Euglossa (Euglossella) cosmodora Hinojosa-Diaz & Engel

Hinojosa-Diaz, Ismael A. & Engel, Michael S., 2011, Revision of the orchid bee subgenus Euglossella (Hymenoptera, Apidae), Part I, The decorata species group, ZooKeys 140, pp. 27-69 : 51-52

Euglossa (Euglossella) cosmodora Hinojosa-Diaz & Engel Figs 57-65

Euglossa (Euglossella) cosmodora Hinojosa-Díaz and Engel, 2007: 93. Holotype ♂ (SEMC, visum).

Material examined.

Bolivia: "Bolivia; Tarata; 1900 // Euglossa; decorata; ♂ Sm.; 1909 Friese det. [first three lines handwritten, third and fourth lines overlapped] // Am. Mus. Nat. Hist.; Dept. Invert. Zool.; No.26005 [number handwritten]" (1♀) AMNH.

Peru: "PERU: Junín Dept.; Villa-Oxapampa Rd.; 1200 m 10°45'36"S, 75°21'30"W; 18 OCT 1999; R. Brooks; PERU 1B99 056; ex: on red flowering 'Zauschneria like' // [bar code; SMO 148056; KUNHM-ENT // Euglossa; singularis ♂; Mocsáry; det. R.W. Brooks 19 [first three lines handwritten] // HOLOTYPE; Euglossa; cosmodora; I.A. Hinojosa-Díaz; & M.S. Engel [red type label]" (1♂) SEMC; same labels and data, except code on barcode label "SMO 148057", sex on identification label “♀” and “PARATYPE” on yellow type label (1♀) SEMC; "Valle Chanchamayo; (Peru) 800 m; 5.2.1939 [day and month handwritten];leg. Weyrauch; W.K.W.; 3356 [last two lines handwritten on underside] // decorata [handwritten on underside] // PARATYPE; Euglossa; cosmodora; I.A. Hinojosa-Díaz; & M.S. Engel [yellow type label]" (1♀) DZUP; "166 [handwritten] // PERU, JU,; San Ramon; 1985; G. Arellano [label handwritten] // Euglossa; n.sp?!; det. D. Roubik 2003 [first two lines handwritten]" (1♀) CRAS.

Diagnosis.

Labiomaxillary complex in repose slightly (but clearly) surpassing metasoma (both sexes) (Figs 58, 60); both sexes with head integument very dark (appearing black), with faint coppery hue on clypeus (mixed with some green-cyan higlights) (Fig. 61); integument of mesosoma with dark brown base and strong metallic olive-green, and coppery hue (especially on episternum); metasoma golden olive-green, with a noticeably dark brown band on anterior half of second metasomal tergum bordered anteriorly and posteriorly by yellow streaks (Figs 57, 59); malar area length on average 0.30 the basal mandibular width; male mesotibial tufts appearing fused (except for a distal separation),posterior tuft teardrop shaped (Fig. 63); male metatibia scalene slightly obtuse triangular (forming a slightly obtuse angle at intersection of anterior and ventral margins) (Fig. 64).

Comments.

Given that a detailed description of both sexes was provided only recently by Hinojosa-Díaz and Engel (2007) and that we have no further modifications to that as presented in our earlier account, this material is not repeated here.

This species is quite distinctive, not only due to the banding pattern on the metasoma but also as it is the species withthe longest malar space of all taxa in the decorata species group. The specimen included herein from Bolivia extends the range of the species to the South, and is slightly lighter in coloration, although the exact locality data for this specimen is not clear (Tarata, Bolivia), the elevation of the two possible places with that locality name is clearly the highest (above 2000 m) for any specimen of this species group.