Hypotrigona ruspolii (Magretti, 1898)
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Hypotrigona ruspolii (Magretti, 1898) |
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Hypotrigona ruspolii (Magretti, 1898) View in CoL
(Figs 9-12, 13b, 14)
Trigona ruspolii MAGRETTI, 1898a: 27–28 View in CoL . Type locality: “Una bella serie di individui raccolti la maggior parte lungo il Daua e l’Uebi, qualcuno a Dolo” (MCSN). Worker lectotype: Ethiopia, Daua, leg. E. Ruspoli (MCSNG), designated here (examined). Two worker paratypes, "Daua", 1892, leg. E. Ruspoli (MNHUB), examined by Eardley 2005.
TYPE LOCALITY. “Daua” is the Dawa river in SE Ethiopia ; Dolo (4°11’N 42°03’E) is a village at the junction of the Web, the Ganale and the Daua; “El Uebi” is also a river in SE Ethiopia GoogleMaps .
DISTRIBUTION. Angola, Cameroon, Congo, East Africa, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Nigeria,
Sao Thomé, Senegal, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Zimbabwe ( EARDLEY, 2005).
OLD MATERIAL. ETHIOPIA. Daua , leg. E. Ruspoli, 1892-93, 6D paratypes ( MCSNG). – Ueb, leg. E. Ruspoli, 1892-93, 3D paratypes, 2♂ paratype; var a, 3D paratype, var b, 1D paratype, var c, 1D paratype ( MCSNG). – Gambella, II.1948, 1D, leg. K.M. Guichard ( BMNH) ( EARDLEY, 2005) (not examined) .
NEW MATERIAL.
ETHIOPIA. SOUTHERN. Weyito , 5°20’N 37°03’E, 22.IX.2012, on sweat, 9D, leg. A. Pauly ( RBINS, HBRC) GoogleMaps .
a - dorsal habitus b - scutum
c - head d - hind tibia
Fig. 9. Hypotrigona ruspolii , worker lectotype (a,b) and paratype (c,d) from Daua ( MCSNG).
a - var a b - var b
d - white scutellum (var c)
Fig. 10. Hypotrigona ruspolii , varieties from El Uebi following MAGRETTI, 1898. Specimens with white scutellum are probably not chitinized and collected from nests.
a - dorsal habitus b - scutum and scutellum
Fig. 11. Hypotrigona ruspolii , specimen from Weyito.
c - head d - metasoma with white margins Fig. 11 (continued). Hypotrigona ruspolii , specimen from Weyito.
a - dorsal habitus b - lateral habitus
c - head and mesosoma d - genitalia
Fig. 12. Hypotrigona ruspolii , male paratype from El Uebi.
a- Hypotrigona gribodoi b - Hypotrigona ruspolii Fig. 13. Distribution maps of Hypotrigona in Ethiopia.
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Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences |
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Hypotrigona ruspolii (Magretti, 1898)
Pauly, Alain & Hora, Zewdu Ararso 1787 |
Trigona ruspolii
MAGRETTI P. 1898: 28 |