Habralictus canaliculatus Moure, 1941

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 : 22-26

4. Habralictus canaliculatus Moure, 1941

Figs 1B , 2B , 8–9 , 20F , 21A

Habralictus canaliculatus Moure, 1941: 64 .

Diagnosis

Females without yellow maculations and metallic reflections on the metasoma and with paraocular fovea not contiguous to the eye margin near emargination. Easily differs from similar species by the bright green mesoscutum, dark colored in H. beatissimus and blue green in H. cyaneus sp. nov. It can be also distinguished by the strong lineolate mesoscutum, more weak in the other species.

Males without yellow maculations on the metasoma and with elongate flagellomeres. The anterior margin of the mesoscutum is acuminate-shaped, not rounded as H. beatissimus and H. cyaneus sp. nov. From the latter it is also distinguished by the more punctured and lineolate mesoscutum and by mesepisternum not polished between the punctures, but weakly lineolate.

Type material

Holotype BRAZIL – Rio de Janeiro • ♀; Itatiaia; [22°29′17.3″ S, 44°33′49.873″ W]; 5 Jan. 1931; “ Habralictus / canaliculatus /m./ P. Moure 1941 ”; DZUP 521286 .

Paratype BRAZIL – Rio de Janeiro • 1 ♂; same data as for holotype; DZUP 521287 .

