Eremaphanta (Popovapis) dispar
Creators: name: Michez, Denis
name: Patiny, Sébastien
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2006
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Melittidae
Eremaphanta
Eremaphanta dispar

description: Eremaphanta (Popovapis) dispar (Morawitz)   
 Rophites dispar Morawitz 1892: 139–141, ♀ / ♂.   
 Type material (designated here). ♂ lectotype, 1♂ and 2♀ paralectotypes, Turkmenistan, Dort­Kuyu [37°38’N 61°18’E], 05.V.1888, leg. Semenov, ZISP. Original designation of the locus typicus: " Dort­kuju ".   
 Lectotype ♂ (ZISP), labels: 1 st, handwritten with black ink on white paper " Dort­kuju 5. V.88 Semenow " (in Cyrillic); 2 nd printed on white paper " K.. F. Morawitz " (in Cyrillic); 3 rd handwritten with black ink on white paper " Rophites dispar ♂ F.Mor. "; 4 th handwritten with black ink on red paper " Lectotype Rophites dispar Mor. Design Michez D. 2005 ". Paralectotypes ♂ (ZISP), labels: 1 st, handwritten with black ink on white paper " Dort­kuju 5. V.88 Semenow " (in Cyrillic); 2 nd printed on white paper " K. F. Morawitz " (in russian Cyrillic); 3 rd handwritten with black ink on white paper " Rophites dispar ♂ F. Mor. "; 4 th handwritten with black ink on red paper " Paralectotype Rophites dispar Mor. Design Michez D. 2005 ". 2 ♀ (ZISP); labels: 1 st, handwritten with black ink on white paper " Dortkuju 5. V.88 Semenow " (in Cyrillic); 2 nd print on white paper " K. F. Morawitz " (in Cyrillic); 3 rd handwritten with black ink on white paper " Rophites dispar ♀ F.Mor. "; 4 th handwritten with black ink on red paper " Paralectotype Rophites dispar Mor. Design Michez D. 2005 ".   
 Additional material. 6♀ / 2♂, Kazakhstan, Aksuek [44°45’N 74°21’E], 29. VI.1979, on Cousinia shestopter (Asteraceae), leg. Pesenko, ZISP; 6♂, idem, 27. VI.1979, on Cousinia shestopter (Asteraceae), leg. Pesenko, ZISP; 1♀, Pakistan, Pishin [30°35’N 67°00’E], 23. V.1984, leg. Rozen, AMNH; 1♀, idem, 27. V.1984, leg. Rozen, AMNH; 1♀, idem, 27. V.1984, leg. Rozen, SEMK; 106♂, Turkmenistan, Badkhyz [35°34’N 62°00’E], 05. VI.1976, on Cousinia shestopter (Asteraceae), leg. Pesenko, ZISP; 3♀ / 1♂, Turkmenistan, Imambaba [36°45’N 62°28’E], 1932, ZISP; 2♂, idem, 08. V.1912, ZISP; 2♀, Turkmenistan, Mary [37°38’N 61°50’E], 28. V.1976, on Statice sp. (Plumbaginaceae), leg. Pesenko, ZISP; 9♂, Turkmenistan, Orta­Kuyu [40°42’N 57°30’E], 29. V.1953, ZISP; 3♂, Turkmenistan, Tash­Kepri [36°03’N 62°43’E], 14. V.1954, ZISP; 1♀, idem, 14. V.1954, SEMK; 12♂, idem, 28. V.1954, ZISP; 1♀ / 4♂, idem, 28. V.1954, SEMK; 4♀ / 3♂, idem, 01. VI.1954, ZISP; 2♂ / 4♀, idem, 01. VI.1954, SEMK; 1♂, idem, 01. VI.1954, AMNH; 10♂, idem, 04. VI.1954, ZISP; 1♀, idem, 04. VI.1954, SEMK; 1♀ / 1♂, idem, 08. VI.1954, ZISP; 1♂ / 6♀, Uzbekistan, Mubarek [39°16’N 65°09’E], 15. V.1978, on Convolvulus sp. (Convolvulaceae), leg. Pesenko, ZISP.   
 Differential diagnosis. ♀ and ♂. Close to E. zhelochovtsevi. Body mainly black. Head twice as long as wide. Terga with apical hair bands. Labrum twice as wide as long.   
Diagnosis (Figs. 7–8). ♀ and ♂. Length = 5mm. Head black, twice as long as broad; few white erect hairs on vertex and around antennal sockets. Labial palpus elongated, longer than glossa, twice as long as maxillary palpus (Figs. 8a–b). Galea shiny, semicircular, tapering narrowly rounded (Figs. 8a–b). Labrum long, smooth and shiny (Fig. 8a). Clypeus with yellow apical margin. Genal area black, covered with white short appressed hairs. Mesosoma black, with white short appressed hairs. T 1­ T 5 with apical hair bands. Disc of T 1­ T 5 glabrous. ♀. Flagellum twice as long as scape. Flagellum dorsally brown, ventrally reddish. F1 yellow, black at the base. Legs 2–3 yellow. Metasoma brownish. S1­S4 with premarginal line weakly emarginate. ♂. Flagellum three times as long as scape. Flagellum dorsally brown, ventrally reddish. F1­F3 black. Tb1­Tb3 black with yellow apex. Tarsi 1–3 yellow. Metasoma black. T 2­ T 4 with lateral patches of short appressed hairs. S6­S8 see Figs. 7c–g. Genitalia as figured in Popov (1940).  
Distribution (Fig. 11a). Kazakhstan, Pakistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.  
 Floral choices. Asteraceae, Cousinia shestopter (6♀, 114♂); Convolvulaceae, Convolvulus sp. (1♀, 6♂); Plumbaginaceae, Statice sp. (2♀). Moreover, tricolporate pollen (very similar to the Convolvulus one) are observed on the pictures of scopae (Figs. 7a–b) of the females collected on Asteraceae.   
First ­ last observations. 08. V –29. VI
description: Published as part of Michez, Denis & Patiny, Sébastien, 2006, Review of the bee genus Eremaphanta Popov 1940 (Hymenoptera: Melittidae), with the description of a new species, pp. 47-68 in Zootaxa 1148 (1) on pages 60-61, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1148.1.3, http://zenodo.org/record/5058055