Caupolicana in Central America (Hymenoptera, Colletidae, Diphaglossinae)
Author
Michener, Charles
University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Author
Engel, Michael
University of Kansas, Natural History Museum, Lawrence, United States of America
text
ZooKeys
2009
2009-02-16
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journal article
10.3897/zookeys.5.76
6656f91c-a30c-4253-b42f-2400e04e7e2e
1313–2970
576430
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Key to species of Central American
Caupolicana
The key to species of Central American
Caupolicana
, below, is based on that of
Michener et al. (2003)
, which contains references to figures that are useful in interpreting the key but are not duplicated here. Accordingly, we encourage use of the key in conjunction with our earlier contribution (
Michener et al., 2003
). The key below differs from the 2003 version primarily in that
C
.
wileyi
is included, as is the female of
C
.
rozenorum
.
1. Males.......................................................................................................... 2
– Females....................................................................................................... 5
2. Clypeus largely brownish yellow, densely punctate except near lower margin (
Guatemala
,
Mexico
) .....................................................
C
.
clypeata
(Smith)
– Clypeus brown or black, concolorous with remainder of head, at least lower half of clypeus with areas having punctures separated by about a puncture width or more of shiny integument.............................................................3
3. T2 and T3, and to some degree T4, covered with suberect black setae (
Guatemala
)..................................................................................
C
.
wileyi
sp. n.
– T2 to T4 covered with pale brown setae...................................................... 4
4. Metatibia little over three times as long as wide, upper and lower margins both convex; legs brownish black (
Costa Rica
,
El Salvador
,
Guatemala
)........ .....................................................
C
.
rozenorum
Michener, Engel & Ayala
– Metatibia nearly 4.5 times as long as wide, lower margin straight, upper margin convex; legs reddish brown, metabasitarsi yellowish dark testaceous (
Costa Rica
)...........................................
C
.
inbio
Michener, Engel & Ayala
5. Clypeus densely punctate, with erect brown setae, some of them bent at tips, surface of clypeus nearly flat (
Guatemala
,
Mexico
).........
C
.
clypeata
(Smith)
– Clypeus with lower two thirds medially shining, with scattered coarse punctures and other irregularities (
Figs. 2, 3
), setae not erect, not bent at tips .... 6
6. Pile of mesoscutum and mesoscutellum black or nearly so (
Figs. 3
, 13); setae of posterior half of dorsal surface of T1 dusky or blackish, unlike white or ochraceous hairs of anterior half (
Guatemala
) .......................
C
.
wileyi
sp. n.
– Pile of mesoscutum and mesoscutellum ochraceous (
Figs. 1
,
2
), tips of setae usually brown or blackish; setae of T1 uniformly whitish or orchraceous or dusky setae intermixed on posterior part..................................................... 7
7. Distance between posterior ocelli distinctly less than 1 OD (
Costa Rica
)...... ..............................................................
C
.
inbio
Michener, Engel & Ayala
– Distance between posterior ocelli subequal to 1 OD (
Costa Rica
,
El Salvador
,
Guatemala
)...................................
C
.
rozenorum
Michener, Engel & Ayala