Stylops melittae Kirby, 1802

Straka, Jakub, Jůzová, Kateřina & Nakase, Yuta, 2015, Nomenclature and taxonomy of the genus Stylops (Strepsiptera): an annotated preliminary world checklist, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 55 (1), pp. 305-332 : 314-315

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scientific name	Stylops melittae Kirby, 1802
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Stylops melittae Kirby, 1802 View in CoL

Stylops melittae Kirby, 1802: 113 View in CoL , M. Type locality not indicated.

= Stylops Kirbii Leach, 1817: 135 View in CoL , M. Type locality not indicated. Synonymized with S. melittae View in CoL by PIERCE (1909: 94).

= Stylops Haworthi Stephens, 1829: 403 View in CoL . Nomen nudum.

= Stylops spencii Pickering, 1836: 168 View in CoL , M. Type locality: Great Britain. Synonymized with S. melittae View in CoL by PASTEELS (1949:188).

= Stylops kirbyi Kinzelbach, 1978: 125 . Unjustified emendation. New junior objective synonym.

?= Stylops flavipedis Hofeneder, 1924a: 132 View in CoL , M, F. Type locality: Austria, Wien, Kalksburg. Supposed new junior subjective synonym.

?= Stylops nitidae Pasteels, 1954: 352 , F, L1. Type locality: Switzerland, Lausanne, Bois de Helmont. Supposed new junior subjective synonym.

= Stylops spencei Kinzelbach, 1971: 169 View in CoL . Unjustified emendation. New junior objective synonym.

= Stylops spencei Luna de Carvalho, 1974: 342 View in CoL . Unjustified emendation. Junior homonym of S. spencei Kinzelbach, 1971 View in CoL . New junior objective synonym.

= Stylops melittai Luna de Carvalho, 1974: 341 . Unjustified emendation. New junior objective synonym.

?= Stylops giganteus Luna de Carvalho, 1974: 352 View in CoL , F. Type locality: Spain, Madrid, Ciempozuelos. Supposed new junior subjective synonym.

Hosts. Andrena (Melandrena) nigroaenea ( Kirby, 1802) ( KIRBY 1802) , A. (M.) nitida (Müller, 1776) ( PASTEELS 1954) , A. (Zonandrena) flavipes Panzer, 1799 ( HOFENEDER 1924a), A. (M.) thoracica (Fabricius, 1775) , A. (Z.) soror Dours, 1872 ( LUNA DE CARVALHO 1974).

DNA barcode sequences. KF803450 View Materials , KF803451 View Materials , KF803452 View Materials , KF803453 View Materials , KF803454 View Materials , KF803455 View Materials , KF803456 View Materials , KF803459 View Materials , KF803460 View Materials , KF803461 View Materials , KF803488 View Materials , KF803489 View Materials , KF803491 View Materials , KF803492 View Materials , KF803493 View Materials , KF803517 View Materials , KP213295 View Materials .

Notes. Distances between DNA barcode sequences of Stylops from the subgenera Melandrena and Zonandrena and the other host subgenera are 8–18 % ( JŮZOVÁ et al. 2015). In comparison to other Stylops species with known barcode sequences, variability within Stylops from Melandrena and Zonandrena is relatively high, but still at most 2 % in distance (for exception, see below). This fits well with association to a single species from both mentioned subgenera together in the West Palaearctic Region. However, Melandrena subgenus hosts also S. ater in the West Palearctic Region and rarely the species host pool can overlap in both Stylops species. Thus, A. nigroaenea can rarely be host of two species of Stylops ( JŮZOVÁ et al. 2015) . To fix the name S. melittae , revision of the type will be necessary.

PASTEELS (1949) suggested that the species name S. spencii , originally described by (PIC- KERING 1836) from A. tibialis , is a synonym of S. melittae , and he proposed a new name for the Stylops species that parasitises A. tibialis . This problem was first noted by PERKINS (1918), who described the possible irrelevance of Pickering’s host identification, and thus, also Pickering’s Stylops determination. Some uncertainty remains. Examination of the type material or the designation of a neotype is required to fix the nomenclature of the name S. spencii .

References

HOFENEDER K. 1924 a: Stylops in copula. Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 73: 128 - 134.

JUZOVA K., NAKASE Y. & STRAKA J. 2015: Host specialisation and species diversity in the genus Stylops (Strepsiptera: Stylopidae) revealed by molecular phylogenetic analysis. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. Early view, 16 pp (doi: 10.1111 / zoj. 12233).

KINZELBACH R. K. 1971: Morphologische Befunde an Facherfluglern und ihre phylogenetische Bedeutung (Insecta: Strepsiptera). Schweizerbart'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Stuttgart, 256 pp.

KINZELBACH R. K. 1978: Facherflugler (Strepsiptera). Pp. 1 - 166. In: SENGLAUB K., HANNEMANN H. - J. & SCHUMANN H. (eds): Die Tierwelt Deutschlands, 65. Teil. Gustav Fischer, Jena, 166 pp.

KIRBY W. 1802: Monographia Apum Angliae; or, an attempt to divide into their natural genera and families, such species of the Linnean genus Apis as have been discovered in England: with descriptions and observations. To which are prefixed some introductory remarks upon the class Hymenoptera, and a synoptical table of the nomenclature of the external parts of these Insects. J. Raw, Ipswich, London, 258 pp.

LEACH W. E. 1817: On the Rhipiptera of Latreille, an order of insects named by Kirby Strepsiptera. Pp. 133 - 136. In: LEACH W. E. & NODDER R. P.: The zoological miscellany; descriptions of new and interesting animals. Volume 3. R. and A. Taylor, London, 151 pp.

LUNA DE CARVALHO E. 1974: Contribuicao para o estudo dos Stylops da Peninsula Iberica (Streps. Stylopidae). Eos: Revista Espanola de Entomologia 48: 301 - 365.

PASTEELS J. 1949: Enquetes sur les Strepsipteres (1 re serie). Bulletin et Annales de la Societe Entomologique 85: 185 - 196.

PASTEELS J. 1954: Enquetes sur les Strepsipteres (4 e serie). - Strepsipteres du Musee zoologique de Lausanne. Bulletin et Annales de la Societe Entomologique de Belgique 90: 349 - 355.

PERKINS R. C. L. 1918: Synopsis of British Strepsiptera of the genera Stylops and Halictoxenus. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 54: 67 - 76, plate 1.

PICKERING W. B. 1836: Observations on the economy of the Strepsiptera, with the description of Stylops spencii, a new British species recently discovered. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1: 163 - 168.

PIERCE W. D. 1909: A monographic revision of the twisted winged insects comprising the order Strepsiptera Kirby. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 66: I - XII, 1 - 232, pl. 1 - 15.

STEPHENS J. F. 1829: Ordo VII. Strepsiptera, Kirby. P. 403. In: A systematic catalogue of British insects. Part I. Baldwin and Cradock, London, 403 pp.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Strepsiptera
Family	Stylopidae
Genus	Stylops