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Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Fiocruz
ISSN: 1678-8060 EISSN: 1678-8060
Vol. 92, Num. 3, 1997, pp. 353-356
Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Vol. 92(3), May/June 1997, pp. 353-356

The type specimens of Apoidea (Hymenoptera) deposited in the entomological collection of Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil

Marisa Vianna Ferraz

Colecao Entomologica, Departamento de Entomologia, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Av. Brasil 4365, 21045-900, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil

Received 7 October 1996; Accepted 19 February 1997


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A list of 41 Apoidea (Hymenoptera) type specimens deposited in the Entomological Collection of the Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil is presented. The types previously belonged to the Zikan and Schrottky private collections. A total of 11 holotypes and 30 paratypes are listed with their respective data and literature.

Key words: type specimens - Apoidea - Hymenoptera - Zikan Collection - Schrottky Collection - Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

The general entomological collection of the Instituto Oswaldo Cruz (IOC), Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil, has approximately 1.2 million specimens, a rich source for research and historical documentation for Brazilian and foreigner researchers. It began in 1900 when researchers on scientific expeditions collected insects vector of human and animal diseases. The collection was under the care of A da Costa Lima until 1964, when he died. Afterwards, Orlando V Ferreira and Sebastiao Jose de Oliveira assumed responsibility for the collection.

The Hymenoptera collection, with approximately 25,000 specimens, has representative species of most families, as well as many nest samples. Two superfamilies of this order, Apoidea and Vespoidea, have species represented by type specimens. This paper deals with the super-family Apoidea.

Some privately owned collections have been integrated into the collection of IOC. The former Zikan Collection includes specimens collected mostly in the National Park of Itatiaia, State of Rio de Janeiro, while the former Schrottky Collection contains specimens collected mostly in Paraguay.

This paper is part of a series of lists being published to cover all orders of insects deposited in the entomological collection of IOC. Lists of type specimens of triatomine bugs (Goncalves et al. 1994) and mosquitoes (Marchon-Silva et al. 1996) started this series.

The genera and species are listed alphabetically within an alphabetical arrangement of families and subfamilies. The names were last reviewed and updated by Michener (1954), Stephen (1954), Moure (1960), Ordway (1966), Urban (1967, 1968), Eickwort (1969), Moure and Hurd (1987), and Michener et al. (1994). The information for each species name is provide in the following order: original biomen, author, year of publication, genus, junior synonyms (if any) and type data, including sex, registration number, type locality, collector, date and other informations.

FAMILY ANDRENIDAE

SUBFAMILY PANURGINAE

Genus Anthrenoides Ducke, 1907

  • meridionalis (Schrottky, 1906). Anthrenoides. Synonym of Protandrena meridionalis Schrottky, 1906. Holotype male (no. 10), Paraguay: Villa Encarnacion; C Schrottky coll. (no coll. data).

Genus Parapsaenythia Friese, 1908

  • paspali (Schrottky, 1909). Parapsaenythia. Synonym of Anthrenoides paspali Schrottky, 1909. Holotypes: male (no. 07), Paraguay: Puerto Bertoni; C Schrottky coll., 27-XII-1908; female (no. 08), Paraguay: Puerto Bertoni, Alto Parana. (no coll. data).

Genus Psaenythia Gerstacker, 1868

  • atriventris Schrottky, 1907. Psaenythia. Holotype male (no. 06), Paraguay: Villa Encarnacion; C Schrottky coll., 29-XII-1905.
  • burmeisteri Gerstacker, 1868. Psaenythia. Holotype male (no. 04). (no coll. data)
  • collaris Schrottky, 1906. Psaenythia. Holotype female (no. 14), Paraguay: Villa Encarnacion; C Schrottky coll., IX-1904.
  • comma Schrottky, 1907. Psaenythia. Holotype male (no. 05), Paraguay: Villa Encarnacion; C Schrottky coll., 12-X-1906.
  • physalidis Schrottky, 1907. Psaenythia. Holotype male (no. 13), Paraguay: Villa Encarnacion; C Schrottky coll., 13-X-1906.
  • picta Gerstacker, 1868. Psaenythia. Holotype male (no. 11), Paraguay: Villa Encarnacion; C Schrottky coll., 16-XI-1904.
  • quinquefasciata Schrottky, 1907. Psaenythia. Holotype male (no. 12), Paraguay: Villa Encarnacion; C Schrottky coll., 03-II-1905.
  • solani Schrottky, 1907. Psaenythia. Holotype female (no. 09), Paraguay: Villa Encarnacion; C Schrottky coll., 14-X-1906.

