Pseudapis tobiasi Astafurova, 2004

Astafurova, Yulia V. & Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu., 2019, The type specimens of bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) deposited in the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg. Contribution II. Family Halictidae, subfamilies Rophitinae, Nomiinae, and Nomioidinae, Zootaxa 4650 (1), pp. 1-71 : 43-44

40. Pseudapis tobiasi Astafurova, 2004

( Figs 40 a–f)

Pseudapis tobiasi Astafurova, 2004: 278 , figs 1–11, ♀, ♂.

Type locality: Dusti ( Tajikistan).

Published (original) locality: corresponds to data on the holotype and paratype labels (see below).

Holotype: ♂, 15 км ЮЗ Дусти, ТадЖ[икистан] [ Tajikistan, Khatlon Province, 15 km SW Dusti , 37°15′N 68°26′E], песч.[анаЯ] пустынЯ [sandy desert], на цв.[етках] [on flowers] Salsola [Hammada] leptoclada, 17.VI.1975, Песенко [Yu. Pesenko leg.] // Holotypus, Pseudapis tobiasi Astafurova , ♂ <red label>.

Paratype: ♀, 15 км ЮЗ Дусти, ТадЖ[икистан] [ Tajikistan, 15 km SW Dusti,], песч.[анаЯ] пустынЯ [sandy desert], на цв.[етках] [on flowers] Salsola [ Hammada ] leptoclada, 14.VI.1975, Песенко [Yu. Pesenko leg.] // Paratypus, Pseudapis tobiasi Astafurova , ♀ <red label>.

Current status. Pseudapis tobiasi Astafurova, 2004 .

Distribution. Tajikistan (only known from the type locality).

Figures

FIGURES 40a–f. Pseudapis tobiasi Astafurova, 2004. Holotype, male: a—habitus, lateral view; b—head, frontal view; c— mesosoma, dorsal view; d—S5–S6, ventral view; e—labels; f—hind tibia, lateral view.