Eulaema (Apeulaema) cingulata (Fabricius 1804)

de Oliveira Andrade, Tamires, dos Santos Ramos, Kelli, Lopez-Uribe, Margarita M., Branstetter, Michael G. & Brandao, Carlos Roberto F., 2022, Integrative approach resolves the taxonomy of Eulaema cingulata (Hymenoptera, Apidae), an important pollinator in the Neotropics, Journal of Hymenoptera Research 94, pp. 247-269 : 247

Eulaema (Apeulaema) cingulata (Fabricius 1804)

Centris cingulata Fabricius 1804: 355. Lectotype female, ' America meridionalis ' (probably Guyana according to Moure 1960).

Eulaema cajennensis Lepeletier 1841: 14. Lectotype male, French Guiana, Cayenne.

Eulaema fasciata Lepeletier 1841: 12. Lectotype female, French Guiana, Cayenne.

Eulaema (Apeulaema) marcii Nemésio 2009: 175. Holotype male, Brazil, Minas Gerais.

Eulaema (Apeulaema) pseudocingulata Oliveira 2006: 122. Holotype male, Brazil: Amazonas. New synonymy.

Diagnosis and comments.

We recognized the taxon present in the Amazon forest under the name E. pseudocingulata as a junior synonym of E. cingulata , in light of the morphometric and phylogenetic data presented here. E. cingulata includes individuals with velvety areas of the midtibia that vary in width of the smooth area near the posterior edge (Fig. 1B, E ). The basal tuft can be narrower or wider and slightly sloping. Other characters in this species include the labrum with lateral carina smoothly curved at the apex and ending distantly the edge of the clypeus, and the middle carina much shorter than lateral carina. The color of the metasomal hairs varies from orange to a light yellowish color (Fig. 7A-D ). The material examined is the same as referenced in the Suppl. material 1: tables S1, S2. Lectotype of Eulaema cingulata was examined by the images available in Nemésio (2009) and the holotype of E. pseudocingulata in Almeida et al. (2020).

Figures

Figure 1. A, B male specimen of Eulaema cingulata from Sergipe, Brazil A body in dorsal view B velvety area in the mid tibia C geographical distribution of E. cingulata in green D, E male specimen of E. pseudocingulata from Para, Brazil D body in dorsal view E velvety area in the mid tibia F geographical distribution of E. pseudocingulata in green.

Figure 7. Color of the pilosity on the metasoma of males from Amazon Forest A Eulaema cingulata (Brazil, Para, Cachimbo) B Eulaema cingulata (Brazil, Para) C Eulaema pseudocingulata (Brazil, Para, Canaa dos Carajas) D Eulaema pseudocingulata (Brazil, Acre, Rio Branco).