Crocisaspidia forbesii ( Kirby, 1900 )

Straka, Jakub, Batelka, Jan & Pauly, Alain, 2017, Bees of the Socotra Archipelago (Hymenoptera: Anthophila), their biogeography and association with parasites, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae (Acta. Ent. Mus. Natl. Pragae) 57, pp. 183-219 : 195-197

Crocisaspidia forbesii ( Kirby, 1900)

( Figs 44, 45 )

Crocisa forbesii Kirby, 1900: 21 (type locality: Socotra, various places); KIRBY (1903): 251, plate xvi, fig. 9 (redescription).

Nomia forbesii: KOHL (1906) : 11 (new combination); KOHL (1907): 179.

Crocisaspidia forbesii: COCKERELL (1931) : 213 (new combination).

Material examined. Socotra: Hadiboh env., ca. 10–100 m, 12°65′02″N, 54°02′04″E, 1 ♀, 21.xi.–12.xii.2003, D. Král lgt .; Deiqub cave env., 1 J, 10.vi.2010, V. Hula & J. Niedobová lgt .; Zemhon area , 270–300 m, 12°21′14.4″N 54°06′41.0″E, 1 J, 16.–17.vi.2010, V. Hula lgt .; Noged plain, Sharet Halma vill. env., sand dunes, 20 m, 12°21.9′N, 54°05.3′E, 1♀, 10.–11.xi.2010, J. Hájek lgt .; Dixam plateau, Firmihin, Dracaena forest, 490 m, 12°28.6′N, 54°01.1′E, 1 J 3 ♀♀, 15.–16.xi.2010, J. Batelka lgt. (all NMPC) .

Remarks. A species described from Socotra, but not endemic.

Distribution. Known from the Arabian Peninsula, the Socotra Archipelago (Abd el Kuri, Socotra), and East Africa from Sudan to Kenya ( DATHE 2009, PAULY 2016b). In the Socotra Archipelago reported from Hadibu Plain, Homhil ( KIRBY 1900, 1903); Ras Shoab ( KOHL (1906, 1907); and Hamadara, Hamhill [sic!], and Abd el Kuri ( PAULY (1990).

Figures

Figs 44–50. 44–45 – Crocisaspidia forbesii (Kirby, 1900). 44 – female, dorsal view; 45 – male, lateral view. 46–47 – Lasioglossum arabs (Pérez, 1907), female. 46 – dorsal view; 47 – lateral view. 48–50 – Lasioglossum bellulum (Vachal, 1909). 48 – female, dorsal view; 49 – female, lateral view; 50 – male, lateral view.