Other material examined

BRAZIL – Bahia • 1 ♀; Ilhéus; [14°47′55.480″ S, 39°2′2.387″ W]; May 2023; Pupim and Adriana leg.; DZUP 522516 . – Espírito Santo • 1 ♂; Santa Teresa; [19°55′44.271″ S, 40°35′55.976″ W]; 27 Aug. 1967; C.T and C. Elias leg.; DZUP 521434 • 5 ♂♂; same data as for preceding; 27 Sep. 1967; DZUP 521435 to 521438 , 522379 . – Maranhão • 2 ♂♂; São Luís; [2°31′48.4″ S, 44°17′36.7″ W]; 21 Nov. 1984; Camargo, Moure and Mazucato leg; DZUP 522515 , 522539 . – Minas Gerais • 1 ♀; Brazópolis; [22°28′26.143″ S, 45°37′0.470″ W]; Dec. 1961; Claudionor Elias leg.; DZUP 522375 • 2 ♂♂; Barbacena; [21°13′15.6″ S, 43°46′10.0″ W]; 6 Apr. 1963; Alvarenga and Seabra leg.; DZUP 522376 , 522377 • 1 ♂; Patos de Minas; [18°35′51.931″ S, 46°30′54.832″ W]; 23 Nov. 1965; Claudionor Elias; DZUP 522378 • 1 ♀; “MZSP HYM/0140633 Serra Caraça- 1380m / MG-Brasil-XI-961/ Kloss, Lenko,/ Martins & Silva col.”; MZSP. – Paraná • 1 ♀; Almirante Tamandaré; [25°18′50.137″ S, 49°17′53.168″ W]; 25 Mar. 2007; G.A.R de Paula and G.A.R. Melo; “2C1”; DZUP 522594 • 7 ♂♂; same data as for preceding; “2F2, 2G2, 2B2, 2E2, 2C3, 2B3 and 2C4”; DZUP 522595 to 522601 • 1 ♀; “DZUP/521420// Curitiba / 27-9-55 ”; DZUP 521420 • 2 ♂; Morretes, Rio Sagrado de Cima ; 25°33′37″ S, 48°48′57″ W; 125 m a.s.l.; 29 Mar. 2002; G. Melo and A. Aguiar; DZUP 522380 , 522381 • 1 ♀; São Mateus do Sul, Fazenda Durgo ; [25°52′04.6″ S, 50°23′04.0″ W]; 26 Feb. 2009; Rafael Kamke leg.; “Ponto amostral/ Fazenda Durgo/ 14:00-15:00//CJS 6883”; DZUP 522542 • 1 ♂; same data as for preceding; DZUP 522556 • 2 ♂♂; same data as for preceding; “Ponto amostral/ Fazenda Durgo /15:00-16:00 CJS 6924 and CJS 6914”; DZUP 522552 , 522558 • 3 ♂♂; same data as for preceding; 3 Mar. 2009; “Ponto amostral/ Fazenda Durgo / 10:00-11:00 CJS 7018, CJS 7059 and CJS 7020”; DZUP 522555 , 522557 , 522559 • 2 ♀♀; São Mateus do Sul, UN-SIX, Petrobras ; [25°52′04.6″ S, 50°23′04.0″ W]; 14 Apr. 2009; “ Ponto amostral/ Vacódromo / 12:00-13:00 CJS 7845 and CJS 7823 ”; DZUP 522543 , 522544 • 1 ♀; same data as for preceding; 24 Jan. 2011; “Ponto amostral/ CAB (antigo MDI) CJS 10112”; DZUP 522547 • 1 ♂; same data as for preceding; “Ponto amostral/ CAB (antigo MDI) CJS 9886 ”; DZUP 522548 • 1 ♂; same data as for preceding; “Ponto amostral/ JAGUATIRICA CJS 9794”; DZUP 522549 • 2 ♂♂; same data as for preceding; 17 Apr. 2011; “Ponto amostral/ CAB CJS 10600 and CJS10601”; DZUP 522550 , 522561 • 1 ♂; same data as for preceding; 20 Mar. 2012; “Ponto amostral/ MATA DO TÚNEL CJS 11711”; DZUP 522560 • 1 ♀; same data as for preceding; 18 Jan. 2011; “Ponto amostral/ JAGUATIRICA CJS 9456”; DZUP 522545 • 1 ♀; same data as for preceding; 24 Jan. 2011; “Ponto amostral/ JAGUATIRICA CJS 10028”; DZUP 522546 • 3 ♀♀; Piraquara, Reserva Piraquara II; 20 Mar. 2024; A.A. Pinto, L. Polizeli and R. Varela leg.; “347”; DZUP 522517 to 522519 • 3 ♂; same data as for preceding; DZUP 522520 to DZUP 522522 • 1 ♀; Curitiba, Cemit. Parque Iguaçu ; 25°25′9.653″ S, 49°18′36.734″ W; 6 Feb. 2018; L. Graf leg.; DZUP 546812 • 1 ♀; Curitiba, Parque Atuba ; 25°22′46.5″ S, 49°12′25.9″ W; 15 Sep. 2017; L. Graf leg.; DZUP 543626 • 1 ♀; Curitiba, Quartel General ; 25°31′28.6″ S, 49°18′43.0″ W; 14 Mar. 2018; L. Graf leg.; DZUP 547844 • 1 ♂; same data as for preceding; DZUP 547854 • 2 ♀♀; Curitiba, Parque