New species of Eufriesea (Hymenoptera: Apidae) from Venezuela Jorge M. González' and Marco A. Gaiani' I Universidad Simón Bolívar, Dpto. de Biología de Organismos, Apartado 89000, Sartenejas, Miranda, Venezuela. ,l[nstituto de ioología Agrícola, Facultad de Agronomía, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Apdo. 4579, Maracay, Aragua 2101-A, Venezuela. (Ree. 21-[·1989. Acep. 15.11-1989) Abstraet: Three ncw species of Eufriesea from Venezuela are described: E. chaconi and E. bare from amazo­ nie arcas and E. kimimari from an andean arca. Two of these species belong to the surinomensis group while the third one is in the caerulescens group. Two of the species here described have been black with a posterior green stripe covered with collected from the Amazon area of Venezuela scattered yellow hairs. Posterior fringe of and a third ane from so Ande!.n area with hairs yellow. Two knobs above spurs. amazonic characteristics. The format and ter­ Abdomen: Tergum 1 black, covered with minology is based on Kimsey (1982) and black pubescence. Terga 11 to VII dark green Dressler (1978 a, 1978b, 1982) with slight with coppery highlights covered with yellow modifications. hairs. Genitalia: Sternum VllI about as wide Eu[riesea chaconi sp. nov. as long as far apart (Fig. lA); sternum IX apically produced into two dorsal points in Male: body lenght 19 mm; tongue length lateral view (Fig. lB); gonostylus ventral lobe II mm reaching sternum 1lI. two thirds as long as dorsal ane; gonocoxal Head green with golden hues; genae and lobe half as long as gonostylus (Fig. IC). vertex black covered with black pubescence; labrum as long as wide with a median welt and two sublater.1 ridges, rounded in lateral view. Female: unknown. Clypeus green with golden hues, densely and Type material: Holotype male, Venezuela, Balivar, deeply punctated with bege and small punctu­ Río Paragu<1 21.1 E. Río Chigua, 425 m, 3-7-VIII-1983; res; with an unpunctated medial ridge and Exp. Instituto de Zoología Agrícola; al salicilato de two sublateral weIts. Metilo. The holotype is in Colección Entomológica "Dr. Thorax: Mesopleura black with black pubes· Francisco Fernándcz Yépez", Museo del Instituto cense densely punctated with small round pune· de Zoología Agrícola, Universidad Central de Vene­ tures. Scutum dark green becoming darker zuela (MIZA-UCV). distad, covered with bíack hairs. Scutai patches This species resembles E. [allax but it can green; te.gulae !\"een. Scutellum slightly bi­ be readily separated from it by the shape of convex, black and densely covered by long the lobes of sternum VllI and the gonocoxal black hairs. Legs block with bluish-green lobes which are quite diffcrent from E. [allax. hues; midtibiae with anterior felty patch not lt can be grouped with those species of the contiguous with midtibial brush. Hindtibiae surinamensis group. 150 REVISTA DE BIOLOGIA TROPICAL in later.l view. Clypeus green with .n unpunc­ tated medi.1 ridge .nd two f.int subl.ter.1 punct.ted welts, punctures dense, large and elongated, covered by sparse yeUow h.irs. Gen.e and occiput black with bluish highlights, with sparse yellow hairs. Vertex bl.ck covered with black hairs. Thorax: Mesopleura bl.ck covered by bl.ck hairs, medially with large punctures intersp.ced with smaller ones .nd densely punctated with small punctures to the sides. Scut.1 p.tches bluish-green covered with yellow and bl. k hairs, , .. rest of scutum black with black hairs. fegulae blue. Scutellum almost flat and covered with black hairs. Legs blackwithsomegreenhues;mid­ tibiae with brush almost touching anterior felty patch which is half as lon� as posterior one. Hindtibi.e bl.ck with . green spot basally. Adornen: Tergum 1 black covered with bl.ck hairs; tergum II steel blue with yellow h.irs; Terg. III to VII dark steel green densely covered with yellow h21irs. Genitali.: Sternum VIII lobes twice as long as wide and as wide as far apart (Fig. 2A). Sternum IX apically produced into a single point in lateral view (Fig. 2B). Gonos­ tylus ventral lobe shorter than dorsal one; gonocoxal lobe half as long as gonostylys (Fig. 2C). Female: unknown Type material: Holotype male, Rio Frío, Táchira. 