Sphecodes simlaensis Bluethgen , 1924

Astafurova, Yulia V., Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. & Schwarz, Maximilian, 2020, New and little-known species of the genus Sphecodes Latreille (Hymenoptera, Halictidae) from Southeast Asia, ZooKeys 937, pp. 31-88 : 31

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Sphecodes simlaensis Bluethgen , 1924
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Sphecodes simlaensis Bluethgen, 1924 Figures 127-129 View Figures 127–129 , 130-134 View Figures 130–134

Sphecodes simlaensis Blüthgen, 1924: 514-515, ♀ (syntypes: 2 ♀♀, India, Simla, VIII. and IX.[18]98, Nurse leg.; were not found in NHMUK).

Sphecodes simlaellus Blüthgen, 1927: 46-48, Fig. 8 View Figures 8–11 , ♂ (lectotype (designated here): ♂, Simla [India, Himachal Pradesh], 8.98 // Col. C.G. Nurse Collection. 1920-72 // Sph. simlaensis n. sp., ♂, P. Blüthgen det. // Type; ZMHB, examined; paralectotype: 1 ♂ [without head]: Type // Simla, Nurse 9. 98 // Col. C.G. Nurse Collection. 1920-72 // Sph. simlaensis , Type P. Blüthgen det. // B.M.Type HYM.17a548 // NHMUK 0133803332; examined). Syn. nov.

Diagnosis.

This species is close to the Palaearctic Sphecodes geoffrellus (Kirby 1802) owing to a similar structure, sculpture, coloration of the body and shape of the male gonostylus. Females of S. simlaensis and S. geoffrellus are difficult to distinguish morphologically, but the male of S. simlaensis is easy discerned by the weakly developed tyloids, covering at most 1/4 of the basal ventral surfaces of the flagellomeres, Fig. 131 View Figures 130–134 (versus at least 4/5 in S. geoffrellus ). Structurally, the male of S. simlaensis is also close to S. shillongensis Blüthgen, 1927, but differs in the shape of the gonostylus which has a membranous part (lacking in S. shillongensis ).

Descriptive notes.

Wings with weak yellowish or brownish darkening; hind wing with basal vein strongly curved with angle between basal (M) and cubital (Cu) veins ca. 80°, costal margin with five hamuli. Preoccipital carina absent. Female. Total bodylength 5-5.5 mm. Head (Fig. 127 View Figures 127–129 ) weakly transverse, at most 1.2 times as wide as long; vertex not elevated as seen in frontal view; F1 and F2 transverse, 0.6-0.8 times as long as wide, F3 almost square, 0.9 times as long as wide; clypeus with punctures separated by 0.5-2 puncture diameters; ocello-ocular area with fine punctures separated by 1-3 puncture diameters; face and gena with sparse pubescence. Mesoscutum and mesoscutellum (Fig. 128 View Figures 127–129 ) with punctures (15-20 μm) separated by 1-4 puncture diameters; hypoepimeral area coarsely reticulate. Propodeal triangle (metapostnotum) with coarse longitudinal wrinkles and shiny interspaces. Metasomal T1 impunctate, remaining terga basally with fine sparse setae pores (Fig. 129 View Figures 127–129 ); marginal zones impunctate; T1-T3 red, pygidial plate 0.7 times as wide as metabasitarsus. Male. Total body length 5-5.5 mm. Head (Fig. 130 View Figures 130–134 ) slightly transverse, 1.1 times as wide as long; vertex not elevated as seen in frontal view; antenna reaching posterior margin of mesoscutum; F2 1.4 times as long as wide, remaining flagellomeres almost square, ca. 1.1 times as long as wide, tyloids weakly developed, semi-oval across at most basal 1/4 of flagellar ventral surfaces (Fig. 131 View Figures 130–134 ); ocello-ocular area shining, with fine punctures separated by 1-3 puncture diameters; face with pubescence obscuring integument below antennal stockers and sparser above. Mesoscutum medially with punctures (15-25 μm) separated by 0.5-3 puncture diameters, becoming denser peripherally (Fig. 132 View Figures 130–134 ). Propodeal and metasomal sculpture as in the female; terga brownish (Fig. 134 View Figures 130–134 ); gonocoxite dorsally with impression; gonostylus with small rectangular membranous part (Fig. 133 View Figures 130–134 ).

Material examined.

Laos: 1 ♂, Phongsaly pr., Phogsaly env., 1500 m, 21°41'N, 102°06'E, VII.2003, Pacholatko (OLBL/PCMS); 1 ♂, idem, 6-17.V.2004, V. Kuban (OLBL/PCMS).

Distribution.

*Laos, India (Himachal Pradesh), Pakistan.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Halictidae

Genus

Sphecodes

Loc

Sphecodes simlaensis Bluethgen , 1924

Astafurova, Yulia V., Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. & Schwarz, Maximilian 2020
2020
Loc

Sphecodes simlaensis

Bluethgen 1924
1924