Eremaphanta (Eremaphanta) fasciata Popov, 1957

Michez, Denis & Patiny, Sébastien, 2006, Review of the bee genus Eremaphanta Popov 1940 (Hymenoptera: Melittidae), with the description of a new species, Zootaxa 1148 (1), pp. 47-68 : 52-54

Eremaphanta (Eremaphanta) fasciata Popov

Eremaphanta fasciata Popov 1957: 1705–1706 , ♀.

Type material. ♀ holotype, 13♀ paratypes, Turkmenistan, Uch­Adzhi [38°05’N 62°48’E], 01–03.V.1929, leg. Shestakov, ZISP ; 1♀ paratype, idem, 01–03.V.1929, leg. Shestakov, SEMC. Original designation of the locus typicus: " Uch­Adzhi ( Turkmenia ), Bairam­Ali ( Turkmenia ), Tamdy ( Uzbekistan) " .

Additional material. 2♀, Turkmenistan, Jebel [39°38’N 54°14’E], 28.IV.1993, leg. Denes, OOLL ; 1♀, Turkmenistan, Nebitdag [39°30’N 54°22’E], 01. V .1993, leg. Denes, OOLL; 1♀, Turkmenistan, Bairam­Ali [37°37’N 62°10’E], 28. V .1929, leg. Shestakov, ZISP; 1♀, Uzbekistan, Tamdy [41°09’N 67°44’E], 19. V .1935, leg. Andrushko, ZISP; 1♀, Turkmenistan, Akhcha­Kuyma [39°21’N 55°10’E], 12–15. V .1977, leg. Pesenko, ZISP.

Popov (1957) described only the female of E. fasciata . We give here the first description for the male, based on two specimens from Turkmenistan: Orta­Kuyu [40°42’N 57°30’E], 29. V.1953, M. Arens, ZISP. Although there is no female associated with these males, the specimens are morphologically very close to the Popov species, and this leads us to describe them as the unknown sex of E. fasciata . Mouthparts are not described because they are hidden in the specimens.

Differential diagnosis. ♀ and ♂. Close to E. convolvuli . Body widely yellow. Head about as long as wide. Terga without apical hair bands. Labial palpus shorter than maxillary palpus.

Diagnosis ( Fig. 3 ). ♀ and ♂. Labrum semicircular. Flagellum dorsally brownish, ventrally yellow. Pronotum brown in the middle; margins yellow. Mesoscutum black, with few short erect white hairs. Mesepisternum black. Propodeum black, smooth and shiny. Anterior part of propodeum weakly rugose; with a minute median groove. Propodeal triangle with smooth and shiny apical area. Discs of T 1­ T 5 glabrous. ♀. Head entirely black (clypeus apex yellow in some specimens), weakly punctate, cuticle smooth, with few white erect hairs, mainly around antennal sockets. Labial palpus as long as glossa, half as long as maxillary palpus. Galea tapering; surface smooth and shiny, weakly punctate; distance between punctures wider than puncture diameter. Maxillary palpus as long as galea. Clypeus hairless. Flagellum twice as long as scape. Genal area black covered with white short appressed hairs. Scutellum and axilla yellow. F1­F3 yellow with brown spots. Discs of T 1­ T 5 yellow on basal half; brown on apical half. S3­S5 with straight premarginal line. ♂. Clypeus, face and vertex with white erect hairs. Mesoscutum, propodeum and propodeal triangle black. External face of Tb3 and Bt3 with small reddish spots at the base of hairs. T 1­ T 6 with a median black stripe; basal and apical margins yellow. Gonostyli longer than penis valve. S6­S8 and genitalia as in Figs. 3b–e .

Description ( Fig. 3 ). ♂. Length (vertex– T 7) = 5,2mm. Head. Length = 1,4mm. Maximal width = 1,6mm. Head integument black but yellow on mandible base, labrum, malar area and apex of clypeus. Flagellum dorsally brown, ventrally yellow. Labrum with long white apical hairs. Clypeus, face and vertex with white erect hairs. Genal area covered with white short appressed hairs. Face and vertex smooth and shiny, with few weak punctures. Flagellum three times as long as scape. A3 shorter than A4. A3 and A4 broader than long. A5­A12 as long as wide. Mesosoma. Length = 1,9mm. Maximal width = 1,3mm. Integument black; yellow on apical margin of pronotum, apical half of scutellum and metanotum. Mesoscutum and mesepisternum with white short appressed hairs. Scutellum and metanotum glabrous. Propodeum with white erect hairs. Propodeal triangle hairless. Mesoscutum, mesepisternum, scutellum and metanotum smooth and shiny, with few weak punctures. Propodeum in profile with horizontal and vertical surfaces subequal. Propodeal triangle very wide, shiny; rugose basally, apex and lateral margins smooth, with minute median groove. Legs. Integument entirely yellow with long white setae; without differentiated structures such as in some species of Capicola and Dasypoda . External face and external margin of Tb3 and Bt3 with small reddish spots at base of hairs. Tarsal claws simple. Basitarsus narrower than femur. Wings. Tegula yellow but transparent. First submarginal cell twice as long as second ( Fig. 3a ). Stigma large, transparent, approximately as long as costal margin of marginal cell and more than three times as long as prestigma ( Fig. 3a ). Second abscissa of Rs straight. Jugal lobe equal to 2/3 to over 3/4 of vannal lobe length. Metasoma. Length = 2,8mm. Maximal width = 1,5mm. T 1­ T 6 with a transverse black stripe, basal and apical margins yellow. Sterna yellow. Disc of T 1 with some erect white hairs. Discs of T 2­ T 5 glabrous. S1­S5 with premarginal line slightly emarginate. S1­S5 with whitish apical hair band. S6­S8 and genitalia as in Figs. 3b–e .

Distribution ( Fig. 11b ). Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.

Floral choices. Unknown.

First ­ last observations. 15.IV–29. V

Figures

FIGURE 3. Eremaphanta fasciata, male (scale=200µ); a. Anterior wing, basal vein curved (left arrow), stigma (right arrow); b. Dorsal view of genitalia; c. Sternum 6; d. Sternum 7; e. Sternum 8.

FIGURE 11. Specific distribution; a. Distribution of Eremaphanta dispar and E. zhelochovtsevi; b. Distribution of E. fasciata, E. iranica and E. vitellina; c. Distribution of E. convolvuli, E. minuta and E. popovi.