Revision of the South African endemic bee genus Redivivoides Michener, 1981 (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Melittidae)
Author
Kuhlmann, Michael
text
European Journal of Taxonomy
2012
2012-12-19
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Redivivoides eardleyi
sp. nov.
Figs 5
,
9
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Diagnosis
Females of
R. eardleyi
sp. nov.
can be separated from other
Redivivoides
species by a combination of the following characters: metasomal terga black to brown, T2 sparsely punctate with minute punctures and surface between punctures smooth and shiny, white apical tergal hair bands present (
Fig. 5D
), prepygidial and pygidial fimbria dark brown to black (
Fig. 5D
). The male is unknown.
Etymology
Named after Connal D. Eardley, Pretoria, who collected this species and to honour his outstanding contribution to African bee taxonomy.
Type material
(
3 specimens
)
Holotype
♀
,
13 Sep. 2011
,
C. Eardley
(
SANC
).
SOUTH AFRICA
:
N. Cape
,
6 km
E
Pofadder
,
29°06’26” S
,
19°27’13” E
.
Fig. 5.
Redivivoides eardleyi
sp. nov.
, ♀.
A
. Lateral view.
B
. Head.
C
. Scutum and scutellum.
D
. Metasoma (dorsal view). Scale bar: 1 mm.
Paratypes
SOUTH AFRICA
:
1 ♀
, same date as holotype (
RCMK
)
;
1 ♀
,
N. Cape
,
21.6 km
E
Springbok
[
29°34’ S
,
18°04’ E
],
1006 m
,
13 Sep. 2011
,
L. Packer
(
LPCT
)
.
Description
Female
BODY LENGTH. 11.0 mm.
HEAD. Head wider than long. Integument black. Face sparsely covered with long, whitish-grey, erect hairs, along the inner eye margins and on vertex intermixed with black hairs (
Fig. 5B
). Clypeus convex in profile, apically impunctate; medially covered with fine punctures that become gradually smaller and denser towards the clypeal margins; surface between punctures smooth and shiny (
Fig. 5B
). Malar area medially narrow, almost linear. Antenna black.
MESOSOMA. Integument black. Mesoscutal disc between punctures smooth and shiny; disc densely (i = 0.5-1.0 d) and finely punctate (
Fig. 5C
). Mesoscutum, scutellum, metanotum, mesepisternum and propodeum covered with long yellowish-white erect hairs, on the disc of mesoscutum intermixed with black hairs.
WINGS. Yellowish-brown; wing venation reddish brown.
LEGS. Integument black. Vestiture whitish to brown, scopae yellowish to dark brown.
METASOMA. Integument black, apical margins of T2 – T4 narrowly reddish-brown (
Fig. 5D
). T1 with a few long erect whitish hairs; discs of T2 – T4 sparsely covered with very short erect white to dark brown hairs; apical tergal hair bands on T1 – T4 broad and white; prepygidial and pygidial fimbriae black (
Fig. 5A, D
). T1 almost impunctate, polished and shiny, T2 – T4 shiny, with very fine, superficial and sparse punctation that becomes progressively denser on apical tergae (
Fig. 5D
).
Male
Unknown.
Distribution
There is only a single record of this species from the Karoo in the summer rainfall area (
Fig. 9
).
Floral hosts
Unknown.
Seasonal activity
September.