Colletes katharinae, Kuhlmann, 2007

Kuhlmann, Michael, 2007, Revision of the bees of the Colletes fasciatus-group in southern Africa (Hymenoptera: Colletidae), African Invertebrates 48 (2), pp. 121-166 : 150-152

Colletes katharinae sp. n.

Figs 34, 35 , 42

Etymology: This species is named for Katharina.

Diagnosis: Male best identified by the unique shape of S7 ( Fig. 34 ) and the gonostylus ( Fig. 35 ).

Description:

Female. Unknown.

Male.

Length 10–11 mm.

Vestiture: Face greyish white to white, with brown hairs intermixed on vertex; mesonotum with long, greyish white to white, with scattered brown hairs on posterior half; mesosomal sides and legs white, scutellum and metanotum with long, yellowish brown hairs, scutellum intermixed with a few black hairs; hind femora with a dense row of white, erect hairs of equal length basoventrally, more or less on longitudinal axis; T1 densely covered with long, erect, yellowish brown hairs; disc of T2 with shorter, concolorous hairs; discs of T3–T6 with long, erect, blackish hairs; narrow, very sparse, white posterior fringes on T1–T5; T2–T5 with few, but very long, erect hairs laterally; S2–S5 with sparse fringes of long hairs, laterally only slightly longer than medially, discs with very long, erect, white hairs; S6 with an elongate brush of dense, short, white bristles basolaterally, medially long hairs curved towards median line.

Integument: Completely black, except tarsi reddish brown and terga narrowly translucent posteriorly; malar area long, about 1–1.2× as long as mandibular base width; clypeus with very dense (<0.2 pd), small punctures; facial fovea narrow, maximum width about 1/2 antennal diameter; disc of mesonotum with medium-sized, relatively dense (0.5–1 pd) punctation, integument between punctures glabrous, surrounded by slightly denser punctation; upper sloping part of propodeal triangle with short longitudinal carinae, vertical part densely shagreened and relatively dull; hind basitarsus modified, with a slight longitudinal bend and broadened apically, and prominent long, reddish bristles on dorsoapical edge; integument of terga finely granular and dull, less pronounced on more shagreened posterior tergal depression; shape of S7 as in Fig. 34 and shape of gonostylus as illustrated in Fig. 35 .

Holotype: ơ SOUTH AFRICA: Northern Cape: Hester Malan Nat. Res., 31.v.1985, M. Struck ( SANC).

Paratypes: SOUTH AFRICA: Northern Cape: 6ơ same data as holotype ( SANC, CMK) .

Distribution: Only known from the Goegap Nature Reserve near Springbok in Northern Cape ( Fig. 42 ).

Flower visiting: Unknown.

Phenology: Only recorded from 31 st May.

Figures

Figs 28–39. Shapes of male S7 and gonostylus: (28, 29) C. knersvlaktei sp. n.; (30, 31) C. cyanonitidus sp. n.; (32, 33) C. nieuwoudtvillei sp. n.; (34, 35) C. katharinae sp. n.; (36, 37) C. denudatus; (38, 39) C. karooensis sp. n. Scale bar = 0.5 mm.

Fig. 42. Distribution of C. inornatus, C. karooensis, C. katharinae, C. knersvlaktei, C. latefasciatus and C. laticaudus.