Colletes xuechengensis Kuhlmann, 2007

Ferrari, Rafael R., Niu, Ze-Qing, Kuhlmann, Michael, Zhang, Dan & Zhu, Chao- Dong, 2021, The cellophane bees of Colletes Latreille (Hymenoptera: Colletidae) from Xizang (Tibet), China, Zootaxa 5022 (1), pp. 1-72 : 36-39

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Colletes xuechengensis Kuhlmann, 2007 View in CoL

( Figs 23A–F View FIGURE 23 , 24A View FIGURE 24 )

Colletes xuechengensis Kuhlmann, 2007: 465 View in CoL (holotype ♂: China, Sichuan [USNM]).

Colletes xuechengensis View in CoL ; Niu et al. 2014b: 463 View Cited Treatment ; Ascher & Pickering 2021.

unique in having the anterolateral angle of pronotum produced as a long spine and the hind basitarsus 4× as long as broad. Colletes xuechengensis View in CoL is most similar to C. tuberculatus View in CoL , however, the former is comparatively larger (9.0– 10.0 mm (♀), 7.0–8.0 mm (♂ )) than the latter (8.0–9.0 mm (♀), 6.0–7.0 mm (♂ )) and has wings with yellowish membranes (wing membrane subhyaline in both sexes of C. tuberculatus View in CoL ). Females of the two species can be further differentiated by the T2–T3 apical bands 1.5× MOD in C. xuechengensis View in CoL (T2–T3 apical bands 2.0× MOD in C. tuberculatus View in CoL ) and their males by the face and mesosoma with pale-orange pubescence in C. xuechengensis View in CoL (face and mesosoma with off-white to pale-yellow pubescence in C. tuberculatus View in CoL ).

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Material examined. Published records — CHINA, Sichuan: 15mi NE of Li Fan , 8500 ft, 31.vii.1933, D Graham, 1 ♂, [ USNM]. 26mi N of Li Fan, 9000 ft, 6.viii.1916, D Graham, 1 ♀, [ USNM]. Xiangcheng Xian, 28.90 99.90, 2900 m, 28.vi.1968, XZ Zhang, 1 ♂ . Xizang: Qamdo Xian , 31.10 97.10, 3300 m, 13.viii.1976, YH Han, 1 ♂ . Zhag’yab Xian, Gyitang , 30.70 97.30, 3200 m, 16.ix.1976, YH Han, 1 ♂ .

DNA barcode. Unavailable.

Floral hosts. Unknown.

Remarks. Colletes xuechengensis is likely the most uncommon between the two species of the C. fodiens group found in Xizang, a group that is relatively well-represented in China (10 species) but little diverse in high-elevation regions.

References

Ascher, J. S. & Pickering, J. (2021) Discover Life bee species guide and world checklist (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila). Available from: http: // www. discoverlife. org / mp / 20 q? guide = Apoidea _ species (accessed 11 January 2021)

Morawitz, F. (1893) Supplement zur Bienenfauna Turkestans. Horae Societatis Entomologicae Rossicae, 28, 3 - 87.

Niu, Z. Q., Zhu, C. D. & Kuhlmann, M. (2014 b) The bees of the genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) from China. Zootaxa, 3856 (4), 451 - 483. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 3856.4.1

Figures

FIGURE 23. Colletes xuechengensis Kuhlmann, 2007. Female: (A) habitus, lateral view; (C) face, frontal view. Male: (B) habitus, lateral view; (D) face, frontal view; (E) genital capsule, lateral view; (F) S7, ventral view. Scale bars: (A–D) 2 mm; (E, F) 1 mm.

FIGURE 24. Confirmed geographic records of the Colletes species found in Xizang based on the examined material. (A) C. xuechengensis; (B) C. annapurnensis; (C) C. laevigena; (D) C. linzhiensis.