Austrosphecodes brasiliensis ( Schrottky, 1910 )

Gonçalves, Rodrigo Barbosa & Pereira, Felipe Walter, 2022, New species of the cuckoo bee genus Austrosphecodes Michener, 1978 (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Sphecodini) and a key for Brazilian species, European Journal of Taxonomy 819, pp. 55-89 : 65-67

Austrosphecodes brasiliensis ( Schrottky, 1910)

Fig. 10A

Sphecodes brasiliensis Schrottky, 1910: 63 .

Diagnosis

Females and males are small, body length less than 6 mm, and have sparsely punctate terga. From A. asmodeus sp. nov. it can be separated by the rugulose, crowded punctured anterior margin of the mesoscutum, by the lighter tegulae and legs, the triangular shape of the metapostnotum, and head and mesosoma not coarsely sculptured. The species was redescribed and illustrated by Gonçalves (2017).

Variation

Variation in size and ornamentation has been found in specimens from Curitiba, with larger females (6.0 mm) more sculptured than smaller ones (5.0 mm), some intermediate females indicate that this can

be considered a variation. Size variation is also known for A. inornatus .

Material examined

Holotype BRAZIL Minas Gerai s • ♀; Caxambu ; MZSP.

Other material

BRAZIL – Bahia. • 1 ♂; “ DZUP\568596 ” “ ITAPETINGA – BAHIA\ BRASIL 25/7/1967 \ C. T. and C. Elias leg.”; DZUP • 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; DZUP 568597 • 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; DZUP 568598 • 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; DZUP 568599 • 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; DZUP 568600 • 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; DZUP 568601 • 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; DZUP 568602 . – Espírito Santo • 1 ♂; “DZUP\568581” “Sta. TERESA – ES\ Brasil 27-V-64 \ C. ELIAS leg”; DZUP 568581 • 1 ♂; “DZUP\568582” Sta. TERESA – ES \ Brasil 27-V-64 \ C. ELIAS leg”; DZUP 568582 • 1 ♂; “DZUP\568583” “ STA. TERESA – ES \ BRASIL 10- IX-64 \ C. Elias leg.”; DZUP 568583 • 1 ♂; “DZUP\568584” “ SANTA TERESA – ES \ BRASIL 4/6/1967 \ C.T. and C. Elias leg”; DZUP 568584 • 1 ♂; “ DZUP\568585 ” “ STA. TERESA – ES \ BRASIL 22-IV-67 \ C. and C. T. Elias leg.”; DZUP • 1 ♂; “ DZUP\568586 ” “ SANTA TERESA – ES \ BRASIL 5/11/1967 \ C. T. and C. Elias ”; DZUP • 1 ♂; “ DZUP\568587 ” “ STA. TERESA – ES \ BRASIL 24-31/IV/67 \ C. and C. T. Elias leg.”; DZUP • 1 ♂; “ DZUP\568588 ” “ CARIACICA – BRASIL \ ES 10a 15/4/67 ”\ Claudionor Elias ”; DZUP • 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; DZUP 568589 • 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; DZUP 568590 • 1 ♂; “DZUP\568591” “ CARIACICA – BRASIL \ ES 2 a 8/5/67 ″\ C. Elias C. T. Elias ”; DZUP 568591 • 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; DZUP 568592 • 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; DZUP 568593 • 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; DZUP 568594 • 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; DZUP 568595 . – Minas Gerai s • 1 ♀; “ DZUP\568570 ” “ BRAZOPOLIS – MG\ Brasil XII-61 \ Claudionor Elias ”; DZUP • 1 ♂; “ DZUP\568571 ” “ PASSOS – MG \ BR – 19-24-III- 62 \ Claudionor Elias ”; DZUP • 1 ♀; “ DZUP\568572 ” “ PASSOS – MG \ Brasil 8-10 XI-61 \ C. Elias leg” • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; DZUP 