Habropoda tainanicola tainanicola Strand, 1913

Dubitzky, Andreas, 2007, Revision of the Habropoda and Tetralonioidella species of Taiwan with comments on their host-parasitoid relationships (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Apidae), Zootaxa 1483 (1), pp. 41-68 : 46-47

Habropoda tainanicola tainanicola Strand, 1913

( Figs 2C, D , 4E, F, 5A)

Anthophora (Habropoda) tainanicola tainanicola Strand, 1913: 51–52 . Type locality: Tainan (Taiwan). Lectotype ♀ (herewith designated), Paralectotypes 4 ♀♀ DEI (examined).

Female. BL: 12.9–14.4 mm (13.5 mm). FWL: 9.7–10.4 mm (10.1 mm).

Structure. Head about 1.4 times as broad as long. Proboscis long in repose, reaching mesocoxa. Galea fine and densely tesselate, dull, with sparse, shallow punctation. Labrum about 1.5 times broader than long, with dense punctation on disc. Area before apical margin of labrum with two tooth-like projections (or processes) medially. Apical margin of clypeus with distinct incision in the middle. Clypeus tesselate, dull except shiny triangular flattened area along apical margin. Punctation of clypeus dense to very dense (<<1), shallow. SCA dull, with fine and dense punctation. Other parts of head smooth to weakly tesselate, with small and dense punctation (=1). Scape about as long as AS 3 and AS 4 together, with large sparse punctation ventrally. AS 3 cylindrical basally and conical apically, about 1.3 times as long as AS 4 and AS 5 together. Mesoscutum tesselate, dull to weakly shiny, with large dense (<1) punctation. Punctation of scutellum distinctly smaller, denser (<<1) than on mesoscutum. Metanotum tesselate, shiny, with similar but sparser punctation than on scutellum. Propodeum tesselate, shiny, with large sparse punctation laterally and impunctate median line forming trapezoid impunctate area in the middle. Punctation and surface of mesepisternum similar to mesoscutum. All T tesselate, dull, with dense, inconspicuous punctation except impunctate marginal zone. S tesselate, weakly shiny, with dense punctation.

Integument colour. Colour of body black to blackish brown. Mandible yellowish to reddish brown basally, black apically. Labrum yellowish brown. Clypeus dark brown, sometimes with yellowish brown to yellow maculation apically. Antenna blackish brown except apical part of AS 3– AS 11 bright yellowish brown beneath. Legs chestnut brown (coxa to tibia basally) to yellowish brown (apical part of tibia to tarsus). All T black except amber transparent marginal zone. All S blackish brown with bright yellowish brown maculations, mostly apically.

Pubescence. Ventral margin of mandible with long, brown hairs. Labrum with long, distinct hairbrush of dense, yellowish grey hairs. Lateral parts of clypeus, POA, SCA and main parts of frons, with short and dense, yellowish white pubescence, intermixed with long blackish brown hairs. Vertex with long, blackish brown hairs. Ventral part of GA and occiput with bright, yellowish grey pubescence. Thorax with long, blackish brown pubescence, except ventral part of mesepisternum with long yellowish grey hairs. Forefemur with long blackish brown hairs, intermixed with long yellowish grey hairs. Pubescence of foretibia brown (basally) to yellowish brown (apically). Foretarsus with simple, bright orange-grey hairs. Middle and hind legs from coxa to femur with mostly blackish brown pubescence. Pubescence of middle tibia and tarsus similar to that of forelegs. Tibial scopa of hind leg bright orange. Inner side of hind tibia with short and dense, mostly brown hairs. All T with variably coloured pubescence, T1 mostly with long blackish brown hairs, T2–T3 with black hairs, often intermixed with orange pubescence and T4–T6 with bright orange pubescence. S1–S4 with long, brown to orange hair fringe apically and inconspicuous, short, yellowish grey hairs basally. S5 with dense brush of reddish brown to orange hairs on apical half.

Male. BL: 11.9–13.1 mm (12.6 mm). FWL: 8.8–9.7 mm (9.26 mm).

