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(
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DIAGNOSIS: The new species can be recognized by the following combination of characters: maxillary palpus with two minute palpomeres; a slightly medioapically produced sternum V with a short medial carina; the form of the mesoscutellum (
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); and pattern of whitish and palid pastel blue pubescence as described below (
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<emphasis id="B90FEAE8FFF3E26AFF649105FEE33672" bold="true" box="[160,292,1366,1388]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Figures 12.</emphasis>
Female of
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, from northern Cameroon.
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Lateral habitus.
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Facial view.
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: Total body length 10.6 mm; forewing length 8.8 mm. Head wider than long, length 2.6 mm, width 3.3 mm; maxillary palpus with two minute palpomeres; upper interorbital distance 1.8 mm; lower interorbital distance 1.5 mm. Intertegular distance 2.8 mm; mesoscutellar posterior margin with broad concavity, concavity not distinctly sinuate, posterior margin from median notch to posterolateral angle relatively straight (only faintly arched lateral to median notch), depth of concavity about one-half length of posterior margin from median notch to posterolateral angle; posterolateral angles almost orthogonal, not projected as spine. Pygidial plate relatively narrow, margins straight and converging apically, apex narrowly rounded, surface imbricate and impunctate, apical half with slightly raised medial ridge and apically with slightly swollen surface; metasomal sternum V slightly produced medioapically, with short, longitudinal, median carina apically and extending onto medioapically produced margin.
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<emphasis id="B90FEAE8FFF2E26BFF6491A7FEE53510" bold="true" box="[160,290,1524,1546]" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Figures 34.</emphasis>
Dorsal views of female of
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, from northern Cameroon.
<emphasis id="B90FEAE8FFF2E26BFF1D9242FF2B353F" bold="true" box="[217,236,1553,1574]" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">3.</emphasis>
Direct dorsal view on mesosoma for view of setal patch pattern, with metasoma slightly angled into the background.
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Direct dorsal view on metasoma for view of setal patch pattern, with mesosoma slightly angled away.
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<paragraph id="8BC436FAFFF5E26CFF1494B2FC223040" blockId="4.[160,1175,225,1785]" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">Labrum smooth with scattered, irregularly-sized punctures, such punctures separated by a puncture width or less except medially more sparse and laterally slightly more dense, basally surface weakly swollen paramedially, surface apically with short, triangular point; clypeus and supraclypeal area with small contiguous punctures, integument between (where evident) smooth; face as on clypeus except punctures becoming slightly more spaced, separated by less than a puncture width; punctures on vertex and gena similar to those on upper frons, separated by a puncture width or less, integument between smooth to faintly imbricate. Pronotum with coarse, shallow, nearly contiguous punctures; mesoscutum with well-defined punctures separated by a puncture width or less, integument between punctures smooth and shining; mesoscutellum, including axilla, with punctures as on mesoscutum; pleura with coarse, nearly contiguous punctures, integument between punctures (where evident) smooth and shining, such punctures becoming more widely spaced ventrally; lateral and posterior surfaces of propodeum with coarse, nearly contiguous punctures. Metasoma with small punctures separated by a puncture width or less, integument between faintly imbricate, narrow imbricate and impunctate zones along apical margins of terga except tergum V with broad, slightly depressed, imbricate and impunctate zone in apical half; sterna with punctures separated by more than a puncture width medially, becoming gradually more closely spaced laterally until contiguous, integument between finely imbricate to imbricate, apical margins impunctate and imbricate.</paragraph>
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Integument black except labrum, mandible, labiomaxillary complex, legs, and portions of metasomal sterna and tergum VI dark brown, nearly black in some places. Wing membranes hyaline and infumate except white just apical to third submarginal and second medial cells and some small spots apically within these cells (
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); veins dark brown to black.
