Thrinchostoma uluguruensis Pauly & Eardley, 2013

Pauly, Alain & Eardley, Connal, 2013, A Revision of Afrotropical Thrinchostoma de Saussure, 1890 (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Halictidae), Belgian Journal of Entomology 12, pp. 1-76 : 66

Thrinchostoma uluguruensis Pauly & Eardley sp. nov.

( Figs 63 , 64, 65, 67a)

HOLOTYPE ♂: TANZANIA, « Tanganyka », territoire Bunduki , Uluguru Mts, moyen Mgeta, 1300m, 30.IV- 11.V.1957, leg. P. Basilewsky & N. Leleup ( RMCA).

DIAGNOSIS: Male. Very similar to that of T. amanicum in the sparse punctuation of the scutum, the last antennal segment not curved and S5 with long setae. It differs in the legs and terga being dark brown, the apical lobes of hind tibiae are truncated, the hind femora thinner and the punctuation of scutum finer and more sparse. Female unknown.

DESCRIPTION. Male. Black body, length 9 mm. Head: a little longer than wide (L / W = 1.05 mm); malar area 1/5 as long as eye; antennae 13 segmented, last segment straight; anterior margin of clypeus pale yellow. Mesosoma: scutum smooth with sparse punctuation (i = 3d). Hind legs: apical lobe of tibiae pale yellow, truncated apically, femora not very swollen, basitarsi thin and black. Forewings each with a spot of setae. Metasoma. Black above, brownish below; apical margin of S5 with long setae, bilobed; T1 chagrined with sparse punctuation. Genitalia illustrated (fig. 65).

Figures

Fig. 63. Thrinchostoma uluguruensis, male holotype in RMCA.