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Hymenoptera, Andrenidae) Maxillary Palpus Long and Narrow ©Bembix, Christian Schmid-Egger; download unter http://bembix.de oder www.zobodat.at ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Description of the taxa Head. Labrum short, yellow, very hairy, the lamella undistinct. Glossa a bit Female of Camptopoeum (Epimethea) longer than galea, apically acuminate. Description of Two New Panurginae Species from the abbasi (Warncke, 1985) Palearctic (Hymenoptera, Andrenidae) Maxillary palpus long and narrow. Galeal Label: TURKMENIA Sandikatzi env. 3. comb little developed. Clypeus, lateral 13.5.1993 leg. K. Dene. Figure 1 and 2. ventral parts of face, ventral parts of the SÉBASTIEN PATINY genae, supraclypeal area, scapus and Head. Labral lamella subtrapezoidal, ventral face of funicule yellow. Front and Abstract: Two bee specimens found in the Linz collections (Austria) are described. The laterally angulous. Glossa about as short vertex black, lightely chagrinated and first one is the previously undescribed female of Panurgus abbasi Warncke, 1985. The as galea. Maxillar palpus long and nar- punctured. Foveae faciales superficial. second one is a new Meliturgula Friese, 1903 Meliturgula denesia sp.n. from Jordan, row. Clypeus strongly and sparsely Thorax. Posterior margin of pronotum collected rather far, then, from South-Africa from where the majority of species in this punctured. Foveae faciales about twice and distal lobi light yellow. Mesonotum ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ genus are described. ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ as long than wide. Face entirely yellow, and scutellum chagrinated, not shining; Zusammenfassung: Zwei Bienen aus der Sammlung in Linz (Österreich) werden black are the front and a bond beyond very lightely and sparsely punctured. beschrieben: Das unbeschriebene Weibchen von Panurgus abbasi Warncke, 1985, und each antenna. Mid face with an Y-shaped Postscutellum and scutellum lateral ex- Meliturgula denesia sp.n. aus Jordanien. mark surrounding, at the top, the me- tremities yellow. Propodeum and pleu- dian ocellus. Thorax. Posterior margin rae mainly blackish with some small yel- Key words: Hymenoptera; Andrenidae; Panurginae; Meliturgula; Camptopoeum; new species; Palearctic. of pronotum widely yellow, this color low marks, cuticula chagrinated and extending to mesopleurae anterior part sparsely punctured; propodeal area and tegulae. Scutellum and postscutel- more strongly sculpturated. Anterior Introduction urgus (Camptopoeum) abbasi Warncke, lum also yellow. Mesonotum widely wings with three submarginal cells. The 1985 found in the Bandar Abbas dunes. smooth and shining, black. Wings with a second narrow, the first median vein alearctic Panurginae are poorly This taxon is, in fact, a large typical distal dark zone. Pilosity of mesonotum posteriorly branched. Alar venation P known. Few works deal with their short-tongued Camptopoeum species anterior part reduced and very short. brownish-yellow. Pilosity of head and systematics. The phylogenetic aspects (Epimethea Morawitz, 1896 group). Sev- Legs yellow on the tip of the femora and thorax long and thin, poorly organized. were only approached by the Ruzs eral females were found, in association the following parts (tibiae and tarsi). Legs entirely yellow from the coxae on. (1986) and Warnckes (1972) studies. A with males, in recent Haladas samples Metasoma. Yellow bond on metasoma Pilosity abundant. Tarsi of anterior legs large revision of these species, actually from around Sandikatzi in Turkmenia. wide, covering parts of the terga from quite narrow. Scopae formed by long in preparation (Patiny 1998 a,b; 1999 The males series was compared with the end of the previous tergum to the hairs on tibiae and basitarsi. Second tibia a,b,c), lead the author to observe numer- original Warnckes material and the apical margin. Anterior part of terga spur long and about entirely smooth ous (more than 5,000) specimens from specimens appear fully identical. The black or blackish. Punctation of terga (without teeth). Metasoma. Metasoma American and European collections. Re- second species is an atypical Meliturgula light and sparse, cuticula very shiny. yellow with blackish marks on proximal cently, in a loan of undetermined bees taxon from Jordan. Meliturgula are very Pygidial plate wide and apically rounded, margins (T13 and 6) and lateral parts from the Linz museum, two quite inter- rare in Arabian region, they are only black. Sterna reddish. (all terga). Pygidial plate subtriangular, esting specimens were found. The first known by few species as M. (Meliturgula) yellow