Tingui ; 25°23′46.7″ S, 49°18′20.0″ W; 23 Mar. 2018; L. Graf leg.; DZUP 548006 , 548007 • 1 ♂; Curitiba, Parque Tanguá ; 25°22′42.4″ S, 49°16′57.9″ W; 14 May 2018; L. Graf leg.; DZUP 566826 • 1 ♀; Curitiba, Parque Barigui ; 25°25′23.2″ S, 49°18′28.1″ W; 12 Feb. 2019; F.W. Pereira leg.; DZUP 572434 • 1 ♀; Curitiba, Parque Barigui ; 25°25′23.2″ S, 49°18′28.1″ W; 5 Dec. 2018; F.W. Pereira; DZUP 411693 . – Pernambuco • 1 ♀; Recife, Parque Estadual de Dois Irmãos ; 8°00′42.4″ S, 34°56′39.2″ W; 21 Sep.–7 Oct. 2022; E. Galdino and P. Costa leg.; Malaise; UFRPE / DZUP 522602 • 1 ♀; Paulista, Granja do Delegado ; 7°55′24.7″ S, 35°00′56.0″ W; E. Galdino and P. Costa leg.; Malaise; UFRPE / DZUP 522603 . – Rio de Janeiro • 1 ♀; “DZUP/521288// Itatiaya-/ 12.V.1932 // Habralictus ♀/ canaliculatus / Pe J S Moure 1941 ”; DZUP 521288 • 1 ♀; “DZUP/521289// Itatiaya, 700/ 11.VI.1941 /E. Rio-Brasil// canaliculatus /m/Det. J.S.Moure 19”; DZUP 521289 • 10 ♂♂; “COLEÇÃO/CAMPOS SEABRA// Estr. SUMARÉ / D. Federal BRASIL / IV-1954 / C.A.C.Seabra Coll.”; DZUP 521290 to 521299 • 1 ♀; “DZUP/522537 // COLEÇÃO/CAMPOS SEABRA// Floresta da Tijuca / D. Federal BRASIL / III-1955 / C.A.C. Seabra Coll”; DZUP 522537 • 1 ♀; “DZUP/521421//COLEÇÃO/CAMPOS SEABRA//P.N. Itatiaia /Est. Rio BRASIL / Mar. 1955 800m / H. Gouveia ”; DZUP 521421 • 2 ♂♂; “DZUP/522368” and “DZUP/522369” with the following label “COLEÇÃO/ CAMPOS SEABRA// Estr. SUMARÉ / D. Federal BRASIL / 29.I.1955 / C.A.C. Seabra Coll.”; DZUP 522368 , 522369 • 1 ♀; “DZUP/522366// COLEÇÃO/ CAMPOS SEABRA// Vista Chinesa / Distrito Federal BRASIL / 23.Fev.1956 / C.A.C. Seabra ”; DZUP 522366 • 1 ♀; “DZUP/522367 //COLEÇÃO/ CAMPOS SEABRA Floresta da Tijuca / D. Federal BRASIL / 23.Fev.1955 / C.A.C. Seabra ”; DZUP 522367 • 7 ♀♀; “Rep. RIO GRANDE/ GUANABARA 3/65/ BRASIL / F.M. Oliveira l”; DZUP 522355 to 522361 • 4 ♂♂; same data as for preceding; DZUP 522362 to 522365 • 1 ♀; Nova Friburgo, B. Sans Souci ; 22°16′ S, 42°30′ W; 1000 m a.s.l.; 13–15 Nov. 2005; P. Grossi leg.; DZUP 522538 • 1 ♂; “DZUP/522582// “SILVESTRE/ Guanabara Brasil / 4-IV-1960 / M. Alvarenga leg.”; DZUP 522582 . – Santa Catarina • 1 ♂; “DZUP/522370// N.Teutônia, S.C. / II/ V-1948 / Fritz Plaumann ” DZUP 522370 • 3 ♂♂; Pomerode, Testo Alto ; [26°40′01.7″ S, 49°11′08.8″ W]; 5 Apr. 2008; Rafael Kamke leg.; “ Baccharis dracunculifolia / Asteraceae /Daniel Falkenberg det.” // “CJS 3843”, “CJS 3838” and “CJS3837”; DZUP 522551 , 522553 , 522554 • 1 ♂; Florianópolis, Bairro Ratones ; [27°30′32.1″ S, 48°29′16.1″ W]; 19 Feb. 2009; L. Dornelles leg.; DZUP 522562 • 1 ♂; Pomerode, Testo Alto ; [26°40′01.7″ S, 49°11′08.8″ W]; 5 Apr. 2009; Rafael Kamke leg.; Baccharis dracunculifolia / Asteraceae /Daniel Falkenberg det. // CJS 3842 ; MZSP, [ MZSP HYM/0140635 ]. – São Paulo • 1 ♂; “DZUP/522371// S. Paulo / XII-68 ”; DZUP 522371 • 3 ♂♂; “ São Paulo /SP/12-261266h”; DZUP 522372 to 522374 • 1 ♀; Salesópolis, Est. Biol. Boracéia ; [23°31′45.049″ S, 45°50′40.480″ W]; 26 Oct. 1992; W. Wilms leg.; MZSP. MZSP HYM/0140630 • 1♀; same data as for preceding; 12 Oct. 1992; MZSP, MZSP HYM/0140631 • 1♂; same data as for preceding; 15 Jun. 1992; MZSP, MZSP HYM/0140634 • 1 ♂; same data as for preceding; 13 Jun. 1992; MZSP, MZSP HYM/0140632 • 1 ♂; same data as for preceding; 29 Mar. 1992; MZSP, MZSP HYM/0140636 .

