Colletes flavicornis Morawitz 1876

Kuhlmann, Michael & Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu., 2013, The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia, Zootaxa 3750 (5), pp. 401-449 : 420-421

Colletes flavicornis Morawitz 1876

Colletes flavicornis Morawitz1876: 267 –268, ♀, ♂ (lectotype –♂, designated here // gold circle // Kizylkum [ Kazakhstan] // flavicornis Mor. Typ. , handwritten by F. Morawitz // lectotype Colletes flavicornis Morawitz 1876 design. Kuhlmann et Proshchalykin 2013, typewritten red label, examined [ZISP]).

Material examined. Kazakhstan. Aktyubins Prov.: 1 ♂, Chelkar [57º10'E 50º17'N], 2.VI.1928, VBP (ZISP); Kyzylorda Prov.: 70 ♂, Aralskoe More (=Aralsk) [68º45'E 40º60'N], 31.V.1928, VBP (ZISP/IZKU); Akmolinsk Prov.: 16 ♂, Kokshetay Mt., Tersakkan River [70º12'E 53º05'N], 16.VI.1957, VRR (ZISP); Yuzhno- Kazakhstanskaya Prov.: 1 ♀, 1 ♂, Chardara [67º58'E 41º15'N], Morawitz’s coll. (ZISP); 2 ♀, 1 ♂, Kyzylkum [68º00'E 42º00'N], Morawitz’s coll. (ZISP); 2 ♀, 20 ♂, Lake Charbarinskoe, Chordara, Wof Tashkent [67º58'E 41º15'N], 180 m, OTA, RMU (KUFJ); 3 ♂, Komsomolskoe, Kyzylkum desert (N of Chardara) [67º58'E 41º15'N], OTA (KUFJ); Zhambyl Prov.: 1 ♀, 1 ♂, NW of Tatti, Muyunkum desert (N of Talas) [73º18'E 43º12'N], OTA, RMU (KUFJ/RCMK); 7 ♂, S of Balkhash Lake, 6 km E Mulaly [78º24'E 45º26'N], V. Gurko (OÖLM). Uzbekistan. Navoiy Prov.: 3 ♂, Bukantau Mts., Tshingildy [63º28'E 42º36'N], V. Gurko (OÖLM); Syrdar’ya Prov.: 1 ♂, Karmakchi [64º05'E 45º25'N], 23.V.1928, VBP (ZISP). Turkmenistan. Lebap Prov.: 2 ♀, Repetek [63º10'E 38º34'N], 13.V.1889, Morawitz’s coll. (ZISP); 1 ♂, 24.VI.1937, Yu. Kostylev (ZMMU); 36 ♂, 5.V.1978, YUP (ZISP); 1 ♂, Uch-Adzhi [62º48'E 38º05'N], 1–3.V.1929, ASH (ZISP). Tajikistan. Region of Republican Subordination: 3 ♂, Petra Velikogo Ridge, Zakh-Bursi [71º40'E 41º10'N], 5.VII.1913, Golbeck (IZKU/ZISP); Khatlon Prov.: 12 ♂, Kurgan-tyube [69º35'E 37º46'N], 24–25.VII.1913, Golbeck’s coll. (ZISP).

Published records. Noskiewicz (1936: 260); Kuhlmann (2005: 1371); Kuhlmann (2009a: 17): Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan.

General distribution. Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, * Tajikistan.

Colletes kaline Kuhlmann & Proshchalykin sp. nov. ( Figs 5 a–e)

Diagnosis. Colletes kaline is closely related to C. pallipes . With the latter and the females of C. rubripes and C. skorikowi , both from the C. squamosus -group, C. kaline shares the conspicuously raised clypeus ( Fig. 5 c). However, C. kaline differs from these three species by its metasomal terga that are completely and densely covered with short appressed hairs hiding the sculpture of the terga ( Fig. 5 a, e) while in the other species the discs of T2 – T6 are at least medially narrowly hairless.

Description. Female. Bl = 10.0–11.0 mm. Head. Head wider than long. Integument black except part of mandible, apical part of malar area, labrum and part of clypeus dark reddish-brown. Face except clypeus densely covered with long, whitish-grey, erect hairs ( Fig. 5 c–d). Clypeus distinctly raised, convex and with a shallow longitudinal median depression, supraclypeal area triangular and convex in profile. Clypeus finely and scattered punctate (i = 3–4d), in median depression slightly coarser and denser (i = 1d); surface between punctures smooth and shiny ( Fig. 5 d). Malar area medially about ½ as long as width of mandible base, partly finely punctate. Antenna black, ventrally bright yellowish-brown. Mesosoma. Integument black. Mesoscutal disc impunctate, smooth and shiny. Scutellum anteriorly impunctate with more dense punctation apically, surface smooth and shiny ( Fig. 5 b). Mesoscutum, mesepisternum and propodeum covered with greyish to yellowish-white, erect hairs ( Fig. 5 a, b). Wings. Very slightly yellowish; wing venation and stigma light yellowish-brown. Legs. Integument light to dark reddish-brown; tarsi partly yellowish-brown. Vestiture whitish to greyish, scopa white. Metasoma. Integument black to dark reddish-brown, depressed apical tergal margins yellowish translucent ( Fig. 5 e). Terga densely covered with short, appressed white to yellowish-white hairs; on T1 anteriorly with a few long, erect white hairs; apical tergal hair band moderately wide and often indistinguishable from the pilosity of the discs ( Fig. 5 a, e). Terga densely and very finely punctate (i <d), between punctures smooth and shiny ( Fig. 5 e).

Male. Unknown.

Type material (4 specimens). Holotype, female, Turkmenistan: Lebap Prov., Repetek (63°10'E 38°34'N), 24.VI.1937, Yu. Kostylev (ZMMU).

Paratype: 1 ♀, same dates as holotype (RCMK); 2 ♀, Turkmenistan: Repetek (63°10'E 38°34'N), 13.– 18.V.1977, V. Kaplin (IBSS, RCMK).

Etymology. The name highlights the fact that in this species only the female is known. In Masematte “ Kaline ” means “girl” and is here used as a noun in apposition. Masematte is a regional sociolect or social dialect that was exclusively used in the poorer urban quarters of the city of Münster (NW Germany). It belongs to Rotwelsch which is a secret language of thieves, beggars and hustlers (Thieves´cant or Rogues´cant) primarily spoken in parts of Germany and Switzerland.

General distribution. Only known from the type locality in Turkmenistan.

Floral hosts. unknown.

Seasonal activity (first–last observations). V–VI.

Figures

FIGURE 5. Colletes kaline Kuhlmann & Proshchalykin sp. nov., female: a. specimen, lateral view; b. scutum and scutellum; c. head, lateral view; d. head, frontal view; e. metasomal terga 1 and 2. Scale bar: 1 mm.