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Pubescence generally dark fuscous to black over entire body except in presence of plumose white or pallid pastel blue setae as noted below. Clypeus, supraclypeal area, and face except for central and upper frons, largely obscured by dense pubescence (
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), clypeus and supraclypeal area with short, plumose, pallid blue setae as well as longer more whitish setae; face with some shorter, pallid blue setae but with longer whitish setae more prominent, such setae becoming more sparse by paraocular area and in central and upper frons and ocellar area (
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,
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); vertex, occiput, and gena with longer, more erect, whitish setae along on face although still some with pallid pastel blue coloration (
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); postgena with long, whitish setae more sparse than on gena. Mesosoma with pallid pastel blue patches (blue coloration subtle and can appear more white depending on intensity of lighting and orientation, or at times intermingled with white setae and intensity varies as a degree of predominance of one setal color form versus the other) as follows (following annotation of
<bibRefCitation id="EFEA4B0BFFF5E26CFC6391D2FB913680" author="Lieftinck, M. A." box="[935,1110,1409,1433]" pageId="4" pageNumber="5" pagination="1 - 139" refId="ref3842" refString="Lieftinck, M. A. 1968. A review of Old World species of Thyreus Panzer (= Crocisa Jurine) (Hym., Apoidea, Anthophoridae) Part 4. Palearctic species. Zoologische Verhandelingen 98: 1 - 139, + 4 pls." type="book chapter" year="1968">Lieftinck, 1968</bibRefCitation>
, and refined by
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):
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(lateral pronotal patch) present and prominent, separated medially by about apical width of
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(median mesoscutal patch);
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(dorsal mesepisternal patch) and
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(hypoepimeral area patch) present and prominent, former occupying entire upper half of mesepisternum below scrobal groove, lateral covering entire hypoepiermal area (
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),
<emphasis id="B90FEAE8FFF5E26CFD5C9272FD003520" box="[664,711,1569,1593]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">deps</emphasis>
(dorsal mesepisternal patch) and
<emphasis id="B90FEAE8FFF5E26CFB979272FB573520" box="[1107,1168,1569,1593]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">hypm</emphasis>
(hypoepimeral area patch) separated by thin band of black along scrobal groove, otherwise effectively contiguous (
<figureCitation id="13402A7FFFF5E26CFDD49232FD943560" box="[528,595,1633,1657]" captionStart="Figures 12" captionStartId="2.[160,241,1366,1388]" captionTargetBox="[160,1146,243,1345]" captionTargetId="figure-126@2.[160,1168,224,1360]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="Figures 12. Female of Thyreus garouensis, new species, from northern Cameroon. 1. Lateral habitus. 2. Facial view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8132141" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/8132141/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">Fig. 1</figureCitation>
);
<emphasis id="B90FEAE8FFF5E26CFDAA9231FD5A3560" box="[622,669,1634,1657]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">veps</emphasis>
(ventral mesepisternal patch) ill-defined, composed of scattered whitish to pallid blue setae (
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);
<emphasis id="B90FEAE8FFF5E26CFC9392D2FCB23580" box="[855,885,1665,1689]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">als</emphasis>
(anterolateral mesoscutal) present but thin, not extending as far medially as
<emphasis id="B90FEAE8FFF5E26CFCDD92F2FCFA35A0" box="[793,829,1697,1721]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">lpn</emphasis>
(lateral pronotal patch) (
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);
<emphasis id="B90FEAE8FFF5E26CFF029291FF2235C0" box="[198,229,1730,1753]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">ms</emphasis>
(median mesoscutal patch) present and prominent (
<figureCitation id="13402A7FFFF5E26CFC989292FC5835C0" box="[860,927,1729,1753]" captionStart="Figures 34" captionStartId="3.[160,241,1524,1546]" captionTargetBox="[191,1129,234,1507]" captionTargetId="figure-85@3.[160,1168,224,1517]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="Figures 34. Dorsal views of female of Thyreus garouensis, new species, from northern Cameroon. 3. Direct dorsal view on mesosoma for view of setal patch pattern, with metasoma slightly angled into the background. 4. Direct dorsal view on metasoma for view of setal patch pattern, with mesosoma slightly angled away." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8132143" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/8132143/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">Fig. 3</figureCitation>
), extending posteriorly to about midlength of
<emphasis id="B90FEAE8FFF5E26CFE1A92B2FDC235E0" box="[478,517,1761,1785]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">mls</emphasis>
(mediolateral mesoscutal patch);
<emphasis id="B90FEAE8FFF5E26CFC5592B2FC7F35E0" box="[913,952,1761,1785]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">mls</emphasis>
(mediolateral mesoscutal patch) present, well defined, nearly as large as
<emphasis id="B90FEAE8FFF4E26DFCF794B2FC9533E0" box="[819,850,225,249]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">pls</emphasis>
(posterolateral mesoscutal patch) (
