Scrapter perpunctatulus, Mack & Kuhlmann, 2023

Mack, Anne & Kuhlmann, Michael, 2023, Revision of the nitidus species group of the bee genus Scrapter Lepeletier & Serville, 1828 (Hymenoptera: Apoidea), European Journal of Taxonomy 912, pp. 1-119 : 60-63

Scrapter perpunctatulus sp. nov.

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Figs 42–43

Diagnosis

The male of S. perpunctatulus sp. nov. can be separated from that of all other species of the thus group by the following character combination: dense (i = 0.2 d) and irregular punctation basally on T2–T4 ( Fig. 42D), dense punctation covers more than half of T2, less than 15 points medially of terga ( Fig. 43A); basal hair bands on T3–T4 coarse and long ( Fig. 44D). The female is unknown.

Etymology

The name refers to the morphological similarity to S. perpunctatus .

Type material (15 specimens)

Holotype

SOUTH AFRICA • ♂; N Cape, Fynbos, 15 km NW of Nieuwoudtville, near farm Engelsepunt ; 31°14′08″ S, 18°58′23″ E; 843 m a.s.l.; 30 Aug. 2003; KT leg.: SAMC.

Paratypes

SOUTH AFRICA • 1♂; 12 km NW of Nieuwoudtville, Farm Avontuur, Fynbos ; 31°18′18″S, 19°02′55″ E; 770 m a.s.l.; 25 Aug. 2010; MK leg.; RCMK • 1 ♂; N Cape, Fynbos, 15 km NW Nieuwoudtville, Farm Engelsepunt ; 31°14′31″ S, 18°59′08″ E; 830 m a.s.l.; 7 Aug. 2003; KT leg.; RCMK • 1 ♂; N Cape, Fynbos, 15 km NW of Nieuwoudtville, near farm Engelsepunt ; 31°14′08″ S, 18°58′23″ E; 843 m a.s.l.; 30 Aug. 2003; KT leg.: RCMK • 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; 13 Sep. 2009; KT leg.; RCMK • 1 ♂; W Cape, Knersvlakte, Vanrhynsdorp , urban garden ; 31°39′31″ S, 18°44′02″ E; 15 Aug. 2003; KT leg.; RCMK • 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; 3 Aug. 2003; KT leg.; RCMK • 1 ♂; Stellenbosch, Jonkershoek ; 33°56′ S, 18°51′ E; 150 m a.s.l.; 22 Aug. 1986; DM leg.; SANC • 4 ♂♂; Camps Bay, Cape Peninsula ; 33°57′ S, 18°22′ E; 5 m a.s.l.; Sep. 1920; RT leg.; NHML • 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceeding; 1–20 Oct. 1920; RT leg.; NHML • 1 ♂; W Cape, Villiersdorp ; 33°58′ S, 19°16′ E; 1130 m a.s.l.; 29 Sep. 2001; CE leg.; SANC • 1 ♂; Mossel Bay ; 34°10′ S, 22°07′ E; 60 m a.s.l.; Sep. 1933; RT leg.; NHML .

Description

Male

BODY LENGTH. 7.2–9.6 mm.

HEAD. Slightly wider than long. Integument black, mandibles dark brownish to reddish. Face densely covered with long, white, erect hair. Ocelli in line with posterior margin of compound eyes. Malar area medially narrow, slightly curved. Antennal flagella ventrally yellow, dorsally black.

MESOSOMA. Integument black. Scutum relatively regularly and densely (i = 0.5–1 d) punctate; surface between punctures smooth and shiny ( Fig. 42B). Propodeum completely areolate ( Fig. 42C). Scutum, scutellum, metanotum, mesepisternum and propodeum sparsely covered with long, brownish to greyish, erect hair.

WINGS. Yellowish-brown, stigma and wing venation brownish ( Fig. 42A). LEGS. Integument brownish, fore and mid tibia with yellow spot. Vestiture greyish-white ( Fig. 42A).

METASOMA. Integument brownish-black, marginal zone yellowish-brown. Disc of T1 without hair ( Fig. 43A), T2–T4 basally greyish, dense, short, erect hair band, covering third to half of terga, which covers less of tergum the farther posterior it is. T3–T4 anterior of premarginal line laterally row of short, erect, greyish hair ( Fig. 42D). T2–T4 basally more densely (i = 0,2 d) and much finer punctate than apically (i = 1–4 d) ( Fig. 42D); dense punctation covers more than half of T2 ( Fig. 43A); less than 15 points medially on T2; T2–T3 anterior of premarginal line with row of points; surface between punctures smooth and shiny ( Fig. 42D).

TERMINALIA. Genitalia ( Fig. 43B), S7 ( Fig. 43C) and terminal plate of S8 ( Fig. 43D) as illustrated.

Distribution

Found from the vicinities of the towns Nieuwoudtville and Vanrhynsdorp in the north down south to the wider Cape Town area with an isolated record further east from Mossel Bay.

Floral hosts

On Senecio sp. , Felicia sp. ( Asteraceae ) and various unidentified yellow Asteraceae .

Seasonal activity

August–September.