Habropoda tainanicola, Strand, 1913

Tran, Ngat Thi, Engel, & Michael S., 2025, A contribution to the knowledge of Habropoda from Vietnam (Hymenoptera: Apidae), Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 73, pp. 125-152 : 141

Key to subspecies of H. tainanicola

1. Supraclypeal area black, without yellow maculation; metatibia with reddish yellow or bright ferruginous setae; metasomal terga I & II with blackish to black setae, terga III–VI with reddish yellow or ferruginous setae.....................................................2

– Supraclypeal area with triangular yellow maculation; metatibia with black setae except yellowish-orange setae on posterior margin; metasomal terga I & II with black setae, terga III–VI with yellow-orange setae [southern Vietnam].......................... ............................................. H. t. vietnamica, new subspecies

2. Forewing yellowish infumate; metatibia with reddish yellow setae; metasomal terga I and II with black setae, terga III–VI with reddish yellow setae [ Taiwan].......................................... .................................................. H. t. tainanicola Strand, 1913

– Forewing yellowish subhyaline; metatibia with bright ferruginous setae; metasomal terga I–IV with black setae, terga V and VI with ferruginous setae [southeastern China]............ .................................................... H. t. maiella Lieftinck, 1974