Maculonomia (Maculonomia) rufocaudata ( Wu, 1988 )

Tran, Ngat Thi, Phuong, Lien Thi, Anh, Phuong Nguyen, Nguyen, Anh Duc & Engel, Michael S., 2025, New species and records of the nomiine bee genus Maculonomia Wu, 1982 from Vietnam (Hymenoptera, Halictidae), Zoosystema 47 (4), pp. 51-73 : 59-61

Maculonomia (Maculonomia) rufocaudata ( Wu, 1988)

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Nomia (Maculonomia) rufocaudata Wu, 1988: 546 .

Maculonomia rufocaudata – Pauly 2009: 163.

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Vietnam • 1 ♀; Lao Cai, Bat Xat, Y Ty , way to the red waterfall; 21°23’03.4”N, 105°42’42.6”E; alt. 1586 m; 9.V.2019; Nguyen L.T.P., Nguyen C.Q. leg.; IEBR • 1 ♀; same data; AMNH • 1 ♀; Son La, Bac Yen, Hang Dong , Hang Dong C village, Ta Xua special-use forest; 21°19’48”N, 104°32’21”E; alt. 1256 m; 24.VIII.2023; Tran D.D. leg.; IEBR.

REMARKS

Note that the apical enamel bands of the Vietnamese specimens are distinctly orange rather than the yellow of the Tibetan population.Despite this color variation, the specimens agree in all other respects with the species as characterized from Tibet.

Figures

FIG. 6. — Maculonomia (Maculonomia) rufocaudata (Wu, 1988), female from Lao Cai province: A, lateral habitus; B, dorsal habitus. Scale bars: 1 mm.

FIG. 7. — Maculonomia (Maculonomia) rufocaudata (Wu, 1988), female from Lao Cai province: A, facial view; B, mesosoma in dorsal view; C, metatibia showing the basal plate; D, metasoma in dorsal view. Scale bars: 1 mm.