A Revision of Perdita (Xerophasma) Timberlake (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae)
Author
Griswold, Terry
Author
Miller, Wensdae
text
Zootaxa
2010
2010-06-24
2517
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https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.2517.1.1
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.2517.1.1
1175-5326
5302214
Key to species of
Perdita
(
Xerophasma
)
1 Female
........................................................................................................................................................................... 2
- Male ............................................................................................................................................................................ 6
2 Entirely pallid, cream to tan on head and mesosoma .................................................................................................. 3
- Dark brown above antennal sockets, dark brown markings on mesoscutum, propodeum........................................... 4
3 Ocelli greatly enlarged, ocellar diameter nearly 1/3 width of interocular distance at level of median ocellus (
Fig. 4
); large (forewing length>
7 mm
) ..............................................................................................
bequaertiana
Cockerell
- Ocelli moderately enlarged, ocellar diameter approximately 1/5 width of interocular distance at level of median ocellus (
Fig. 2
); small (forewing length <
7mm
) ...........................................................................
pallida
Timberlake
4 Frons dark throughout (
Fig. 1, 3
); gena narrower than eye in lateral view; mesoscutum either dull or densely punctate ................................................................................................................................................................................ 5
- Frons with small dark mark above each antennal socket (
Fig. 5
); gena broader than eye in lateral view; mesoscutum polished and sparsely punctate .........................................................................................................
rhondae
Griswold
5 Mandible without preapical tooth (
Fig. 3
); clypeus entirely cream-colored; mesoscutum golden brown or dark with 'U' shaped yellow marking, surface shiny, rather densely punctate ...............................
vespertina
Griswold & Miller
-
Mandible with preapical tooth (
Fig. 1
); clypeus with medial dark band; mesoscutum entirely dark, surface dull, very sparsely punctate ............................................................................................................... ce
ladona
Griswold & Miller
6 Supraclypeal area with conical protuberance and dense tuft of erect, apically bent hair; clypeus densely punctate..... ...........................................................................................................................................................
rhondae
Griswold
- Supraclypeal area flat, without tuft of hair; clypeus very impunctate medially .......................................................... 7
7 Face cream or golden brown above antennal sockets, with little contrast to clypeus and paraocular area; facial fovea distinct, tear-drop shaped, or ellipsoid ......................................................................................................................... 8
- Face dark brown or black above antennal sockets, in distinct contrast to yellow clypeus and paraocular area; facial fovea indistinct, slightly oval ..........................................................................................
celadona
Griswold & Miller
8 Ocelli not greatly enlarged, 1/5 width of interocular distance at level of median ocellus; frons cream to pale yellow above antennal sockets ................................................................................................................................................ 9
- Ocelli large, 1/3 width of interocular distance at level of median ocellus; frons golden brown above antennal sockets ..................................................................................................................................................
bequaertiana
Cockerell
9 Ocelli not bordered by dark lines except sometimes a single fine line medially between two lateral ocelli; prestigma pale in contrast to dark vein R; stigma without dark posterior margin; facial fovea tear-drop shaped ......................... .........................................................................................................................................................
pallida
Timberlake
- Dark markings present at least anterior to lateral ocelli, often more extensive in ocellar region; prestigma dark, similar to vein R; stigma with dark posterior margin; facial fovea elongate ellipsoid .......
vespertina
Griswold & Miller