Cockerell, Theodore D. A. (Theodore Dru Alison), 1866-1948.

Jacot, Arthur Paul, 1890-

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AMERICAN MUSEUM NOVITATESPublished byNumber 452 THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY Jan. 30, 1931New York City59.57, 99 (51.1)SOME BEES COLLECTED BY PROFESSOR JACOT IN CHINABT T. D. A. COCKERELLThe following bees, collected in Tsinan, China, in the spring of 1930,were sent by Professor Arthur Jacot, of the Shantung Christian Uni-versity. For previous accounts of bees from this locality see Entomolo-gist, September, 1929 and April, 1930.Chalicodoma desertorum tsinanensis CockerellDescribed from the female. Five males are now sent, taken March23. They agree with the brief description of male C. desertorum, exceptthat the mandibles are entirely dark.Osmia jacoti CockerellThis was described from the female. A series of six males, collectedat flowers of Viola, March 23, consists of three 0. jacoti and three 0.subtersa Cockerell. These two species, in the male, vary in size and color(one C. subtersa is only 6.5 mm. long) and are in all respects closelyallied. In 0. jacoti the hair of the face is a slightly sordid or brownishwhite, as against the snow-white of 0. subtersa. The abdomen of 0.jacoti is olive-green to almost black, that of 0. subtersa more or less dis-tinctly steel-blue, sometimes quite bright. The notch in the sixthtergite of 0. jacoti is deep and semicircular; both species have theseventh ending in two sharp spines. The genitalia distinctly differ, thestipites being thick and obtuse at end in 0. subtersa, slender and pointedin 0. jacoti; while the sagittle in 0. subtersa are more obtuse at end (seefigure).Anthophora melanognatha CockerellTwo males and a female, at Astragalus, April 2. The males differfrom the type in having a small yellow spot on the mandibles. Thefemale has red hair on the hind tibiae and tarsi. The male face markingsare light yellow, not orange as in A. fulvitarsis Brull&.AMERICAN MUSEUM NOVITATESAnthophora patruelis, new speciesMAE.-Length, 13-15 mm. (varying with extension of abdomen); anteriorwing 10.5 mm.; very robust, black, the body with long and abundant gray (not at allfulvous) hair, the gray effect due to a combination of white and black; face-markingsvery pale yellow, including the shining clypeus (except lateral lobes, very small markat each side, and linear lower margin), narrow supraclypeal band, labrum (exceptlower edge and large lateral tubercles), and remnants of lateral face marks, which arereduced to a short band next to clypeus (appearing to deviate from it at lower end,but this effect due to the fact that the lateral lobes of clypeus are black), and two veryminute spots (the upper often absent) on orbital margin; scape broadly light yellowin front; flagellum entirely black; third antennal joint as long as next three together;face with long white hair, but some black at sides; thorax with abundant long whitehair, mixed with black on disc; tegulae black; wings dusky; basal nervure meetingnervulus; legs with long pale fulvous hair; spurs light ferruginous; joints two to four,ANORMA.NAVI,..~Jk;ThoPuoRA.OSMLA.CowSto1ytlha 4, 1eI -s. sfxtero. jacc+iFig. 1. Male genitalia.and base of fifth on middle and hind legs ferruginous, dusky at end; middle basitarsibroadened, the apical half anteriorly with a brush of black hair, and a little on pos-terior side, while the last joint of these tarsi has a long black fringe on each side;hind basitarsi not toothed; abdomen with long shaggy white hair, forming conspic-uous bands on tergites two to four, but there is long black hair before these bands;genitalia very robust, ferruginous, of complicated form, as shown in the figure.Tsinan, April 3, 1930, six males at Astragalus.Looks like a small A. melanognatha, but easily distinguished by thereduced lateral face marks, and from most of the allied species by theentirely black mandibles. The stipites are much longer, narrower andpaler than in A. acervorum li8bonensis Cockerell, which has very similarpubescence on thorax and abdomen. The genitalia are also quite dis-tinct from those of A. fulvitarsis Brull6, which is a related species.2 [No. 452CHINESE BEESTetralonia jacoti (Cockerell)Tetralonia chinensis jacoti COCKERELL, 1930, Entomologist, LXIII, p. 84, 9.Tetralonia polychroma COCKERELL, 1930, Entomologist, LXIII, p. 85, d.These are proved to be one species by a pair taken mating, April 5,by Professor Jacot. Males were also taken March 25, 28, and April 2.The species is certainly distinct from T. chinensis. The mating male hasthe dorsal hair of thorax very pale yellowish, shining white, but mostmales show the rich fox-red hair.Andrena callopyrrha CockerellDescribed from the female. The present lot contains thirteenmales, taken March 25 and April 3. The male closely resembles thefemale except in the usual sexual characters. The head and thorax arecovered with red hair; face very broad, its tegument entirely black;abdominal bands light fulvous, broadly interrupted on second tergite;tibiae and tarsi red, the anterior tibiae variably blackened on outer side;hind femora red, more or less clouded with black. Mandibles slender,ordinary, and cheeks rounded. For genitalia see figure. In Schmiede-knecht's table (Apidae Europwae) this runs directly to A. xanthura Kirby(wilkella Kirby), from which it is readily distinguished by the moreshining abdomen and the color of the pubescence. The third antennaljoint is considerably longer than the fourth, yet not nearly twice as long.Two of these males carry Stylops.Specimens of all these species, including the holotype of the newAnthophora, are in The American Museum of Natural History.1931] 3

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