Pseudapis (Pseudapis) oxybeloides (Smith, 1875)

Figs 10 D – F, 11

Nomia oxybeloides Smith, 1875.

Material examined.

Pakistan. Punjab, Bahawalpur • 1 ♀, 12 April 2021, W. Akram • 6 ♀ 2 ♂, 5 June 2020, A. Sajjad, W. Akram & A. Ahmad • 2 ♀ 1 ♂, 27 June 2020, A. Ahmad • 3 ♀ 3 ♂, 20 July 2020, A. Sajjad, W. Akram & A. Ahmad • 1 ♀, 21 July 2020, A. Ahmad • 8 ♀ 7 ♂, 8 August 2020, W. Akram, A. Sajjad & A. Ahmad; 1 ♀, 18 September 2020, A. Sajjad • 1 ♀, 24 November 2020, W. Akram; Lodhran • 2 ♀, 15 June 2020, A. Ahmad • 1 ♀ 1 ♂, 18 June 2020, W. Akram • 1 ♀, 2 August 2020, W. Akram; Multan • 3 ♀ 1 ♂, 16 June 2020, M. K. Rafique & A. Sajjad • 1 ♀, 18 June 2020, A. Sajjad • 2 ♀ 3 ♂, 2 August 2020, M. K. Rafique & A. Sajjad • 2 ♀, 3 August 2020, A. Sajjad; Khanewal • 3 ♀, 19 June 2020, W. Akram & A. Ahmad • 2 ♀ 1 ♂, 20 June 2020, W. Akram & A. Ahmad • 1 ♀, 4 July 2020, A. Sajjad; Rahimyar Khan • 3 ♀, 12 June 2020, W. Akram & A. Ahmad • 1 ♀, 25 August 2020, Z. H. Dahri; Dera Ghazi Khan • 2 ♀ 1 ♂, 27 August 2020, A. Sajjad, W. Akram & A. Ahmad.

Diagnosis.

Female (Fig. 11 A, B): Head: Densely and finely punctured, clypeus slightly flat and arched from anterior side, the head and clypeus in front with pubescence of shiny silvery white. Mesosoma: Coarsely and lightly punctured, tegulae very large, broader than long and testaceous, propodeum curved at the sides, sharply truncated at the posterior side and more finely punctured as compared to mesonotum, basal space very narrow, with only a row of deep rough punctures; the legs on the outside, post-scutellum, and a line on pronotum with pubescence of shiny silvery white, the mesosoma often with fulvous pubescence. Metasoma: Shiny, basal three metasomal segments dorsally with an unclear diagonally impressed line, margins of metasomal segments with pubescence of shiny silvery white. Male (Fig. 11 C, D): Similar but smaller with a fulvous shade of pubescence, hind tibiae and femora swollen, the lower angle of each tibia from the apex produced into a long flat process with testaceous white, externally curved, the inner margin straight, hyaline wings in both sexes, tegulae and veins testaceous. Genitalia (Fig. 11 E, F): Genital gonocoxite robust and gonostylus lamellate.

Distribution.

Pseudapis (Pseudapis) oxybeloides is distributed in Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka (Inoka et al. 2006; Ascher and Rasmussen 2010; Saini and Rathor 2012; Gupta 2013; Sharma et al. 2016; Chandra et al. 2019; Ascher and Pickering 2024). This species has already been reported from Multan, southern Punjab (Sajjad et al. 2019 b).

Observed floral hosts.

Luffa acutangula, Launaea nudicaulis, Cucumis momordica, Trianthema portulacastrum, Capsicum frutescens, Convolvulus arvensis, Corchorus olitorius, Lagenaria siceraria, Raphanus sativus, Jatropha integerrima, Solanum virginianum, and Salsola baryosma. Some other floral hosts i. e., Cucumis sativus, Desmodium heterophyllum, Hedyotis corymbose, Ipomoea mauritiana, and Vernonia cinerea of P. oxybeloides have been reported (Inoka et al. 2006).