568573 • 1 ♂; “ DZUP\568574 ” “ PASSOS – MG \ Brasil 1-7 IX-62 \ Claudionor Elias l.”; DZUP • 1 ♀; “ DZUP\568575 ” “Local Viçosa – MG \ Data 23/11/85 \ Col. G. Melo ”; DZUP • 1 ♀; “ DZUP\568576 ” “Local Viçosa – MG \ Data 24/11/85 \ Col. G. Melo ”; DZUP • 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; DZUP 568577 • 1 ♀; “ DZUP\568578 ” “ Viçosa – MG \ 28/09/1988 \ G.A.R. Melo ”; DZUP • 1 ♂; “ DZUP\568579 ”" IBIÁ – M. Gerais \ BRASIL 18/VI/65 \ C. Elias leg”; DZUP • 1 ♂; “ DZUP\568580 ” “ PATOS DE MINAS – MG \ BRASIL – 23/11/965\ Claudionor Elias ”; DZUP. – Paraná • 1 ♀; “ DZUP\568603 ” “ CURITIBA \ Paraná BRASIL \ 1-XI-1955 \ Michener e Lange ”; DZUP • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; DZUP 568604 • 1 ♀; “ DZUP\568605 ” “ Barigui Curitiba \ Paraná x-955\ Michener and Lange ”; DZUP • 1 ♀; “ DZUP\568606 ”“ CURITIBA Paraná \ Brasil \ VIII-1954 \ Pe. J.S. Moure leg.”; DZUP • 1 ♂; “ DZUP\568607 ”; same collection data as for preceding; DZUP • 1 ♂; “ DZUP\568608 ” “ CURITIBA – PR \ Brasil IV 61 \ SAKAGAMI leg”; DZUP • 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; DZUP 568609 • 1 ♀; “ DZUP\568610 ” “ Brasil, Paraná, Campo \ Largo, Rio Verde , 900m, 25 25S 49 27W \ 09.x.2006, G. Melo ”; DZUP • 1 ♂; “ DZUP\546807 ” “ Brasil, Paraná, Curitiba,\ Cemit. Parque Iguaçu ,\ -25.4193448, -49.310204,\ 06.II. 23018, L. Graf ”; DZUP • 1 ♀; “ DZUP\572448 ” “ Brasil, Paraná, Curitiba,\ Parque Barigui , -25.4231 -49.3078, 30.IV.2019, F. W. Pereira ”; DZUP • 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; DZUP 572449 • 1 ♀; “ DZUP\572445 ”; same collection data as for preceding; 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; DZUP 411663 • 1 ♀; “ DZUP\411665 ”; same collection data as for preceding; DZUP • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; DZUP 411682 • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; DZUP 411692 • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; DZUP 572454 • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; DZUP 572443 • 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; DZUP 411715 • 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; DZUP 572431 • 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; DZUP 411613 • 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; DZUP 572433 • 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; DZUP 572430 • 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; DZUP 411701 • 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; DZUP 411702 . – São Paulo • 1 ♂; “0236\RPSP\ Fenolog. Livre ” “ Brasil, SP, Est. Ecol. Itrapina \ 22o13′27.9′S 47o54′05.9′W\ 26-28.xi.2016, Almeida, Porto,\ Lucena, Gibran and Yoshida ”; RPSP.

Host and flight activity

We found females entering nests of Caenohalictus incertus in a series of roadside banks in Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil (-25.4231 -49.3078). Females and males were found from June 2018 to March 2019.

Figures

Fig. 10. Geographic records map. A. Austrosphecodes asmodeus sp. nov., A. balrog sp. nov., A. brasiliensis (Schrottky, 1910). B. A. cerberus sp. nov., A gorgon sp. nov., A. inornatus (Schrottky, 1902). C. A. jurupari sp. nov., A. krampus sp. nov., A. lucifer sp. nov. D. A. minarum (Schrottky, 1910), A. orcus sp. nov., A. tartarus sp. nov.