Hylaeus (Prosopis) stellatus ( WARNCKE, 1992 )

Özbek, Hikmet & Dathe, Holger H., 2020, The bees of the genus Hylaeus FABRICIUS, 1793 of Turkey, with keys to the subgenera and species (Hymenoptera: Anthophila, Colletidae), Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology 70 (2), pp. 273-346 : 332

Hylaeus (Prosopis) stellatus ( WARNCKE, 1992)

Fig. 14

Prosopis (Nesoprosopis) duckei stellata WARNCKE, 1992: 772 , . Turkey: Hakkâri, Varegös.

Hylaeus (Prosopis) stellatus ( WARNCKE, 1992) – DATHE & PROSHCHALYKIN 2018: 74.

Material examined: Antalya: 72 km SW, Finike, Arif Köyü, Arıkanda , 36°28N 30°07E, 11.07.1998, 2 , leg. C. Schmid-Egger.

Remarks: WARNCKE (1992) described H. stellatus as a subspecies of H. duckei , Prosopis duckei stellata . He correctly recognized that this taxon is different to H. duckei s. str., especially in structures of the integument. A number of habitual, colour and sculpture features could be added here, including marked differences in the male terminalia. For the subspecies status, however, no argument is evident. In this study, the species has only been newly found in Antalya, but it is recorded for the first time since the description. In addition, its occurrence in the Mediterranean region is new. DATHE & PROSHCHALYKIN (2018) stated: “This species is by no means isolated and restricted to the southeast of Turkey, as WARNCKE (1972) suspects. It is known from Israel and Kazakhstan.” It has a sporadic distribution in Turkey. This species lives in both cooler (Hakkâri) and warmer (Antalya) regions. It has been collected in Turkey only sparsely (4 provinces).

Distribution: Israel, Kazakhstan, Turkey ( DATHE & PROSHCHALYKIN 2018). In Turkey: Hakkâri, Siirt and Şırnak ( WARNCKE 1992); Antalya.

Figures

Fig. 14: H. (Prosopis) stellatus (WARNCKE, 1992). Holotype female: a–face, b–mesonotum, c–mesopleuron, d–propodeum and metasoma. Paratype male: e–face, f–mesonotum, g–mesopleuron, h–propodeum and metasoma, i–terminalia. – Scale bar 0.5 mm.