Notes on the bee genus Alloscirtetica Holmberg, 1909 in northern Chile with the description of two new altiplanic species and a key for the Chilean species of Eucerini (Hymenoptera: Apidae) Author Vivallo, Felipe text Zootaxa 2009 2010 16 30 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.185792 e3f619a9-30b0-4314-97c4-4b022723cd38 1175-5326 185792 Key for the Chilean species of Eucerini 1 Males ........................................................................................................................................................................... 2 - Females ....................................................................................................................................................................... 26 2 Gradulus of T6 produced as spine-like processes on each side .................................................................................. 3 - Gradulus of T6 not as above ....................................................................................................................................... 8 3 F1 longer than F2; paraocular area yellow; clypeus uniformly yellow; labrum black; hind femur with a spine-like process at midlength; hind basitarsus strongly modified ................................................................... Eucerinoda gayi - F1 shorter than F2; paraocular area black; clypeus yellow with black spots; labrum yellow; hind legs unmodified 4 4 S6 without posteriorly convergent carinae ................................................................................ Melissodes ecuadoria - S6 with posteriorly convergent carinae ...................................................................................................................... 5 5 Prestigma clearly longer than pterostigma ....................................................................................... Svastra flavitarsis - Prestigma almost as long as the pterostigma (genus Melissoptila ) ............................................................................ 6 6 Apex of F10 modified; F11 laterally compressed; middle and hind legs strongly modified. Melissoptila tandilensis - F10 and F11 unmodified (uniformly cylindrical); middle and hind legs unmodified .................................................. 7 7 Clypeal disc relatively flat; ocellocular area with dense pilosity, covering the integument; terga with a apical translu- cent band very narrow or absent ..................................................................................................... Melissoptila dama - Clypeal disc uniformly convex; pilosity on ocellocular area not very dense, integument visible beneath hairs; terga with wide apical translucent band ................................................................................................ Melissoptila chilena 8 S6 with posteriorly convergent carinae ...................................................................................................................... 9 - S6 without posteriorly convergent carinae (genus Alloscirtetica ) ............................................................................ 11 9 Distal margin of the labrum uniformly rounded; antenna not reaching T2; mandible with subapical tooth ................. ....................................................................................................................................................... Peponapis citrullina - Distal margin of the labrum with a apical cavity; antenna reaching at least T3; mandibular apex without subapical tooth (genus Svastrides ) ............................................................................................................................................ 10 10 Basal half of clypeal disc black; T4 to T7 without white pilosity ................................................ Svastrides melanura - Clypeal disc completely yellow; T4 to T7 with lateral white pilosity .......................................... Svastrides orellanae 11 Clypeal disc yellow or at least with a small spot of that color ................................................................................. 12 - Clypeus dark brown or black ..................................................................................................................................... 22 12 Labrum with yellow areas ......................................................................................................................................... 13 - Labrum black .. ........................................................................................................................................................... 18 13 Labrum with yellow spot and black edges ................................................................................................................. 14 - Labrum completely yellow ........................................................................................................................................ 15 14 T2 to T5 with apical band of white pilosity, widely interrupted in the middle; rest of metasoma with black pilosity. ......................................................................................................................................... Alloscirtetica danuncia n. sp. - T2 to T5 with uninterrupted apical band of white pilosity; rest of metasoma with whitish or yellowish pilosity ........ ..................................................................................................................................................... Alloscirtetica cinerea 15 Dorsal pilosity on mesosoma yellow or orange; terga with apical bands of yellow pilosity .. Alloscirtetica weyrauchi - Dorsal pilosity on mesosoma greyish; metasoma without bands .............................................................................. 16 16 Dorsal pilosity on mesosoma greyish; anterior area of middle ocellus depressed as semicircle ................................... ............................................................................................................................................. Alloscirtetica gelida n. sp. - Dorsal pilosity on mesosoma whitish or yellowish; anterior area of middle ocellus depressed as triangle.............. 17 17 Terga with apical translucent bands; T2 to T7 with white and short pilosity ............................. Alloscirtetica chilena - Terga without apical translucent bands; T2 to T2 with black pilosity ........................................ Alloscirtetica porteri 18 Clypeal disc covered by abundant white pilosity; labrum covered only with white pilosity ............ Alloscirtetica gayi - Clypeal disc without hairs, pilosity only on the sides; labrum with black pilosity, if there are white hairs, they are scarce ........................................................................................................................................................... .............. 19 19 Frontal area with black pilosity .............................................................................................. Alloscirtetica vagabunda - Frontal area with white or yellowish pilosity ............................................................................................................. 20 20 Frontal area and metasoma with yellow pilosity .......................................................................... Alloscirtetica herbsti - Frontal area with white pilosity; metasoma with black and white hairs intermixed or forming apical bands on some terga............................................................................................................................................................................. 21 21 Hind tibiae with white and branched pilosity .................................................................... Alloscirtetica valparadisaea - Hind tibiae with dark brown and simple pilosity, if branched hairs, they are scarce .............. Alloscirtetica tristrigata 22 Head and legs with whitish or yellowish pilosity ...................................................................... Alloscirtetica frieseana - Head and legs with dark brown or black pilosity ....................................................................................................... 