<figureCitation id="13402A7FFFF4E26DFF3D9552FEA63200" box="[249,353,257,281]" captionStart="Figures 34" captionStartId="3.[160,241,1524,1546]" captionTargetBox="[191,1129,234,1507]" captionTargetId="figure-85@3.[160,1168,224,1517]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="Figures 34. Dorsal views of female of Thyreus garouensis, new species, from northern Cameroon. 3. Direct dorsal view on mesosoma for view of setal patch pattern, with metasoma slightly angled into the background. 4. Direct dorsal view on metasoma for view of setal patch pattern, with mesosoma slightly angled away." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8132143" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/8132143/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Figs. 3, 4</figureCitation>
);
<emphasis id="B90FEAE8FFF4E26DFEB09552FE583200" box="[372,415,257,281]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">plsa</emphasis>
(anterior posterolateral mesoscutal patch) present from anterior of tegula to near border with axilla (
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), thinly separated by black from axilla, not but almost meeting
<emphasis id="B90FEAE8FFF4E26DFE0D9512FE2F3240" box="[457,488,321,345]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">pls</emphasis>
(posterolateral mesoscutal patch) posteriorly;
<emphasis id="B90FEAE8FFF4E26DFBDB9511FBEF3240" box="[1055,1064,322,345]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">t</emphasis>
(tegular patch) present and prominent posteriorly on tegula (
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), very small, secondary patch at anterior border of tegula (
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);
<emphasis id="B90FEAE8FFF4E26DFD5F95D2FD7D3280" box="[667,698,385,409]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">pls</emphasis>
(posterolateral mesoscutal patch) present, large and prominent (
<figureCitation id="13402A7FFFF4E26DFE1295F2FD8732A0" box="[470,576,417,441]" captionStart="Figures 34" captionStartId="3.[160,241,1524,1546]" captionTargetBox="[191,1129,234,1507]" captionTargetId="figure-85@3.[160,1168,224,1517]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="Figures 34. Dorsal views of female of Thyreus garouensis, new species, from northern Cameroon. 3. Direct dorsal view on mesosoma for view of setal patch pattern, with metasoma slightly angled into the background. 4. Direct dorsal view on metasoma for view of setal patch pattern, with mesosoma slightly angled away." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8132143" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/8132143/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Figs. 3, 4</figureCitation>
), separated medially by slightly more than width, not extending laterally to meet
<emphasis id="B90FEAE8FFF4E26DFDD79592FDF932C0" box="[531,574,449,473]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">plsa</emphasis>
(anterior posterolateral mesoscutal patch). Mesoscutellum with dense patch of long, plumose, white setae extending posteriorly from undersurface of mesoscutellum medially (
<figureCitation id="13402A7FFFF4E26DFD579652FD103100" box="[659,727,513,537]" captionStart="Figures 34" captionStartId="3.[160,241,1524,1546]" captionTargetBox="[191,1129,234,1507]" captionTargetId="figure-85@3.[160,1168,224,1517]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="Figures 34. Dorsal views of female of Thyreus garouensis, new species, from northern Cameroon. 3. Direct dorsal view on mesosoma for view of setal patch pattern, with metasoma slightly angled into the background. 4. Direct dorsal view on metasoma for view of setal patch pattern, with mesosoma slightly angled away." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8132143" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/8132143/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Fig. 4</figureCitation>
), patch not reaching to posterolateral corners; setal patches
<emphasis id="B90FEAE8FFF4E26DFE5A9671FE713120" box="[414,438,546,569]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">ps</emphasis>
(parascutellar patch) and
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(mesoscutellar patch) absent, without apical, medioscutellar patch of whitish setae, thus mesoscutellar dorsal surface entirely black (
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);
<emphasis id="B90FEAE8FFF4E26DFE6C9632FE7A3160" box="[424,445,609,633]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">lp</emphasis>
(lateral propodeal patch) present around propodeal spiracle. Legs with patches present on outer surface of protibia (
<figureCitation id="13402A7FFFF4E26DFC8796D2FC423180" box="[835,901,641,665]" captionStart="Figures 12" captionStartId="2.[160,241,1366,1388]" captionTargetBox="[160,1146,243,1345]" captionTargetId="figure-126@2.[160,1168,224,1360]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="Figures 12. Female of Thyreus garouensis, new species, from northern Cameroon. 1. Lateral habitus. 2. Facial view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8132141" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/8132141/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Fig. 1</figureCitation>
); small patch apically on posterior surface of profemur; few pallid blue setae intermixed on outer surface of probasitarsus; patch on upper three-quarters of outer surface of mesotibia (
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); on apical half of posterior surface of mesofemur; few pallid blue setae intermixed on outer surface of mesobasitarsus; patch on upper half of outer surface of metatibia (
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); pallid blue setae scattered on outer surface of metabasitarsus (
