Dasypoda (Microdasypoda) Michez 2004
Creators: name: Radchenko, Vladimir G.
name: Ghisbain, Guillaume
name: Michez, Denis
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Melittidae
Dasypoda

description: Key to the males of Dasypoda (Microdasypoda) Michez, 2004
1. Galea black, smooth, polished, shiny, with very sparse punctures (Fig. 40). Glossa narrow and relatively long, 5 times as long as wide (Fig. 46). S6 with brown apical pilosity directed laterally (Figs 51, 56). Marginal edge of S6 strongly bent outside ventrally, especially at the lateral angles (Fig. 56). S7 marginal part deeply notched centrally, its lateral apodemes relatively short (Fig. 61). Dorso-apical part of S8 with two wide, partly separated outgrowths (Fig. 71); lateral apodemes before pregladular area of this sternum rectangularly widened on the sides (Fig. 66). Gonostylus strongly widened and not rounded apically; inner basal part of gonostylus with very short tooth; penis valvae narrower than gonostylus (Figs 76, 82). Mid and hind legs with the last article often yellow. Distribution: species mostly distributed in the western part of the Mediterranean basin (Fig. 88)............................................................................. Dasypoda cingulata Erichson, 1835
– S6 with apical pilosity directed radially (Figs 50, 52–54). Latero-apical angles of S6 flat, not curved outward ventrally (Figs 55, 57–59). Dorso-apical part of S8 with entire transverse carina (Figs 70, 72, 74) or with two semicircular, completely separated outgrowths (Fig. 73); lateral apodemes before pregladular area of this sternum more beveled on the sides (Figs 65, 67–69). Inner basal part of gonostylus with longer tooth or lobe-like projection, or penis valvae are wider than gonostylus. Galea brown to dark brown, tightly covered with small tubercles that in some places form the thin wavy striae (Figs 9, 39, 41, 42). Glossa wider and relatively shorter, 2.5-3.5 times as long as wide (Figs 45, 47–49). Mid and hind legs with last article brown to black .................................................................................................... 2
2. Marginal part of S6 very slightly notched centrally and with white pilosity (Figs 53, 58). Apical third of S7 strongly widened, its marginal part slightly notched centrally (Fig. 63); dorso-apical part of S8 with two deeply separated semicircular outgrowths (Fig. 73). Penis valves narrower than gonostyle; inner basal part of gonostylus with a long spine-like tooth (Figs 78, 84). Pilosity of the body silver-white. Distribution: species endemic to central and southern Spain (Fig. 88)......................................................................................... Dasypoda iberica Warncke, 1973
– Marginal part of S6 strongly triangularly notched centrally, forming two separate projections covered with a brown pilosity (Figs 50, 52, 54). Apical third of S7 narrowed, its marginal part strongly notched centrally (Figs 60, 62, 64); dorso-apical part of S8 with entire transverse carina very slightly notched centrally (Figs 70, 72, 74). Inner basal part of gonostylus with a small tooth or bilobed without a long spine-like tooth. Penis valves as wide as the gonostyle (Figs 75, 77, 79). Pilosity of the body mostly yellowish to brownish............................................................................ 3
3. Face with a patch of pure white hairs surrounded by a pure black pilosity. S6 apical projections with right angles on the inner edges (Figs 52, 57). Gonostylus narrowed at apex, lanceolate, with a small tooth at the base (Figs 77, 83). Distribution: species bound to the western part of the Mediterranean basin (Italy, France, Spain, Portugal and Morocco; Fig. 87)...................................................................................... Dasypoda crassicornis Friese, 1896
– Hair of the face with a different colour pattern. Apical projections of S6 with rounded angles on the inner edges (Figs 50, 54). Gonostyli bilobed without spine-like tooth at the base (Figs 75, 79)............................................. 4
4. 1 st flagellomere relatively shorter, conical, 1.4 times as long as wide at the apex (Fig. 43). Face with a yellowish pilosity intermixed with black hairs especially on the paraocular areas. Apical projections of S6 with rounded angles on the outer edges (Fig. 55). S8 not notched laterally before the widened basal part (Fig. 65). Gonostylus with a well-developed internal lobe strongly thickened in the middle and with very dense long pubescence on the side facing the penis valvae; external lobe rounded at the top (Figs 75, 80, 81). Distribution: species only recorded in the northern parts of Algeria and Tunisia (Fig. 87)............................................................................. .. Dasypoda brevicornis Pérez, 1895
– 1 st flagellomere relatively longer, partly cylindrical in apical half, 1.7 times as long as wide at the apex (Fig. 44). Face with a white pilosity except vertex and adjacent parts that intermixed with black hairs. Apical projections of S6 with right angles on the outer edges (Fig. 59). S8 deeply notched laterally before the widened basal part (Fig. 69). Inner lobe of gonostylus widened in a circular shape and flat at the apical half, racquet-like with a widened base, and covered with very sparse long setae on surface facing penis valves; external lobe of gonostylus wide, its apex oblique truncated (Figs 79, 85, 86). Distribution: species currently known from Morocco and Tunisia (Fig. 89)................ Dasypoda schwarzi Radchenko & Michez sp. nov.
description: Published as part of Radchenko, Vladimir G., Ghisbain, Guillaume & Michez, Denis, 2022, A new bee species of the genus Dasypoda Latreille (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) from Northwest Africa with comparative remarks on the subgenus Microdasypoda Michez, pp. 74-86 in Zootaxa 5188 (1) on pages 83-84, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5188.1.4, http://zenodo.org/record/7087411