Review of the bee genus Homalictus Cockerell (Hymenoptera: Halictidae) from Fiji with description of nine new species
Author
Dorey, James B.
Author
Schwarz, Michael P.
Author
Stevens, Mark I.
text
Zootaxa
2019
2019-09-23
4674
1
1
46
journal article
25422
10.11646/zootaxa.4674.1.1
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1175-5326
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Key to Fijian
Homalictus
females
1. Habitus mostly blue or black (
Fig. 4
,
8
).................................................................... 2
- Habitus mostly green (
Fig. 11
)........................................................................... 3
2. Habitus mostly blue and propodeum moderately strigate-rugose (
Fig.
8g
)...............................
H. hadrander
- Habitus mostly black and propodeum has strong striae dorsally (
Fig. 4
).................................
H. achrostus
3. Supraclypeal area mostly finely colliculate (
Fig. 1
f–g)........................................................ 4
- Supraclypeal area mostly moderately colliculate (
Fig 1e
)...................................................... 8
4. Pygidial plate has few minute sparse punctures or open to dense fine punctures medially (
Fig. 2
), Scutum and scutellum golden, green or reddish....................................................................................... 5
- Pygidial plate has close fine punctures (
Figs 2
,
21i
), Scutum and scutellum mostly purple, with some orange and green (
Fig. 21f
),.............................................................................
H. ostridorsum
sp. nov.
5. Posterior margin of scutum about straight, propodeum coarsely strigate-rugose dorsally (
Fig. 1a
)...................... 6
- Posterior margin of scutum concave, propodeum moderately strigate-rugose dorsally (
Fig. 1b
)........
H. concavus
sp. nov.
6. Pygidial plate smooth (
Fig. 11j
), frons striate immediately above antennal sockets.................................. 7
- Dense line of medial hairs on pygidial plate (
Figs 2
,
27j
), frons colliculate immediately above antennal sockets...................................................................................................................................................................................................
H. tuiwawae
sp. nov.
7. Striae on dorsal, posterior margin of propodeum do not form a triangular pattern (
Fig. 11f
)...........
H. atritergus
sp. nov.
- Striae on dorsal, posterior margin of propodeum forms triangular pattern (
Fig. 17f
)...................
H. kaicolo
sp. nov.
8. Scape extends above head.............................................................................. 9
- Scape does not extend beyond posterior margin of medial ocellus.............................................. 10
9. Sculpturing on anterior of scutum colliculate but not lineolate, if there are punctures on the pygidial plate they are found in a medial line..........................................................................
H. terminalis
sp. nov.
- Sculpturing on anterior of scutum is colliculate and lineolate, minute punctures on pygidial plate (
Figs 2
,
19j
)...............................................................................................
H. nadarivatu
sp. nov.
10. Propodeum coarsely strigate-rugose (
Fig. 1a
), posterior margin of scutum straight and posterior surface of propodeum has transverse striae ventrally and proximally................................................................. 11
- Propodeum moderately strigate-rugose dorsally (
Fig. 1b
), posterior margin of scutum concave and posterior surface of propodeum has diagonal striae originating ventrally and proximally....................................
H. groomi
sp. nov.
11. Propodeum has a strong anterior medial groove dorsally (
Fig. 6f
).......................................
H. fijiensis
- Propodeum does not have a medial anterior groove dorsally (
Fig. 23f
).............................
H. taveuni
sp. nov.