Revision of the nitidus species group of the bee genus Scrapter Lepeletier & Serville, 1828 (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) Author Mack, Anne 1B595D32-2F8D-486D-B010-5065A1FC020C Zoological Museum of Kiel University, Hegewischstrasse 3, 24105 Kiel, Germany. amack@zoolmuseum.uni-kiel.de Author Kuhlmann, Michael B99AE0ED-FA89-4DFE-A658-1C8DF37F9FAB Zoological Museum of Kiel University, Hegewischstrasse 3, 24105 Kiel, Germany. mkuhlmann@zoolmuseum.uni-kiel.de text European Journal of Taxonomy 2023 2023-12-15 912 1 119 https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2373/10417 journal article 10.5852/ejt.2023.912.2373 2118-9773 B1958762-5D89-4DC9-A8CE-AABB06B7979C Scrapter ruficornis subgroup In this subgroup both sexes have a brownish pronotal lobe and metasomal integument. Males: S7 with apicolateral hairs and/or disc of T2–T3 sparsely punctate; the fine and dense punctation at the base of T2 covers at most about a quarter of the tergal length. Females: mesosoma often partly orange and propodeum mostly areolate. This subgroup comprises three species ( Table 1 ).