at basis and apically reddish. one is the undescribed female of Pan- scriptifrons (Walker, 1871), M. (Popovia) Sterna yellow, the last with darkish Meliturgula (Popovia) denesia sp. n. ornata (Popov, 1951), M. brevipennis marks. (Walker, 1871) genus incertus and the Holotype: one female labelled: Jor- Flavomeliturgula (being the sister genus dan mer. occ. Petra 14.5.95 K.Denes jun. bembiX 12 (1999): 2831; Bielefeld. Discussion of the Meliturgula s.str.). Moreover, the lgt, available in Linz Oberösterreichi- Anschrift des Autors: Sebastien Patiny present specimen present various inter- sches Landesmuseum (Austria). Figure It subsists few doubts about association Service de Zoologie générale et appliquée, esting morphologic singularities that 3. of Camptopoeum abbasi and its female Faculté universitaire des Sciences lead into a discussion about the system- Etymology: denesia is the feminisati- here described. Both sexes were found Agronomiques de Gembloux, 2 passage des déportés, 5030 Gembloux. Belgium. atic status of this species. on and latinisation of the collectors together at the same place by Halada, the [email protected] name: K. Dene. males of this sample were compared to 28 12 (1999) 12 (1999) 29 ©Bembix, Christian Schmid-Egger; download unter http://bembix.de oder www.zobodat.at ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ original material from Warncke and are Bibliography morphologically identical. Moreover, Patiny, S. (1998a): Description dun sous-genre males and females share a lot of charac- nouveau de Melitturga Latreille, 1809 (Hy- ters especially in conformation of mouth menoptera, Apoidea, Andrenidae). bembiX 10: 2933. parts and cuticula sculpture. Patiny, S. (1998b): Phylogeny and general bioge- The author saw the type of Poecilo- ography of Meliturgula Friese, 1903 species. melitta ornata Popov, 1951 (conserved 5th Benelux Congress of Zoology (abstract in St Petersburg). This species is very book). particular and has to be considered as Patiny, S. (1999a). Systématique générique et subgénérique des Melitturga Latreille - Meli- constituting a distinct subgenus of turgula Friese - Flavomeliturgula (Warncke) Meliturgula, Popovia, leading to a new (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae, Panurginae). Bull. combination: Meliturgula (Popovia) orna- Soc. ent Fr. In print. ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ ta (Popov, 1951). This type is a male Patiny, S. (1999b). Révision des Panurginae specimen captured, following Popov ouest-paléarctiques nappartenant pas à la (1951), in Arabia. The new species de- tribu des Melliturgini Michener, 1944 (Hy- menoptera, Andrenidae) Partie 1: Panurgus scribed here, Meliturgula denesia seems Panzer et Camptopoeum Spinola. In print. 1 to be morphologically strongly related to Patiny, S. (1999c): Etude phylogénétique des Pan- Popovs species. Several details in cuticu- urginae de lancien monde (Hymenoptera, Andrenidae). Linzer Biol. Beitr. In Print.. Figure 1 Camptopoeum (Epimethea) abbasi la sculpture, color panel, tarsus shape, Popov, V.B. (1951): Sur les genres Poecilomelitta Warncke, 1985, X habitus. alar venation and biogeography (very Friese et Meliturgula Friese (Hymenoptera, few species of Meliturgula are known Apoidea) en Arabie. Revue dEntomologie Figure 2 Camptopoeum (Epimethea) abbasi from Arabian peninsula) support this (URSS) XXXI(3-4): 577-586 (in Russian). Warncke, 1985, X face. opinion. Meliturgula denesia is describ- Ruz, L. (1986): Classification and phylogenetic ed here as a new distinct species, noth- relationships of the Panurgine bees (Hy- Figure 3 Meliturgula (Popovia) denesia, X ing permitting the association with M. menoptera - Andrenidae). Ph-D. Thesis, Uni- habitus. ornata, described on the basis of male versity of Kansas, 312 pp + 67 pls. Warncke, K. (1972): Westpaläarktische Bienen 2 specimen. Meanwhile, several details in Photos: S. Patiny der Unterfamilie Panurginae (Hym., Apidae). the morphology of these two species Pszczoly z podrodziny Panurginae (Hym., justify pooling them in a single sub- Apidae) w zachodniej Palearktyce. Polskie Pis. genus: Popovia. Discovery of one of the Ent. 52: 53108. two unknown sexes could certainly con- Warncke, K. (1985): Beiträge zur bienenfauna des Iran 19.-20. Die Gattungen Panurgus Pz. und firm this position. Melitturgula Fr. (Hymenoptera, Apidae). Bol. Mus. civ. Stor. nat. Venezia 34: 221235. Acknowledgements Author want to thank for their kind collabora- tion Dr. Y. Pesenko (St Petersburg), Mag. F. Gu- senleitner (Linz) and M. M.Terzo (Mons). The au- thors studies receive the frias financial support. 3 30 12 (1999) 12 (1999) 31.
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