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). Metasomal terga with prominent patches of appressed, plumose pallid blue setae (pale blue pastel coloration subtle and under strong light can bleach out and appear almost white) (
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) as follows: first metasomal tergum with large, mostly L-shaped patches laterally, anteriorly patches only slightly extended medially (and thus not truly Cshaped), posteriorly extended more medially (giving L-shape), but not approaching midline, separation between patches about as large as posterior length of patch (
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); second metasomal tergum with lateral patch largely transverse, slightly extended anteriorly at extreme lateral margin (
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), patch wider than twice length; third and fourth metasomal terga with similar lateral, transverse patches, third patch wider than twice length, fourth about twice as wide as long, neither with anterior extensions laterally; fifth tergum with small lateral patches except white setae more dominant relative to pallid blue setae; sixth tergum without patches; second and third sterna with thin, lateral, transverse patches of pallid blue setae (
<figureCitation id="13402A7FFFF4E26DFD099092FCCA37C0" box="[717,781,1217,1241]" captionStart="Figures 12" captionStartId="2.[160,241,1366,1388]" captionTargetBox="[160,1146,243,1345]" captionTargetId="figure-126@2.[160,1168,224,1360]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="Figures 12. Female of Thyreus garouensis, new species, from northern Cameroon. 1. Lateral habitus. 2. Facial view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8132141" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/8132141/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Fig. 1</figureCitation>
), patch of second sternum more prominent, that of third poorly defined; fourth sternum with a couple of white to pallid blue setae in similar lateral position to patches of second and third sterna but not composed into a distinct patch.
</paragraph>
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: Unknown.
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(
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).
</materialsCitation>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BC436FAFFF4E26DFF1491F2FD3136A0" blockId="5.[160,1175,225,1785]" box="[208,758,1441,1465]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">
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:
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, same data as holotype (
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)
</materialsCitation>
.
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</subSubSection>
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<paragraph id="8BC436FAFFF4E26DFF149192FD1036E0" blockId="5.[160,1175,225,1785]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">
<materialsCitation id="3B133CA7FFF4E26DFF149192FD1436E0" collectorName="Region du Nord" country="Cameroon" location="North Province" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" specimenCount="1">
ETYMOLOGY: The specific epithet is based on the
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locality, a savanna area in the
<collectorName id="268E532CFFF4E26DFF6491B2FEA636E0" box="[160,353,1505,1529]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Région du Nord</collectorName>
(
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) of
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.
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<subSubSection id="C3616571FFF4E26EFF149252FD2E3780" lastPageId="6" lastPageNumber="7" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" type="discussion">
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COMMENTS: In
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key to the sub-Saharan species of
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<emphasis id="B90FEAE8FFF4E26DFC219252FBF93500" box="[997,1086,1537,1561]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Thyreus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="B90FEAE8FFF4E26DFB8A9251FB993500" box="[1102,1118,1538,1561]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">T</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B90FEAE8FFF4E26DFBAA9251FF3D3520" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">garouensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
will run to couplet 21 and since it fails to agree with
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<emphasis id="B90FEAE8FFF4E26DFC4B9271FC583520" box="[911,927,1570,1593]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">T</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B90FEAE8FFF4E26DFC749271FC353520" box="[944,1010,1570,1593]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">pictus</emphasis>
(Smith)
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, will run out to
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<emphasis id="B90FEAE8FFF4E26DFEE69211FEF53540" box="[290,306,1602,1625]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">T</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B90FEAE8FFF4E26DFE859211FE673540" box="[321,416,1602,1625]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">scotaspis</emphasis>
(Vachal)
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, more on the lack of features rather than any positive evidence to assign it.
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<emphasis id="B90FEAE8FFF4E26DFE759232FDB43560" box="[433,627,1633,1657]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Thyreus scotaspis</emphasis>
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is one of those species lacking a thoroughly modern, detailed description but there are sufficiently understood details to exclude this as a possibility for the present taxon.
