Colletes xuezhongi Niu, Zhu & Kuhlmann, 2013

Ferrari, Rafael R., Niu, Ze-Qing, Kuhlmann, Michael, Zhang, Dan & Zhu, Chao- Dong, 2021, The cellophane bees of Colletes Latreille (Hymenoptera: Colletidae) from Xizang (Tibet), China, Zootaxa 5022 (1), pp. 1-72 : 35-36

Colletes xuezhongi Niu, Zhu & Kuhlmann, 2013

( Figs 19C , 21A, 21B )

Colletes xuezhongi Niu, Zhu & Kuhlmann, 2013b: 114 (holotype ♀: China, Xizang, Gonjo Xian [IZCAS]).

Colletes xuezhongi ; Ascher & Pickering 2021.

Diagnosis. The female of C. xuezhongi (the male remains unknown) is recognizable through the following combination of features: bees relatively small (HW 2.7–2.8 mm), clypeus relatively sparsely punctate (i=1.0–2.0 complete apical band in the latter) and the T2 has a distinct basal band (T2 without basal band in the latter). Females of C. xuezhongi are also similar to those of C. inspersus , but they can be differentiated by the malar area 0.75× as long as basal width of mandible in the former (malar area 1.0× as long as basal width of mandible in the latter) and the paraocular area with only pale-yellow hairs in the former (paraocular area with pale-yellow and black hairs intermixed in the latter).

Material examined. Published records — CHINA, Xizang: Gonjo Xian , 30.86 98.27, 3500 m, 3.viii.1976, XZ Zhang, 1 ♀ ; YH Hang , 1 ♀ ; 4.viii.1976, XZ Zhang, 5 ♀; 5.viii.1976, XZ Zhang, 5 ♀.

New records —none.

Distribution. Western China (Xizang).

DNA barcode. Unavailable.

Floral hosts. Unknown.

Remarks. The male of C. xuezhongi is still unknown.

Figures

FIGURE 19. Confirmed geographic records of the Colletes species found in Xizang based on the examined material. (A) C. tibeticus; (B) C. xizangensis; (C) C. xuezhongi; (D) C. tuberculatus.

FIGURE 21. Colletes xuezhongi Niu, Zhu & Kuhlmann, 2013. Female: (A) habitus, lateral view; (B) face, frontal view. Scale bars: 2 mm.