Colletes inspersus Niu, Zhu & Kuhlmann, 2013

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 : 21

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Colletes inspersus Niu, Zhu & Kuhlmann, 2013b: 113 View Cited Treatment (holotype ♀, China, Xizang, Markam Xian [IZCAS]).

Colletes inspersus ; Ascher & Pickering 2021.

Diagnosis. The female of C. inspersus (the male remains unknown) may be diagnosed through the following combination of features: bees relatively small (HW 2.6–2.7 mm), T1 finely and very sparsely (i=2.0–3.0 d) punctate medially and T2 without basal. Females of C. inspersus are similar to those of both C. xuezhongi and C. xizangensis , from which they can be differentiated by the paraocular area with pale-yellow and black hairs intermixed (paraocular area with only pale hairs in females of C. xuezhongi and C. xizangensis ). Colletes inspersus can be further distinguished from C. xuezhongi by the clypeus longer than broad (clypeus broader than long in females of C. xuezhongi ) and from C. xizangensis by the T1 with a broadly interrupted apical band (T1 apical band complete in females of C. xizangensis ).

Material examined. Published records — CHINA, Xizang: Markam Xian , 29.10 98.50, 3800 m, 20.vi.1976, YH Han, 1 ♀ ; XZ Zhang, 1 ♀.

New records —none.

Distribution. Western China (Xizang).

DNA barcode. Unavailable.

Floral hosts. Unknown.

Remarks. The male of C. inspersus remains unknown.

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)

Niu, Z. Q, Kuhlmann, M. & Zhu, C. D. (2013 a) A review of the Colletes succinctus - group (Hymenoptera: Colletidae) from China with redescription of the male of C. gigas. Zootaxa, 3626 (1), 173 - 187. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 3626.1.7

Niu, Z. Q., Zhu, C. D. & Kuhlmann, M. (2013 b) Bees of the Colletes clypearis - group (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) from China with description of seven new species. Zootaxa, 3745 (2), 101 - 151. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 3745.2.1