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<emphasis id="B90FEAE8FFF4E26DFD6F92F2FC4535A0" box="[683,898,1697,1721]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Thyreus garouensis</emphasis>
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may be distinguished from
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<emphasis id="B90FEAE8FFF4E26DFF209291FF3335C0" box="[228,244,1730,1753]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">T</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B90FEAE8FFF4E26DFEC19291FEA335C0" box="[261,356,1730,1753]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">scotaspis</emphasis>
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by the entire clypeus and lower half of supraclypeal area densely clothed in whitish and pallid blue plumose setae (
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) (clypeus medially and entire supraclypeal area black in
<taxonomicName id="4C7B4D79FFF7E26EFE1C94B1FD9333E0" baseAuthorityName="Vachal" baseAuthorityYear="1903" box="[472,596,226,249]" class="Insecta" family="Apidae" genus="Thyreus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="scotaspis">
<emphasis id="B90FEAE8FFF7E26EFE1C94B1FE2F33E0" box="[472,488,226,249]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">T</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B90FEAE8FFF7E26EFE3194B1FD9333E0" box="[501,596,226,249]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">scotaspis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
); the
<emphasis id="B90FEAE8FFF7E26EFD5194B2FD0733E0" box="[661,704,225,249]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">plsa</emphasis>
and
<emphasis id="B90FEAE8FFF7E26EFD3E94B2FCDE33E0" box="[762,793,225,249]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">pls</emphasis>
coming close to contact (widely separated in
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<emphasis id="B90FEAE8FFF7E26EFEFA9551FE893200" box="[318,334,258,281]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">T</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B90FEAE8FFF7E26EFE9B9551FE793200" box="[351,446,258,281]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">scotaspis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
); the
<emphasis id="B90FEAE8FFF7E26EFDC39552FD833200" box="[519,580,257,281]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">hypm</emphasis>
very narrowly divided from
<emphasis id="B90FEAE8FFF7E26EFC689552FC1C3200" box="[940,987,257,281]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">deps</emphasis>
by black setae along scrobal groove (these widely divided by black setae in area of scrobal groove in
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<emphasis id="B90FEAE8FFF7E26EFF7B9511FF083240" box="[191,207,322,345]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">T</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B90FEAE8FFF7E26EFF199511FEFB3240" box="[221,316,322,345]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">scotaspis</emphasis>
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); mesoscutellar concavity broad, its depth about one-half distance from notch to posterolateral angle (concavity deeper, more distinctly V-shaped, its depth about as long as distance from notch to posterolateral angle in
<taxonomicName id="4C7B4D79FFF7E26EFC5995D1FBDB3280" baseAuthorityName="Vachal" baseAuthorityYear="1903" box="[925,1052,386,409]" class="Insecta" family="Apidae" genus="Thyreus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="scotaspis">
<emphasis id="B90FEAE8FFF7E26EFC5995D1FC6A3280" box="[925,941,386,409]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">T</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B90FEAE8FFF7E26EFC7995D1FBDB3280" box="[957,1052,386,409]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">scotaspis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), and the more extensively white and pallid blue setae of the gena, postgena, and occiput (posteriorly more black in
<taxonomicName id="4C7B4D79FFF7E26EFE6E9591FDEF32C0" baseAuthorityName="Vachal" baseAuthorityYear="1903" box="[426,552,450,473]" class="Insecta" family="Apidae" genus="Thyreus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="scotaspis">
<emphasis id="B90FEAE8FFF7E26EFE6E9591FE7D32C0" box="[426,442,450,473]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">T</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B90FEAE8FFF7E26EFE0D9591FDEF32C0" box="[457,552,450,473]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">scotaspis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
). Modified couplets for females in
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key to accommodate
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<emphasis id="B90FEAE8FFF7E26EFE5C95B1FE6F32E0" box="[408,424,482,505]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">T</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B90FEAE8FFF7E26EFE7195B1FDEE32E0" box="[437,553,482,505]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">garouensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are (male portions are excluded as the male remains unknown for
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<emphasis id="B90FEAE8FFF7E26EFE869651FE953100" box="[322,338,514,537]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">T</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B90FEAE8FFF7E26EFE9B9651FE143100" box="[351,467,514,537]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">garouensis</emphasis>
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):
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BC436FAFFF7E26EFF649612FB573160" blockId="6.[160,1168,577,953]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">
21. Dorsal surface of mesoscutellum partly black, posteromedially with pale blue setal patch ..............................................................................
