Hylaeus ( Nesoprosopis ) floralis (SMITH, 1873)

Hylaeus ( Nesoprosopis) floralis (SMITH, 1873) View in CoL

Figures 21–23 View Figs 21–23

Prosopis floralis SMITH, 1873: 199 . ♀, ♂. Holotypus ♀ coll. NHM London no. Hym 17.a.10. Type locality: Japan: Honshu , Hyōgo Prefecture.

Hylaeus ( Nesoprosopis) floralis: IKUDOME 1989: 205 View in CoL ; PROSH- CHALYKIN 2003b: 5; 2004: 3; 2007a: 883; PROSHCHALYKIN et al. 2004: 158; CHEN & XU 2009: 49 View Cited Treatment ; PROSHCHALYKIN & DATHE 2012: 20.

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Distribution: Japan ( Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu), China ( Anhui, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, Sichuan), Russia ( Sakhalin), new to Vietnam ( Quang Binh).

New records:

Material examined: 4 ♂ . – CHINA. Sichuan Province: Qionghai Lake, Wetland Park , 27°51.204N 102°15.915E, 5156 ft, 06.06.2011, 1 ♂ leg. J.S. Ascher, L. Ding, Z. Niu, J.G. Rozen. GoogleMaps – VIETNAM. Quang Binh Province: Cha Lo , 17°42N 105°46E, 298 m, 14– 17.04.1998, 3 ♂ leg. J.M. Carpenter. GoogleMaps

Discussion: The range of variability in characters of this widely distributed species has not previously been investigated. Specimens examined from China ( Sichuan) and Vietnam differ from the better studied Japanese specimens in that the structure of the integument is coarser. In particular, the punctation on the mesopleurae are clearly larger and tergum 1 is sparsely, finely punctate ( Fig. 23 View Figs 21–23 ).