Nomioides ( Erythronomioides ) socotranus Blüthgen, 1925

Straka, Jakub, Batelka, Jan & Pauly, Alain, 2017, Bees of the Socotra Archipelago (Hymenoptera: Anthophila), their biogeography and association with parasites, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae (Acta. Ent. Mus. Natl. Pragae) 57, pp. 183-219 : 204

Nomioides ( Erythronomioides) socotranus Blüthgen, 1925

( Figs 78–81 )

Nomioides socotrana Blüthgen, 1925: 84 ( type locality: Socotra, Ras Shoab).

Nomioides ( Erythronomioides) socotranus: PESENKO (1983) : 123, 177, figs 204, 250, 339, 340 (description of subgenus, lectotype designation).

Nomioides socotranus: PESENKO & PAULY (2005) : 168, 172–173, fig. 17; PESENKO & PAULY (2009): 221.

Material examined. Sokotra, Ras Shoab, 1 J ( lectotype), 1 J 2 ♀♀ ( paralectotypes), i.1899, O. Simony lgt., type material determined by P. Blüthgen, lectotype and paralectotypes designated by Yu. Pesenko ( NHMW).

Remarks. Described and known from three males and three females only. Distribution. Endemic to Socotra: Ras Shoab ( BLÜTHGEN 1925, PESENKO & PAULY 2005).

Figures

Figs 78–85. 78–81 – Nomioides socotranus Blüthgen, 1925. 78 – female, dorsal view; 79 – female, lateral view; 80 – female, frons; 81 – male, frons. 82–85 – Nomioides squamiger Saunders, 1908. 82 – female, dorsal view; 83 – male, dorsal view; 84 – female, lateral view; 85 – male, lateral view.