Ancyloscelis apiformis (Fabricius)

Schaller, A. & Roig-Alsina, A., 2021, A revision of the bee genus Ancyloscelis (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in Argentina, Zootaxa 4980 (3), pp. 521-540 : 531

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scientific name	Ancyloscelis apiformis (Fabricius)
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Ancyloscelis apiformis (Fabricius) View in CoL

( Figs.6A View FIGURE 6 , 7A View FIGURE 7 , 8A View FIGURE 8 , 11A View FIGURE 11 , 13E View FIGURE 13 )

Chalcis apiformis Fabricius, 1793: 195 View in CoL .

Ancyloscelis apiformis: Steiner et al., 2010: 21 View in CoL , 32, 38. Galvani et al., 2012: 675, 678, 679, 684–686. Pick & Schlindwein, 2011: 147, 152,154. Martínez-Adriano et al., 2015: 160–162. Santos & Gimenes, 2016: 1–5. Araujo et al., 2018: 4.

Diagnosis. This species is characterized by its small size, the length of the forewing being 4.3–6.0 mm. The antenna is entirely orange in the male ( Fig. 8A View FIGURE 8 ), and varies in the female, the flagellum being orange to brown, but scape and pedicel always orange. The pronotal lobe is also orange. The male has a strongly developed inner tooth on the hind basitarsus ( Fig. 11A View FIGURE 11 ). The hidden sterna and genital capsule have been drawn by Michener (1954) and Rodríguez and Roig-Alsina (2004).

Comments. The extensive synonymy of this species has been treated by Moure & Melo (2007); only recent citations are mentioned above.

Distribution. From U.S.A. to Argentina. Argentina: provinces of Buenos Aires, Córdoba, Santiago del Estero, San Juan, Santa Fe, Chaco, La Rioja, Mendoza, Salta, Misiones, Jujuy, Salta, Tucumán, Entre Ríos, and San Luis.

New records. Argentina. Buenos Aires: 1 ♂, Burzaco Sea L., 12-13-III-1974, C & M Vardy ( NHMUK) ; 1 ♂, Buenos Aires, XII-9-1902, J. Brethes ( MACN) ; 1 ♂, Buenos Aires, march ( MACN) ; 1 ♂, San Pedro , 3-I-2009, Roig-Alsina ( MACN) ; 2 ♂, 2 ♀, Sierra de la Ventana, 18-II-2016, Companucci ( MACN) ; 1 ♀, Reserva Ecologica Costanera Sur , 24-II-2012, Companucci, Galvani y González V. ( MACN) ; 1 ♀, Reserva Ecologica Costanera Sur , 2- III-2012, Companucci, Galvani y González V. ( MACN) . Santiago del Estero: 1 ♂, Colonia Dora , 15/ 26-XI-1979, C & M Vardy ( NHMUK) . Chaco: 1 ♂, Colonia Mixta , 4-I-2017, A. Schaller ( MACN) ; 2 ♂, Colonia Elisa , 15-XI- 2017, 18-III-2019, A. Schaller ( MACN) , 3 ♂, Resistencia , 11- XI-2017, A. Schaller ( MACN) , 10 ♂, 7 ♀, Puerto Tirol 26-XI-2018 A. Schaller ( MACN) . Córdoba: 2 ♂, 2 ♀, E. Giacomelli ( MACN) . Entre Ríos: 1 ♂, Paraná, XI ( MACN) ; 1 ♂, Liebig , 19-XII-2004, Roig-Alsina ( MACN) . San Juan: 2 ♂, 6 ♀, PN El Leoncito, 26-I-2006 Companucci, Ojanguren and Piacentini ( MACN) . Santa Fe: 1 ♂, Rosario 10-XII-1945 A.O ( MACN) .

