Rhynostelis multiplicata (Smith)

Mahlmann, Thiago, 2020, A new species of the previously monotypic Neotropical cleptoparasitic bee genus Rhynostelis, with notes on Rhynostelis multiplicata (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae), Journal of Melittology 2020 (96), pp. 1-8 : 4-6

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.17161/jom.vi96.13245
publication LSID	urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:DD6EB1A6-0785-497F-BF3A-135C23F636B6
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8134715
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/590D6609-C502-271D-FE24-FABA7D1418DF
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Rhynostelis multiplicata (Smith)
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Rhynostelis multiplicata (Smith) View in CoL

( Figs. 5–13 View Figures 5–7 View Figures 8–13 )

Anthidium multiplicatum Smith, 1879: 87 View in CoL .

Stelis ( Hoplostelis) tuberculata Dominique, 1898: 61 View in CoL , nomen nudum.

Rhynostelis multiplicata (Smith) View in CoL ; Moure & Urban, 1995: 297; Rasmussen et al., 2007: 60; Urban & Parizoto, 2012: 29 View Cited Treatment .

Hoplostelis ( Rhynostelis) multiplicata (Smith) View in CoL ; Michener, 2000: 501; Michener, 2007: 518.

REMARKS: Both species of the genus are recorded for the Amazon region, but R. xavieri is only known from the far west of the region ( Fig. 14 View Figure 14 ). In the two examined specimens of R. multiplicata the mesoscutellum is black with yellow gibbous areas, as in the new species ( Figs. 3 View Figures 1–4 , 6 View Figures 5–7 , 9 View Figures 8–13 ). Female: ocelloccipital and ocellocular distances about 3.0× OD and 2.8× OD, respectively, giving the vertex a noticeably wider aspect in R. multiplicata ; S1 with a developed keel occupying the anterior half of the sternum, as in R. xavieri . The examined male matches the description of Urban & Parizoto (2012), except the mandibles are tridentate ( Fig. 8 View Figures 8–13 ) and the clypeus without an evident basal tubercle; T7, S6, and the genital capsule as in figures 11–13.

GEOGRAPHIC RECORDS: Brazil ( Amazonas, Pará); French Guiana (Saint-Laurent-duMaroni).

MATERIAL EXAMINED: Brazil: Amazonas, Manaus , AM-010 km 29, EMBRAPA, -2.890751; -59.978722, 28.ix.2016 [ 28 September 2016], rede entomológica, C. Krug & M. Montefusco Leg. // Mestrado M. Montefusco INPA GoogleMaps / EMBRAPA #4749 View Materials ( ♂, INPA); Amazonas, Novo Aripuanã, Reserva Soka , 5°15’53”S; 60°07’08”W, 17–25.viii.1999 [ 17–25 August 1999] // Arm. Malaise, J. Vidal & A.L. Henriques Leg. // Rhynostelis multiplicata Urban det., 2007 ( ♀, INPA) GoogleMaps .