Revision of the euryglossiform species of the Afrotropical bee genus Scrapter Lepeletier & Serville, 1828 (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) Kuhlmann, Michael European Journal of Taxonomy 2014 2014-09-05 95 1 69 Kuhlmann, 2014 Kuhlmann 2014 [623,867,602,629] Insecta Colletidae Scrapter Animalia Hymenoptera 21 22 Arthropoda species luteistigma sp. nov.   urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 6CECCB95-325C-4E9D-9A17-55FEED5B269F  Figs 11–12    Diagnosis Both the female and male of  S. luteistigma sp. nov.can be separated from all other species of this group by the bright yellowish stigma ( Figs 11A, 12A).    Etymology Named after the unique bright yellow stigma in the forewing of both males and females.   Type material( 77 specimens)    Holotype  SOUTH AFRICA: ♀, Gemsbokrivier-Pad,  4.5 kmNEof Grootdrif, road side,  170 m, 31°25'54" S, 18°55'16" E,  22 Aug. 2012, MK( SANC).    Paratypes  SOUTH AFRICA: 43 ♀♀, same data as holotype ( SANC 5 ♀♀, NHML 25 ♀♀, RCMK 13 ♀♀);  1 ♀, idem,  20 Aug. 2010, MK( NHML); 2 ♀♀, 1 ♂, idem,  15 Aug. 2011, MK( NHML 2 ♀♀, RCMK 1 ♂);  1 ♀, idem,  20 Aug. 2011, MK( NHML);  1 ♂, idem,  9 Aug. 2012, MK( RCMK);  4 ♀♀, idem,  17 Aug. 2012, MK( RCMK); 15 ♀♀, idem,  4 Sep. 2012, MK( NHML 12 ♀♀, RCMK 3 ♀♀);  6 ♀♀, Knersvlakte,  5 kmN of Grootdrif,  195 m, 31°26'40" S, 18°56'23" E,  21 Sep. 2007, KT( NHML 2 ♀♀, RCMK 4 ♀♀);  2 ♀♀, idem,  24 Aug. 2008, MK( NHML, RCMK).    Description  Female BODY LENGTH. 4.5–5.2 mm. HEAD. Head slightly wider than long. Integument black, except part of mandibles dark reddish-brown. Face sparsely covered with long, greyish, erect hair ( Fig. 11C). Clypeus slightly convex with sparse fine and shallow punctation (i = 2–3 d); surface between punctures apically superficial and shiny, basally distinctly reticulate and matt ( Fig. 11C–D). Malar area medially narrow, almost linear. Antenna dorsally light brown, ventrally yellowish-brown ( Fig. 11C). MESOSOMA. Integument black. Mesoscutal disc between punctures densely reticulate, matt; disc sparsely (i = 3–5 d) and shallowly punctate ( Fig. 11E–F). Metanotum slightly shorter than basal area of propodeum, apically with narrow carinate depression ( Fig. 11F). Propodeum broadly but finely carinate ( Fig. 11F). Mesoscutum, scutellum, metanotum, mesepisternum and propodeum sparsely covered with short, greyish, erect hair ( Fig. 11A). WINGS. Yellowish-brown; wing venation yellowish-brown, stigma bright yellowish ( Fig. 11A). LEGS. Integument black to dark reddish-brown; fore and mid tibia basally with small yellowish spot. Vestiture greyish-white, scopa greyish-white. METASOMA. Integument black, apical margins of terga narrowly translucent yellowish to reddish-brown ( Fig. 11B). Discs of T1–T4 without hair; apical tergal hair bands missing on all terga ( Fig. 11B).   Fig. 11.  Scrapter luteistigma sp. nov., ♀. A. Lateral view. B. Metasoma (dorsal view). C. Head. D. Head (SEM). E. Thorax (dorsal view). F. Thorax (dorsal view, SEM). Scale bars: photos: 1 mm, SEM: 0.1 mm. Prepygidial and pygidial fimbriae yellowish-brown. Terga impunctate, densely sculptured and matt; T2–T4 with indistinct, narrow apical tergal depression ( Fig. 11B).  