Eremaphanta (Eremaphanta) vitellina (Morawitz)

Michez, Denis & Patiny, Sébastien, 2006, Review of the bee genus Eremaphanta Popov 1940 (Hymenoptera: Melittidae), with the description of a new species, Zootaxa 1148 (1), pp. 47-68 : 59-60

Eremaphanta (Eremaphanta) vitellina (Morawitz)

Rophites vitellinus Morawitz 1875: 72–73 , ♀ / ♂ .

Type material. 1♀ and 4♂ syntypes, Kazakhstan, desert of Kysylkum , Dyusebay [42°24’N 66°58’E], leg. Morawitz, designation of type by Popov, ZISP. Original designation of the locus typicus: " Derserto Kisilkum, Okolo Kolodtsa Dyusebaj " .

Only one female is known ( ZISP), its head is missing .

Additional material. None.

Differential diagnosis. ♀ and ♂. Close to E. turcomanica . Body mainly yellow. Head one and half times wider than long. Mesoscutum mostly black. Terga without apical hair bands.

Diagnosis ( Fig. 6 ). ♀. Length = 5–6mm. Pronotum, margins of mesoscutum, mesepisternum, scutellum, metanotum, propodeum and propodeal triangle yellow. Propodeal triangle rugose, with median groove. Legs and metasoma yellow. T 1­ T 5 with glabrous disc, without apical hair bands. S2­S3 with emarginate premarginal line. ♂. Head one and a half times wider than long. Face with ventral half (including clypeus) and genal area yellow. Clypeus, face and vertex with white short erect hairs. Flagellum yellow. Galea yellow, tapering, apex narrowly rounded. Maxillary palpus longer than galea. A3­A5 broader than long. Pronotum, margin of mesoscutum, mesepisternum, axilla, metanotum and propodeum yellow. Scutellum partly yellow, at least on margins. Propodeal triangle brown. Mesosoma with few white erect hairs. Propodeal triangle hairless. Legs yellow. F3 with few long white hairs. Tarsus 3 longer than Tb3. Bt3 as long as other segments. Metasoma yellow. Discs of T 1­ T 5 glabrous, without apical hair bands. S7­S8 and genitalia as figured in Popov (1940) ( Fig. 6 ).

Distribution ( Fig. 11b ). Kazakhstan.

Floral choices and phenology. Unknown.

Figures

FIGURE 6. Eremaphanta vitellina, male (scale=300µm); a. Sternum 7; b. Sternum 8; c. Dorsal view of genitalia; from Popov (1940).

FIGURE 11. Specific distribution; a. Distribution of Eremaphanta dispar and E. zhelochovtsevi; b. Distribution of E. fasciata, E. iranica and E. vitellina; c. Distribution of E. convolvuli, E. minuta and E. popovi.