Patellapis (Patellapis) braunsi, Timmermann & Kuhlmann, 2009

Timmermann, Kim & Kuhlmann, Michael, 2009, Variable Selection and Inference for Multi-period Forecasting Problems, Zootaxa 2099, pp. 1-188 : 47-48

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.17863/cam.5647

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5318928

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/AC484B04-FFC4-FFCC-1FE0-FA02FC9EF856

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Patellapis (Patellapis) braunsi
status

sp. nov.

Patellapis (Patellapis) braunsi sp. n. Timmermann

( Figs. 27a–h View FIGURE 27 )

Diagnosis. The male is unique within this species-group in having the gonocoxa shiny. The female is unknown.

Description

Female. Unknown.

Male. Bl = 7,4–7,5mm. General habitus ( Fig. 27e View FIGURE 27 ). Head. L = 1,8–1,9mm; W = 2,0– 2,1mm. Head about as wide as long. Integument black except mandibles partly reddish-brown. Clypeus, supraclypeal area and paraocular area partly covered with whitish, erect hairs and entirely covered with appressed, white hairs. Mandibles simple. Malar area very short, linear. Antennae reddish-brown. A4 about two times longer than A3.

Mesosoma. L = 1,4–1,5mm; W (ITS) = 1,6–1,7mm. Integument black. Scutum shiny; sparsely and strongly punctuate (i = 1,5d) ( Fig. 27a View FIGURE 27 ). Scutellum as illustrated in Fig. 27b View FIGURE 27 . Scutum, scutellum, metanotum and mesepisternum with long, white, erect hairs. Propodeum except basal area and propodeal triangle with greyish, long, erect hairs. Basal area of propodeum as illustrated in Fig. 27b View FIGURE 27 ; propodeum strongly and densely punctate; marginal region of posterior truncation shiny, finely reticulate. Wings. Hyaline. Legs. Integument mostly brownish. Vestiture grey. Metasoma. L = 4,5–4,6mm; W = 2,5–2,6mm. Integument brownish-black; T (particularly T1–T2) pallid brownish anteriorly and margins translucent. Discs and marginal zones of T1–T2 shiny and sparsely punctate as illustrated in Fig. 27c View FIGURE 27 . Apical plate small and angulate apically. Posterior margin of S4 with a dense row of coarse, erect bristles. S5 with erect hair patches laterally ( Fig. 27d View FIGURE 27 ). S7 as illustrated in Fig. 27f View FIGURE 27 . Genitalia. Genitalia as illustrated in Fig. 27g –h View FIGURE 27 ; gonocoxa shiny and gonostylus with a very small, punctiform, dorso-lateral projection.

Type material ( 3 specimens). Holotype, male, South Africa, Capland , Willowmore, [S33°18' / E23°30'], 25.viii.1906, leg. Dr. Brauns (white label), SANC.

Paratypes: 2♂. South Africa. Eastern Cape : 1♂, Willowmore, 23.viii.1906, leg. Dr. Brauns, SANC Pretoria Database No. Hytm 04612, TMSA ; 1♂, idem., 08.ix.1906, SEMC .

Etymology. Dedicated to Dr. Brauns, the collector of the specimens.

Distribution ( Fig. 28). Records only exist from Willowmore in the south–western Eastern Cape.

Floral visitation. Unknown.

Seasonal activity (first–last observations). viii–ix.

SANC

Agricultural Research Council-Plant Protection Research Institute

TMSA

Transvaal Museum

SEMC

University of Kansas - Biodiversity Institute

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Halictidae

Genus

Patellapis

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