Bathanthidium
(
B
.)
hainanense
sp. nov.
(
Figs. 1–12
)
Diagnosis.
This new species can be distinguished from all other Chinese
Bathanthidium
s. str
. by the following combination of characters: fovea behind propodeal spiracle rounded, delimited by a strong carina; mandible with 4 teeth; third flagellum as long as second one; clypeus black, without lateral yellow marks; paraocular area at ventral extreme with a little triangle dull yellow mark; scutellum without yellow mark apically; T1 without lateral yellow marks, T2 with pair of small, median, stripe-like yellow marks, T3-T5 with broader entire yellow bands.
Description.
Female. BL=9.0mm (
Fig.1
); head broader than long, HW: HL=60: 50 (
Fig.2
); gena broader than eye, GW: EW=15: 12 (
Fig.3
); width of metasoma slightly narrower than the width between the tegulae. Clypeus broader than long, with punctures on clypeus, vertex and genae larger and denser; frons with dense punctures, size of punctures smaller than that on vertex; mesoscutum and scutellum with round, dense punctures (
Fig.4
); mandible widened apically, with 4 teeth (
Fig.5
); third flagellum as long as second one; subantennal suture directed toward outer margin of antennal socket; face without longitudinal median ridge (
Fig.2
); fore wing with two submarginal cells of roughly equal in length, basal vein nearly straight, meeting vein Cu at acute angle, 2nd m-cu slightly exceeding apical margin of 2nd submarginal cell, marginal cell distal to stigma on costa longer than stigma; stigma nearly twice as long as broad, prestigma short, less than twice as long as broad (
Fig.6
); jugal lobe of hind wing less than half as long as vannal lobe, vein cu-v less than half as long as second abscissa of M+Cu; pronotal lobe with a dorsal-anterior carina; omaular carina absent; axilla rounded and not produced posteriorly (
Fig.4
); metanotum without median spine; scuto-scutellar fovea open, each half of scuto-scutellar fovea about four times as wide as long (
Fig.4
); fovea behind propodeal spiracle rounded, delimited by strong carina (
Fig.7
), basal zone of propodeum distinct laterally, with regular, shiny, nearly horizontal pits (
Fig.8
); basal margin of T1 with carina; pygidial plate absent; S6 unmodified, margin thin; front and middle tibia with one spine on outer side (
Fig.9
), hind tibia without spine; outer surface of tibiae without tubercles; tarsal claws with inner median tooth, arolia present and large (
Fig.10
); ventral surface of metasoma with scopa of pollen-carrying hairs (
Fig.11
). Clypeus, mandible, vertex, frons, pronotal lobe, mesoscutum, scutellum, and all legs black; paraocular area at ventral extreme with a little triangle dull yellow mark (
Fig.2
); metasoma black, except T2 with median pair of small stripe-like yellow marks, T3- T5 with broader entire yellow bands (
Fig.12
). Pubescence sparse; face, mesosoma and anterior surface of T1 covered with short, sparse white hairs; all legs covered with sparse blackish-brown short hairs; apex of T6 with denser dull brownish-yellow hairs; S2-S5 with denser, longer golden-yellow hairs forming scopa (
Fig.11
).
FIGURES 1–6.
Bathanthidium
(
B.
)
hainanense
sp. nov.
, female. 1, Body in dorsal view; 2, Head in frontal view, showing the mark at the ventral of paraocular area; 3, Head in lateral view, showing the width of gena and eye; 4, Mesosoma in dorsal view, showing punctures on mesoscutum and scutellum, and the opened scuto-scutellar fovea; 5, Mandible in frontal view, showing the teeth; 6, Fore wing in dorsal view, showing the character of the forewing.
Male. Unknown.
Type
material.
Holotype
, Ƥ,
China
, Hainan, Wuzhi mountain,
18.89ºN
,
109.09ºE
,
1147m
,
10 Apr. 2010
, coll. Mei-Ying Ling. The
type
specimen is deposited in the Insect Collection of Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing,
China
.
Distribution.
China
(Hainan).
Etymology.
Named after the
type
locality, Hainan Province,
China
.