Hylaeus garrulus ( Warncke, 1981 )

Divelec, Romain Le & Michez, Denis, 2025, Taxonomic revision of the garrulus species group in the bee genus Hylaeus Fabricius, 1793 (Hymenoptera: Apoidea, Colletidae), Zootaxa 5642 (2), pp. 127-146 : 138

Hylaeus garrulus ( Warncke, 1981)

Figures 5A–D , 6A–E .

Prosopis garrula Warncke, 1981: p. 160 ,

♀♂. Type locality: Spain, Alicante , Benidorm (Holotype ♂, OÖLM, examined) .

Examined material. 5♀ 6♂, Spain (see supplementary material) .

Distribution. Spain ( Warncke 1981, Dathe 2000) and Portugal ( Baldock et al. 2018). The examined material ( Fig. 9 ) and the published records suggest that it is scattered but widespread in southern and central Spain, but biased towards the eastern half of the country. The single specimen reported from Portugal ( Baldock et al. 2018) should be re-examined to confirm the presence of this species in the country. At the time, the species concepts were unclear, and all the Portuguese specimens examined by us and I. Cross (pers. comm.) belong to H. teruelus . Additionally, the seemingly eastward-restricted distribution of H. garrulus in Spain makes its presence in Portugal unlikely.

Figures

FIGURE 5. Females of the garrulus species group. A, E, I—Frons, frontal view; B, F, J—Clypeus and malar area, frontal view; C, G, K–Ibidem, lateral view; D, H, L—Head and mesosoma, lateral view; A–D–H. garrulus (Warncke, 1981); E–H—H. teruelus (Warncke, 1981); I–L—H. woodi Le Divelec, sp. nov. Scale bar = 0.25 mm.

FIGURE 6. Males of the garrulus species group. A, F, K—Face, frontal view; B, G, L—Mesosternum, ventral view; C, H, M—Sternum 3, ventral view; D, I, N—Genital capsule, dorsal view; E, J, O—Outer surface of penis valve, lateral view; A–E–H. garrulus (Warncke, 1981); F–J—H. teruelus (Warncke, 1981); K–O—H. woodi Le Divelec sp. nov. Scale bar = 0.25 mm. pf: penis fovea.

FIGURE 9. Distribution map of the three species of the garrulus group.