As in female except for normal secondary sexual characteristics and as in the follow: AS 3 distinctly shorter than in female, about 1/3 shorter than AS 4 and AS 5 together ( Fig. 2D ); AS 4 and AS 5 ( Fig. 2D ) distinctly longer than broad; mandible ivory transparent with black apical region; clypeus ivory with a teardropshaped black maculation laterally ( Fig. 2C ); labrum bright yellowish brown to yellowish transparent; ventral part of SCA, POA and ventral surface of scape ivory ( Fig. 2C ); tegula brown, paler than in female; pubescence of head mostly bright yellowish grey except few single blackish brown hairs on lateral parts of clypeus, SCA and vertex; thorax with long dense, yellowish grey hairs, on mesoscutum intermixed with sparse long blackish brown hairs; coxa to femur of all legs with long yellowish grey hairs ventrally; tibia and tarsus of fore and middle leg with bright orange, long pubescence; distal tarsal segments of hind leg with short yellow to orange hairs; T with medium long yellowish orange pubescence; S1–S3 with long fringe of yellowish grey hairs apically; S4 and S5 with inconspicuous short, yellowish grey hairs medially and dense brush of yellowish orange hairs laterally; S6 nearly bare, except brush of short dense hairs apically; S7 (Fig. 4E) with concave apical incision, ventral surface with strong, dense, apical hairs; S8 (Fig. 4F) with very slight incision apically.

Male genitalia ( Fig. 5A ). DGS long, nearly twice as long as VGS, spatulate apically; inner margin of spatulate part of DGS with long hairs, about as long as basal part. VGS longer than broad, with inconspicuous short hairs on ventral side.

Diagnosis. This species resembles very closely H. christineae sp. n., from which it can be distinguished by the characters given for the diagnosis for H. christineae sp. n.

Distribution. The species is mainly known from the lowland to low hill countryside of Taiwan, such as Neihu (Taipei Hsien), Fushan (Taipei Hsien), Shihting (Taipei Hsien), Hokuto (Taipei Hsien), Tainan (Tainan Hsien) and Tungpu (Nantou Hsien). For seasonal and altitudinal distribution of this species, see Fig. 9 .

Material examined. Lectotype (by present designation to ensure the stability of the species status), 1 ♀, bearing labels with following original writing: " Formosa, Tainan, 7.IV.1911, leg. H. Sauter " . Paralectotypes, TAIWAN: 3 ♀♀, Tainan, 7.IV.1911, leg. H. Sauter ( DEI); 1 ♀ , TAIWAN: Hoozan , IV.1910, leg. Sauter ( DEI) . Other material. 5 ♀♀, 11 ♂♂, TAIWAN : 1 ♀ Fushan, Hsueshan Shanmo , ca. 650 m, 7.V.2001, leg. Schönitzer ( ZSM) ; 1 ♀, Tungpu , 1200 m, Nantou Hsien, 28.IV.-2.V.1981, T. Lin & C.J. Lee ( TARI) ; 1 ♀, Taipei, Neihu , 250 m, IV–V.1972, leg. Maa ( RMNH) ; 2 ♀♀, Shihting , at nest, 2.V.1976, leg. Lieftinck ( RMNH) ; 2 ♂♂, Taipei, Neihu , 11.IV.1973, leg. Maa ( RMNH) ; 2 ♂♂, Taipei, Neihu , ex colony, 28.III.–18.V.1974, leg. Maa ( RMNH) ; 1 ♂, Taipei, Neihu , 20.–25.III.1973, leg. Maa ( RMNH) ; 2 ♂♂, Hokuto , 7.III.1912, H. Sauter ( DEI) , erroneously determined as Anthophora bucconis Friese by Strand; 4 ♂♂, Taipei Hsien, Chu-Tze Lake, 570 m (locality name written in Chinese ), 20.IV.1956, col. K.S. Lin ( TARI, ZSM) .

Figures

FIGURE 2. Colour pattern of head (A, C, E, G) and basal AS (B, D, F, H) of male Habropoda of Taiwan. A, B, H. bucconis; C, D, H. tainanicola tainanicola; E, F, H. christineae; G, H, H. sinensis taiwana. Dotted lines indicate yellow to ivory areas (except on clypeus of H. tainanicola (C), dark maculations). Scale bars, 1 mm.

FIGURE 5. Genitalia of male Habropoda (left dorsal, right ventral view). A, H. tainanicola tainanicola; B, H. bucconis; C, H. christineae; D, H. sinensis taiwana. Scale bars, 500 µm.

FIGURE 9. Seasonal-altitudinal distribution pattern of Habropoda on Taiwan.