Hoplitis (Alcidamea) scita
Creators: name: Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu.
name: Müller, Andreas
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Megachilidae
Hoplitis
Hoplitis scita

description: Hoplitis (Alcidamea) scita (Eversmann, 1852)
Osmia scita Eversmann, 1852: 63, syntypes ♀♀, ♂♂, Lectotypus: ♂, designated here, “Kiachta” [Kyakhta, 106°27′E 50°21′N, Buryatia Republic, Russia] // scita Evers. [handwritten by E. Eversmann] // Lectotypus Osmia scita Eversmann, 1852, design. Proshchalykin & Müller, 2018 <red label>.
Material examined. Russia. Altai Republic. 1 ♀, 20 km NW Kosh-Agach [88°24′E 50°05′N], 14.VII.2007, SB [ZISP]; 1 ♀, 15 km SE Kurai, Chuya River [88°07′E 50°11′N], 1600 m, 29. VI.2016, MP, VL [FCBV]; 1 ♀, 14 km SE Aktash, Chuya River [87°45′E 50°13′N], 1450 m, 2–4.VII.2016, MP, VL [FCBV]; 1 ♀, 1 ♂, 5 km SE Chagan- Uzun, Tudtuyaryk River [88°25′E 50°04′N], 1780 m, 11–12.VII.2016, MP, VL [FCBV]; Buryatia Republic. 1 ♀, Romanovka [112°46′E 53°12′N], 4.VII.1983, D. Shcherbakov [ZISP]; 1 ♀, Baraty, Gusinoe Lake [106°22′E 51°47′N], 26.VII.2007, AL, MP, VL [FCBV]; 1 ♀, 1 ♂, Selenduma [106°14′E 50°55′N], 24.V.2008, MP [FCBV]; Khakass Republic. 1 ♂, Zhemchuzhnyi, Shira Lake [90°08′E 54°30′N], 1.VII.2014, AL, MP, VL [FCBV]; 1 ♀, 20 km SW Abakan, Izykhskie Kopi [91°17′E 53°32′N], 7.VII.2014, AL, MP, VL [FCBV]; Tyva Republic. 1 ♀, 2 ♂, Ak-Erik [94°36′E 50°30′N], 8–9. VI.2010, Yu. Danilov [FCBV]; 1 ♂, 25 km SE Erzin [95°21′E 50°03′N], 12– 13. VI.2010, Yu. Danilov [FCBV]; 1 ♀, 2 ♂, 27 km SSW Erzii, Tore-Khol Lake [95°03′E 50°01′N], 11– 12.VII.2014, AL, MP, VL [FCBV]; 1 ♀, 7 km SE Erzin, Tes-Khem River [95°08′E 50°12′N], 13.VII.2014, AL, MP, VL [FCBV]; 3 ♀, 12 km SW Samagaltai, Dyttyg-Khem River [94°53′E 50°31′N], 17.VII.2014, AL, MP, VL [FCBV]; 2 ♀, 31 km NEE Erzii, Erzin River [95°33′E 50°21′N], 18.VII.2014, AL, MP, VL [FCBV].
Distribution in Siberia. * Altai Rep., *Khakass Rep., Tyva Rep., Irkutsk Prov., Buryatia Rep.
General distribution. Russia (Siberia, Far East); Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, North-West China.
Remark. Very often, the type series of Eversmann's species consisted of several taxa (sometimes belonging to different genera or even families). In Eversmann's (1852) work about bees, the species descriptions are very short and without illustrations. The type specimens are now in several museums (Krakow, Berlin, St. Petersburg, and London). In this case, the designation of a lectotype will avoid any confusion about the status of the name and allow to properly diagnose the species (similar examples can be found in our previous papers: Proshchalykin & Astafurova 2016; Proshchalykin et al. 2017). Osmia scita was described from specimens of both sexes collected in “in terris transuralensibus” (Siberia). There are two females and one male from Siberia in ISZP, which bear labels handwritten by Eversmann and corresponds to the original description. One of these specimens (male) is designated here as the lectotype of Osmia scita.
description: Published as part of Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. & Müller, Andreas, 2019, Additional records of osmiine bees (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae: Osmiini) from Siberia, pp. 163-174 in Zootaxa 4563 (1) on pages 166-167, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4563.1.9, http://zenodo.org/record/2601068