References

Araujo, L. S., Medina, A. M. & Gimenes, M. (2018) Pollination efficiency on Ipomoea bahiensis (Convolvulaceae): morphological and behavioural aspects of floral visitors. Iheringia, Serie Zoologia, 108, 1 - 5. https: // doi. org / 10.1590 / 1678 - 4766 e 2018012

Fabricius, J. C. (1793) Entomologia systematica emendata et aucta. impensis Christ. Gottl. Proft, Copenhagen, 519 pp.

Galvani, G. L., Gonzalez, A., Roig-Alsina, A. H. & Settembrini, B. P. (2012) Distribution and morphometric studies of flagellar sensilla in Emphorini bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea). Micron, 43 (5), 673 - 687. https: // doi. org / 10.1016 / j. micron. 2011.12.003

Martinez-Adriano, C. A., Romero-Mendez, U., Flores, J., Jurado, E. & Estrada-Castillon, E. (2015) Floral visitors of Astrophytum myriostigma in La Sierra El Sarnoso, Durango, Mexico. The Southwestern Naturalist, 60 (2 - 3), 158 - 166. https: // doi. org / 10.1894 / FMO- 12.1

Michener, C. D. (1954) Bees of Panama. Bulletin American of Natural History, 104, 1 - 176.

Moure, J. S. & Melo, G. A. R. (2007) Emphorini. In: Moure, J. S., Urban, D. & Melo, G. A. R. (Eds.), Catalogue of bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) in the Neotropical Region. Sociedade Brasileira de Entomologia, Curitiba, pp. 142 - 147.

Pick, R. A. & Schlindwein, C. (2011) Pollen partitioning of three species of Convolvulaceae among oligolectic bees in the Caatinga of Brazil. Plant Systematics and Evolution, 293 (1 - 4), 147 - 159. https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / s 00606 - 011 - 0432 - 4

Santos, S. K. & Gimenes, M. (2016) The efficiency of bees in pollinating ephemeral flowers of Jacquemontia bracteosa (Convolvulaceae). Iheringia. Serie Zoologia, 106, 1 - 6. https: // doi. org / 10.1590 / 1678 - 4766 e 2016025

Steiner, J., Zillikens, A., Kamke, R., Feja, E. P. & de Barcellos Falkenberg, D. (2010) Bees and melittophilous plants of second- ary Atlantic forest habitats at Santa Catarina Island, southern Brazil. Oecologia Australis, 14 (1), 16 - 39. https: // doi. org / 10.4257 / oeco. 2010.1401.01

Figures

FIGURE 6. Females, A. apiformis species group, lateral view. A, A. apiformis (Fabricius). B, A. nigricornis Rodríguez & Roig- Alsina. C, A. romeroi (Holmberg). D, A. saltensis Rodríguez & Roig-Alsina. Scale lines = 0.1 mm.

FIGURE 7. Males, A. apiformis species group, lateral view. A, A. apiformis (Fabricius). B, A. nigricornis Rodríguez & Roig- Alsina. C, A. romeroi (Holmberg). D, A. saltensis Rodríguez & Roig-Alsina. Scale lines = 0.1 mm.

FIGURE 8. Males, A. apiformis species group, head, frontal view. A, A. apiformis (Fabricius). B, A. nigricornis Rodríguez & Roig-Alsina. C, A. romeroi (Holmberg). D, A. saltensis Rodríguez & Roig-Alsina.

FIGURE 11. Males, A. apiformis species group, posterior basitarsus, ventral view.A, A. apiformis (Fabricius). B, A. nigricornis Rodríguez & Roig-Alsina. C, A. romeroi (Holmberg). D, A. saltensis Rodríguez & Roig-Alsina. Scale lines = 0.2 mm.

FIGURE 13. A–H, distribution map of Ancyloscelis species in Argentina.A, A. bonariensis. B, A. halictoides. C, A. holmbergi. D, A. mesopotamica. E, A. apiformis. F, A. nigricornis. G, A. romeroi. H, A. saltensis. Black dots, records from literature; red dots, new records.