Male BODY LENGTH. 4.4–4.7 mm.   Fig. 12.  Scrapter luteistigma sp. nov., ♂. A. Lateral view. B. Antenna. C. Metasoma (dorsal view). D. S7 (dorsal view, SEM). E. Hind tibia. F. S8, apical end (SEM). Scale bars: photos: 1 mm, SEM: 0.1 mm. HEAD. Head slightly wider than long. Integument black, except mandible partly dark reddish-brown. Face densely covered with long, greyish-white, erect hair. Malar area medially narrow, almost linear. Antennal flagellum bright yellowish-orange, medioapically broadened ( Fig. 12B). MESOSOMA. Integument black. Mesoscutal disc impunctate, strongly and densely sculptured, completely matt. Mesoscutum, scutellum, metanotum, mesepisternum and propodeum covered with long, greyish, erect hair ( Fig. 12A). WINGS. Slightly yellowish-brown; wing venation yellowish-brown, stigma bright yellow ( Fig. 12A). LEGS. Integument black, tarsi, tibiae and femora apically yellow, tibia on both sides with darker spots of variable size ( Fig. 12A, E). Hind tibia basally slightly curved, apically broadened and with a dense tuft of short, white hair on the inside ( Fig. 12E). Vestiture greyish-white. METASOMA. Integument black, apical margins of terga narrowly translucent yellowish-brown ( Fig. 12C). T1 medially, T2 densely and following terga successively less covered with short, appressed scale-like hair; apical tergal hair bands missing on all terga ( Fig. 12C). Terga impunctate, densely sculptured and matt; terga with narrow apical tergal depression ( Fig. 12C). S3–S5 without conspicuous apical hair fringes. TERMINALIA. S7 ( Fig. 12D) and terminal plate of S8 ( Fig. 12F) as illustrated.    Distribution The species is only known from the typelocality in the Knersvlakte, a semi-desert plane in southern Namaqualand.    Floral hosts  Aizoaceae:  Galenia sarcophylla.   Seasonal activity August–September. 5003819362 2012-08-22 SANC MK South Africa 170 -31.431665 Grootdrif 20 18.92111 Gemsbokrivier-Pad 21 22 1 1 holotype 5003819439 2010-08-20 SANC, NHML, RCMK MK South Africa 170 -31.431665 SOUTH AFRICA 20 18.92111 Gemsbokrivier-Pad 21 22 43 43 paratype 5003819407 2010-08-20 SANC, NHML, RCMK MK South Africa 170 -31.431665 SOUTH AFRICA 20 18.92111 Gemsbokrivier-Pad 21 22 1 1 paratype 5003819405 2011-08-15 NHML, RCMK MK South Africa 170 -31.431665 SOUTH AFRICA 20 18.92111 Gemsbokrivier-Pad 21 22 3 2 1 paratype 5003819424 [263,752,1286,1312] 2011-08-20 NHML MK South Africa 170 -31.431665 SOUTH AFRICA 20 18.92111 Gemsbokrivier-Pad 21 22 1 1 1 paratype 5003819460 [762,1237,1286,1312] 2012-08-09 RCMK MK South Africa 170 -31.431665 SOUTH AFRICA 20 18.92111 Gemsbokrivier-Pad 21 22 1 1 1 paratype 5003819435 2012-08-17 RCMK MK South Africa 170 -31.431665 SOUTH AFRICA 20 18.92111 Gemsbokrivier-Pad 21 22 4 4 1 paratype 5003819436 [546,1315,1321,1348] 2012-09-04 NHML, RCMK MK South Africa 170 -31.431665 SOUTH AFRICA 20 18.92111 Gemsbokrivier-Pad 21 22 15 15 1 paratype 5003819430 2007-09-21 NHML, RCMK KT 195 -31.444443 Grootdrif 20 18.939722 Knersvlakte 21 22 12 12 paratype 5003819433 [374,971,1391,1418] 2008-08-24 NHML, RCMK MK 195 -31.444443 Grootdrif 20 18.939722 Knersvlakte 21 22 2 2 paratype