Colletes bischoffi Noskiewicz 1936

Ferrari, Rafael R., Niu, Ze-Qing, Kuhlmann, Michael, Zhang, Dan & Zhu, Chao- Dong, 2021, The cellophane bees of Colletes Latreille (Hymenoptera: Colletidae) from Xizang (Tibet), China, Zootaxa 5022 (1), pp. 1-72 : 50-52

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Colletes bischoffi Noskiewicz 1936
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Colletes bischoffi Noskiewicz 1936 View in CoL

( Figs 33A–F View FIGURE 33 , 34A View FIGURE 34 , 48B, 48C View FIGURE 48 )

Colletes bischoffi Noskiewicz, 1936: 485 View in CoL (holotype ♂: “Himalaya” [ZMB]).

Colletes bischoffi View in CoL ; Kuhlmann 1999: 73, 2000: 183; Ascher & Pickering 2021. the other Tibetan Colletes View in CoL , except C. collaris View in CoL . However, they can be differentiated by the supraclypeal area broader than long in C. bischoffi View in CoL (supraclypeal area longer than broad in C. collaris View in CoL ) and the facial fovea broadly rounded above in C. bischoffi View in CoL (facial fovea more narrowly rounded above in C. collaris View in CoL ). Males of C. bischoffi View in CoL are most similar to those of both C. bhutanicus View in CoL and C. collaris View in CoL in that in all three species the S6 has a pair of apicolateral circular depressions (whereas such depressions are absent in the males of all other Tibetan Colletes View in CoL ), but the former are distinct in having the hind basitarsus 4.5× as long as broad (hind basitarsus at least 5.0× as long as broad in males of C. bhutanicus View in CoL and C. collaris View in CoL ). Males of C. bischoffi View in CoL can be further differentiated from those of C. collaris View in CoL by the mesoscutum with hairs about 1.5× as long as MOD (mesoscutal hairs about as long as MOD in males of C. collaris View in CoL ) and from those of C. bhutanicus View in CoL by the gonostylus with converging sides basally (gonostylus with subparallel sides basally in C. bhutanicus View in CoL ).

Material examined. Published records —none.

New records — CHINA, Sichuan: Luding Xian, Moxi , 29.90 102.20, 1550 m, 25.vii.1982, XZ Zhang, 1 ♂ . Xizang: Changdu, Mangkang, Road G 318 km 3412, 29.7432 95.6753, 3565 m, 2.ix.2015, QT Wu, 1 ♀ 1 ♂ GoogleMaps . Mainling Xian, Paiqu , 29.50 94.80, 3000 m, 20.vii.1983, YH Han, 1 ♂ . Ngamring Xian , 29.20 87.20, 4500 m, 19.viii.1975, XZ Zhang, 1 ♂ . Pulan County, Kangzi Village , 30.2059 81.2523, 3793 m, 22.vii.2018, QT Wu, 2 ♂ GoogleMaps . Pulan County, Pulan Town, Kejia , 30.2013 81.2512, 3794 m, 12.viii.2019, D Zhang & QT Wu, 15 ♀ 6 ♂ GoogleMaps .

Distribution. Known only from the southern edge of the QTP and the Himalaya regions of northern India and Nepal.

DNA barcode. Available (7 ♂). See also Fig. 1 View FIGURE 1 and Table 1.

Floral hosts. Unknown.

Remarks. Kuhlmann (1999) initially casted doubt on the status of C. bischoffi as a valid species. The author considered that the morphological differences in relation to C. collaris noted by Noskiewicz (1936) were somewhat tenuous and concluded that examination of additional material was needed before a taxonomic decision could be made confidently. This was later performed by Dubitzky & Kuhlmann (2004), who clarified their status as two distinct species. Moreover, specimens identified as either C. bischoffi or C. collaris based on morphological differences formed separate, highly-supported clusters in our NJ tree ( Fig. 1 View FIGURE 1 ). For these reasons, C. bischoffi is herein confirmed as a valid species and its occurrence in China is established for the first time.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Colletidae

Genus

Colletes

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Colletes bischoffi Noskiewicz 1936

Ferrari, Rafael R., Niu, Ze-Qing, Kuhlmann, Michael, Zhang, Dan & Zhu, Chao- Dong 2021
2021
Loc

Colletes bischoffi

Noskiewicz, J. 1936: 485
1936
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