Schwarzia emmae Eardley, 2009

Bossert, Silas, 2019, Monotypic no more - a new species of the unusual genus Schwarzia (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Biastini), Journal of Hymenoptera Research 69, pp. 23-37 : 30-31

Schwarzia emmae Eardley, 2009

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Material examined.

KENYA: Rift Valley Province , Mathews Range , Sarara Camp , 1.1°N, 37.387°E, 10.-13.VI.1998, leg. R. Copeland, Malaise trap, 1♂, 1♀, dep. in USNM. Eastern Province , near Athi River, Tsavo East National Park, 2°37'S, 38°22'E, 10.VI.1998, leg. R. Copeland, Malaise trap, 1♂, 1♀, dep. in USNM .

Distribution.

With two newly reported collecting sites, the species is now known from a total of five different localities in Kenya and Tanzania (Fig. 5 ).

Figures

Figure 2. Comparison of selected diagnostic characteristics of males of Schwarzia elizabethae Bossert, sp. n. (left column: A, C, E, G) vs. S. emmae Eardley, 2009 (right column: B, D, F, H) A-B discs of T 1 and T 2 C-D head characteristics in lateral view. Arrows point to finely pitted protrusions on frontal area of S. emmae and to the intended inner margin of the compound eye E-F antennae G-H tegulae.

Figure 4. Comparison of selected diagnostic characteristics of females of Schwarzia elizabethae Bossert, sp. n. (left column: A, C, E) vs. S. emmae Eardley, 2009 (right column: B, D, F) A-B discs of T 1 and T 2 C-D head characteristics in lateral view. Arrows point to finely pitted protrusions on frontal area of S. emmae and to the intended inner margin of the compound eye E-F details of T 5. Arrows point to the differently curved median area of the disc.

Figure 5. Distribution map of Schwarzia, including the reported localities from Eardley (2009). Shown are selected towns near the collection localities.

Figure 6. Schwarzia emmae Eardley, 2009, male A habitus, dorsal view B head, frontal view. Dotted line highlights the paired protrusions on the frontal area, which are noticeably more finely pitted than the surround areas C habitus, lateral view D head, dorsal view. Scale bars: 1 mm.

Figure 7. Comparison of modified apical terga of different female Biastini A Biastes brevicornis B Neopasites fulviventris C Schwarzia emmae. Scale bars: 1 mm.