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 capensis
sp. nov.
Figs 1
E–F, 2, 3, 4
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Diagnosis
Males and females of
R. capensis
sp. nov.
can be separated from other
Redivivoides
species by their extensively and brightly red metasomal terga (
Figs 2D
,
3C
) in combination with an impunctate and densely shagreened scutum (
Figs 2C
,
3B
).
Fig. 1. — A-B
.
Macropis europaea
Warncke, 1973
, ♀. A. Hind leg, dorsal view. B. Hind basitarsus, dorsal view. —
C-D
.
Rediviva intermixta
(Cockerell, 1934)
, ♀. C. Hind leg, dorsal view. D. Hind basitarsus, dorsal view. —
E-F
.
Redivivoides capensis
sp. nov.
, ♀. E. Hind tibia, dorsal view. F. Hind basitarsus, dorsal view. —
G-H
.
Melitta arrogans
(Smith, 1879)
, ♀. G. Hind tibia, dorsal view. H. Hind basitarsus, dorsal view. Scale bar: 1 mm.
Etymology
Named after the
Cape
of Good Hope (“the
Cape
”).
Type material
(
18 specimens
)
Holotype
♀
,
M. Kuhlmann
leg.
15 Aug. 2010
/
Redivivoides
spec. 2,
M. Kuhlmann
det. 2011 (
SAMC
).
SOUTH AFRICA
:
Farm Papkuilsfontein
,
20 km
S Nieuwoudtville
,
Fynbos
,
31°33’16” S
,
19°08’31” E
,
680 m
.
Paratypes
SOUTH AFRICA
:
4 ♀♀
same date as Holotype (
RCMK
)
;
1 ♀
,
N. Cape
,
Fynbos
,
2 km
W
Nieuwoudtville
, near
Grasberg
[
31°21’05” S
,
19°05’49” E
],
742 m
,
23 Aug. 2003
,
K. Timmermann
(
RCMK
)
;
1 ♀
,
N. Cape
,
Nieuwoudtville
,
Flower Reserve East
[
31°21’56” S
,
19°08’52” E
],
735 m
,
11 Sep. 2003
,
M. Kuhlmann
(
RCMK
)
;
1 ♀
,
2 ♂♂
,
N. Cape
,
Nieuwoudtville
,
Glen Lyon
,
Renosterveld
[
31°24’03” S
,
19°08’34” E
],
700 m
,
7 Aug. 2004
,
M. Kuhlmann
(
RCMK
)
;
2 ♂♂
,
N. Cape
,
Nieuwoudtville
,
Glen Lyon
,
Renosterveld
[
31°24’03” S
,
19°08’34” E
],
700 m
,
11 Aug. 2004
,
M. Kuhlmann
(
RCMK
)
;
4 ♀♀
,
20 km
S Nieuwoudtville
,
Farm Papkuilsfontein
,
Fynbos
[
31°33’16” S
,
19°08’31” E
],
680 m
,
27 Aug. 2010
,
M. Kuhlmann
(
SANC
,
RCMK
)
;
1 ♀
,
van Rhynsdorp
,
Cape
[
31°36’ S
,
18°44’ E
],
1929
,
Dr. Brauns
(
SAMC
)
;
1 ♀
,
Clanwilliam
,
Ramskop
[
32°10’ S
,
18°53’ E
],
24 Jul. 1985
,
V.B. Whitehead
(
SAMC
)
.
Fig. 2.
Redivivoides capensis
sp. nov.
, ♀.
A
. Lateral view.
B
. Head.
C
. Scutum and scutellum.
D
. Metasoma (dorsal view). Scale bar: 1 mm.
Fig. 3.
Redivivoides capensis
sp. nov.
, ♂.
A
. Lateral view.
B
. Scutum and scutellum.
C
. Metasoma (dorsal view).
D
. S6 (ventral view).
E
. S7 (dorsal view).
