Chilicola (Hylaeosoma) kevani Oliveira, Mahlmann & Engel

Oliveira, Favizia Freitas de, Mahlmann, Thiago & Engel, Michael S., 2011, A new species of Chilicola from Bahia, Brazil (Hymenoptera, Colletidae), with a key to the species of the megalostigma group, ZooKeys 153, pp. 81-90 : 83-87

Chilicola (Hylaeosoma) kevani Oliveira, Mahlmann & Engel sp. n. Figs 18

Holotype.

♂, Brazil, Bahia (Wesceslau Guimarães, Estação Ecológica, 18.I.2011 [18 January 2011], Rede Entomológica, P. Ferreira Leg. // Colletidae : Chilicola (Hylaeosoma) sp. n.?, Det. Oliveira & Mahlmann, 2011 // Coletada na flor: Cyperaceae : Scleria arundinacea Kunth. The specimen is in excellent condition and is deposited in the Entomological Collection of the Zoological Museum of the Federal University of Bahia (MZUFBA), in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.

Paratype.

♂, with same label data as holotype. Paratype deposited in the Division of Entomology (Snow Entomological Collections), University of Kansas Natural History Museum (SEMC), Lawrence, Kansas, USA.

Diagnosis.

This species is quite similar to other species of its group but differs from them in the markedly larger body size (ca. 7.6 mm), the largely honey yellow integument (Figs 1, 3) (except dark brown on head, flagellum, disc and sides of pronotum, mesoscutum, mesoscutellum, metanotal disc, basal dorsal surface of propodeum, most of the mesepisternum, and large portions of T4-T7 and S5-S6: refer to Description, infra), and the form of the hidden sterna (Figs 4, 5) and genital capsule (Figs 6-8).

Description.

♂: Structure: Total body length 7.60 mm; forewing length 4.70 mm. Head elongate (Fig. 2), length 2.12 mm, width 1.05 mm; compound eyes converging below (Fig. 2), upper ocular distance 0.65 mm, lower ocular distance 0.25 mm; paraocular depressed area well developed for reception of scape, terminating at level of upper tangent of compound eyes; area adjacent area to inner edge of depression above antennal alveoli with prominent gray oval spot, with diameter about 1OD and 2.5 ×longer than wide; F1 slightly longer than pedicel and about 2 × longer than wide; F2 and F3 as long as broad; F11 approximately 3 × longer than wide; malar area about 2 × wider than long; occeloccipital distance about 2.5OD as measured from apex of preoccipital carina; preoccipital carina markedly laminate (Figs 1, 2); metasomal T1 longer than wide, length 0.90 mm, width 0.80 mm; T2 and T3 weakly constricted in basal half in profile; apex of T7 slightly truncate; distal margin of S6 terminating in two lateral lamellate projections from which arise a tuft of relatively long and thick bristles; S7, S8, and genitalia as in figures 4-8: S7 with two lateral projections between basal apodemes and more apical ventral and dorsal lobes, each lateral projection about 2 × longer than wide (Fig. 4); apex of inferior lobe of S7 strongly narrowed and curved inward apically, outer edge with a comb of very long bristles (Fig. 4); superior lobe of S 7 broad (Fig. 4); S8 basad of apodemes strongly narrowed, not forming a broad triangular area (Fig. 5); apical bifurcation of S8 nearly orthogonal to central axis of sternum, bearing small bilobed process between diverging processes, each lobe with prominent setae (Fig. 5); genital capsule as in figures 6-8, with gonostylus broadly rounded apically and curved ventrally near apex.

Sculpturing: Integument strongly polished and shining (as in other species of the megalostigma group), generally smooth or with very faint imbricate microsculpture, with scattered shallow punctures, most punctures separated by more than 2 –3× a puncture width; two small, half-moon-shaped foveae on each side of head near concavity of compound eyes; dorsal base of propodeum with approximately 18 longitudinal carinae set in slight depression and radiating from basal margin.

Coloration:Integument predominantly honey yellow or amber colored (Figs 1, 3); head dark brown except labiomaxillary complex, labrum, apical margin of clypeus, scape, and pedicel honey yellow; F1 and F2 lighter brown than remainder of flagellum; pronotum largely brown with anterior margin and pronotal lobe honey yellow to amber colored; mesoscutum and mesoscutellum brown; metanotum and dorsal base of propodeum light brown; tegula translucent, honey yellow; axillary sclerites and base of C+Sc honey yellow, otherwise wing venation brown, pterostigma prominent and slightly darker brown than other veins; wing membrane hyaline, slightly and faintly infumate apically; majority of preëpisternum and mesepisternum brown; lower portion of metepisternum light brown; outer surface of metatibia slightly brownish, particularly in apical half; outer surface of metabasitarsus slightly brownish; distal margin of T3 with brown band interrupted medially (absent in paratype); T4-T7 brown except some honey yellow present at lateral extremities of T4; S5-S6 brown, with slightly brownish area apically on S4.

Pubescence:Mostly consisting of golden setae (Figs 1-3); head with scattered, largely simple setae, those on supraclypeal area, above compound eyes, vertex, gena, and postgena longer; setae dorso-apically on scape longer, ca. 1DS, remainder much shorter; a few short, branched setae on face near concavity of compound eyes. Mesosomal setae generally simple except more plumose around pronotal lobe; posterior margin of pronotum and lateral margins of mesoscutum with numerous, minute, pale, branched setae, becoming more whitish around pronotal lobe; discs of mesoscutum and mesoscutellum with relatively short and sparse setae; posterior margin of metanotum with minute whitish plumose setae interspersed with longer, gold setae, laterally with long setae, about 1.5DS, such setae apically curved; meso- and metapleura and lateral surface of propodeum generally with long, largely simple setae scattered over surface, although setae more numerous than on mesosomal dorsum, setae of preëpisternum slightly shorter and distinctly branched; pro- and metacoxae, protrochanter, and ventral surface of profemur with dense, long branched setae, such setae about 0.5 × length of scape, density of setae on posterior of metacoxa about one-half that of procoxa; setae longer on inner surfaces of metatibia and metabasitarsus. Metasoma generally with sparsely scattered, long setae, mostly apically on terga and sterna, setae becoming progressively longer on more apical segments; lateral areas of S5 with very long, thick setae, extending to apex of metasoma (Fig. 1), such setae typically curved apically; S6 with lateral setae about one-third shorter, apically curved; setae distribution on S7-S8 and genitalia as in figures 4-8.

♀:Unknown.

Etymology.

The specific epithet is a patronym honoring Dr. Peter G. Kevan, University of Guelph, who has encouraged the study and highlighted the importance of pollinators in Brazil, particularly through field courses on pollination biology and ecology.

Key to species of the megalostigma species group

Modified and updated from keys provided by Brooks and Michener (1999) and Smith-Pardo and Gonzalez (2007).