Eucerini
Creators: name: Vivallo, Felipe
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2009
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Apidae

description: Key for the Chilean species of Eucerini
1 Males ........................................................................................................................................................................... 2
- Females ....................................................................................................................................................................... 26
2 Gradulus of T6 produced as spine-like processes on each side .................................................................................. 3
- Gradulus of T6 not as above ....................................................................................................................................... 8
3 F1 longer than F2; paraocular area yellow; clypeus uniformly yellow; labrum black; hind femur with a spine-like process at midlength; hind basitarsus strongly modified ................................................................... Eucerinoda gayi
- F1 shorter than F2; paraocular area black; clypeus yellow with black spots; labrum yellow; hind legs unmodified 4
4 S6 without posteriorly convergent carinae ................................................................................ Melissodes ecuadoria
- S6 with posteriorly convergent carinae ...................................................................................................................... 5
5 Prestigma clearly longer than pterostigma ....................................................................................... Svastra flavitarsis
- Prestigma almost as long as the pterostigma (genus Melissoptila) ............................................................................ 6
6 Apex of F10 modified; F11 laterally compressed; middle and hind legs strongly modified. Melissoptila tandilensis
- F10 and F11 unmodified (uniformly cylindrical); middle and hind legs unmodified .................................................. 7
7 Clypeal disc relatively flat; ocellocular area with dense pilosity, covering the integument; terga with a apical translu- cent band very narrow or absent ..................................................................................................... Melissoptila dama
- Clypeal disc uniformly convex; pilosity on ocellocular area not very dense, integument visible beneath hairs; terga with wide apical translucent band ................................................................................................ Melissoptila chilena
8 S6 with posteriorly convergent carinae ...................................................................................................................... 9
- S6 without posteriorly convergent carinae (genus Alloscirtetica) ............................................................................ 11
9 Distal margin of the labrum uniformly rounded; antenna not reaching T2; mandible with subapical tooth ................. ....................................................................................................................................................... Peponapis citrullina
- Distal margin of the labrum with a apical cavity; antenna reaching at least T3; mandibular apex without subapical tooth (genus Svastrides) ............................................................................................................................................ 10
10 Basal half of clypeal disc black; T4 to T7 without white pilosity ................................................ Svastrides melanura
- Clypeal disc completely yellow; T4 to T7 with lateral white pilosity .......................................... Svastrides orellanae
11 Clypeal disc yellow or at least with a small spot of that color ................................................................................. 12
- Clypeus dark brown or black ..................................................................................................................................... 22
12 Labrum with yellow areas ......................................................................................................................................... 13
- Labrum black .. ........................................................................................................................................................... 18
13 Labrum with yellow spot and black edges ................................................................................................................. 14
- Labrum completely yellow ........................................................................................................................................ 15
14 T2 to T5 with apical band of white pilosity, widely interrupted in the middle; rest of metasoma with black pilosity. ......................................................................................................................................... Alloscirtetica danuncia n. sp.
- T2 to T5 with uninterrupted apical band of white pilosity; rest of metasoma with whitish or yellowish pilosity ........ ..................................................................................................................................................... Alloscirtetica cinerea
15 Dorsal pilosity on mesosoma yellow or orange; terga with apical bands of yellow pilosity .. Alloscirtetica weyrauchi
- Dorsal pilosity on mesosoma greyish; metasoma without bands .............................................................................. 16
16 Dorsal pilosity on mesosoma greyish; anterior area of middle ocellus depressed as semicircle ................................... ............................................................................................................................................. Alloscirtetica gelida n. sp.
- Dorsal pilosity on mesosoma whitish or yellowish; anterior area of middle ocellus depressed as triangle.............. 17
17 Terga with apical translucent bands; T2 to T7 with white and short pilosity ............................. Alloscirtetica chilena
- Terga without apical translucent bands; T2 to T2 with black pilosity ........................................ Alloscirtetica porteri
18 Clypeal disc covered by abundant white pilosity; labrum covered only with white pilosity ............ Alloscirtetica gayi
- Clypeal disc without hairs, pilosity only on the sides; labrum with black pilosity, if there are white hairs, they are scarce ........................................................................................................................................................... .............. 19
19 Frontal area with black pilosity .............................................................................................. Alloscirtetica vagabunda
- Frontal area with white or yellowish pilosity ............................................................................................................. 20
20 Frontal area and metasoma with yellow pilosity .......................................................................... Alloscirtetica herbsti
- Frontal area with white pilosity; metasoma with black and white hairs intermixed or forming apical bands on some
terga............................................................................................................................................................................. 21 21 Hind tibiae with white and branched pilosity .................................................................... Alloscirtetica valparadisaea
- Hind tibiae with dark brown and simple pilosity, if branched hairs, they are scarce .............. Alloscirtetica tristrigata
22 Head and legs with whitish or yellowish pilosity ...................................................................... Alloscirtetica frieseana
- Head and legs with dark brown or black pilosity ....................................................................................................... 23
23 At least T3 and T4 covered by white and long hairs ..................................................................... Alloscirtetica lanosa
- At least T3 and T4 with black pilosity ....................................................................................................................... 24
