Scrapter flavitarsis Cockerell, 1936
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Scrapter flavitarsis Cockerell, 1936
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Scrapter flavitarsis Cockerell, 1936: 481 , lectotype ♂ [designated by Eardley 1996] (type locality: Cape Town, South Africa) (NHML), examined.
Diagnosis
The female of S. flavitarsis can be separated from that of all other species of this group by the following character combination: no T3 anterior of premarginal line no row of points ( Fig. 21E View Fig ); punctation of scutum dense (i = 0.5–1 d) ( Fig. 21C View Fig ); propodeum partly with carinae, matt ( Fig. 21D View Fig ). The male of the species S. flavitarsis can be separated from that of all other species of this group by the combination of the following characters: basal punctation of discs of T1–T4 dense (i = 1 d), apically shallower, finer, and sparse (i = 1–2 d) ( Fig. 22D View Fig ); tarsi yellow ( Fig. 22A View Fig ) and form of S7 ( Fig. 23C View Fig ).
Material examined (4 specimens)
SOUTH AFRICA • 1 ♂; E Cape, Riet River ; 33°34′ S, 27°01′ E; 5 m a.s.l.; 19 Apr. 1983; UR leg.; SANC GoogleMaps • 1 ♂; Cape Town; 33°57′ S, 18°27′ E; 5 m a.s.l.; 1914; GP leg.; RCMK GoogleMaps • 1 ♀, 1 ♂; Cape Town; Zeekoe Vlei ; 34°03′ S, 18°31′ E; 25 m a.s.l.; 9 Jun. 1934; JO leg.; NHML GoogleMaps .
Description
Female
BODY LENGTH. 8 mm.
HEAD. Missing.
MESOSOMA. Integument brownish-black to black, pronotal lobe yellowish-white. Scutum irregularly punctate, laterally denser (i = 0.5 d) than medially (i = 1–2 d), surface between punctures smooth and shiny ( Fig. 21C View Fig ). Metanotum less than half as long as scutellum. Propodeum basally broadly, finely carinate, surface with fine punctation, causing shimmering ( Fig. 21D View Fig ). Scutum, scutellum, metanotum, mesepisternum and propodeum sparsely covered with long, brownish to greyish, erect hair.
WINGS. Yellowish-brown, stigma and wing venation brownish ( Fig. 21A View Fig ).
LEGS. Integument brownish, tarsi yellowish-brown. Vestiture and scopa greyish-white ( Fig. 21A View Fig ).
METASOMA. Integument brownish, marginal zones yellowish-brown.Anterolaterally on T2–T3 hair field; T4 nearly completely sparsely haired with short, greyish-yellow, erect hair.T3 anterior of premarginal line with row of hairs across whole width of tergum ( Fig. 21E View Fig ). Prepygidial and pygidial fimbriae yellowish-grey. Discs of T1–T3 finely puncticulate ( Fig. 21F View Fig ); surface between punctures matt ( Fig. 21E View Fig ).
Male
BODY LENGTH. 6.5 mm.
HEAD. Slightly wider than long. Integument black, mandibles dark brownish. Face densely covered with long, white, erect hair. Malar area medially narrow, slightly curved. Antennal flagella ventrally yellow, dorsally black.
MESOSOMA. Integument black. Scutum densely (i = 1–2 d) punctate, surface between punctures matt ( Fig. 22B View Fig ). Propodeum basally coarsely carinate, posterior third with finer carinae ( Fig. 22C View Fig ). Scutum, scutellum, metanotum, mesepisternum and propodeum densely covered with long, greyish, erect hair.
WINGS. Yellowish-brown, stigma and wing venation light brownish ( Fig. 22A View Fig ).
LEGS. Integument black, fore and mid tibia with yellow spot. Vestiture greyish-white. Tarsi yellow ( Fig. 22A View Fig ).
METASOMA. Integument black, marginal zone light brownish. Disc of T1 with single greyish-white, erect middle-long hairs ( Fig. 23A View Fig ), T2–T4 basally greyish, dense, middle-long, erect hair band, covering three quarters of terga ( Fig. 22D View Fig ). T3 anterior of premarginal line with row of erect, greyish hair which gets shorter the farther posterior it is. Punctation on disc of T1 fine, sparse (i = 3–4 d) and shallow ( Fig. 23A View Fig ). Discs of T2–T4 basally more densely (i = 1 d) and finer punctate than apically (i = 2–3 d); medially more densely than laterally ( Fig. 22D View Fig ). T1–T4 anterior of premarginal line with row of points ( Fig. 22D View Fig ).
TERMINALIA. Genitalia ( Fig. 23B View Fig ), S7 ( Fig. 23C View Fig ) and terminal plate of S8 ( Fig. 23D View Fig ) as illustrated.
Distribution
There are only four specimens that at present can be clearly assigned to this species. They have been recorded from the south coast of South Africa between Cape Town and Riet River east of Port Alfred.
Floral hosts
Unknown.
Seasonal activity
April–June.
Remarks
Eardley (1996) synonymized this species with S. opacus .
The only female specimen of S. flavitarsis available to us is damaged. In addition, a large series of females was examined by us that morphologically correspond to S. flavitarsis but were collected in November instead of April/June. It seems unusual and unlikely to us that a single species is active in very different seasons so we preliminarily refrain from assigning these bees to S. flavitarsis and instead label them as S. sp. flavitarsis until the situation can be clarified. Material examined of this taxon is recorded below:
SOUTH AFRICA • 71 ♀♀; same collection data as for holotype; 6 Nov. 1999; MS/MH leg.; OÖLM • 9 ♀♀; same collection data as for holotype; RCMK • 1 ♀; same collection data as for holotype; SANC .
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Scrapter flavitarsis Cockerell, 1936
Mack, Anne & Kuhlmann, Michael 2023 |
Scrapter flavitarsis
Cockerell T. D. A. 1936: 481 |