FAMILY ANTHOPHORIDAE

SUBFAMILY ANTHOPHORINAE

Genus Melissoptila Holmberg, 1884

  • thoracica (Smith, 1854). Melissoptila (Ptilomelissa). Synonym of Melissoptila ochromelaena Moure, 1943. Paratype male (no. 24), Brazil: Rio de Janeiro, Itatiaia, 700 m; JF Zikan coll., 29-XI-1935.

Genus Thygater Holmberg, 1903

  • chaetaspis Moure, 1941. Thygater (Thygater). Paratype female (no. 22), Brazil: Rio de Janeiro, Itatiaia, 720 m, km 12; JF Zikan coll., 05-II-1931.
  • sordidipennis Moure, 1941. Thygater (Nectarodiaeta). Paratype female (no. 21), Brazil: Rio de Janeiro, Itatiaia, 700 m; JF Zikan coll., 18-VII-1931 (in Solanaceae flowers).

Subfamily Xylocopinae

Genus Ceratinula Moure, 1941

  • turgida Moure, 1941. Ceratinula. Paratypes: female (no. 25), Brazil: Rio de Janeiro, Itatiaia, 700 m; JF Zikan coll., 07-V-1929 (in Camboata [Myrtaceae] flowers); male (no. 26), Brazil: Rio de Janeiro, Itatiaia, 700 m; JF Zikan coll., 20-V-1932 (in Camboata [Myrtaceae] flowers).
  • xanthocera Moure, 1941. Ceratinula. Paratype female (no. 27), Brazil: Minas Gerais, Mar de Hespanha; JF Zikan coll., 02-IX-1909.

FAMILY COLLETIDAE

SUBFAMILY COLLETINAE

Genus Colletes Latreille, 1805

  • albicinctus (Moure, 1943). Colletes. Synonym of Rhynchocolletes albicinctus Moure, 1943. Paratype male (no. 28), Brazil: Rio de Janeiro, Itatiaia, 700 m; JF Zikan coll., 26-V-1934 (in Camboata [Myrtaceae] flowers).

SUBFAMILY DIPHAGLOSSINAE

Genus Ptiloglossa Smith, 1853

  • decora Moure, 1945. Ptiloglossa. Paratype male (no. 46), Brazil: Rio de Janeiro, Mendes; (no coll. data) XII-1944.
  • dubia Moure, 1945. Ptiloglossa. Paratype female (no. 47), Brazil: Minas Gerais, Mar de Hespanha; JF Zikan coll., 02-IV-1911.
  • immixta Moure, 1945. Ptiloglossa. Paratype male (no. 49), Brazil: Rio Grande do Sul, Esteio; R.P.C. Negrini coll., III-1943.
  • latecalcarata Moure, 1945. Ptiloglossa. Paratype male (no. 44), Brazil: south of Minas Gerais, Virginia, 900 m; JF Zikan coll., 23-III-1919.
  • stafuzzai Moure, 1945. Ptiloglossa. Paratype male (no. 48), Brazil: Sao Paulo, Batatais; A.M. Stafuzza coll., III-1943.
  • styphlaspis Moure, 1945. Ptiloglossa. Paratype male (no. 43), Brazil: Sao Paulo, Batatais; A.M. Stafuzza coll., XII-1943.
  • xanthorhina Moure, 1945. Ptiloglossa. Paratype male (no. 50), Brazil: Amazonas, Rio Negro, Sao Gabriel; JF Zikan coll., 25-X-1927.

