Hylaeus (Prosopis) purpurissatus (Vachal, 1895), 2022

Risch, Stephan, Roberts, Stuart P. M., Smit, Jan, Wood, Thomas J., Michez, Denis & Reverté, Sara, 2023, The new annotated checklist of the wild bees of Europe (Hymenoptera: Anthophila), Zootaxa 5327 (1), pp. 1-147 : 50

Hylaeus (Prosopis) purpurissatus (Vachal, 1895)

( Figs 11C, D )

A sixth species has been recently recognized within the H. gibbus species-group, H. purpurissatus , which has regularly been referred to as Prosopis stigmorhina Pérez, 1895 (= H. stigmorhinus ) in the past ( Le Divelec 2022).

Species recorded in Europe after 2017

Figures

FIGURE 11. A. Hylaeus pallidicornis Morawitz, 1876 female, habitus in lateral view. The European records of Hylaeus breviceps Morawitz, 1876 in Dathe (1980) refer to this species (Dathe & Proshchalykin 2017). B. H. pallidicornis female, head in frontal view. C. Hylaeus purpurissatus (Vachal, 1895) female, habitus in lateral view. Examination of type series by Le Divelec (2022) revealed that H. purpurissatus is the senior synonym of Hylaeus stigmorhinus (Pérez, 1895). D. H. purpurissatus female, head in frontal view. Pictures A and B by Paolo Rosa, pictures C and D by Romain Le Divelec.