Redivivoides kamieskroonensis, Kuhlmann, 2012

Kuhlmann, Michael, 2012, Revision of the South African endemic bee genus Redivivoides Michener, 1981 (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Melittidae), European Journal of Taxonomy 34, pp. 1-34 : 9-11

Redivivoides kamieskroonensis sp. nov.

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Diagnosis

Females of R. kamieskroonensis sp. nov. can be separated from other Redivivoides species by their extensively and brightly red metasomal terga ( Fig. 6D ) in combination with the head that is distinctly wider than long ( Fig. 6B ). Unlike other species the propodeal triangle is weakly shagreened. The male is unknown.

Etymology

Named after the town Kamieskroon in NW South Africa, in the vicinity of which this species was discovered.

Type material (2 specimens)

Holotype

♀, 16-17 Sep. 2001, C. Eardley / Redivivoides sp. 3, det. C.D. Eardley 2008 / (blue label): SANC-Pretoria, Database No: HYMA 08832. SOUTH AFRICA: N Cape, Dassiefontein Farm, 14 km E Kamieskroon , 30°09’ S, 17°59’ E.

Paratype

SOUTH AFRICA: 1 ♀, NCP, Dassiefontein Farm , 14 road km E Kamieskroon [30°09’31” S, 17°59’96” E], 760 m, 16-17 Sep. 2001 ( CUIC) .

Description

Female

BODY LENGTH. 12.0 mm.

HEAD. Head much 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 ( Fig. 6B ). Clypeus almost flat, slightly convex in profile in the lower part and slightly concave in the upper part, apico-medially and apical margin impunctate; clypeus otherwise densely (i ≤ d) covered with small punctures that become gradually smaller and denser towards the clypeal margins; surface between punctures shiny ( Fig. 6B ). Malar area medially about 1/4 to 1/5 as long as width of mandible base. Antenna black, ventrally reddish-brown.

MESOSOMA. Integument black. Mesoscutal disc between punctures smooth and shiny; disc densely (i = 0.5-1.0 d) and finely punctate ( Fig. 6C ). Mesoscutum, scutellum, metanotum, mesepisternum and propodeum covered with long yellowish to whitish-grey erect hairs, on the disc of mesoscutum intermixed with black hairs.

WINGS. Yellowish-brown; wing venation dark reddish brown.

LEGS. Integument black, partly dark red-brown. Vestiture dark brown, scopae blackish-brown ( Fig. 6A ).

METASOMA. Integument mostly black, red are the apical part of T1, all of T2 except for a small black spot anterior-medially, T3 except for a large black spot in the same position and apical margin of T4 ( Fig. 6D ). T1 and T2 on disc with long erect yellowish-white hairs; T3 – T4 covered with mostly blackish and very short erect hairs; apical tergal hair bands on T1 – T4 medially broad, consisting of short sparse white hairs; prepygidial and pygidial fimbriae black ( Fig. 6A, D ). Terga impunctate, finely shagreened with a silky shine ( Fig. 6D ).

Male

Unknown.

Distribution

This species is only known from a single locality near Kamieskroon ( Fig. 9 ).

Floral hosts

Unknown.

Seasonal activity

September.

Figures

Fig. 6. Redivivoides kamieskroonensis sp. nov., ♀. A. Lateral view. B. Head. C. Scutum and scutellum. D. Metasoma (dorsal view). Scale bar: 1 mm.

Fig. 9. Distribution of Redivivoides eardleyi sp. nov., R. kamieskroonensis sp. nov. and R. namaquaensis sp. nov. in South Africa.