Scrapter nitidus ( FRIESE , 1909)

Kuhlmann, Michael, 2021, Taxonomic notes on the bee genus Scrapter LEPELETIER & SERVILLE, 1828, with a checklist to species (Hymenoptera, Anthophila, Colletidae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 53 (2), pp. 699-714 : 702

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13154583

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13158248

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scientific name

Scrapter nitidus ( FRIESE , 1909)
status

 

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Polyglossa nitida FRIESE, 1909: 125. Holotype ♁ (Steinkopf, South Africa) (ZMHB), examined. Polyglossa opaca FRIESE, 1909: 125. Holotype ♁ (Steinkopf, South Africa) (ZMHB), examined.

Syn. nov.

Examination of type specimens revealed that S. nitidus and S. opacus are synonyms and that the former type specimen is just an unusually small individual. Both males were collected in Steinkopf by Schultze and were described by Friese in the same publication and on the same page ( FRIESE, 1909: 125). Following the Principle of the First Reviser I decided to give the name S. nitidus priority because the species-group has been named after this species and should be preserved.

FRIESE H. (1909): Die Bienen Afrikas nach dem Stande unserer heutigen Kenntnisse. - In: Schultze L. (Ed.): Zoologische und Anthropologische Ergebnisse einer Forschungsreise im westlichen und zentralen Sudafrika ausgefuhrt in den Jahren 1903 - 1905. Band 2. Denkschriften der Medizinisch-naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena 14: 83 - 476, pls. IX - X.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Colletidae

Genus

Scrapter