Redescription

Female

HEAD. Head bright green; covered with very sparse short white plumose setae. Labrum dark brown. Mandible usually brown. Clypeus slightly depressed in the middle; green, with an apical band brown; covered with sparse short white plumose setae and with a band of long apical setae; punctate; areolate. Supraclypeal area punctulate; weakly areolate between the punctures but close to the antennal socket areolate. Paraocular fovea extends from the base of the eye, not more than an OD, beyond the antennal socket; not contiguous to the eye margin near emargination. Paraocular area sculpturing similar to that of the supraclypeal area. Frons puncticulate; areolate between the punctures. Gena covered with decumbent white setae. Scape dark brown. Flagellum mostly dark brown, ventrally light brown to yellow.

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

LEGS. Fore coxa and femur brown, remaining segments amber. Mid leg brown. Hind leg brown. Hind femur with dense long plumose setae.

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

MEASUREMENTS. Approximate body length 5.28 mm. Head mean width 1.43 mm; mean length 1.32 mm. Clypeoantennal mean distance 0.3 mm. Mean distance between subantennal sutures 0.38 mm. Lower interocular mean distance 0.68 mm. Upper interocular mean distance 0.82 mm. Scape mean length 0.55 mm. Intertegular mean distance 1.06 mm. T1 mean width 1.21 mm. T2 mean width 1.57 mm. T3 mean width 1.65 mm.

Male

HEAD. Head bright green; 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. Stipe brown. Clypeus slightly flattened in the middle; green, with an apical band yellow, which is projected upwards in the center; covered with sparse short white decumbent setae and with a band of long apical setae; puncticulate; polished between the punctures. Supraclypeal area puncticulate, more densely punctate towards the upper portion; polished between the punctures, but areolate closer to the antenna. Paraocular area fovea absent. Paraocular area sculpturing similar to that of the supraclypeal area. Frons densely punctulate. Frons strongly areolate (with a rough aspect). 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 dark brown, or mostly dark brown, ventrally light brown to yellow.

MESOSOMA. Pronotal dorsolateral angle obtuse or with a rounded aspect. Pronotal lobe brown. Tegula amber. Wing membrane hyaline. Mesoscutum with the anterior margin acuminate-shaped; surface bright green, may present some copper reflections; covered with very short tomentum and few sparse darker erect setae, more visible from an oblique view; more densely puncticulate; strongly lineolate to coriaceous. Scutellum crowded lineolate. Mesepisternum bright green. Pre-episternum crowded punctate. Hypoepimeral area puncticulate and weakly lineolate. Mesepisternum puncticulate and weakly lineolate, more polished towards the posterior margin. Metapostnotum surface flat/at the same level as the propodeum; bright green; entirely lineolate to coriaceous.

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

METASOMA. Terga clavate form (about the same width, apex more dilated); dark brown without yellow maculations; covered with short decumbent setae very sparsely distributed in T1, which progressively become denser towards T6; lineolate. S5 without any projection.

GENITALIA. Gonobase about one half of the gonocoxite, without basal projection. Gonocoxite dorsal inner margin forming a continuous flange, apical portion weakly developed. Gonapophysis, apex weakly rounded, with short median projections. Gonostylus basal lobe transverse, with short setae; ventral process slender, with setae elsewhere and long setae apically, dorsal process expanded. Volsella short and rounded.

MEASUREMENTS. Approximate body length 5.92 mm. Head mean width 1.24 mm; mean length 1.43 mm. Clypeoantennal mean distance 0.3 mm. Mean distance between subantennal sutures 0.28 mm. Lower interocular mean distance 0.47 mm. Upper interocular mean distance 0.69 mm. Scape mean length 0.39 mm. Intertegular mean distance 0.83 mm. T1 mean width 0.43 mm. T2 mean width 0.54 mm. T3 mean width 0.72 mm.

Variation

Some specimens with clypeus and supraclypeal area more polished. We did not observe a geographic pattern for this variation.

Distribution

Brazil: Bahia , Espírito Santo, Maranhão, Minas Gerais, Paraná, Pernambuco, Rio de Janeiro, Santa Catarina, 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. 8. Habralictus canaliculatus Moure, 1941, 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. 9. Habralictus canaliculatus Moure, 1941, non-type, ♂ (DZUP). A. Head in frontal view. B. Mesosoma in lateral view. C. Mesosoma in dorsal view. D. Metasoma in lateral 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.