Colletes inconspicuus Kirby, 1900

Straka, Jakub, Batelka, Jan & Pauly, Alain, 2017, Bees of the Socotra Archipelago (Hymenoptera: Anthophila), their biogeography and association with parasites, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae (Acta. Ent. Mus. Natl. Pragae) 57, pp. 183-219 : 193

Colletes inconspicuus Kirby, 1900

( Figs 30–33 )

Colletes inconspicua Kirby, 1900: 23 (type locality:Abd el Kuri); KIRBY (1903): 256, pl. xvi, fig.15 (redescription); KOHL (1906): 6; KOHL (1907): 174.

Colletes pusillus Noskiewicz, 1936: 280 (type locality: Ab-del Kuri).

Colletes inconspicuus: KUHLMANN (1998) : 567 ( C. pusillus proposed as a junior subjective synonym of C. inconspicuus , lectotypes for both taxa were designated).

Material examined. Ab-del Kari, 1 J 1 ♀, i.1899, O. Simony lgt., Noskiewicz det. as C. pusillus , lectotype (J) and paralectotype (♀) designed by M. Kuhlmann ( NHMW).

Remarks. Species known from four specimens only.

Distribution. A species endemic to Abd el Kuri island ( KIRBY 1900, 1903; KOHL 1906, 1907; NOSKIEWICZ 1936; KUHLMANN 1998).

Figures

Figs 29–33. 29 – Colletes hiekejuniori Kuhlmann, 2003, male, dorsal view. 30–33 – Colletes inconspicuus Kirby, 1900. 30 – female, dorsal view; 31 – male, dorsal view; 32 – female, lateral view; 33 – male, lateral view. Figs 29 and 32 photographed by M. Kuhlmann.