Hylaeus (Hylaeus) kurdus ( WARNCKE, 1981 )

Özbek, Hikmet & Dathe, Holger H., 2020, The bees of the genus Hylaeus FABRICIUS, 1793 of Turkey, with keys to the subgenera and species (Hymenoptera: Anthophila, Colletidae), Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology 70 (2), pp. 273-346 : 306

Hylaeus (Hylaeus) kurdus ( WARNCKE, 1981)

Fig. 5

Prosopis kurda WARNCKE, 1981: 182–183 , . Turkey:

Hakkâri.

Prosopis (Prosopis) kurda WARNCKE, 1981 – WARNCKE 1992:

769, 792.

Hylaeus (Hylaeus) kurdus ( WARNCKE, 1981) – ITIS (2020).

Material examined: Van: Gürpınar, Hoşap, Güzeldere Geçidi, 2500–2600 m, 09– 12.07.1984, 4 , 2 , leg. A.W. Ebmer.

Remarks: In the males of this species, the mask is transversely impressed in a bow below the antennal bases. The scapes are black, basally curved and distinctly enlarged over half of their length; apically they are flattened. The lateral marks run along the orbits, are rounded at the top and narrowly edged; at this point there are also smooth surfaces. These characters clearly distinguish this species from the similar H. trochilus (see there). The characteristic “rounded versus edged posterior margin of the vertex” ( WARNCKE 1992: 792) is incomprehensible as a difference between H. kurdus and H. crispulus .

H. kurdus was described from Hakkâri. Later it was also recorded in Bitlis and various additional localities in Hakkâri. Here , Van is added. Current and previous records show that it is a high mountain species, occurring up to 3100 m, mainly restricted to the eastern Anatolian region. It is only sparsely collected in Turkey (3 provinces) .

Distribution: H. kurdus is according to present knowledge a purely Turkish species. Provinces: Hakkâri (type locality, 2600–3000 m), Bitlis (2500–3100 m) ( WARNCKE 1992); Van (2500–2600 m).

Figures

Fig. 5: H. (Hylaeus) kurdus (WARNCKE, 1981). Holotype male: a–face, b–mesonotum, c–mesopleuron, d–propodeum, e–metasoma, f–terminalia. Paratype female: g–face, h–mesonotum, i–mesopleuron, j–propodeum, k–metasoma. – Scale bar 0.5 mm.