Revision of the bee subgenus Centris (Wagenknechtia) Moure, 1950 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Centridini)
Author
Vivallo, Felipe
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Zootaxa
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Centris
(
Wagenknechtia
)
moldenkei
Toro & Chiappa, 1989
(
Figures 9−12
,
31, 32
and
41
)
Centris moldenkei
Toro & Chiappa, 1989
. 15: 246, 247 (Original description).
Toro
et al
., 1993
. 18: 23, 27 (Floral record, distribution). Toro, 2002: 268, 270 (Floral record, bionomics).
Montalva & Ruz, 2010
. 35: 45 (List, distribution).
Centris
(
Wagenknechtia
)
moldenkei
;
Vivallo
et al
., 2003
: 82 (Descriptive note).
Comments.
Toro & Chiappa (1989)
made a relatively complete description of this species, making its separation from other species of the subgenus easy. Some additional morphological characters of both sexes can be found in
Vivallo
et al
. (2002)
.
FIGURES 9–12.
Centris moldenkei
Toro & Chiappa, 1989
. Fig. 9. Female (Guatacondo, Chile): Head, frontal view. Fig. 10. Habitus, lateral view. Fig. 11. Male (Guatacondo, Chile): Head, frontal view. Fig. 12. Habitus, lateral view. Scale bars 1 mm.
Diagnosis.
Head and mesosoma blackish with light brown legs (
Figs. 9−12
). Metasoma dark brown with translucent light brown distal margins of terga and sterna (
Figs. 10 and 12
). Pilosity yellow, darker on legs. Female: fore and hind elaiospathes vestigial, with the combs formed by separate hairs (
Figs. 31 and 32
). Male: mandible long and slender, with the second tooth closer to the apical tooth than to the third tooth (
Fig. 11
).
Type
material.
Holotype
male (
AMNH
/ Toro Collection, not examined).
Type
locality.
Chile
: I Tarapacá Region: La Tirana.
Floral records.
See table 1.
Distribution.
This species occurs exclusively in northern
Chile
, from XV Arica y Parinacota Region (Quebrada Vitor) to II Antofagasta Region (
San Pedro
de Atacama).
CHILE
: (
Montalva & Ruz, 2010
).
II ANTOFAGASTA:
San Pedro
de Atacama (
Vivallo
et al
., 2002
). *Quillagua.
XI ARICA Y PARINACOTA:
La Tirana (
Toro
et al
., 1993
;
Vivallo
et al
., 2002
), Pica (
Toro & Chiappa, 1989
). *Guatacondo, *Quebrada de Tarapacá, *Quebrada Tana, *Quebrada Vítor.
Material examined.
CHILE
:
II ANTOFAGASTA:
1 male
: Quillagua 10/1969
Montenegro
, col\ Coll. Cerda/
MNHN
Chile
(
MNHN
).
XV
ARICA
Y PARINACOTA:
1 female
: Quebrada Vítor
21/10/1969
Montenegro
, col\ Coll. Cerda/
MNHN
Chile
(
MNHN
).
52 males
and
21 females
: Tarapacá Qda. Tana 10/1969\ col. L. Ruz,
Chile
(
PUCV
).
52 males
and
23 females
: Tarapacá Qda. Tana 10/1969\ col.
Montenegro
,
Chile
(
PUCV
).
27 males
and
16 females
: Tarapacá Qda. Tana
101969
\ col. Dazarola,
Chile
(
PUCV
).
64 males
and
27 females
: Tarapacá, Qda. Tana 10/1969\ col. Toro,
Chile
(
PUCV
).
1 female
: Tarapacá Qda. Tana 10/1969 (
PUCV
).
1 male
and
1 female
: Tarapacá Qda. Tana 10/1969/col. F. Ramírez,
Chile
(
PUCV
).
1 male
: Tarapacá Qda. Tana 10/1969\ col. De la Hoz,
Chile
(
PUCV
).
1 male
: I Región La Tirana
29/09/1983
\ B. Dyer, col.
Chile
\
PARATYPE
(
PUCV
).
1 male
: I Región La Tirana
29/ 09/1983
\ C. Massad col.
Chile
(
PUCV
).
4 females
and
20 males
: Guatacondo
19/09/1971
Montenegro
, col (
PUCV
).
8 males
: Guatacondo
19/09/1971
Pizarro, col (
PUCV
).
5 females
and
25 males
: Guatacondo
19/09/1971
Toro, col (
PUCV
).
9 males
and 2 fermales: Guatacondo
19/09/1971
L. Ruz, col\ en
Medicago sativa
(
PUCV
).
1 male
: Km. 1680
04/10/1997
H. Toro, col\ en
Prosopis tamarugo
(
PUCV
).
1 male
: Guatacondo
19/09/1971
Zúñiga, col (
PUCV
).
1 male
: Quebrada de Tarapacá
20/11/1968
Sugaeta, col (
MNHN
).
1 female
: Guatacondo
19/11/1971
L. Ruz, col (
PUCV
).