23 23 At least T3 and T4 covered by white and long hairs ..................................................................... Alloscirtetica lanosa - At least T3 and T4 with black pilosity ....................................................................................................................... 24 24 Clypeal disc with smooth longitudinal line ................................................................................ Alloscirtetica gazullai - Clypeal disc without longitudinal line ........................................................................................................................ 25 25 Gena with white pilosity; antennae orange brown ................................................................... Alloscirtetica antarctica - Gena with dark brown pilosity; antennae dark brown or black ................................................. Alloscirtetica rufitarsis 26 Gradulus of S2 uniformly convex ........................................................................................................ Eucerinoda gayi - Gradulus of S2 biconvex............................................................................................................................................. 27 27 Clypeus strongly protuberant; hind basitarsus with hairs of inner surface sparse, except for a narrow band of dense hairs near lower margin .................................................................................................................. Peponapis citrullina - Clypeus not or little protuberant; hind basitarsus with uniform dense pilosity.......................................................... 28 28 Apical half of clypeus yellow ............................................................................................................ Svastra flavitarsis - Clypeus uniformly black............................................................................................................................................. 29 29 Sector of vein r on margin of 2nd submarginal cell shorter than vein 1°rm (genus Alloscirtetica )............................. 35 - Sector of vein r on margin of 2nd submarginal cell longer or equal in length to vein 1°rm ........................................ 30 30 Tibial scopa black (genus Svastrides )......................................................................................................................... 31 - Tibial scopa yellow ..................................................................................................................................................... 32 31 T3 with basal band of white pilosity; T4 without white pilosity ................................................... Svastrides melanura - T3 without band of white pilosity; T4 with a tuft of white pilosity on each side ........................ Svastrides orellanae 32 Prestigma clearly longer than the pterostigma; metasoma with black pilosity and basal bands of yellow hairs .......... ..................................................................................................................................................... Melissodes ecuadoria - Prestigma and pterostigma similar in length; metasoma with black pilosity and with bands of white pilosity or com- pletely covered with yellow pilosity (genus Melissoptila ) ........................................................................................ 33 33 Metasoma with black pilosity and white bands from T1 to T4, widely interrupted on T1 and T2 ............................... ................................................................................................................................................. Melissoptila tandilensis - Metasoma covered with yellow pilosity ................................................................................................................... 34 34 Base of mandible yellow; tegula and veins yellowish brown ......................................................... Melissoptila dama - base of mandible mahogany; tegula and veins dark brown ......................................................... Melissoptila chilena 35 Mesosoma completely covered by dark brown or black pilosity .............................................................................. 36 - mesosoma with black pilosity only on mesepisternum or absent .............................................................................. 39 36 Pronotal lobe with white pilosity; mesoscutum with light brown pilosity ........................... Alloscirtetica vagabunda - Pronotal lobe with black pilosity; mesoscutum with dark brown or black pilosity.................................................... 37 37 F2 to F9 black; basis of middle tibiae with tuft of white pilosity .................................................... Alloscirtetica gayi - F2 to F9 orange; middle tibiae completely covered with dark brown or black pilosity ........................................... 38 38 Apex of pygidial plate acute; tegulae light brown, almost translucent ....................................... Alloscirtetica porteri - Apex of pygidial plate broadly rounded; tegulae dark brown ...................................................... Alloscirtetica chilena 39 Mesosoma with dorsal pilosity yellowish or orange ........................................................................................... ..... 40 - Mesosoma with dorsal pilosity white, brown or gray, at least dorsally .................................................................... 43 40 Head, mesepisternum, legs and metasoma, except T1 with black pilosity ............................ Alloscirtetica antarctica - Head, mesepisternum, legs and metasoma with whitish or yellowish pilosity .......................................................... 41 41 Base of mandible yellow .............................................................................................................. Alloscirtetica herbsti - Base of mandible dark brown or black ......................................................................................................................42 42 Tibial scopa with simple and yellowish pilosity ......................................................................... Alloscirtetica cinerea - Tibial scopa with branched and dark brown pilosity ............................................................. Alloscirtetica weyrauchi 43 Tibial scopa with yellowish/ light brown pilosity ............................................................... Alloscirtetica gelida n. sp. - Tibial scopa with dark brown pilosity ................................................................................................................. ..... 44 44 T2 to T4 with apical band of white pilosity (complete or interrupted in the middle of T2 ....................................... 45 - T2 to T4 without apical band of white pilosity .......................................................................................................... 46 45 Frontal area with white pilosity; T2 with apical band of white pilosity uninterrupted .......... Alloscirtetica tristrigata - Frontal area with dark brown or black pilosity, T2 with apical band of white pilosity widely interrupted in the middle ................................................................................................................................................... Alloscirtetica frieseana 46 Mesepisternum with black pilosity ............................................................................................................................ 47 - Mesepisternum with white pilosity ............................................................................................................................ 48 47 T2 completely covered by white pilosity ................................................................................... Alloscirtetica gazullai - T2 pilosity with black, if white hairs, they are scarce and located only at the basis of terga .... Alloscirtetica rufitarsis 48 T2 to T6 with dark brown or black pilosity; apex of tibial spurs strongly curved ....................... Alloscirtetica lanosa - T2 to T6 mostly with white pilosity, with some black hairs intermixed; apex of tibial spurs almost straight ............... ........................................................................................................................................... Alloscirtetica valparadisaea