Chlerogella cyranoi Engel, 2010

Engel, Michael, 2010, Revision of the Bee Genus Chlerogella (Hymenoptera, Halictidae), Part II: South American Species and Generic Diagnosis, ZooKeys 47 (47), pp. 1-100 : 78-80

Chlerogella cyranoi Engel , sp. n.

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Figs 129–131, 139–140, Map 4

Holotype. ♁, COLOMBIA: Porce, Ant. [Antioquia] Col, Tenche B., 2–4 Jama , 14/06/1997 [14 June 1997], A. Smith P. ( MEFLG).

Diagnosis. Chlerogella cyranoi resembles to some degree C. azurea and other small metallic blue Chlerogella with elongate heads. The new species can be distinguished from them by the simple SIV, the lack of white markings at the clypeal apex (Fig. 131), and the longer malar space (Figs 130–131).

Description. Male: Total body length 7.62 mm; forewing length 5.20 mm. Head length 2.42 mm, width 1.48 mm. Clypeus beginning below lower tangent of compound eyes. Malar space 50.7% compound eye length (malar length 0.65 mm; compound eye length 1.28 mm) (Figs 130–131). Upper interorbital distance 0.73 mm; lower interorbital distance 0.39 mm. First flagellomere about as long as pedicel, about as long as wide; second flagellomere 2.2 times length of first flagellomere; ventral surfaces of second through eleventh flagellomeres densely covered in placoid sensilla, placoid fields not disrupted. Upper portion of pronotum medially

Figures Ι29–Ι3Ι. Holotype male of Chlerogella cyranoi sp. n. Ι29 Lateral habitus Ι30 Lateral aspect of head Ι3Ι Facial aspect.

depressed, not elongate, medially less than 0.25 times ocellar diameter in length; ventral portion of preëpisternal sulcus not broad, similar to scrobal sulcus and upper portion of preëpisternal sulcus; intertegular distance 0.98 mm; mesoscutellum weakly convex, not bigibbous. Basal vein distad cu-a by two times vein width; 1rs-m distad 1m-cu by vein width; 2rs-m distad 2m-cu by five times vein width, 2rs-m weakly arched; first submarginal cell longer than combined lengths of second and third submarginal cells; second submarginal cell slightly narrowed anteriorly, anterior border of second submarginal cell along Rs about one-half that of third submarginal cell; posterior border of third submarginal cell slightly less than twice length of anterior border. Distal hamuli arranged 2-1-2. Inner metatibial spur serrate. Apical margin of SIII entire; apical margin of SIV weakly indented medioapically, with small weak lobes lateral to weak medial concavity, without furrow in apical half of disc; apical margin of SV entire; apical margin of SVI emarginate; terminalia as depicted in figures 139 and 140.

Clypeus and supraclypeal area finely imbricate with weak punctures separated by 0.5–2 times a puncture width; face with small, contiguous punctures, more widely spaced in malar space; punctures of face blending to smooth integument in ocellocular area and vertex, with punctures separated by 1–1.5 times a puncture width; gena smooth with small punctures separated by 1–2 times a puncture width; postgena imbricate and impunctate. Pronotum smooth with scattered minute punctures; mesoscutum smooth with small punctures separated by 1–2 times a puncture width; mesoscutellum and metanotum as on mesoscutum. Preëpisternum smooth with small punctures separated by 2–3 times a puncture width; mesepisternum smooth with small punctures separated by 2–6 times a puncture width, punctures weak; metepisternum faintly imbricate. Propodeum strongly imbricate. Metasoma finely imbricate.

Mandible yellow except reddish at apex; labrum yellow; clypeal apex narrowly yellow, remainder of clypeus and head brilliant metallic azurite blue. Antenna dark brown except ventral surface of scape yellow, pedicel and dorsal surface of scape brown. Mesosoma brilliant metallic azurite blue (Fig. 129); tegula dark brown. Wing membranes hyaline; veins dark brown. Legs dark brown. Metasoma dark brown.

Pubescence white. Typical gender pilosity except postgena with numerous elongate, sinuate setae, such setae with short apical branches. Apical margin of SIII without fringe, with diffusely scattered moderate-length white setae; SIV with small pads of short white to golden setae on small lobes bordering weak medial concavity; SV laterally with diffuse areas of long, inwardly-curved setae.

Female: Unknown.

Etymology. The specific epithet is a patronym honoring Hector Savinien de Cyrano de Bergerac (1619–1655), French dramatist who was famously known for his overly large nose.