Nine new species and new records of euryglossiform Scrapter Lepeletier & Serville (Hymenoptera: Colletidae) from South Africa
Author
Kuhlmann, Michael
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Zoological Museum, University of Kiel, Hegewischstrasse 3, D- 24105 Kiel, Germany
Email: thyrafriehs@yahoo.de
Author
Friehs, Thyra
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Zoological Museum, University of Kiel, Hegewischstrasse 3, D- 24105 Kiel, Germany
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European Journal of Taxonomy
2020
2020-05-18
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https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2020.647
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Scrapter willemstrydomi
Kuhlmann
sp. nov.
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Fig. 10
Diagnosis
The male of
S. willemstrydomi
Kuhlmann
sp. nov.
can be separated from all other species of this group by its hind tibia with a long, broadened spine, the apically swollen hind basitarsus and the triangular broadened third hind tarsus (
Fig. 10E
). The female is unknown.
Etymology
This species is dedicated to the sculptor and painter Willem Strydom (°
30 June 1954
– †
2 June 2019
) from Matjiesfontein south of Nieuwoudtville. The bee is as unique as he was. Willem encouraged me (MK) to explore remote mountainous regions, especially between Calvinia and Sutherland, and he generously shared his passion and knowledge about this area, which over the years has led to the discovery of numerous new species.
Material examined
(
1 specimen
)
Holotype
SOUTH AFRICA
•
♂
;
Kamiesberg Mts
,
5 km
SE of Leliefontein
, roadside;
30°20′09″ S
,
18°06′24″ E
; alt.
1400 m
a.s.l.
;
11 Sep. 2016
;
MK
leg.;
RCMK
.
Description
Female
Unknown.
Male
BODY LENGTH.
5.9 mm
.
HEAD. Head slightly wider than long. Integument black, except mandible partly dark
reddish-brown. Face covered with long, greyish-white, erect hair. Malar area medially narrow, almost linear. Antenna dorsally dark brown, ventrally yellowish-brown (
Fig. 10A
).
MESOSOMA. Integument black. Mesoscutal disc between punctures superficially reticulate and slightly matt; disc relatively densely (i = 1–1.5 d) but coarsely punctate. Mesoscutum, scutellum, metanotum, mesepisternum and propodeum covered with long, greyish, erect hair (
Fig. 10A
).
WINGS. Slightly yellowish-brown; wing venation and stigma brown.
LEGS. Integument black, fore tibia in basal half anteriorly yellow. Hind tibia inside apically broadened, with a long, broadened spine (
Fig. 10E
). Hind basitarsus medially broadened, third hind tarsus apically triangular broadened (
Fig. 10E
). Vestiture greyish-white.
METASOMA. Integument black, apical margins of terga partly narrowly translucent reddish-brown (
Fig. 10C
). Disc of T1 without hair, following terga with sparse and short but increasingly more and longer hair; apical tergal hair bands missing on all terga (
Fig. 10C
). T1 densely (i = 0.5–1 d) but relatively finely, following terga slightly coarser punctate; between punctures polished to superficially sculptured and shiny to slightly matt; T2–T4 with narrow, polished to superficially sculptured but shiny apical tergal depression (
Fig. 10C
). S3 and particularly S4–S5 with sparse, long apical hair fringes.
Fig. 10.
Scrapter
willemstrydomi
Kuhlmann
sp. nov.
, ♂, holotype (RCMK).
A
. Lateral view.
B
. Genitalia (dorsal view).
C
. Metasoma (dorsal view).
D
. S7 (dorsal view).
E
. Hind leg.
F
. S8, apical end.
TERMINALIA. Genitalia (
Fig. 10B
), S7 (
Fig. 10D
) and terminal plate of S8 (
Fig. 10F
) as illustrated.
Distribution
Only known from the
type
locality in the Kamiesberg Mts.
Floral hosts
Unknown.
Seasonal activity
September.
New records of described species of euryglossiform
Scrapter
New records of the known species of euryglossiform
Scrapter
, described in
Kuhlmann (2014)
, are listed below.