Thrinchostoma upembae Pauly & Eardley, 2013

Pauly, Alain & Eardley, Connal, 2013, A Revision of Afrotropical Thrinchostoma de Saussure, 1890 (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Halictidae), Belgian Journal of Entomology 12, pp. 1-76 : 68

Thrinchostoma upembae Pauly & Eardley sp. nov.

( Figs 66 , 67b )

HOLOTYPE ♂: D.R. CONGO, Parc National de l’Upemba ( PNU), Gorges de la Palenge, 1150m, n°471a, 10- 14.VI.1947, leg. G.F. de Witte ( RMCA).

DIAGNOSIS. Male. Species well characterized by the apical lobe of the hind tibiae truncated and with large basitarsi (fig. 66c). Last segments of the antennae not bent, segments short. S5 with a fringe of setae. Female unknown.

DESCRIPTION. Male. Black body, length 8 mm. Head: longer than wide (L / W = 1.15); malar area ¼ as long as eye; antennae 13 segmented, last segment straight; anterior margin of clypeus pale yellow. Mesosoma: scutum with dense punctuation, punctures slightly larger and more widely spaced in centre (i = d). Hind legs: femora slightly swollen, apical lobes of tibia rather long, pale yellow, basitarsi broader than in other species, entirely pale yellow. Forewings with a spots of setae. Metasoma: black; apical margin of S5 bilobed and with setae.

Figures

Fig. 66. Thrinchostoma upembae, male holotype in RMCA.

Fig. 67. Distribution maps of Thrinchostoma.