Habralictus beatissimus ( Cockerell, 1901 )

Liz, Júlia Alberti de & Gonçalves, Rodrigo Barbosa, 2025, A taxonomic revision of Habralictus Moure, 1941 from Brazil, with description of four new species (Hymenoptera: Apidae), European Journal of Taxonomy 991 (1), pp. 1-53 : 10-15

2. Habralictus beatissimus ( Cockerell, 1901)

Figs 1A , 2A , 4–5 , 20A , 21A

Augochlora beatissima Cockerell, 1901: 222 .

Diagnosis

Females without yellow maculations on the metasoma and with paraocular fovea not contiguous to the eye margin near emargination. Easily differs from similar species by the dark mesoscutum, bright green in H. canaliculatus and blue green in H. cyaneus sp. nov. From the latter it is also distinguished by the absence of blue metallic reflections on the metasoma. From H. obscuratus sp. nov., it is distinguished by the yellow maculations on the terga and the areolate sculpturing of the head and mesoscutum of the latter. Males without yellow maculations on the metasoma and with elongate flagellomeres. The anterior margin of the mesoscutum is rounded, not acuminate-shaped as H. canaliculatus . The scutellum is crowded lineolate, whereas in H. cyaneus sp. nov. it is polished between the punctures.

Type material

Holotype BRAZIL – Mato Grosso • ♀; “ Chapada // Jan// Augochlora / beatissima ,/Ckll. TYPE.// Type No./346/ Carn. Mus. Ent.// CMNH-IZ/724,553 / CMNH HOLOTYPE #346/ Augochlora / beatissima /Cockerell”; CM, CMNH-IZ 724,553. Examined through photographs.