3 X-1987. (Venezuela), Col. P. Romero. Al salicilato de metilo. The holotype has attached a pollinarium of an unidentified species of an orchid in the genus Stan· hopea. Fig. 1. Eufriesea chaconi sp. nov. A: Sternum VIII; The holotype is in the Colección Entomológica B: Sternum IX; C: Genital capsule. "Dr. Francisco Fernández Yépez", Museo del Instituto Fig. 2. Eufriesea kimimari sp. nov. A: Sternum VIII; de Zoología Agrícola, Universidad Central de Vene­ B: Sternum IX; C: Genital capsule. zuela (MIZA-OCV). Fig. 3. Eufriesea bare sp. nov, A: Sternum VIII; B: Sternum IX; C: Genital capsule. This very distinctive species belong� to the surinamensis group but can be easily distingui­ This species is named after Anibal Chacón shed by the color.lion of the seutal p.tches who has been a tireless ioseet collector in the and tergites, and the very distinctive genitalia. st.ff of MIZA-UCV. The specific epithet refers to the Kiminarí, .n extint ethnic group that inhabited the Eufriesea kimimari sp. nov. surrounding areas of San Cristóbal, Tachira, Venezuela, where this bce was collected. Male: body length 19 mm; tongue length 12 mm, feaching sternum lB. Eufriesea bare sp. nov. Head green with golden hues; I.brum bl.ck, 1.4 times wider than long with medial unpunc­ Male: Body lenght 17 mm; tongue length t.ted welt .nd two subl.teral ridges pointed 8 mm reaching hind COX21e. GQNZALEZ & GAIANI. New Eufriesea from Venezuela 151 He.d green with golden highlights. Face and The holotype and twenty pllIatypes are in the Co­ genae a11 green with golden highlights covered lección Entomológica "Dr. Francisco Fernández Yépez" Museo del Instituto de Zoología AgríCOla, with sparse ye110w hairs. Labrum green 1.5 Universidad Central de Venezuela. Qne paratype times wider than long with a medial welt and is in each of the following institutions and personal two sublateral ridges pointed in lateral view. collections: American Museum of Natural History, Clypeus green with golden highlights with New York; United States National Museum, Washing­ a punctated median welt, depressed at tentorial ton; British Museum (Natural History), London; R. 1. Dressler personal collection, Gainesville, Florida pits, punctures large and contiguous becoming and 1. S. Kimsey personal collection, Riverside, Ca­ sparser to the sides-. Vertex dark green covered lifornia. with black hairs. Thora.x: mesopleura green with rounded, This species resembles E. anisochlora from large and dense punctures interspaced with Panamó, but it is readily separated from it by smaller ones, covered with yellow hairs. Scutum its larger size, longer tongue, white posterior green with golde n and blue highlights; punc­ fringe on hind tibiae, tergal coloration and by tures dense and small, denser to the sides and its distinctive genitaJia. It belongs to the caeru­ sparser medially. Pubescense of scutum made lescens group. of short ye110w hairs with sc.ttered black The specific epithet refers to the Baré, an hairs. Tegulae green. Scute11um biconvex, indigenous group that inhabits the are. where green with blue highlights with a fringe of long the holotype and twelve of the paratypes were black hairs distad, punctures large and sparse, co11ected. media11y larger, denser behind. Legs a11 green with golden highlights, midtibiae with anterior ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS felty patch and tibial brush contiguous. Hindti· biae green with golden hues medially, covered The authors th.nk Robert L. Dressler, Uni· with short ye110w hairs. Posterior fringe ye11ow. versity of Florida, and Lynn S. Kimsey, Univer· Abdomen: Terga I to III green with golden sity of California, for their valuable comments, highlights and covered with short ye110w and Germán C.mevalli, Instituto Botánico de hairs. Terga IV to VII golden·brassy covered Venezuela, for identification of the pollinaria with relatively long ye110w hairs. on E. kimimari. The senior author thanks Genitalia: Width of stemum VIII lobes Joan Strassman and Colin Hughes, Rice Univer­ two thirds of their lenght and as wide as far sity, and Fundación Terramar, Caracas, Vene­ apart (Fig. 3A). Stemum IX apically produced zuela, on funding him on trips to Territorio into two dorsal points in lateral view (Fig. 3B). Federal Amazonas, Venezuela. Special thanks Gonostylus ventral lobe as long or longer than goes to Familia Romero for giving us the ho· dorsal one; gonocoxal lobe half as long as lotype of E. kimimari and their friendship. gonostylus (Fig. 3C). RESUMEN Femalr: unknown. e Se describen tres nuevas especies de Eufri ­ Type material: Holotype male. San Carlos de sea de Venezuela. E. chaconi y E. bare prove­ Río Negro, Venezuela, T. F. Amazonas. 7-13-XI-1982. nientes de áreas amazónicas y E. kimimari col. A. Chacón y G. Yépez G. Al Salicilato de metilo. de la región andina. Dos de estas especies perte­ Paratypes: 9 males, same data as holotype; 2 males, Venezuela, T.F. Amazonas, Solano, a orillas necen al grupo sun'namensis, mientras que la B. Casiquiare. 9-XI-1988. Col. A. Chacón y G. Yépez tercera está en el grupo caerulescens. G. Al Salicilato de metilo: 1 male, Venezuela, Opto. Río Negro, 21-23-XI-1984, San Carlos de Río Negro. 10 55'N, 670 l'W. Col. E. Osuna y A. 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