Sphecodopsis semirufa (Cockerell, 1933)
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Sphecodopsis semirufa (Cockerell, 1933) |
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Sphecodopsis semirufa (Cockerell, 1933) View in CoL
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Morgania semirufa Cockerell, 1933a: 380–381 , holotype ♀ (type locality: Worcester, South Africa) (NHML), examined.
Diagnosis
The female of S. semirufa can be separated from that of all other species of the genus by the combination of the following characters: S6 bifid posteriorly, apical notch about one and a half times as long as its apical width ( Fig. 92C View Fig ); metasoma partially red ( Fig. 91B View Fig ); fore tibia and tarsi completely or largely red ( Fig. 91A View Fig ); head wider than long, vertex flat ( Fig. 91C View Fig ); T5 apically without fringe ( Fig. 92B View Fig ); head and mesoscutum with black hair, interspersed with lighter hair ( Fig. 91C–D View Fig ); mesoscutum shiny, sparsely and shallowly punctate ( Fig. 91D View Fig ); 2 nd antennal segment approx. twice as long as 3 rd segment ( Fig. 91C View Fig ); metapostnotum approx. as high as wide, superficially shagreened and more shiny ( Fig. 92A View Fig ). The male can be separated from that of all other species by the combination of the following characters: metasoma at least partially red ( Fig. 93B View Fig ); fore tibia and tarsi completely red or light red ( Fig. 93A View Fig ); metapostnotum glabrous and shiny ( Fig. 93E View Fig ); head and mesosoma with long, black hair mixed with short, white hair ( Fig. 93C–D View Fig ); wings fuscous ( Fig. 93A View Fig ).
Additional material examined (56 specimens)
SOUTH AFRICA • 1 ♀; W Cape, Kamiesberg ; 30°10′31″ S, 18°00′53″ E; 15 Sep. 2012; CE leg.; SANC GoogleMaps • 1 ♀; Remhoogte , slope, white trap; 30°14′ S, 18°10′ E; 11 Sep. 2003; CM leg.; SANC GoogleMaps • 1 ♀; N Cape Prov., Studer’s Pass near Garies ; 30°26′ S, 17°03′ E; 16 Sep. 2007; CE leg.; SANC GoogleMaps • 1 ♀; N Cape, Nieuwoudtville, Flower Reserve East; 31°21′56″ S, 19°08′52″ E; 735 m a.s.l.; 6 Sep. 2002; MK leg.; RCMK GoogleMaps • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; 11 Sep. 2002; RCMK GoogleMaps • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; 7 Sep. 2003; MK leg.; RCMK; on Oxalis sp. ; RCMK GoogleMaps • 1 ♀; N Cape, Nieuwoudtville, Flower Reserve East; 31°21′56″ S, 19°08′52″ E; 735 m a.s.l.; 11 Sep. 2003; MK leg.; RCMK GoogleMaps • 6 ♀♀, 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; 12 Aug. 2004; RCMK GoogleMaps • 4 ♂♂; same collection data as for preceding; 13 Aug. 2004; RCMK GoogleMaps • 2 ♀♀, 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; 19 Aug. 2004; RCMK GoogleMaps • 10 ♀♀; N Cape, Nieuwoudtville, Flower Reserve, Rondell , Car Park East ; 31°22′18″ S, 19°08′58″ E; 730 m a.s.l.; 4 Oct. 2006; MK leg.; RCMK GoogleMaps • 7 ♀♀; Nieuwoudtville, Wild Flower Reserve, Car Park East ; 31°22′18″ S, 19°08′58″ E; 730 m a.s.l.; 20 Aug. 2007; KT leg.; RCMK GoogleMaps • 1 ♀, 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; 14 Aug. 2010; MK leg.; RCMK GoogleMaps • 3 ♀♀, 10 ♂♂; Nieuwoudtville, pad to Farm Glen Lyon , slope; 31°23′25″ S, 19°08′28″ E; 737 m a.s.l.; 19 Aug. 2007; KT leg.; RCMK GoogleMaps • 2 ♀♀; Nieuwoudtville, Hantam Bot. Gard., Kamel Koppie ; 31°24′48″ S, 19°09′23″ E; 760 m a.s.l.; 12 Sep. 2008; MK leg.; RCMK GoogleMaps • 1 ♀; 18 km S of Calvinia, Nooiensrivier Pad , dolerite; 31°37′16″ S, 19°46′20″ E; 1100 m a.s.l.; 31 Aug. 2016; MK leg.; RCMK GoogleMaps .
Description
Female
BODY LENGTH. 6.0–8.0 mm.
HEAD. Head distinctly wider than long. Vertex almost straight and flat, except for the ocelli. Integument black, except part of mandibles red or reddish-brown. Face covered with long, black hair. Face with sparse (i =0.5–1 d), fine and shallow punctation, clypeus and supraclypeal area with more dispersed (i=0.5–2.5 d) punctation ( Fig. 91C View Fig ). Surface between punctures shiny. Antenna reddish-brown to dark brown.
MESOSOMA. Integument black, tegula orange. Mesoscutum shiny. Mesoscutum and mesoscutellum sparsely (i=1–3 d), finely and shallowly punctate ( Fig. 91D View Fig ). Propodeum densely (i= 0.25–0.5 d), finely and deeply punctate, metapostnotum shiny ( Fig. 92A View Fig ). Mesoscutum, mesoscutellum and mesepisternum sparsely covered with long, black hair mixed with shorter, yellowish-white hair ( Fig. 91D View Fig ). Metanotum and propodeum sparsely covered with short, white hair, metapostnotum glabrous ( Figs 91D View Fig , 92A View Fig ).