Other material examined

BRAZIL – Goiás • 2 ♂♂; Chapada dos Veadeiros, Fazenda Boa Vista ; [14°10′44″ S, 47°40′21″ W]; 1190 m a.s.l.; 1 Apr. 2003; Melo, Aguiar, Marchi and Gonçalves leg.; Mata de Galeria; DZUP 522509 , 522510 • 3 ♂♂; Santo Antônio do Descoberto; [15°43′24″ S, 48°24′48″ W]; 5–6 Jun. 2021; M.M. Carvalho leg.; RPSP 22.4668 , 22.4679 , 22.4680 . – Mato Grosso • 1 ♀; “ DZUP/521328 ”//“Dec./ CHAPADA /1957/C.W.T 346-Carnegie Museum”; DZUP 521328 • 2 ♀♀; Cáceres; [16°4′4.711″ S, 57°40′42.226″ W]; Dec. 1984; C. Elias leg.; POLONOROESTE; DZUP 521351 , 522512 • 1 ♀; same data as for preceding; 9 Jan. 1985; DZUP 522513 . – Minas Gerais • 4 ♂♂; Araxá; [19°35′5.858″ S, 46°56′44.641″ W]; 5Apr. 1965; C. Elias leg.; DZUP 522499 to 522502 • 1 ♂; same data as for preceding; 22 Apr. 1965; DZUP 522503 • 3 ♀♀; Passos; [20°43′16.701″ S, 46°36′30.538″ W]; 8–10 Nov. 1951; C. Elias leg.; DZUP 521344 to 521346 • 1 ♂; same data as for preceding; DZUP 521348 • 3 ♀♀; Passos; [20°43′16.701″ S, 46°36′30.538″ W]; 5–10 Nov. 1961; C. Elias leg.; DZUP 522495 to 522497 • 1 ♂; Passos; [20°43′16.701″ S, 46°36′30.538″ W]; 20–25 Nov. 1961; C. Elias leg.; DZUP 522498 • 115 ♀♀; Patos de Minas; [18°35′51.931″ S, 46°30′54.832″ W]; 23 Nov. 1965; Claudionor Elias leg.; DZUP 521333 to 522489 • 6 ♂♂; same data as for preceding; DZUP 521343 , 522490 to 522494 • 1 ♂; Perdizes; [19°20′31.774″ S, 47°17′19.205″ W]; 8 Apr. 1965; C. Elias leg.; DZUP 521350 • 2 ♂♂; Santa Juliana; [19°18′37.926″ S, 47°30′51.440″ W]; 4 Apr. 1965; C. Elias leg.; DZUP 522505 , 522506 • 1 ♀; São Francisco; [15°57′2.111″ S, 44°50′59.839″ W]; Jul. 1985; C. Elias leg.; DZUP 522504 • 2 ♂♂; São Gotardo; [19°18′32.025″ S, 46°3′20.432″ W]; 11 Apr. 1965; C. Elias leg.; DZUP 522507 , 522508 • 6 ♀♀; Paraopeba, Mannesmann Fazenda Itapoã ; [19°17′45.228″ S, 44°29′56.096″ W]; 22 Dec. 1998; V. Silva leg.; Cerrado; UFMG 2651-7917 to 2651-7919 , 2652-7-926 , 2652-7928 , 2652-7929 . – São Paulo • 1 ♂; Ribeirão Preto; [21°10′8.650″ S, 47°47′54.743″ W]; 2 Dec. 1992; M. Mazucato leg.; C: 2349/ Pl: 199/ Hs: 12:19; RPSP • 5 ♂♂; same data as for preceding; 16 Dec. 1992; Pl:220/ Hs: 12:15 C: 3783-3787; RPSP • 1 ♂; same data as for preceding; 28 Dec. 1992; C: 4120/ Pl: 199/ Hs: 12:15; RPSP • 1 ♀; same data as for preceding; 4 Nov. 1992; C: 2676/ Pl: 199/ Hs: 12:15; RPSP • 1 ♂; same data as for preceding; 11 Nov. 1992; C: 2820/ Pl: 199/ Hs: 9:12; RPSP • 1 ♂; same data as for preceding; 18 Nov. 1992; C: 2939/ Pl: 010/ Hs: 12:15; RPSP • 2 ♂♂; same data as for preceding; 30 Nov. 1992; C: 3262/ Pl: 215/ Hs: 9:15 and C: 3264; RPSP • 4 ♂♂; same data as for preceding; 15 Oct. 1992; C: 2244/ Pl: 199/ Hs: 9:12, C: 2260, C: 2276 and C: 2253; RPSP • 4 ♂♂; same data as for preceding; 28 Oct. 1992; C: 2528/ Pl: 199/ Hs: 9:12 “C: 2529, C: 2530” and C: 2531; RPSP • 2 ♀♀; same data as for preceding; 16 Sep. 1992; C: 1419/ Pl: 199/ Hs: 9:12 and C: 1420; RPSP ; • 3 ♂♂; same data as for preceding; C: 1425, C: 1426 and C: 1428; RPSP • 