Centris (Wagenknechtia) moldenkei Toro & Chiappa, 1989

Vivallo, Felipe, 2013, Revision of the bee subgenus Centris (Wagenknechtia) Moure, 1950 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Centridini), Zootaxa 3683 (5), pp. 501-537 : 511-512

Centris (Wagenknechtia) moldenkei Toro & Chiappa, 1989

( Figures 9−12 , 31, 32 and 41 )

Centris moldenkei Toro & Chiappa, 1989 . 15: 246, 247 (Original description). Toro et al., 1993. 18: 23, 27 (Floral record, distribution). Toro, 2002: 268, 270 (Floral record, bionomics). Montalva & Ruz, 2010. 35: 45 (List, distribution). Centris (Wagenknechtia) moldenkei ; Vivallo et al., 2003: 82 (Descriptive note).

Comments. Toro & Chiappa (1989) made a relatively complete description of this species, making its separation from other species of the subgenus easy. Some additional morphological characters of both sexes can be found in Vivallo et al. (2002).

Diagnosis. Head and mesosoma blackish with light brown legs ( Figs. 9−12 ). Metasoma dark brown with translucent light brown distal margins of terga and sterna ( Figs. 10 and 12 ). Pilosity yellow, darker on legs. Female: fore and hind elaiospathes vestigial, with the combs formed by separate hairs ( Figs. 31 and 32 ). Male: mandible long and slender, with the second tooth closer to the apical tooth than to the third tooth ( Fig. 11 ).

Type material. Holotype male ( AMNH / Toro Collection, not examined).

Type locality. Chile: I Tarapacá Region: La Tirana.

Floral records. See table 1.

Distribution. This species occurs exclusively in northern Chile, from XV Arica y Parinacota Region (Quebrada Vitor) to II Antofagasta Region ( San Pedro de Atacama). CHILE: ( Montalva & Ruz, 2010). II ANTOFAGASTA: San Pedro de Atacama ( Vivallo et al., 2002). *Quillagua. XI ARICA Y PARINACOTA: La Tirana ( Toro et al., 1993; Vivallo et al., 2002), Pica ( Toro & Chiappa, 1989). *Guatacondo, *Quebrada de Tarapacá, *Quebrada Tana, *Quebrada Vítor.

Material examined. CHILE: II ANTOFAGASTA: 1 male: Quillagua 10/1969 Montenegro, col\ Coll. Cerda/ MNHN Chile ( MNHN). XV ARICA Y PARINACOTA: 1 female: Quebrada Vítor 21/10/1969 Montenegro, col\ Coll. Cerda/ MNHN Chile ( MNHN). 52 males and 21 females: Tarapacá Qda. Tana 10/1969\ col. L. Ruz, Chile ( PUCV). 52 males and 23 females: Tarapacá Qda. Tana 10/1969\ col. Montenegro, Chile ( PUCV). 27 males and 16 females: Tarapacá Qda. Tana 101969 \ col. Dazarola, Chile ( PUCV). 64 males and 27 females: Tarapacá, Qda. Tana 10/1969\ col. Toro, Chile ( PUCV). 1 female: Tarapacá Qda. Tana 10/1969 ( PUCV). 1 male and 1 female: Tarapacá Qda. Tana 10/1969/col. F. Ramírez, Chile ( PUCV). 1 male: Tarapacá Qda. Tana 10/1969\ col. De la Hoz, Chile ( PUCV). 1 male: I Región La Tirana 29/09/1983 \ B. Dyer, col. Chile \ PARATYPE ( PUCV). 1 male: I Región La Tirana 29/ 09/1983 \ C. Massad col. Chile ( PUCV). 4 females and 20 males: Guatacondo 19/09/1971 Montenegro, col ( PUCV). 8 males: Guatacondo 19/09/1971 Pizarro, col ( PUCV). 5 females and 25 males: Guatacondo 19/09/1971 Toro, col ( PUCV). 9 males and 2 fermales: Guatacondo 19/09/1971 L. Ruz, col\ en Medicago sativa ( PUCV). 1 male: Km. 1680 04/10/1997 H. Toro, col\ en Prosopis tamarugo ( PUCV). 1 male: Guatacondo 19/09/1971 Zúñiga, col ( PUCV). 1 male: Quebrada de Tarapacá 20/11/1968 Sugaeta, col ( MNHN). 1 female: Guatacondo 19/11/1971 L. Ruz, col ( PUCV).

Figures

FIGURE 41. Distribution records for Centris moldenkei Toro & Chiappa, 1989, C. rhodophthalma Pérez, 1911 and C. vardyorum Roig-Alsina, 2000.

FIGURES 9 – 12. Centris moldenkei Toro & Chiappa, 1989. Fig. 9. Female (Guatacondo, Chile): Head, frontal view. Fig. 10. Habitus, lateral view. Fig. 11. Male (Guatacondo, Chile): Head, frontal view. Fig. 12. Habitus, lateral view. Scale bars 1 mm.

FIGURES 29 – 34. Oil-collecting structures. Figs. 29, 31 and 33. Fore elaiospathes. Figs. 30, 32 and 34. Hind elaiospathes. Figs. 29 and 30. Centris cineraria Smith, 1854. Scale bars 500 µm. Figs. 31 and 32. Centris moldenkei Toro & Chiappa, 1989. Scale bars 200 µm. Figs. 33 and 34. Centris vardyorum Roig-Alsina, 2000. Scale bars 500 µm.