24 Clypeal disc with smooth longitudinal line ................................................................................ Alloscirtetica gazullai
- Clypeal disc without longitudinal line ........................................................................................................................ 25
25 Gena with white pilosity; antennae orange brown ................................................................... Alloscirtetica antarctica
- Gena with dark brown pilosity; antennae dark brown or black ................................................. Alloscirtetica rufitarsis
26 Gradulus of S2 uniformly convex ........................................................................................................ Eucerinoda gayi
- Gradulus of S2 biconvex............................................................................................................................................. 27
27 Clypeus strongly protuberant; hind basitarsus with hairs of inner surface sparse, except for a narrow band of dense hairs near lower margin .................................................................................................................. Peponapis citrullina
- Clypeus not or little protuberant; hind basitarsus with uniform dense pilosity.......................................................... 28
28 Apical half of clypeus yellow ............................................................................................................ Svastra flavitarsis
- Clypeus uniformly black............................................................................................................................................. 29
29 Sector of vein r on margin of 2nd submarginal cell shorter than vein 1°rm (genus Alloscirtetica)............................. 35
- Sector of vein r on margin of 2nd submarginal cell longer or equal in length to vein 1°rm ........................................ 30
30 Tibial scopa black (genus Svastrides)......................................................................................................................... 31
- Tibial scopa yellow ..................................................................................................................................................... 32
31 T3 with basal band of white pilosity; T4 without white pilosity ................................................... Svastrides melanura
- T3 without band of white pilosity; T4 with a tuft of white pilosity on each side ........................ Svastrides orellanae
32 Prestigma clearly longer than the pterostigma; metasoma with black pilosity and basal bands of yellow hairs .......... ..................................................................................................................................................... Melissodes ecuadoria
- Prestigma and pterostigma similar in length; metasoma with black pilosity and with bands of white pilosity or com- pletely covered with yellow pilosity (genus Melissoptila) ........................................................................................ 33
33 Metasoma with black pilosity and white bands from T1 to T4, widely interrupted on T1 and T2 ............................... ................................................................................................................................................. Melissoptila tandilensis
- Metasoma covered with yellow pilosity ................................................................................................................... 34
34 Base of mandible yellow; tegula and veins yellowish brown ......................................................... Melissoptila dama
- base of mandible mahogany; tegula and veins dark brown ......................................................... Melissoptila chilena
35 Mesosoma completely covered by dark brown or black pilosity .............................................................................. 36
- mesosoma with black pilosity only on mesepisternum or absent .............................................................................. 39
36 Pronotal lobe with white pilosity; mesoscutum with light brown pilosity ........................... Alloscirtetica vagabunda
- Pronotal lobe with black pilosity; mesoscutum with dark brown or black pilosity.................................................... 37
37 F2 to F9 black; basis of middle tibiae with tuft of white pilosity .................................................... Alloscirtetica gayi
- F2 to F9 orange; middle tibiae completely covered with dark brown or black pilosity ........................................... 38
38 Apex of pygidial plate acute; tegulae light brown, almost translucent ....................................... Alloscirtetica porteri
- Apex of pygidial plate broadly rounded; tegulae dark brown ...................................................... Alloscirtetica chilena
39 Mesosoma with dorsal pilosity yellowish or orange ........................................................................................... ..... 40
- Mesosoma with dorsal pilosity white, brown or gray, at least dorsally .................................................................... 43
40 Head, mesepisternum, legs and metasoma, except T1 with black pilosity ............................ Alloscirtetica antarctica
- Head, mesepisternum, legs and metasoma with whitish or yellowish pilosity .......................................................... 41
41 Base of mandible yellow .............................................................................................................. Alloscirtetica herbsti
- Base of mandible dark brown or black ......................................................................................................................42
42 Tibial scopa with simple and yellowish pilosity ......................................................................... Alloscirtetica cinerea
- Tibial scopa with branched and dark brown pilosity ............................................................. Alloscirtetica weyrauchi
43 Tibial scopa with yellowish/ light brown pilosity ............................................................... Alloscirtetica gelida n. sp.
- Tibial scopa with dark brown pilosity ................................................................................................................. ..... 44
44 T2 to T4 with apical band of white pilosity (complete or interrupted in the middle of T2 ....................................... 45
- T2 to T4 without apical band of white pilosity .......................................................................................................... 46
45 Frontal area with white pilosity; T2 with apical band of white pilosity uninterrupted .......... Alloscirtetica tristrigata
- Frontal area with dark brown or black pilosity, T2 with apical band of white pilosity widely interrupted in the middle ................................................................................................................................................... Alloscirtetica frieseana
46 Mesepisternum with black pilosity ............................................................................................................................ 47
- Mesepisternum with white pilosity ............................................................................................................................ 48
47 T2 completely covered by white pilosity ................................................................................... Alloscirtetica gazullai
- T2 pilosity with black, if white hairs, they are scarce and located only at the basis of terga .... Alloscirtetica rufitarsis
48 T2 to T6 with dark brown or black pilosity; apex of tibial spurs strongly curved ....................... Alloscirtetica lanosa
- T2 to T6 mostly with white pilosity, with some black hairs intermixed; apex of tibial spurs almost straight ............... ........................................................................................................................................... Alloscirtetica valparadisaea
description: Published as part of Vivallo, Felipe, 2009, Notes on the bee genus Alloscirtetica Holmberg, 1909 in northern Chile with the description of two new altiplanic species and a key for the Chilean species of Eucerini (Hymenoptera: Apidae), pp. 16-30 in Zootaxa 2010 on pages 27-29, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.185792