1 ♂; same data as for preceding; 30 Sep. 1992; C: 1842/ Pl: 199/ Hs: 9:12; RPSP • 7 ♂♂; same data as for preceding; 6 Apr. 1993; C: 6705/ Pl: 200/ Hs: 12:15 C: 6709, C: 6710, C: 6711, C: 6713, C: 6716 and C: 6720; RPSP • 1 ♀; same data as for preceding; 30 Apr. 1993; C: 7410/ Pl: 122/ Hs: 12:15; RPSP • 4 ♂♂; same data as for preceding; C: 7383, C: 7384, C: 7385 and C: 7386; RPSP ; • 2 ♀♀; same data as for preceding; 17 Jan. 1993; C: 5216/ Pl: 142/ Hs: 9:12 and C: 5217; RPSP • 3 ♂♂; 24 Feb. 1993; C: 5398/ Pl: 142/ Hs: 12:15 C: 5452 and C: 5384; RPSP • 1 ♂; same data as for preceding; 26 Feb. 1993; C: 5500/ Pl: 142/ Hs: 9:12; RPSP • 9 ♂♂; same data as for preceding; 13 Jan. 1993; C: 4361/ Pl: 172/ Hs: 12:15 C: 4363, C: 4374, C: 4373, C: 4376, C: 4366, C: 4369, C: 4371 and C: 4365; RPSP • 1 ♂; same data as for preceding; 27 Jan. 1993; C: 4701/ Pl: 199/ Hs: 12:15; RPSP • 1 ♂; same data as for preceding; 2 Jun. 1993; C: 8132/ Pl: 10/ Hs: 12:15; RPSP • 2 ♀♀; same data as for preceding; 14 Jun. 1993; C: 8368/ Pl: 215/ Hs: 9:12 and C: 8369; RPSP • 1 ♀; same data as for preceding; 16 Jun. 1993; C: 8379/ Pl: 10/ Hs: 12:15; RPSP • 1 ♂; same data as for preceding; C: 8368; RPSP • 3 ♂♂; same data as for preceding; 5 May 1993; C: 7510/ Pl: 122/ Hs: 12:15 C: 7512 and C: 7513; RPSP • 7 ♀♀; same data as for preceding; 7 May 1993; C: 7570/ Pl: 172/ Hs: 9:12, C: 7571, C: 7572, C: 7573, C: 7574, C: 7575 and C: 7576; RPSP • 9 ♂♂; same data as for preceding; C: 7553, C: 7581, C: 7554; RPSP • 2 ♂♂; same data as for preceding; 10 May 1993; C: 7680/ Pl: 173/ Hs: 12:15 and C: 7677; RPSP • 1 ♂; same data as for preceding; 14 May 1993; C: 7755/ Pl: 172/ Hs: 12:15; RPSP • 1 ♀; same data as for preceding; 10 May 199; C: 7778/ Pl: 10/ Hs: 9:12; RPSP • 5 ♂♂; same data as for preceding; C: 7770, C: 7772, C: 7795, C: 7796 and C: 7794; RPSP • 7 ♂♂; same data as for preceding; 24 May 1993; C: 7974/ Pl: 122/ Hs: 12:15, C: 7942, C: 7941, C: 7949, C: 7915, C: 7940 and C: 7948; RPSP • 2 ♂♂; same data as for preceding; 26 May 1993; C: 8008/ Pl: 122/ Hs: 9:12 and C: 8009; RPSP • 1 ♂; same data as for preceding; 28 May 1993; C: 8061/ Pl: 122/ Hs: 12:15 RPSP • 2 ♂♂; same data as for preceding; 1 Mar. 1993; C: 5582/ Pl: 142/ Hs: 12:15 and C: 5583; RPSP • 2 ♂♂; same data as for preceding; 3 Mar. 1993; C: 5658/ Pl: 142/ Hs: 9:12 and C: 5660; RPSP • 3 ♀♀; same data as for preceding; 3 Mar. 199; C: 5652/ Pl: 142/ Hs: 9:12, C: 5653 and C: 5651; RPSP • 1 ♀; same data as for preceding; 8 Mar. 1993; C: 5784/ Pl: 142/ Hs: 9:12; RPSP • 1 ♂; same data as for preceding; C: 5790; RPSP • 2 ♂♂; same data as for preceding; 10 Mar. 1993; C: 5832/ Pl: 110/ Hs: 12:15 and C: 5831; RPSP • 1 ♀; same data as for preceding; 22 Mar. 1993; C: 6220/ Pl: 110/ Hs: 9:12; RPSP • 2 ♂♂; same data as for preceding; C: 6227 and C: 6229; RPSP • 2 ♀♀; same data as for preceding; 24 Mar. 1993; C: 6170/ Pl: 142/ Hs: 12:15 and C: 6172; RPSP • 3 ♂♂; same data as for preceding; C: 6256, C: 6259 and C: 6264; RPSP .

