Neocorynurella cosmetor (Vachal), 2000

ENGEL, MICHAEL S., 2000, Classification Of The Bee Tribe Augochlorini (Hymenoptera: Halictidae), Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2000 (250), pp. 1-89 : 82-83

Neocorynurella cosmetor (Vachal) ,

new combination

Halictus cosmetor Vachal, 1911: 51 .

Augochlora cosmetor (Vachal) ; Moure and Hurd, 1987: 276.

Vachalius cosmetor (Vachal) ; Moure, 1999: 76.

NEW RECORD: One female, Venezuela, Merida, La Montana, cable car station, 2442 m, 23–25 February 1968, P. and B. Wygodzinsky and M. Cormons (AMNH).

Oligochlora (Soliapis) rozeni , new species Figure 82

DIAGNOSIS: As for the subgenus (refer to p. 47).

DESCRIPTION: Female. Total body length 8.2 mm; forewing length 5 mm. Head apparently about as long as wide (length, width 2 mm). Compound eyes strongly convergent below. Pronotal lateral angle orthogonal. Basal vein distad cu-a by two times vein width; Sc+R pigmented as other wing veins; 1r-m confluent with 1m-cu; 2r-m distad 2m-cu by four times vein width, 2r-m relatively straight; first submarginal cell longer than combined lengths of second and third submarginal cells; second submarginal cell parallel-sided; anterior border of third submarginal cell approximately equal to that of second submarginal cell; distal hamuli arranged 3-1-2. Inner hind tibial spur with 4 teeth excluding apex.

Clypeus and supraclypeal area weakly granular, impunctate. Face below level of antennae weakly granular with faint, crowded punctures appearing by margin of compound eye, clypeus, and near antennal socket; upper half of face apparently weakly granular with faint, nearly contiguous punctures. Gena and postgena apparently faintly imbricate. Pronotum faintly imbricate. Mesoscutum (and apparently the same on scutellum) weakly punctured, punctures separated by puncture width or less, integument between imbricate. Metanotum imbricate. Preepisternum rugose. Mesepisternum granular with faint, coarse punctures separated by a puncture width or less. Metepisternum imbricate. Propodeal lateral surface gran- ular; basal area granular, without basal striae. Terga faintly imbricate.

Mandible and labrum dark brown. Head brilliant metallic green-gold with scattered coppery highlights. Antenna brown except with yellow markings on inner surface of scape. Mesosoma as on head except tegula brown; wings hyaline, venation dark brown; legs brown. Terga dark brown with metallic green highlights and apical margins brown without highlights; sterna brown.

Pubescence golden except on mesoscutum and scutellum fuscous and on meso- and metatibiae and tarsi which is fuscous, highly branched, and long.

Male. Unknown.

HOLOTYPE: Female ; Miocene amber of the Dominican Republic ( MACT), accession number M- 2523.

ETYMOLOGY: The specific epithet is a patronymic honoring Dr. Jerome G. Rozen, Jr., of the AMNH. Jerry helped me enormously during the undertaking of my graduate research and since then in my postdoctoral studies at the AMNH.

am sincerely grateful for his support and friendship.

Figures

Fig. 82. Photomicrograph of holotype female of Oligochlora (Soliapis) rozeni, new subgenus and new species, in Dominican amber (photograph by author).