Pseudapis (Pseudapis) anomala 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 : 208

Pseudapis (Pseudapis) anomala Kirby, 1900

( Figs 89, 90 )

Pseudapis anomala Kirby, 1900: 16 (type locality: Socotra, various places); KIRBY (1903): 242.

Nomia anomala: KOHL (1906: 7–8) (new combination); KOHL (1907): 176 –177.

Material examined. Abd el Kuri: 1 J, 7.v.1967, K. M. Guichard lgt. ( BMNH) ; Jebel Saleh , 500–1500 ft, 1 ♀, 7.v.1967, K. M. Guichard lgt. ( BMNH) ; Darsa : 1 ♀, 10.ii.2000, W. Wranik lgt. ( NMPC) ; Socotra: Hadibo Plain , 2 JJ 1 ♀, 29.iii.1967, K. M. Guichard lgt. ( BMNH) .

Remarks. Pseudapis anomala was described by Kirby (although with some doubts about its placement) as a new monotypic genus within ‘Sphegidae’ (= Sphecidae ) and it was subsequently recognised as a bee by KOHL (1906, 1907).

Distribution. Reported from the Socotra Archipelago and the Arabian Peninsula (Aden) by KOHL (1906, 1907). In the Socotra Archipelago reported from Moukaradia (= Gebel Raggit); Homhil ( KIRBY 1900, 1903); Ras Shoab; Abd-el-Kuri; and Samha ( KOHL 1906, 1907).

Figures

Figs 86–90. 86–88 – Patellapis flavovittata (Kirby, 1900). 86 – female, dorsal view; 87 – female, lateral view; 88 – male, dorsal view. 89–90 – Pseudapis anomala Kirby, 1900. 89 – female, dorsolateral view; 90 – male, lateral view.