Colletes testaceipes : Friese 1909
Creators: name: Kuhlmann, Michael
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2007
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Colletidae
Colletes
Colletes testaceipes

description: Colletes testaceipes Friese, 1909   
Figs 16, 17, 43  
 Colletes testaceipes: Friese 1909: 120–121. Type locality: Namibia, Prince of Wales Bay.   
 Diagnosis: Among the species with a reduced scopa, C. testaceipes is characterised by the following combination of characters: tibiae completely orange-brown to red, width of facial fovea about 2× diameter of antennal flagellum, hairs on disc of mesonotum about 2× as long as diameter of antennal flagellum. Male best identified by the unique shape of S7 (Fig. 16).   
Description:  
 Female.   
Length 12–13 mm.  
Vestiture: Face greyish white, with longer, yellowish brown hairs on vertex; mesonotum with relatively long, greyish or yellowish white hairs intermixed with numerous longer blackish hairs; mesosomal sides and legs similar to mesonotum, except hairs shorter on mesosomal side and legs; scutellum and metanotum with short, yellowish white vestiture, on scutellum intermixed with longer, light brown hairs, metanotum medially plumose; T1 densely covered with moderately long, erect, white hairs, posteriorly with a few very short, depressed hairs; disc of T2 with very short, erect, yellowish hairs; discs of T3–T5 with successively longer, erect, blackish hairs; relatively broad, white, posterior tergal fringes on T1–T4, narrowed medially on T1, very narrow on T5; T2 with well developed, relatively broad basal tomentum; S2–S5 with very short, thin sparse white hair fringes laterally; discs of sterna loosely covered with very short hairs.  
Integument: Mainly black, antenna brown ventrally, legs red and terga translucent yellowish to reddish brown posteriorly; discs of T1–T4 with narrow red margin posteriorly; T1 with very slight bluish shine; malar area narrow, length about 1/3 width of mandibular base; clypeus slight depressed medially, with dense (0.2 pd), small punctures, punctures slightly elongate; integument between punctures smooth and shiny; facial fovea broad, maximum width about 2× antennal diameter; disc of mesonotum with relatively sparse (1–2 pd), medium-sized punctures, surrounded by dense (<0.5 pd) punctation, integument between punctures smooth and shiny; upper sloping part of propodeal triangle with short, longitudinal carinae, vertical part superficially shagreened and shiny, anteriorly with few indistinct roughly transverse carinae; disc of T1 with distinct, fine to very fine, dense (0.5 pd) punctation, punctures becoming much finer and indistinctly shallow towards posterior tergal depression; disc of T2 with fine and dense (<0.5 pd) punctation; integument between punctures smooth and shiny.  
 Male.   
Length 10–12 mm.  
Vestiture: Face white; mesonotum with long, white to greyish white hairs; mesosomal sides and legs white to greyish white, scutellum and metanotum with long, yellowish to yellowish white hairs; T1 densely covered with long, erect, greyish white hairs; disc of T2–T6 with successively shorter concolorous hairs of same colour; relatively broad white posterior tergal fringes on T1–T4, narrower on T5 and very narrow on T6; S1–S5 with dense, long fringes that are longer laterally than medially.  
Integument: Completely black, except antenna brown ventrally, legs reddish brown becoming more yellowish brown on tarsi; terga narrowly translucent posteriorly; discs of T1–T3 with very narrow, red posterior margin; T1–T4 with slight bluish shine; malar area long, length subequal to width of mandibular base; clypeus with very dense, small punctures (<0.2 pd); facial fovea narrow, maximum width equal to antennal diameter; disc of mesonotum with medium-sized, scattered punctures (1 pd), integument glabrous, surrounded by slightly denser (0.5 pd) punctation; upper sloping part of propodeal triangle with around 3 short, longitudinal carinae, vertical part superficially shagreened and shiny, upper half with 2 or 3 large, roughly transverse carinae; hind basitarsus not modified; discs of T1 and T2 with coarse, distinct, dense (<0.2 pd) punctation, punctures becoming slightly finer and more shallow towards anterior part of posterior tergal depression, nearly smooth and shiny posteriorly; integument between punctures smooth and shiny. Shape of S7 as in Fig. 16 and shape of gonostylus as illustrated (Fig. 17).  
 Type material examined: Colletes testaceipes, ơ lectotype: ‘Prince of Wales-Bay, L. Schultze S., Type, Colletes testaceipes 1908 Friese det., L. Schultze. Süd-Afrika, 1903, Mai, Pr.of Wales Bay, No. 135, Konserv. Alk. 94’, ^Paralectotype: ‘SW. Afrika, Grotfontein, 1903, Volkmann, Colletes testaceipes 1908 Friese det., Type, Coll. Friese’ (all ZMBH).   
 Additional material examined: 20^4ơ. SOUTH AFRICA: Northern Cape: 2ơ Port Nolloth, viii.1890, R.M.L. (CMK); 2^Wallekral, 7 km WNW on road to Hondeklip Bay, 14–16.ix.1992, F.W. & S.K. Gess, on yellow Fabaceae (AMGS, CMK); 4^Hester Malan Nat.Res., 30.viii.1987, M. Struck, on Conicosia elongata (SANC, CMK); 1^5.ix.1986, (SANC), idem; 1^Hester Malan Nat. Res., 2.vii.1985, M. Struck (SANC); 1^Hester Malan Nat. Res., 9.vii.1985, M. Struck, on Ruschia elineata (SANC); 6^Leliefontein, 2.x.1995, F.W. & S.K. Gess, on pink Ruschia (AMGS, CMK); Western Cape: 1ơ Kalkgat (Farm), 55 km NE Vanrhynsdorp, 140 m, 3.ix.2003, K. Timmermann, on mesem (CMK); 1ơ Vanrhynsdorp, 45 km NE, 140 m, 20.vii.2003, K. Timmermann (CMK); 1^Lamberts Bay, 20 km E, 13.ix.1984, V.B. Whitehead (SAMC); 1^Drooge Rivier, Sandberg, 27.viii.1987, V.B. Whitehead, on Homeria (SAMC); 1^Klawer, 7 km N, 27.vii.1985, V.B. Whitehead, on Apartesia (SAMC); 1^Clanwilliam, 8.ix.1966, C.D. Michener (CMK); 1^Biedouw Valley, 5–7.ix.1987, C.D. Eardley (CMK).   
Distribution: This species distribution extends from south-western Namibia, which is the northern part of the winter rainfall area to southern Namaqualand, which is in the middle of the winter rainfall area (Fig. 43). The isolated record from ‘Grotfontein’ (= Grootfontein, Namibia) is probably an error caused by incorrect labelling and is not included in the distribution map.  
 Flower visiting: Apatesia sp., Conicosia elongata, Ruschia elineata, Ruschia sp. (Aizoaceae), yellow Fabaceae, Homeria sp. (= Moraea sp.) (Iridaceae).   
 Phenology: First record 2 nd July, last record 2 nd October.
description: Published as part of Kuhlmann, Michael, 2007, Revision of the bees of the Colletes fasciatus-group in southern Africa (Hymenoptera: Colletidae), pp. 121-166 in African Invertebrates 48 (2) on pages 160-162, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7667881