Epimethea nana Morawitz, 1880

Astafurova, Yulia V. & Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu., 2019, The type specimens of bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) deposited in the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg. Contribution II. Family Halictidae, subfamilies Rophitinae, Nomiinae, and Nomioidinae, Zootaxa 4650 (1), pp. 1-71 : 14

10. Epimethea nana Morawitz, 1880

( Figs 10 a–e)

Epimethea nana Morawitz, 1880: 357 , ♂.

Type locality: Inner Mongolia ( China).

Published (original) locality: “Provinz Ordoss am gelben Flusse”.

Lectotype: ♂, designated by Pesenko & Astafurova 2006: 337, <golden circle> // “77872” [ China, Inner Mon- golia, Huang He River basin] // Epimethea ? nana Mor., Typ. [handwritten by F. Morawitz] // Lectotypus, Morawitzella nana Mor. , des. Pesenko <red label>.

Paralectotypes (2 ♂): 2 ♂, < golden circle> // “77872” [ China, Huang He River basin] // Epimethea ? nana Mor., Typ. [handwritten by F. Morawitz] // Paralectotypus, Morawitzella nana Mor. , des. Pesenko <red label>.

Current status. Morawitzella nana ( Morawitz, 1880) .

Remarks. Female unknown. Shaanxi is mistakenly listed as a type locality by Pesenko & Astafurova 2006: 337. The lectotype specimen was collected by the Nikolay Przhevalsky expedition in Central Asia (1871–1873) during their passage through the historical territory of Ordos (now Ordos City, in a subdivision of Inner Mongolia). Distribution. China (Inner Mongolia).

Figures

FIGURES 10a–e. Epimethea nana Morawitz, 1880. Lectotype, male: a—habitus, lateral view; b—metasoma, postero-lateral view; c—head, frontal view; d—propodeum, dorsal view; e—labels.