Austrosphecodes inornatus ( Schrottky, 1902 )

Gonçalves, Rodrigo Barbosa & Pereira, Felipe Walter, 2022, New species of the cuckoo bee genus Austrosphecodes Michener, 1978 (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Sphecodini) and a key for Brazilian species, European Journal of Taxonomy 819, pp. 55-89 : 72-73

Austrosphecodes inornatus ( Schrottky, 1902)

Fig. 10B

Sphecodes inornatus Schrottky, 1902: 351 .

Diagnosis

Both sexes of Austrosphecoes inornatus can be distinguished by the combination of T1 punctate (but not strongly impressed as in A. lucifer sp. nov. and A. krampus sp. nov.) and the mesoscutum disc punctate to densely punctate, with interspaces less than a puncture diameter and surface mostly dull. Males have submarginal rows of setae on S4 and S5, but these are short and not curved as in the similar A. orcus sp. nov. The species was redescribed and illustrated by Gonçalves (2017).

Material examined

Holotype BRAZIL • 1 ♂; São Paulo, Botucatu, Vitoriana ('Victoria'); MZSP 17614

Other material

BRAZIL – Minas Gerais • 1 ♀; “DZUP\568637” “ ARAXÁ – MG\ BRASIL 14/XI/65 \ C. ELIAS leg”; DZUP 568637 • 1 ♂; “DZUP\568638” “ UBERABA – MG\ BRASIL 13/8/65 \ C. Elias leg.”; DZUP 568638 • 1 ♂; “DZUP\568639” “ BRAZOPOLIS – MG \ Brasil XII-61 \ Claudionor Elias ”; DZUP 568639 • 1 ♂; “DZUP\568640” “ POÇOS DE CALDAS \ MG Brasil XI-61 \ Claudionor Elias ”; DZUP 568640 • 1 ♂; “DZUP\568641” “ SÃO GOTARDO \ MG – BRASIL \ 11/VI/1965 \ C. Elias leg”; DZUP 568641 • 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; DZUP 568642 • 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; DZUP 568643 • 1 ♂; “DZUP\568644” “ Sta. JULIANA \ MG – BRASIL \ 4/VI/1965 \ C. Elias leg”; DZUP 568644 • 1 ♂; “DZUP\568645” “IBIRACI – MG \ Brasil 15 X 62 \ Claudionor Elias ”; DZUP 568645 • 1 ♂; “DZUP\568646” “ PASSOS – MG \ Brasil 7a12-X-63 \ Claudionor Elias ”; DZUP 568646 • 1 ♂; “DZUP\568647” “ PASSOS – MG \ Brasil 27-IX-62 \ Claudionor Elias ”; DZUP 568647 • 1 ♂; “DZUP\568648” “ PASSOS – MG \ Brasil 8-15 IX 62 \ Claudionor Elias ”; DZUP 568648 • 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; DZUP 568649 • 1 ♀; “DZUP\568650” “ PASSOS – MG \ Brasil 4-10 X 62 \ Claudionor Elias ”; DZUP 568650 • 1 ♀; “DZUP\568651” “ PASSOS – MG \ BR 28 XII a 7-XII-62 \ Claudionor Elias leg”; DZUP 568651 • 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; DZUP 568652 • 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; DZUP 568653 • 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; DZUP 568654 • 1 ♂; “DZUP\568655” “PASSOS – MG \ BRASIL 21-XIII-64\ C. Elias leg.”; DZUP 568655 • 1 ♀; “DZUP\568656” “PATROCÍNIO – MG \ BRASIL – 5/10/1965 \ Claudionor Elias ”; DZUP 568656

• 1 ♂; “DZUP\568657” “ PATOS DE MINAS – MG \ BRASIL – 20-29/XI /965\ C. Elias leg.”; DZUP 568657 • 1 ♂; “DZUP\568658” “ PATOS DE MINAS – MG \ BRASIL – 23/11/965\ Claudionor Elias ”; DZUP 568658 • 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; DZUP 568659 • 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; DZUP\568660 • 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; DZUP 568661 • 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; DZUP 568662 • 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding"; DZUP 568663 • 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; DZUP 568664 . – Paraná • 1 ♀; “DZUP\568665” “ Curitiba – Xaxim \ Paraná – 20-XI-55 \ R. Lange ”; DZUP 568665 • 1 ♂; “DZUP\568667” “ CURITIBA, Paraná \ BRASIL \ VIII-1954 \ Pe. J. S. Moure leg”; DZUP 568667 • 1 ♀; “DZUP\568668” “ S. LUIS do PURUNÃ \ Paraná – BRASIL \ I-1956 Lange,\ Michener and Moure ”; DZUP 568668 • 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; DZUP 568669 • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; DZUP 568670 • 1 ♂; “DZUP\568671” “ CASTRO – PR \ Brasil – XII-64 \ F. Giacomel "; DZUP 568671 • 1 ♀; “DZUP\1647” “ Brasil, Paraná, Parque \ Estadual de Vila Velha \ 25 14S 49 59W \ 04.x.2003, G.A.R Melo \ R. B. Gonçalves ”; DZUP 1647 • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; DZUP 1648 • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; DZUP 2664 • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; DZUP 2865 • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; DZUP 0160 • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; DZUP 6086 • 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; DZUP 1142 • 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; DZUP 1150 • 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; DZUP 433 • 1 ♀; “DZUP\171874” “ Brasil, PR, Ponta Grossa,\ Pq. Est. Vila Velha ,\ 25.238S 49.999W \ 900m, 09.viii.2012 \ L. P. Amaral- Neto ”; DZUP 171874 • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; DZUP 171875 • 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; DZUP 171812 . – Santa Catarina • 1 ♂; “DZUP\568672” “ N. Teutonia , S. C.\ II/ V 1948 \ Fritz Plaumann ”; DZUP 568672 .

Variation

Variation in size and ornamentation has been found in a series from Parque Estadual de Vila Velha (Paraná), with large females (10 mm) more sculptured than smaller ones (8 mm), some intermediate females were also observed. Size variation is also known for A. brasiliensis .

Figures

Fig. 10. Geographic records map. A. Austrosphecodes asmodeus sp. nov., A. balrog sp. nov., A. brasiliensis (Schrottky, 1910). B. A. cerberus sp. nov., A gorgon sp. nov., A. inornatus (Schrottky, 1902). C. A. jurupari sp. nov., A. krampus sp. nov., A. lucifer sp. nov. D. A. minarum (Schrottky, 1910), A. orcus sp. nov., A. tartarus sp. nov.