Nine new species and new records of euryglossiform Scrapter Lepeletier & Serville (Hymenoptera: Colletidae) from South Africa Author Kuhlmann, Michael B99AE0ED-FA89-4DFE-A658-1C8DF37F9FAB Zoological Museum, University of Kiel, Hegewischstrasse 3, D- 24105 Kiel, Germany Email: thyrafriehs@yahoo.de Author Friehs, Thyra CE708D50-8FB6-444B-90B2-4B696ADE74C9 Zoological Museum, University of Kiel, Hegewischstrasse 3, D- 24105 Kiel, Germany text European Journal of Taxonomy 2020 2020-05-18 647 1 33 journal article https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2020.647 39f7fe40-f980-44e4-b0cf-4ad557bbd71f 2118-9773 3836052 35836E71-F258-41CC-A4F6-37EAE851A016 Scrapter nitens Kuhlmann sp. nov. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 46A356D8-8A3F-4806-BB16-6ACEBEFD7754 Fig. 8 Diagnosis The female of S. nitens Kuhlmann sp. nov. can be separated from all other species of this group by the combination of the following characters: clypeus almost flat ( Fig. 8B ); scutum sparsely and coarsely punctate ( Fig. 8C ); foretibia dominantly dark blackish-brown; stigma brown; apical margins of metasomal terga broadly yellowish-brown; metasomal terga between punctures smooth and shiny ( Fig. 8E ). The male is unknown. Etymology The name comes from the Latin ‘ nitens ’, meaning ‘glossy’, and referiing to the shiny appearance of the species. Material examined ( 1 specimen ) Holotype SOUTH AFRICA • ♀ ; 7 km NE of Steinkopf, roadside N7 ; 29°12′40″ S , 17°47′11″ E ; alt. 970 m a.s.l. ; 12 Sep. 2017 ; MK leg.; RCMK . Description Female BODY LENGTH. 6.6 mm . HEAD. Head slightly wider than long. Integument black, except part of mandibles dark reddish-brown. Face sparsely covered with long, greyish, erect hair ( Fig. 8B ). Clypeus almost flat with relatively coarse and dense (i = 0.5–1.5 d) punctation, apically with slightly sparser punctation (i = 1,5–2,5 d); surface between punctures smooth and shiny ( Fig. 8B ). Malar area medially narrow, almost linear. Antenna dorsally blackish-brown, ventrally yellowish-brown. MESOSOMA. Integument black, tegula reddish-brown. Mesoscutal disc between punctures smooth and shiny; disc sparsely (i = 1.5–3 d) and coarsely punctate ( Fig. 8C ). Metanotum slightly shorter than basal area of propodeum, apically with indistinct narrow carinate depression ( Fig. 8D ). Propodeum basally only laterally broad and coarsely carinate ( Fig. 8D ). Mesoscutum, scutellum, metanotum, mesepisternum and propodeum sparsely covered with short, greyish, erect hair ( Fig. 8A ). WINGS. Brownish; wing venation and stigma brown. LEGS. Integument black to dark reddish-brown. Vestiture greyish-white; scopa greyish-white. METASOMA. Integument black, apical margins of terga narrowly translucent yellowish to reddish-brown ( Fig. 8E ). Disc of T1–T2 without hair; following terga with very short but increasingly more and longer hair; apical tergal hair bands missing on all terga ( Fig. 8E ). Prepygidial and pygidial fimbriae yellowish-brown. T1 almost impunctate, T2– T4 very sparsely (i = 3–5 d) and finely (almost invisible) punctate; between punctures smooth and shiny; T2–T4 with polished and shiny apical tergal depression ( Fig. 8E ). Male Unknown. Distribution Only known from the type locality NE of Steinkopf. Floral hosts Aizoaceae : Galenia sarcophylla . Seasonal activity September.