Redescription

Female

HEAD. Head bright green; covered with very sparse short white plumose setae. Labrum amber to light brown. Mandible usually yellow with darkened apex. Clypeus not depressed in the middle; green, with an apical band brown; covered with sparse short white plumose setae and with a band of long apical decumbent setae; sparsely punctate intertwined with very fine punctures; polished between the punctures. Supraclypeal area with copper reflections; punctulate and polished between the punctures. Paraocular fovea extends from the base of the eye, not more than an ocellar distance beyond the antennal socket, not contiguous to the eye margin near emargination. Paraocular area sculpturing similar to that of the supraclypeal area. Frons densely puncticulate, more crowded towards the frontal line giving a rough appearance and polished between the punctures. Scape dark brown. Flagellum mostly dark brown, ventrally light brown to yellow.

MESOSOMA. Pronotal dorsolateral angle obtuse or rounded. Pronotal lobe yellow. Tegula amber with a yellow band on the inner margin. Wing membrane hyaline. Mesoscutum anterior margin acuminate-shaped; surface mostly purple, sometimes with copper reflections; covered with very short tomentum and few sparse darker erect setae, more visible from an oblique view; sparsely puncticulate and lineolate to coriaceous between the punctures (with a lineolate appearance, but sometimes the lines connect forming a leather-like sculpture). Mesepisternum bright green. Pre-episternum crowded areolate. Hypoepimeral area coriaceous. Mesepisternum puncticulate and coriaceous laterally, becoming polished ventrally. Metapostnotum not depressed in the median posterior surface; bright green; entirely lineolate.

LEGS. Fore coxa brown, trochanter amber, femur brown with a yellow tip or ventrally, tibia and basitarsus yellow. Mid coxa and trochanter brown, femur, tibia and basitarsus amber. Hind leg brown. Hind femur with dense long plumose setae.

METASOMA. Terga dark brown without yellow maculations; covered with short decumbent setae very sparsely distributed in T1, which progressively become denser towards T5; T1–T5 lineolate. Sterna covered with long plumose setae, denser and longer in S3> S2> S4>S5>S1.

MEASUREMENTS. Approximate body length 5.04 mm. Head mean width 1.39 mm, mean length 1.26 mm; Clypeoantennal mean distance 0.3 mm. Mean distance between subantennal sutures 0.37 mm. Lower interocular mean distance 0.71 mm. Upper interocular mean distance 0.79 mm. Scape mean length 0.59 mm. Intertegular mean distance 0.99 mm. T1 mean width 1.16 mm. T2 mean width 1.52 mm. T3 mean width 1.56 mm.

Male

HEAD. Head bright green, with copper reflections; covered with sparse decumbent setae below the antennal socket and with dense short white decumbent setae above. Labrum yellow. Mandible usually yellow with darkened apex. Stipes brown. Clypeus slightly flattened in the middle; green, with an apical band yellow, which is projected upwards in the center; covered with very sparse short white decumbent setae and with a band of long apical setae; puncticulate; polished between the punctures. Supraclypeal area green; puncticulate, becoming more densely punctate towards upper part; polished between the punctures, but areolate closer to the antenna. Paraocular fovea absent. Paraocular area sculpturing similar to that of the supraclypeal area. Frons densely punctulate; strongly areolate (with a rough aspect) between the punctures. Gena covered with decumbent white setae and post-gena with longer plumose setae; polished. Scape dark brown; with sparse short erect setae (<0.1 mm). F1 about the same size as the pedicel (0.1 mm). Flagellomeres F2–F11 mostly subequal. Flagellum mostly dark brown, ventrally light brown to yellow.

MESOSOMA. Pronotal dorsolateral angle obtuse or with a rounded aspect. Pronotal lobe yellow. Tegula amber, sometimes with a yellow band on the inner margin. Wing membrane hyaline. Mesoscutum with the anterior margin rounded, not acuminate-shaped; surface bright green, may present some copper reflections; covered with very sparse and short tomentum and few sparse darker erect setae, more visible from an oblique view; puncticulate; with a polished aspect, weakly lineolate near the anterior median line. Scutellum bipunctulate and polished between the punctures. Mesepisternum bright green; punctulate and polished between the punctures. Metapostnotum surface flat/at the same level as the propodeum; bright green; very lineolate in the central portion of the anterior margin, the remaining surface more weakly lineolate.

LEGS. Fore coxa brown, remaining segments yellow. Mid coxa brown, trochanter yellow, femur mostly yellow, with a brown apex or ventrally, tibia brown with a yellow apex, basitarsus yellow. Hind coxa and trochanter brown, femur brown with a yellow tip, tibia brown, basitarsus amber.

METASOMA. Terga about the same width, clavate; dark brown; without yellow maculations; with short decumbent setae very sparsely distributed in T1, which progressively becomes denser towards T6; T1– T6 lineolate. S5 without any projection.