WINGS. Yellowish-brown; wing venation brown and stigma brown to dark brown ( Fig. 91A View Fig ).
LEGS. Integument of coxa and trochanter reddish-brown to black, trochanter apically, tibia and tarsi entirely red. Coxa, trochanter and femur covered with long, black hair mixed with shorter, white hair. Tibia and tarsus very sparsely covered with long, black hair and covered with shorter, white hair; very loose patches of white pubescence apically on the tibia, except anterior leg ( Fig. 91A View Fig ).
METASOMA. Integument of T1 red, T2 and T3 to a variable extent red, from T2 basal half red to T3 basal quarter red; T4–T6 black. T1 and T2 sparsely covered with short, white and black hair, from T3 increasingly more and longer black hair ( Fig. 91B View Fig ). T6 narrow and almost straight apically, with long, black hair. Apical margin with fairly short, dense, golden hair ( Fig. 92B View Fig ). Shape of S6 ( Fig. 92C View Fig ) as illustrated.
Male
BODY LENGTH. 6.5–8.0 mm.
HEAD. Head distinctly wider than long. Vertex almost straight and flat, except for the ocelli. Integument black, except part of mandibles red or reddish-brown. Face covered with long, black hair. Face with sparse (i= 0.5–1 d), fine and shallow punctation, clypeus and supraclypeal area with more dispersed (i =0.5–2.5 d) punctation ( Fig. 93C View Fig ). Surface between punctures shiny. Antenna reddish-brown to dark brown.
MESOSOMA. Integument black, tegula orange, partially translucent. Mesoscutum shiny. Mesoscutum and mesoscutellum sparsely (i =1–3 d), finely and shallowly punctate ( Fig. 93D View Fig ). Propodeum densely (i =1–3 d), finely and deeply punctate, metapostnotum shiny ( Fig. 93E View Fig ). Mesoscutum, mesoscutellum and mesepisternum sparsely covered with long, black hair mixed with shorter, yellowish-white hair ( Fig. 93D View Fig ). Metanotum and propodeum sparsely covered with short, white hair, metapostnotum glabrous ( Fig. 93D–E View Fig ).
WINGS. Yellowish-brown; wing venation brown and stigma dark brown to black ( Fig. 93A View Fig ).
LEGS. Integument of coxa and trochanter reddish-brown to black, trochanter apically, tibia and tarsi entirely red. Coxa, trochanter and femur covered with long, black hair mixed with shorter, white hair. Tibia and tarsus very sparsely covered with long, black hair and covered with shorter, white hair; very loose patches of white pubescence apically on the tibia, except anterior leg ( Fig. 93A View Fig ).
METASOMA. Integument of T1 red, T2 and T3 to a variable extent red, from T2 basal half red toT3 basal quarter red; T4–T7 black. T1 and T2 sparsely covered with short, white and black hair, from T3 increasingly more and longer black hair ( Fig. 93B View Fig ). T7 covered with long, black hair and shorter, white hair underneath ( Fig. 93F View Fig ).
TERMINALIA. Genitalia ( Fig. 94C–D View Fig ), S7 ( Fig. 94A View Fig ) and terminal plate of S8 ( Fig. 94B View Fig ) as illustrated.
Distribution
Found throughout western South Africa. Specimens from the easternmost localities (Willowmore, Grahamstown) mentioned by Eardley & Brothers (1997) could not be examined.
Host bees
Confirmed host is Patellapis doleritica Timmermann in Timmermann & Kuhlmann, 2009 add to references (= sp. 1) ( Timmermann & Kuhlmann 2008).
Seasonal activity
August–September.
Cockerell T. D. A. 1933 a. Descriptions and records of bees. - CXLII. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Ser. 10) 11: 372-384. https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933308673668
Eardley C. D. & Brothers D. J. 1997. Phylogeny of the Ammobatini and revision of the Afrotropical genera (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 6 (2): 353-418. Available from https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4491805 [accessed 28 Jan. 2025].
Timmermann K. & Kuhlmann M. 2008. The biology of Patellapis (s. str.) species (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Halictidae): sociality described for the first time in this bee genus. Apidologie 39: 189-197. https://doi.org/10.1051/apido:2008003
Timmermann K. & Kuhlmann M. 2009. Taxonomic revision of the African bee subgenera Patellapis, Chaetalictus and Lomatalictus (Hymenoptera: Halictidae, genus Patellapis Friese 1909). Zootaxa 2099: 1-188. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2099.1.1
Fig. 91. Sphecodopsis semirufa (Cockerell, 1933), ♀ (Nieuwoudtville Flower Reserve, RCMK). A. Habitus (lateral view). B. Metasoma (dorsal view). C. Head. D. Mesoscutum and mesoscutellum (dorsal view).
Fig. 92. Sphecodopsis semirufa (Cockerell, 1933), ♀ (Nieuwoudtville Flower Reserve, RCMK). A. Propodeum. B. T5 and T6. C. S6.
Fig. 93. Sphecodopsis semirufa (Cockerell, 1933), ♂ (Nieuwoudtville Flower Reserve, RCMK). A. Habitus (lateral view). B. Metasoma (dorsal view). C. Head. D. Mesoscutum and mesoscutellum (dorsal view). E. Propodeum. F. T4–T7 (dorsal view).
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Sphecodopsis semirufa (Cockerell, 1933)
Pöllein, Daniela & Kuhlmann, Michael 2025 |
Morgania semirufa
Cockerell T. D. A. 1933: 381 |