FAMILY HALICTIDAE

SUBFAMILY HALICTINAE

Genus Augochlora Smith, 1853

  • esox (Vachal, 1911). Augochlora (Augochlora). Synonym of Oxystoglossa franzisca Schrottky, 1909; Halictus esox Vachal, 1911; Oxystoglossa schrottkyi Moure, 1940. Paratype male (no. 42), Brazil: Rio de Janeiro, Itatiaia, 816 m; JF Zikan coll., 17-VII-1941 (in Azalea flowers).
  • pyrgo (Schrottky, 1911). Augochlora (Augochlora). Synonym of Oxystoglossa pyrgo Schrottky, 1911; Halictus liotribes Vachal, 1911. Paratype male (no. 41), Brazil: Rio de Janeiro, Itatiaia, 700 m; JF Zikan coll., 20-V-1932 (in Camboata [Myrtaceae] flowers).
  • tantilla Moure, 1943. Augochlora (Augochlora). Paratype female (no. 19), Brazil: Rio de Janeiro, Itatiaia, 816 m; JF Zikan coll., 15-VII-1941 (in Azalea flowers).
  • thusnelda (Schrottky, 1909). Augochlora (Augochlora). Synonym of Oxystoglossa thusnelda Schrottky, 1909. Paratype male (no. 20), Brazil: Rio de Janeiro, Itatiaia, 700 m; JF Zikan coll., 28-V-1941 (in Poinsettia flowers).

Genus Augochlorella Sandhouse, 1937

  • ephyra (Schrottky, 1911). Augochlorella. Synonym of Oxystoglossa ephyra Schrottky, 1911; Halictus ictis Vachal, 1911; Halictus traumatias Vachal, 1911; Oxystoglossa ephyra Moure, 1940; Oxystoglossidia uraniella Moure, 1943. Paratypes: male (no. 39), Brazil: Rio de Janeiro, Itatiaia, 700 m; JF Zikan coll., 15-V-1940 (in Poinsettia flowers); female (no. 40), Brazil: Rio de Janeiro, Itatiaia, 816m; JF Zikan coll., 06-VI-1941 (in Poinsettia flowers).

Genus Augochloropsis Cockerell, 1897

  • brachycephala Moure, 1943. Augochloropsis. Paratype male (no. 34), Brazil: Rio de Janeiro, Itatiaia, 700 m; JF Zikan coll., 07-XI-1942 (in Inga flowers).
  • nasuta Moure, 1944. Augochloropsis. Paratype female (no. 37), Brazil: Rio de Janeiro, Itatiaia, 816 m; JF Zikan coll., 24-VI-1941 (in Azalea flowers).

Genus Habralictus Moure, 1941

  • canaliculatus Moure, 1941. Habralictus. Paratype male (no. 17), Brazil: Rio de Janeiro, Itatiaia, 816 m; JF Zikan coll., 13-V-1941 (in Poinsettia flowers).
  • flavopictus Moure, 1941. Habralictus. Paratype male (no. 18), Brazil: Sao Paulo, Rio Claro; Claretiano coll., V-1939; P. F. S. Pereira & J. A. Mota coll.
  • orites Moure, 1941. Habralictus. Paratype male (no. 38), Brazil: Rio de Janeiro, Itatiaia, 700 m; JF Zikan coll., 12-V-1932 (in Cactus flowers).

Genus Paroxystoglossa Moure, 1940

  • transversa Moure, 1943. Paroxystoglossa. Paratypes: female (no. 02), probably Paraguay: Puerto Bertoni; coll. ?, 1943 (acquired from the Schrottky collection); female (no. 01), probably Paraguay: Puerto Bertoni; (no coll. data) 1947 (acquired from the Schrottky collection).

Genus Pereirapis Moure, 1943

  • rhizophila Moure, 1943. Pereirapis. Paratypes: male (no. 15), Brazil: Rio de Janeiro, Itatiaia, 700 m; JF Zikan coll., 23-II-1942; female (no. 16), Brazil: Rio de Janeiro, Itatiaia, 700 m; (no coll. data) 12-V-1932 (in Cactus flowers).

Genus Rhinocorynura Schrottky, 1909

  • crotonis (Ducke, 1906). Rhinocorynura. Synonym of Halictus (Corynuropsis) crotonis Ducke, 1906; Corynuroides zikani Moure, 1943. Paratype male (no. 03), Brazil: Rio de Janeiro, Itatiaia, 700 m; JF Zikan coll., 13-II-1942.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

To the curator of the Entomological Collection, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Dr Sebastiao Jose de Oliveira, for his assistance and supervision. To Ronaldo da Silva Ribeiro for his help and support. To Beatriz Woiski Teixeira Coelho for reviewing the families and genera, and Magaly Dolsan de Almeida for providing incentive and suggestions. To Denise Tavares Goncalves for English review.

Supported by FIOCRUZ/FAPERJ.

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