Amegilla (Glossamegilla) hainanensis Wu, 2000

Niu, Ze-Qing, Yuan, Feng, Luo, Arong, Zhou, Qing-Song, Orr, Michael, Rasmont, Pierre & Zhu, Chao-Dong, 2025, The types of Anthophorinae (Hymenoptera: Apidae) described by Yan-Ru Wu and held in the main museum of the Chinese National Animal Collection Resource Center, Zootaxa 5629 (1), pp. 1-84 : 12

4. Amegilla (Glossamegilla) hainanensis Wu, 2000

( Figs 6a–h , holotype)

Amegilla (Glossamegilla) hainanensis Wu, 2000: 295 , ♀ [♂]. Syn. nov.

Holotype: [♂], Ḟ东, ẚ南, 保亭, 80 ȓƃ [Guangdong, Hainan, Baotin, 80 m, now Hainan Province, Baotin, 80 m, 18°38'N 109°42'E] // 1960.V.16, īåx: 张Ťô [16.V.1960, leg. Xue-Zhong Zhang] // HOLOTYPE <red label> // Amegilla (Glossamegilla) hainanensis , ǎîx: Dzě如 [det. Yan-Ru Wu] // IOZ (E)205493 <blue label> // Amegilla (Glossamegilla) hainanensis Wu, 2000 , det. P. Rasmont, 2019.

Current status: Amegilla (Glossamegilla) himalajensis ( Radoszkowski, 1882)

Remark: The taxon was described from females by Yan-Ru Wu ( Wu, 2000: 295) without a sex symbol on the label, but the holotype is actually a male. This taxon appears identical to A. (Glossamegilla) himalajensis ( Radoszkowski, 1882) , with the exception that hainanensis body length (13 mm) is smaller than in A. himalajensis (16–18 mm) and that apex and both side of T3 are covered with yellow hair, not all black hair. These small colour differences fall into the species variation as discussed by Lieftinck (1956).

Distribution: China (Hainan): India, Myanmar, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Burma.

Figures

FIGURE 6. Amegilla (Glossamegilla) hainanensis Wu, 2000, recte Amegilla (Glossamegilla) himalajensis (Radozkowski, 1882). Holotype-Male- IOZ(E)205493. a: Body left profile (L=14 mm); b: Face frontal view; c: Labrum and mandibulae frontal view; d: Right antenna; e: Mesosoma dorsal view; f: Metasoma dorsal view; g: Middle and hind right legs lateral view; h: Labels (photos P. Rasmont).