Revision of the euryglossiform species of the Afrotropical bee genus Scrapter Lepeletier & Serville, 1828 (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) Author Kuhlmann, Michael text European Journal of Taxonomy 2014 2014-09-05 95 1 69 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2014.95 f7eb4ca8-8e77-4882-ae27-320290999cea 2118-9773 3860596 BE14FE18-E9AB-4C5A-B260-BD9C54464A2A Scrapter nigerrimus sp. nov. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 55572B21-F7E9-48A1-AFBF-36EE912E1D1F Fig. 18 Diagnosis The female of S. nigerrimus sp. nov. can be separated from other species of this group by the combination of the following characters: supraclypeal area and clypeus densely and distinctly punctate, mostly smooth and shiny ( Fig. 18 C–D), scutum densely and coarsely punctate ( Fig. 18 E–F), stigma brown, apical margins of metasomal terga black, terga finely and densely punctate ( Fig. 18B ). The male is unknown. Etymology Named for the completely black body of the species. Fig. 18. Scrapter nigerrimus sp. nov. , ♀. A . Lateral view. B . Metasoma (dorsal view). C . Head. D . Head (SEM). E . Thorax (dorsal view). F . Thorax (dorsal view, SEM). Scale bars: photos: 1 mm, SEM: 0.1 mm. Type material ( 1 specimen examined) Holotype SOUTH AFRICA : ♀ , W. Cape , Woodlot , nearby, 193 m , 33°56' S , 18°24' E , 20 Sep. 2011 , L. Packer ( RCMK ). Description Female BODY LENGTH. 5.5 mm . HEAD. Head wider than long. Integument black, except part of mandibles dark reddish-brown. Face sparsely covered with long, greyish to blackish, erect hair ( Fig. 18C ). Clypeus strongly convex with coarse and dense punctation (i = 1–2 d); surface between punctures smooth and shiny ( Fig. 18 C–D). Malar area medially narrow, almost linear. Antenna dorsally blackish-brown, ventrally yellowish-brown. MESOSOMA. Integument black. Mesoscutal disc between punctures superficially reticulate but shiny; disc densely (i = 0.5–1.0 d) and finely punctate ( Fig. 18 E–F). Metanotum about as long as basal area of propodeum, apically with broad carinate depression ( Fig. 18F ). Propodeum basally shallowly but broadly carinate ( Fig. 18F ). Mesoscutum, scutellum, metanotum, mesepisternum and propodeum sparsely covered with short, greyish to blackish, erect hair ( Fig. 18A ). WINGS. Brownish; wing venation and stigma brown. LEGS. Integument black. Vestiture greyish to blackish, scopa blackish-brown. METASOMA. Integument black ( Fig. 18B ). Discs of T1–T3 without hair, following terga with sparse and very short but increasingly more and longer hair; apical tergal hair bands missing on all terga ( Fig. 18B ). Prepygidial and pygidial fimbriae missing (rubbed off?). Terga densely (i = 0.5–1 d) but finely punctate, between punctures polished and shiny; apical tergal margins hardly depressed and punctate-like discs ( Fig. 18B ). Male Unknown. Distribution The species is known from the type locality on the Cape Peninsula near Cape Town. Floral hosts Unknown. Seasonal activity September.