Morphological phylogeny and review of the generic classification of Colletinae (Hymenoptera: Colletidae)
Author
Ferrari, Rafael R
Author
Packer, Laurence
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Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
2021
2021-09-01
193
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199
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https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article/193/1/199/5999476
journal article
10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa128
0024-4082
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HEMICOTELLES
TORO & CABEZAS, 1977
(
FIG. 1A, B
)
Type
species:
Lonchopria ruizii
Herbst, 1923
.
Diagnosis:
Females of
Hemicotelles
can be easily differentiated from those of the other genera of
Colletinae
by T6 with a posteromedial longitudinal ridge (this study; Supporting Information, Fig. S11B) [T6 with a posteromedial protrusion that can be either weak and rounded (Supporting Information, Fig. S11C) or strong and subtriangular (Supporting Information, Fig. S11D) in
Xanthocotelles
, and T6 with no modification (Supporting Information, Fig. S9A–C) in
Colletes
and
Mourecotelles
]. Males of
Hemicotelles
are diagnosed through the following combination of characteristics: apical mandibular tooth much longer than preapical tooth (this study; Supporting Information, Fig. S15A), legs dark-brown to black (modified from:
Toro & Cabezas, 1978
; see also
Fig. 1A, B
) and horizontal surface of T1 much shorter than T2 (modified from:
Michener, 1989
; see also Supporting Information, Fig. S12C) [apical tooth only slightly longer than preapical one (Supporting Information, Fig. S15B) in
Mourecotelles
, legs pale-yellow to darkorange (
Fig. 1E, F
) in
Xanthocotelles
and horizontal surface of T1 subequal in length to T2 (Supporting Information, Fig. S12D) in
Colletes
].
Hemicotelles
can be further distinguished from
Colletes
by forewing with a straight second recurrent vein in both sexes (modified from:
Toro & Cabezas, 1977
; see also
Fig. 3B
) [forewing with second recurrent vein either sigmoidal (
Fig. 3D
) or slightly arcuate outwardly (
Fig. 3C
) in
Colletes
]; and from both
Mourecotelles
and
Xanthocotelles
by subhorizontal and vertical surfaces of the metapostnotum separated from each other by a transverse carina, albeit broadly interrupted medially in both sexes (modified from:
Michener, 1989
; see also
Fig. 4D
) [metapostnotum without transverse carina (
Fig. 4C
) in
Mourecotelles
and
Xanthocotelles
].
Additional species:
Hemicotelles magallanes
Toro & Cabezas, 1977
.
Comments:
Hemicotelles
is the least diverse genus of
Colletinae
with only two described species –
H. magallanes
(southern
Chile
and
Argentina
) and
H. ruizii
(central
Chile
).