Patellapis (Lomatalictus) malachurina ( Cockerell 1937 )

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Patellapis (Lomatalictus) malachurina ( Cockerell 1937)

Halictus malachurinus Cockerell, 1937: 65–66 .

Halictus levisculptus Cockerell, 1939b: 369 . Syn. n.

Halictus suprafulvus Cockerell, 1946b: 158–159 . Syn. n.

( Figs. 49a–g ; 50a–h )

Diagnosis. The medium-sized, robust, black bee is the only species belonging to the subgenus Lomatalictus . This species is easy to identify due to the morphological characters of this subgenus.

Description

Female. Bl = 7,0– 7,6mm. General habitus ( Fig. 49e ). Head. L = 1,7–1,8mm; W = 2,3–2,5mm. Head much wider than long ( Fig. 49a ). Integument black except mandibles partly reddish-brown. Face rather dull, with loose, long, yellowish, erect hairs. Mandibles bidentate. Malar area very short, linear. Clypeus and supraclypeal area flat (sometimes weakly convex) in profile. Clypeus coarsely and densely punctate (i = d); surface completely sculptured. Clypeoantennal distance 0,4mm. Supraclypeal area and paraocular area coarsely punctate; surface completely sculptured. Antennae reddish to brownish. Mesosoma. L = 1,4–1,5mm; W (ITS) = 1,8–1,9mm. Integument black. Scutum dull; disc coarsely punctate; surface completely and strongly sculptured ( Fig. 49b ). Scutellum as illustrated in Fig. 49c . Scutum, scutellum, metanotum, mesepisternum and propodeum with yellowish, erect hairs. Basal area of propodeum as illustrated in Fig. 49c ; propodeum and marginal region of posterior truncation dull; surface coarsely sculptured, with fine wrinkles. Wings. Hyaline. Legs. Integument mostly brownish. Vestiture greyish to brownish. Ts coarsely serrate with about 8 strong, oblique projections ( Fig. 49f ). Bp slender and angulated apically ( Fig. 49g ). Metasoma. L = 3,6–4,1mm; W = 2,8–2,9mm. Integument black to brown except the margins of T pallid brownish (usually T1–T3); margins extensively translucent. T1-T4 with greyish to yellowish, strong, apical hair bands; the bands on T1–T2 mostly present laterally. Prepygidial fimbria mostly brownish ( Fig. 49d ).

Male. Bl = 6,4–6,5mm. General habitus ( Fig. 50e ). Head. L = 1,6–1,7mm; W = 2,2–2,3mm. Head much wider than long ( Fig. 50a ). Integument black except mandibles partly reddish-brown. Clypeus, supraclypeal area, paraocular area and vertex covered with erect, greyish to yellowish hairs. Mandibles bidentate. Malar area very short, linear. Antennae reddish to brownish. Flagellomeres weakly knotty. A4 about as long as A3. Mesosoma. L = 1,3–1,4mm; W (ITS) = 1,5–1,6mm. Integument black. Scutum dull; disc coarsely punctate; surface completely and strongly sculptured (e.g. Fig. 49b ). Scutellum as illustrated in Fig. 50b . Scutum, scutellum, metanotum, mesepisternum and propodeum with greyish to yellowish, erect hairs. Basal area of propodeum as illustrated in Fig. 50b ; propodeum and marginal region of posterior truncation dull; surface coarsely sculptured, with fine wrinkles. Wings. Hyaline. Legs. Integument brownish to black. Vestiture greyish. Metasoma. L = 3,5–3,6mm; W = 2,2–2,3mm. Integument black except the margins of T pallid brownish; margins extensively translucent ( Fig. 50c ). Apical plate slender and pointed apically. Posterior margin of S4 similar in size to S3; S4 without bristles and S5–S6 without areas of dense hair patches ( Fig. 50d ). S7 and S8 as illustrated in Fig. 50f . Genitalia. Genitalia as illustrated in Fig. 50g –h ; gonocoxa shiny and gonostylus with a broad, membranous, glabrous, dorso-lateral projection.

Type material (3 specimens). Holotype, female, Natal : National Park. 3–15.iii.1932. J. Ogilvie (white label), Type (red-white label), Halictus malachurinus Ckll. Type ♀ (handwritten white label), B.M. TYPE HYM 17a 2767 (white label), BMNH ; Holotype, female, Halictus levisculptus Ckll. Type, S. Rhodesia: Vumba , Umtali, 23–26.v.1932, J. Ogilvie, B.M. TYPE HYM 17a 852 , BMNH ; Holotype, female, Halictus suprafulvus Ckll. Type , Van Reenen, Drakensberg, xii.1926, R .E. Turner, B.M. TYPE HYM 17a 1159 , BMNH .

Additional material (39 specimens). 25♀, 14♂. South Africa, Western Cape : 1♀, 3422AA, Moordkuil Valley, Water Affaire Survey, North slope, 14.iii.1986, leg. Macpherson / Roux, SAM – HYM – B009651 , SAMC; KwaZulu Natal : 11♀, 11♂, Cathedral Peak area above Mike´s Pass , 28.–29.iii.1985, leg. C.D. Eardley, Database No. HYMA 07031 and HYMA 07249 , SANC ; 8♀, Cathedral Peak Hotel , 28 miles S Winterton, 16.ii.1967, leg. C.D. Michener, SEMC; Free State : 1♀, Adullam farm near Clarens , 15.–18.i.1986, leg. C.D. Eardley, SANC; Mpumalanga : 1♀, 1♂, 10 km N Graskop, near God`s Window overlook, 21.iii.2002, leg. B. Danforth, CUIC; Limpopo Province : 3♀, Wolkberg , 14.iv.1974, leg. R. H. Watmough, Database No. HYMA 06916 , SANC ; 1♂, idem., 15.iv.1974, SANC. Zimbabwe. Vumba, Umtali , 23.–26.v.1932, leg. J. Ogilvie, Pres. By. Imp. Inst. Ent. B.M. 1939–354, BMNH .

Distribution ( Fig. 51). This species occurs from Western Cape of South Africa to Zimbabwe.

Floral visitation. Helichrysum spec. , Helichrysum heterolasium , Helichrysum umbraculigerum (Asteraceae)

Seasonal activity (first–last observations). i–v.

Figures

FIGURE 49. Patellapis (L.) malachurina, female: a. Head (scale=1mm); b. Scutum (scale=1mm); c. Scutellum and propodeum (scale=0,5mm); d. Metasomal terga (scale=1mm); e. Body (scale=1mm); f. Inner hind tibial spur (scale=100µm); g. Basitibial plate (scale=100µm).

FIGURE 50. Patellapis (L.) malachurina, male: a. Head (scale=1mm); b. Scutellum and propodeum (scale=0,5mm); c. Metasomal terga (scale=1mm); d. Metasomal sterna (scale=1mm); e. Body (scale=1mm); f. Metasomal sterna S7 and S8, ventral view (scale=0,5mm); g. Genitalia, dorsal view (scale=0,5mm); h. Genitalia, lateral view (scale=0,5mm).