GENITALIA. Gonobase expanded, about as long as gonocoxite, without basal projection. Gonocoxite short, basal portion of the dorsal inner margin forming a long digitiform projection, apical portion also developed, with gonapophysis median lateral projections occupying this space. Gonapophysis apex slender, dorsally with strong median lateral projections. Gonostylus basal lobe transverse, with short setae; ventral process slender, with small setae elsewhere and long setae apically, dorsal process membranous. Volsella short and rounded.

MEASUREMENTS. Approximate body length 5.08 mm. Head mean width 1.2 mm; mean length 1.14 mm. Clypeoantennal mean distance 0.29 mm. Mean distance between subantennal sutures 0.27 mm. Lower interocular mean distance 0.46 mm. Upper interocular mean distance 0.68 mm. Scape mean length 0.38 mm. Intertegular mean distance 0.78 mm. T1 mean width 0.45 mm. T2 mean width 0.58 mm. T3 mean width 0.75 mm.

Variation

Some female specimens have an apical yellow band on the clypeus, which is projected upwards in the center. Metapostnotum is usually areolate, but in some male specimens mostly polished, resembling H. callichroma .

Distribution

Brazil: Goiás, Mato Grosso, Minas Gerais, São Paulo.

Figures

Fig. 1. Details of female head.A. Habralictus beatissimus(Cockerell, 1901). B. H. canaliculatus Moure, 1941. C. H. crassiceps (Moure, 1941). D. H. callichroma (Cockerell, 1901). E. H. ligeus (Schrottky, 1911). F. H. macrospilophorus Moure, 1941. G. H. chlorobaptus Moure, 1941.H. H. obscuratus sp. nov. DZUP. Scale bar = 0.5 mm.

Fig. 2. Details of female mesoscutum.A. Habralictus beatissimus(Cockerell, 1901). B. H. canaliculatus Moure, 1941. C. H. cyaneus sp. nov. D. H. crassiceps (Moure, 1941). E. H. ligeus (Schrottky, 1911). F. H. macrospilophorus Moure, 1941. G. H. callichroma (Cockerell, 1901). H. H. acuminatus sp. nov. DZUP. Scale bar = 0.5 mm.

Fig. 4. Habralictus beatissimus (Cockerell, 1901), non-type, ♀ (DZUP). A. Head in frontal view. B. Mesosoma in lateral view. C. Mesosoma in dorsal view. D. Metasoma in dorsal view. Scale bar = 0.5 mm.

Fig. 5. Habralictus beatissimus (Cockerell, 1901), non-type, ♂ (DZUP). A. Head in frontal view. B. Mesosoma in lateral view. C. Mesosoma in dorsal view. D. Metasoma in dorsal view. Scale bar = 0.5 mm.

Fig. 20. Male terminalia of Habralictus Moure, 1941 from Brazil. A. Dorsal and ventral view of the genitalia, S7 and S8 ofHabralictus beatissimus (Cockerell, 1901) (DZUP 522510). B. Dorsal and ventral view of the genitalia of H. cyaneus sp. nov., paratype (DZUP 522514). C. Dorsal and ventral view of the genitalia, S7 and S8 of H. macrospilophorus Moure, 1941 (DZUP 5522529). D. Dorsal and ventral view of the genitalia of H. callichroma (Cockerell, 1901) (DZUP 522326). E. Dorsal and ventral view of the genitalia, S7 and S8 of H. oscuratus sp. nov., paratype (DZUP 522511). F. Dorsal and ventral view of the genitalia of H. canaliculatus Moure, 1941 (DZUP 522520). G. Dorsal and ventral view of the genitalia and S6 of H. crassiceps Moure, 1941 (DZUP 521323). Scale bar = 1 mm.

Fig. 21. Distribution maps for Habralictus Moure, 1941 from Brazil. A. H. canaliculatus Moure, 1941 and H. beatissimus (Cockerell, 1901). B. H. macrospilophorus Moure, 1941 and H. ligeus (Schrottky, 1911). C. H. callichroma (Cockerell, 1901), H. chlorobaptus Moure, 1941 and H. crassiceps Moure, 1941. D. H. acuminatus sp. nov., H. cyaneus sp. nov., H. nitidus sp. nov. and H. obscuratus sp. nov.