Colletes tibeticus Kuhlmann 2002
Creators: name: Ferrari, Rafael R.
name: Niu, Ze-Qing
name: Kuhlmann, Michael
name: Zhang, Dan
name: Zhu, Chao- Dong
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Colletidae
Colletes
Colletes tibeticus

description: <i>Colletes tibeticus</i> Kuhlmann, 2002 (Figs 18A–F, 19A, 40C, 43C, 45D, 46B, 46D) <i>Colletes tibeticus</i> Kuhlmann, 2002: 1168 (holotype &amp;male;: China, Xizang, Khangmar [ZMB]). <i>Colletes tibeticus</i>; Niu <i>et al.</i> 2013b: 109; Ascher &amp; Pickering 2021. <b>Diagnosis.</b> The following set of features is sufficient to diagnose females of <i>C. tibeticus</i> among the Tibetan <i>Colletes</i>: clypeus longer than broad, mesoscutum covered with pale-orange pubescence and T2 without basal band. Males are diagnosable by the combination of malar area 1.25× as long as basal width of mandible, face and mesosomal dorsum with pale-yellow pubescence and S7 with a largely-glabrous subtriangular apex. <i>Colletes tibeticus</i> is most similar to <i>C. paratibeticus</i>, but in both sexes of the latter the paraocular area has a well-defined longitudinal band of black hairs (paraocular area without black hairs in both sexes of the former). Females of the two species can be further differentiated by the T1 with a complete apical band in <i>C. tibeticus</i> (T1 with a medially interrupted apical band in <i>C. paratibeticus</i>) and the males by the hind basitarsus 4.5× as long as broad in <i>C. tibeticus</i> (hind basitarsus 3.75× as long as broad in <i>C. paratibeticus</i>). <b>Material examined.</b> <i>Published records</i> — <b>CHINA</b>, <b>Xizang:</b> Markam Xian, 29.60 98.50, 3800 m, 26.vi.1976, YH Hang, 2 &amp;male;. Nyalam Xian, 28.10 85.90, 4400 m, 18.vi.1966, SY Wang, 1 &amp;male;; 22.vi.1966, SY Wang, 1 &amp;male;; 27.v.1974, SY Wang, 1 &amp;male;. Yadong Xian, 27.40 88.90, 2800 m, 7.vi.1961, LY Wang, 1 &amp;male;. <i>New records</i> — <b>CHINA</b>, <b>Qinghai:</b> Dulan County, Chahanwusu, 36.0889 98.2112, 3700 m, 15.vii.2017, D Zhang &amp; QT Wu, 7 &amp;male;. Dulan County, Road G 109 km 2408, 36.1151 98.1873, 3465 m, 13.vii.2017, D Zhang &amp; QT Wu, 4 &amp;male;. Dulan County, Xiariha, Xiatala Town, 36.4065 90.1028, 3089 m, 14.vii.2017, D Zhang &amp; QT Wu, 5 &amp;male;. <b>Xizang:</b> Ali, Pulan, Chide, 30.2954 81.1427, 4100 m, 19.vii.2020, QT Wu &amp; D Zhang, 2 &amp;female; 4 &amp;male;. Ali, Pulan, Pulan, 30.2001 81.2531, 3837 m, 17.vii.2020, QT Wu &amp; D Zhang, 1 &amp;female;. Jilong, Peiku Lake, 28.7554 85.5865, 4566 m, 4.viii.2019, D Zhang &amp; QT Wu, 1 &amp;female;. Kangma, Dalong Village, 28.6754 89.6616, 4200 m, 4.vii.2018, QT Wu, 1 &amp;male;. Nielamu, Jlanggang Town, 28.2359 85.5865, 3954 m, 4.viii.2019, D Zhang &amp; QT Wu, 2 &amp;female;. Nielamu, Rujia Village, 28.3618 86.0734, 4286 m, 15.vii.2018, QT Wu, 2 &amp;female;. Pulan County, Pulan Town, Chide, 30.2952 81.1423, 3943 m, 13.viii.2019, D Zhang &amp; QT Wu, 1 &amp;female; 1 &amp;male;. Rembu, Qiewa, Qieda, 29.3064 89.7699, 3746 m, 24.vii.2019, D Zhang &amp; QT Wu, 1 &amp;female;. <b>Distribution.</b> Western China (Xizang) and Central Nepal. <b>DNA barcode.</b> Available (2 &amp;male;). See also Fig. 1 and Table 1. <b>Floral hosts.</b> Unknown. <b>Remarks.</b> <i>Colletes tibeticus</i> is likely sister to the new species described herein as <i>C. splendidus</i> <b>sp. nov.</b> In fact, the two species along with <i>C. paratibeticus</i> form a well-delimited subgroup within the <i>C. clypearis</i> group, in which the male S7 is broadly convex basally and abruptly narrowed towards a subtriangular, poorly-sclerotized apex (see Figs 12F, 16F, 18F).
description: Published as part of <i>Ferrari, Rafael R., Niu, Ze-Qing, Kuhlmann, Michael, Zhang, Dan &amp; Zhu, Chao- Dong, 2021, The cellophane bees of Colletes Latreille (Hymenoptera: Colletidae) from Xizang (Tibet), China, pp. 1-72 in Zootaxa 5022 (1)</i> on pages 32-34, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5022.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5226669
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