Thrinchostoma amanicum (Strand, 1910)

Pauly, Alain & Eardley, Connal, 2013, A Revision of Afrotropical Thrinchostoma de Saussure, 1890 (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Halictidae), Belgian Journal of Entomology 12, pp. 1-76 : 27-28

Thrinchostoma amanicum (Strand, 1910)

( Figs 26 , 27 )

Halictus (Thrinchostoma) amanicus Strand, 1910: 42–43 , ♂. Male holotype: Tanzania, Amani, 22.III.2007, leg. S.G. Vosseler (MNHUB).

Thrincostoma [!] (Thrincostoma [!]) amanicum (Strand) : Blüthgen, 1930: 496, 498–499, 504– 506, 536.

Thrinchostoma (Thrinchostoma) amanicum (Strand) : Michener, 1978: 524; Pauly, 1999: 155, 171,? syn.

NOTE: contrary to the opinion of PAULY, 1999 ("?" Synonymy) based on the original description, T. amanicum is very different from T. productum (Smith, 1853) .

DIAGNOSIS. In the male the last antennal segment is straight. On the scutum the punctures are widely spaced. The metasoma and legs are orange, and the hind tibiae are broad (fig. 26 c, d). Female unknown.

Figures

Fig. 26. Thrinchostoma amanicum, male holotype in MNHUB.

Fig. 27. Distribution map of Thrinchostoma amanicum.