Colletes clypearis, Morawitz, 1876

Murao, Ryuki, Ikudome, Shuichi & Tadauchi, Osamu, 2016, Colletes jankowskyi (Hymenoptera: Colletidae) newly recorded from Japan, with some biological notes and DNA barcodes, Journal of Melittology 2016 (63), pp. 1-10 : 3

The clypearis species group

DIAGNOSIS: This group is characterized by the following character states: 1) 1 st metasomal tergum with sparse and long, erect hairs but lacking short, appressed hairs; 2) apical hair bands on metasomal terga well developed, usually complete on female 1 st metasomal tergum; 3) malar space generally long, at least approximately half as long as basal width of mandible; 4) disc of male 7 th metasomal tergum elongate, apically more or less broadly truncate; and 5) male 7 th metasomal sternum elongate and broadened at its base ( Noskiewicz, 1936; Niu et al., 2013).

SPECIES IN JAPAN: Colletes babai Hirashima & Tadauchi, 1979 ; C. floralis Eversmann, 1852 ; and C. jankowskyi Radoszkowski, 1891 .