Hylaeus (Hylaeus) funereus ( WARNCKE, 1992 )

Özbek, Hikmet & Dathe, Holger H., 2020, The bees of the genus Hylaeus FABRICIUS, 1793 of Turkey, with keys to the subgenera and species (Hymenoptera: Anthophila, Colletidae), Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology 70 (2), pp. 273-346 : 304

Hylaeus (Hylaeus) funereus ( WARNCKE, 1992)

Fig. 4

Prosopis (Nesoprosopis) funerea WARNCKE, 1992: 785–786 , .

Turkey: Hakkâri.

Hylaeus (Hylaeus) funereus ( WARNCKE, 1992) – ITIS (2020).

Remarks: A small, dainty species, reminiscent of H. trifidus in the shape of the mask: the tip of the lateral marks is at the level of the antenna bases; in the upper part they are separated from the compound eye margin by an impressed shiny surface. In H. trifidus this surface is oval and clearly defined, in H. funereus there is a blurred furrow extended upward along the orbits. The apical process of sternum 8 is conoid with lateral bristles, in H. trifidus with expanded lobus with V-shaped notch; in this structure H. funereus resembles more H. sidensis . The propodeum is rounded and without ringlets.

H. funereus was described from Hakkâri and Adıyaman (1200–2500 m). Unfortunately no additional material has been collected since then. The available data show that H. funereus is restricted to the south-eastern part of the country. It is rarely recorded from Turkey (2 provinces, Fig. 17 . VII) .

Distribution: Turkey: Hakkâri, Adıyaman.

Figures

Fig. 4: H. (Hylaeus) funereus (WARNCKE, 1992). Holotype male: a–face, b–mesonotum, c–mesopleuron, d–propodeum and metasoma, e–terminalia. Paratype female: f–face, g–mesonotum, h–mesopleuron, i–propodeum and metasoma. – Scale bar 0.5 mm.

Fig. 17: Distribution map of rarely recorded Hylaeus species in Turkey: species collected in only one (1-12) or two (II-X)