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Maculonomia (Maculonomia) rufocaudata

  • 1. Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet Road, Nghia Do, Cau Giay, Hanoi (Vietnam)
  • 2. Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet Road, Nghia Do, Cau Giay, Hanoi (Vietnam) & Graduate University of Science and Technology, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet Road, Nghia Do, Cau Giay, Hanoi (Vietnam)
  • 3. Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet Road, Nghia Do, Cau Giay, Hanoi (Vietnam) and Graduate University of Science and Technology, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet Road, Nghia Do, Cau Giay, Hanoi (Vietnam)
  • 4. Division of Invertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History, 200 Central Park West, New York, New York 10024 (United States)

Description

Maculonomia (Maculonomia) rufocaudata (Wu, 1988)

(Figs 6; 7)

Nomia (Maculonomia) rufocaudata Wu, 1988: 546.

Maculonomia rufocaudata – Pauly 2009: 163.

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Vietnam • 1 ♀; Lao Cai, Bat Xat, Y Ty, way to the red waterfall; 21°23’03.4”N, 105°42’42.6”E; alt. 1586 m; 9.V.2019; Nguyen L.T.P., Nguyen C.Q. leg.; IEBR • 1 ♀; same data; AMNH • 1 ♀; Son La, Bac Yen, Hang Dong, Hang Dong C village, Ta Xua special-use forest; 21°19’48”N, 104°32’21”E; alt. 1256 m; 24.VIII.2023; Tran D.D. leg.; IEBR.

REMARKS

Note that the apical enamel bands of the Vietnamese specimens are distinctly orange rather than the yellow of the Tibetan population.Despite this color variation, the specimens agree in all other respects with the species as characterized from Tibet.

Notes

Published as part of Tran, Ngat Thi, Phuong, Lien Thi, Anh, Phuong Nguyen, Nguyen, Anh Duc & Engel, Michael S., 2025, New species and records of the nomiine bee genus Maculonomia Wu, 1982 from Vietnam (Hymenoptera, Halictidae), pp. 51-73 in Zoosystema 47 (4) on pages 59-61, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2025v47a4, http://zenodo.org/record/14831210

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
AMNH , IEBR
Event date
2019-05-09 , 2023-08-24
Verbatim event date
2019-05-09 , 2023-08-24
Scientific name authorship
Wu
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Hymenoptera
Family
Halictidae
Genus
Maculonomia
Species
rufocaudata
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Maculonomia (Maculonomia) rufocaudata (Wu, 1988) sec. Tran, Phuong, Anh, Nguyen & Engel, 2025

References

  • WU Y. R. 1988. - Hymenoptera: Apoidea, in HUANG F. S., WANG P. Y., YIN W. Y., YU P. Y., LEE T. S., YANG C. K., WANG X. J. (eds), Insects of Mt. Namjagbarwa Region of Xizang. Science Press, Beijing, 545-552. [In Chinese, with English summary].
  • PAULY A. 2009. - Classification des Nomiinae de la Region Orientale, de Nouvelle-Guinee et des iles de l'Ocean Pacifique (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Halictidae). Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique, Entomologie 79: 151-229.