Colletes nieuwoudtvillei, Kuhlmann, 2007

Kuhlmann, Michael, 2007, Revision of the bees of the Colletes fasciatus-group in southern Africa (Hymenoptera: Colletidae), African Invertebrates 48 (2), pp. 121-166 : 155-156

Colletes nieuwoudtvillei sp. n.

Figs 32, 33 , 43

Etymology: Named for the town Nieuwoudtville.

Diagnosis: Male best identified by the unique shape of S7 ( Fig. 32 ). Description:

Female. Unknown.

Male.

Length 10–11 mm.

Vestiture: Face yellowish brown with black hairs intermixed along inner eye margins; mesonotum with long, yellowish brown hairs intermixed with a few longer, black hairs; mesosomal sides and legs yellowish brown, scutellum and metanotum with long, orangebrown hairs intermixed with a few brownish hairs; T1 densely covered with long, erect, yellowish brown hairs; disc of T2 with shorter concolorous hairs; discs of T3–T6 with long, erect, blackish hairs; T1–T5 with broad, thin white posterior tergal hair bands on; S2–S5 with dense but relatively short fringes laterally.

Integument: Completely black, except tarsi partly reddish to yellowish brown, terga narrowly translucent posteriorly; malar area short, about 1/2 as long as width of mandibular base; clypeus with very dense (<0.2 pd), small punctures; facial fovea narrow, maximum width about 3/4 antennal diameter; disc of mesonotum with medium-sized, scattered punctation (1 pd), integument between punctures smooth and shiny, surrounded by denser (0.5 pd) punctation; upper sloping part of propodeal triangle with a few, short, longitudinal carinae, vertical part glabrous; mid femur broadest near base, forming a rightangled edge with a stout ridge ventrally; femur slightly swollen; hind basitarsus slightly broadened apically with prominent, short, reddish bristles on dorso-apical edge; discs of T1 and T2 with fine, dense (0.5–1 pd) punctation, punctures becoming more scattered towards posterior tergal depression; integument between punctures smooth and shiny; shape of S7 as in Fig. 32 and shape of gonostylus as illustrated ( Fig. 33 ).

Holotype: ơ SOUTH AFRICA: Northern Cape: Nieuwoudtville, Wild Flower Reserve , 4.viii.1988, V. B. Whitehead, on Arctotheca calendula (SAMC) .

Paratypes: SOUTH AFRICA: Northern Cape: 5ơ same data as holotype (SAMC, CMK); 2ơ Nieuwoudtville, Wild Flower Reserve, 21.vii.1986, Whitehead, on Othonna sp. (SAMC, CMK); 1ơ Nieuwoudtville, Wild Flower Reserve, 31.vii.1987, V.B.Whitehead, on yellow Senecio (SAMC) ; 1ơ Nieuwoudtville, Wild Flower Reserve, 5.viii.1988, K. Steiner (CMK); 1ơ Nieuwoudtville, Farm Glen Lyon, 700 m, 30.viii.2003, M. Kuhlmann, on Chrysanthemum sp. (CMK).

Distribution: This species is only known from the Nieuwoudtville vicinity ( Fig. 43 ).

Flower visiting: Arctotheca calendula , Chrysanthemum sp. , Othonna sp. , Senecio sp. (Asteraceae) .

Phenology: First record 21 st July, last record 30 th August.

Figures

Figs 28–39. Shapes of male S7 and gonostylus: (28, 29) C. knersvlaktei sp. n.; (30, 31) C. cyanonitidus sp. n.; (32, 33) C. nieuwoudtvillei sp. n.; (34, 35) C. katharinae sp. n.; (36, 37) C. denudatus; (38, 39) C. karooensis sp. n. Scale bar = 0.5 mm.

Fig. 43. Distribution of C. nieuwoudtvillei, C. obscurus, C. schultzei, C. stellatus, C. testaceipes, C. wathmoughi and C. zygophyllum.