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<emphasis id="B90FEAE8FFF7E26EFC099631FC1A3160" box="[973,989,610,633]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">T</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B90FEAE8FFF7E26EFC299631FBE83160" box="[1005,1071,610,633]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">pictus</emphasis>
(Smith)
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</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BC436FAFFF7E26EFF6496D1FB573180" blockId="6.[160,1168,577,953]" box="[160,1168,641,665]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">—. Dorsal surface of mesoscutellum entirely black ............................................. 21a</paragraph>
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21a. Clypeus entirely and supraclypeal area largely covered in whitish and pallid blue plumose setae (
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);
<emphasis id="B90FEAE8FFF7E26EFDAC9692FD5431C0" box="[616,659,705,729]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">plsa</emphasis>
and
<emphasis id="B90FEAE8FFF7E26EFD149692FD2831C0" box="[720,751,705,729]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">pls</emphasis>
nearly contacting (
<figureCitation id="13402A7FFFF7E26EFC179692FBF831C0" box="[979,1087,705,729]" captionStart="Figures 34" captionStartId="3.[160,241,1524,1546]" captionTargetBox="[191,1129,234,1507]" captionTargetId="figure-85@3.[160,1168,224,1517]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="Figures 34. Dorsal views of female of Thyreus garouensis, new species, from northern Cameroon. 3. Direct dorsal view on mesosoma for view of setal patch pattern, with metasoma slightly angled into the background. 4. Direct dorsal view on metasoma for view of setal patch pattern, with mesosoma slightly angled away." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8132143" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/8132143/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">Figs. 3, 4</figureCitation>
);
<emphasis id="B90FEAE8FFF7E26EFB979692FB5731C0" box="[1107,1168,705,729]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">hypm</emphasis>
and
<emphasis id="B90FEAE8FFF7E26EFEEF96B2FE9D31E0" box="[299,346,737,761]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">deps</emphasis>
barely separated by thin line of black along scrobal groove (
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); mesoscutellar concavity broad, depth about one-half distance from median notch to posterolateral angle (
<figureCitation id="13402A7FFFF7E26EFD999772FD663020" box="[605,673,801,825]" captionStart="Figures 34" captionStartId="3.[160,241,1524,1546]" captionTargetBox="[191,1129,234,1507]" captionTargetId="figure-85@3.[160,1168,224,1517]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="Figures 34. Dorsal views of female of Thyreus garouensis, new species, from northern Cameroon. 3. Direct dorsal view on mesosoma for view of setal patch pattern, with metasoma slightly angled into the background. 4. Direct dorsal view on metasoma for view of setal patch pattern, with mesosoma slightly angled away." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8132143" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/8132143/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">Fig. 4</figureCitation>
) ....................................
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<emphasis id="B90FEAE8FFF7E26EFC6F9771FC7C3020" box="[939,955,802,825]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">T</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B90FEAE8FFF7E26EFC0F9771FBF83020" box="[971,1087,802,825]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">garouensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
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<paragraph id="8BC436FAFFF7E26EFF649711FB5730A0" blockId="6.[160,1168,577,953]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">
—. Clypeus medially and supraclypeal area entirely black;
<emphasis id="B90FEAE8FFF7E26EFC619712FC173040" box="[933,976,833,857]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">plsa</emphasis>
and
<emphasis id="B90FEAE8FFF7E26EFBD09712FBF43040" box="[1044,1075,833,857]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">pls</emphasis>
widely separated;
<emphasis id="B90FEAE8FFF7E26EFEBC9732FE723060" box="[376,437,865,889]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">hypm</emphasis>
and
<emphasis id="B90FEAE8FFF7E26EFE339732FDE13060" box="[503,550,865,889]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">deps</emphasis>
broadly divided by black across region of scrobal groove; mesoscutellar concavity deep, depth subequal to distance from median notch to posterolateral angle .........................................
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<emphasis id="B90FEAE8FFF7E26EFC6C97F1FC7F30A0" box="[936,952,930,953]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">T</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B90FEAE8FFF7E26EFC0C97F1FBE030A0" box="[968,1063,930,953]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">scotaspis</emphasis>
(Vachal)
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</paragraph>
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If one were to ignore the lack of a distinctly sinuate margin to the mesoscutellum and the fact that the pubescence patterns of the first tergum do not match the second part of
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couplet 20, then the new species could be confused with
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.
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or even
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.
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(Cockerell)
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, the latter of which is confined to southern Africa. Neither of these species approximate to
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.
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in the form of the mesoscutellum or patterns of coloration (
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).
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