Tetralonioidella himalayana ( Bingham, 1897 )

Niu, Zeqing, Yuan, Feng & Zhu, Chaodong, 2017, Taxonomic study of the genus Tetralonioidella Strand from China (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Melectini), Zoological Systematics 42 (4), pp. 418-445 : 421-422

Tetralonioidella himalayana ( Bingham, 1897) ( Figs 1–2 )

Melecta himalayana Bingham, 1897: 516 , ♀. Holotype ♀, North India, Kumano, 4.90, coll. Bingham; in British Museum (Natural History), London.

Melecta formosana Cockerell, 1911: 227 , ♀. Type locality: Taiwan, Kosempo (Kaohsiung).

Anthophora sauteri Friese, 1911: 127 . Type locality: Taiwan, Tainan.

Protomelissa sauteri (Friese) : Friese, 1914: 323, ♀ ♂.

Protomelissa formosana (Cockerell) : Lieftinck, 1972: 273, ♀ ♂ (key), 274, figs 1–2, 5–6.

Protomelissa himalayana (Bingham) : Lieftinck, 1972: 273, ♀ ♂ (key), figs 3, 7–8.

Tetralonioidella formosana (Cockerell) : Lieftinck, 1983: 271, ♂ (key), 276.

Tetralonioidella himalayana (Bingham) : Lieftinck, 1983: 271, ♂ (key), 277, figs 13–14.

Tetralonioidella himalayana formosana ( Cockerell, 1911) : Dubitzky, 2007: 57 , ♀ ♂ (key), figs 6A, 7E, F, 8C.

Material examined. China, Xizang, Mêdog, Garasa (28º44′N, 95º01′E; elev. 1200 m), 1♂, 15.XI.1982, coll. Yinheng Han ; Mêdog, Madi (29º24′N, 95º23′E; elev. 1000 m), 1♂, 14.XI.1988, coll. Jian Yao.

Distribution. China (Xizang, Taiwan), India.

Remark. The species is recorded in the mainland of China for the first time.

Figures

Figure 1. Tetralonioidella himalayana (Bingham, 1897), male. a. Body, lateral view. b. Head, frontal view. c. Labrum, frontal view. d. Antenna. e. Mesosoma, dorsal view. f. Metasoma, dorsal view. Scale bars=1mm.

Figure 2. Tetralonioidella himalayana (Bingham, 1897), male. a. Fore wing, showing the papillae. b. Claw, showing the inner ramus. c. S7, ventral view. d. S8, ventral view. e. Genitalia, dorsal view. f. Genitalia, lateral view. Scale bars: a, e, f= 1mm; b, c, d=0.5mm.