F
. S8, apical end (backscattered electron image).
G
. Genitalia (dorsal view).
H
. Genitalia (lateral view). Scale bar: 1 mm.
Description
Female
BODY LENGTH. 9.0-
10.5 mm
.
HEAD. Head slightly wider than long. Integument black except tips of mandible partly dark reddishbrown. Face sparsely covered with long, whitish-grey to brown, erect hairs intermixed with black hairs especially along the inner eye margins and on vertex (
Fig. 2B
). Clypeus mostly flat, apically almost impunctate; medially covered with medium-sized punctures that become gradually smaller and denser towards the lateral and upper margins; surface between punctures shiny (
Fig. 2B
). Malar area medially narrow, almost linear. Antenna black, ventrally orange to reddish-brown.
MESOSOMA. Integument black. Mesoscutum impunctate, finely shagreened and matt (
Fig. 2C
). Mesoscutum, scutellum, metanotum, mesepisternum and propodeum covered with long yellowishbrown erect hairs, on the disc of mesoscutum some black hairs intermixed.
WINGS. Yellowish-brown; wing venation dark brown.
LEGS. Integument black to dark reddish-brown. Vestiture of femora whitish-yellow, on tibiae and tarsi dark brown to black, scopae dark brown, ventrally hairs white to greyish-yellow.
METASOMA. Integument black, except T1 to a variable extent apically red, T2 red with a black spot anterior-medially, T3 apically with a red margin (
Fig. 2D
). T1 completely and T2 on disc sparsely covered with a few long erect yellowish-white hairs; T3 – T4 covered with short yellow to black hairs; apical tergal hair band missing on T1, on T2 – T4 broadly white (
Fig. 2A, D
). Prepygidial fimbria dorsally black, laterally partly white, pygidial fimbria black. Terga impunctate, finely shagreened with a silky shine (
Fig. 2D
).
Male
BODY LENGTH. 8.5-10.0 mm.
HEAD. Head slightly wider than long. Integument black except tip of mandible partly dark reddishbrown. Face sparsely covered with long, whitish-grey to brown, erect hairs intermixed with black hairs especially along the inner eye margins and on vertex. Clypeus mostly flat, apically almost impunctate; medially covered with medium-sized punctures that become gradually smaller and denser towards the lateral and upper margins; surface between punctures shiny. Malar area medially narrow, almost linear. Antenna black, ventrally reddish-brown.
MESOSOMA. Integument black. Mesoscutum impunctate, finely shagreened and matt (
Fig. 3B
). Mesoscutum, scutellum, metanotum, mesepisternum and propodeum covered with long white to yellowish-grey erect hairs, on the scutellum black hairs intermixed (
Fig. 3A
).
WINGS. Slightly yellowish-brown; wing venation brown.
LEGS. Integument black, tibiae and tarsi partly dark red-brown. Vestiture whitish.
METASOMA. Integument black, except T1 to a variable extend apically red, T2 red with a black spot anterior-medially, T3 either like T2 or in some specimens only apically with a red margin, T
4 in
some males with red basal and apical margins (
Fig. 3C
). T1 completely and T2 – T3 on disc sparsely covered with a few long erect yellowish-white hairs; T4 – T6 covered with short black hairs; apical tergal hair band missing on T1, on T2 – T5 narrow and sparsely white (
Fig. 3C
). Terga impunctate, finely shagreened with a silky shine (
Fig. 3C
).
TERMINALIA. Genitalia (
Fig. 3
G-H), S6 (
Fig. 3D
), S7 (
Fig. 3E
) and terminal plate of S8 (
Fig. 3F
) as illustrated.
Distribution
This species is only known from a few localities from Clanwilliam to the Nieuwoudtville area (
Fig. 4
).
Floral hosts
All specimens collected on the farms Papkuilsfontein and Glen Lyon were collected on
Polygalaceae
:
Nylandtia scoparia
.
Seasonal activity
July – September.