The Type Specimens of Apoidea (Hymenoptera) Deposited in the Entomological Collection of Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil

Vol. 92(3): 353-356

Marisa Vianna Ferraz

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

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 Zikán 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 - Zikán Collection - Schrottky Collection - Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

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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 Sebastião José 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 Zikán 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 (Gonçalves 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.

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FAMILY ANDRENIDAE

FAMILY ANTHOPHORIDAE

FAMILY COLLETIDAE

FAMILY HALICTIDAE

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

REFERENCES

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FAMILY ANDRENIDAE

SUBFAMILY PANURGINAE

Genus Anthrenoides Ducke, 1907

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

Genus Parapsaenythia Friese, 1908

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

Genus Psaenythia Gerstäcker, 1868

• atriventris Schrottky, 1907. Psaenythia. Holotype G (no. 06), Paraguay: Villa Encarnación; C Schrottky coll., 29-XII-1905.
• burmeisteri Gerstäcker, 1868. Psaenythia. Holotype G (no. 04). (no coll. data)
• collaris Schrottky, 1906. Psaenythia. Holotype E (no. 14), Paraguay: Villa Encarnación; C Schrottky coll., IX-1904.
• comma Schrottky, 1907. Psaenythia. Holotype G (no. 05), Paraguay: Villa Encarnación; C Schrottky coll., 12-X-1906.
• physalidis Schrottky, 1907. Psaenythia. Holotype G (no. 13), Paraguay: Villa Encarnación; C Schrottky coll., 13-X-1906.
• picta Gerstäcker, 1868. Psaenythia. Holotype G (no. 11), Paraguay: Villa Encarnación; C Schrottky coll., 16-XI-1904.
• quinquefasciata Schrottky, 1907. Psaenythia. Holotype G (no. 12), Paraguay: Villa Encarnación; C Schrottky coll., 03-II-1905.
• solani Schrottky, 1907. Psaenythia. Holotype E (no. 09), Paraguay: Villa Encarnación; 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 G (no. 24), Brazil: Rio de Janeiro, Itatiaia, 700 m; JF Zikán coll., 29-XI-1935.

Genus Thygater Holmberg, 1903

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

Subfamily Xylocopinae

Genus Ceratinula Moure, 1941

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

 

FAMILY COLLETIDAE

SUBFAMILY COLLETINAE

Genus Colletes Latreille, 1805

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

SUBFAMILY DIPHAGLOSSINAE

Genus Ptiloglossa Smith, 1853

• decora Moure, 1945. Ptiloglossa. Paratype G (no. 46), Brazil: Rio de Janeiro, Mendes; (no coll. data) XII-1944.
• dubia Moure, 1945. Ptiloglossa. Paratype E (no. 47), Brazil: Minas Gerais, Mar de Hespanha; JF Zikán coll., 02-IV-1911.
• immixta Moure, 1945. Ptiloglossa. Paratype G (no. 49), Brazil: Rio Grande do Sul, Esteio; R.P.C. Negrini coll., III-1943.
• latecalcarata Moure, 1945. Ptiloglossa. Paratype G (no. 44), Brazil: south of Minas Gerais, Virginia, 900 m; JF Zikán coll., 23-III-1919.
• stafuzzai Moure, 1945. Ptiloglossa. Paratype G (no. 48), Brazil: São Paulo, Batatais; A.M. Stafuzza coll., III-1943.
• styphlaspis Moure, 1945. Ptiloglossa. Paratype G (no. 43), Brazil: São Paulo, Batatais; A.M. Stafuzza coll., XII-1943.
• xanthorhina Moure, 1945. Ptiloglossa. Paratype G (no. 50), Brazil: Amazonas, Rio Negro, São Gabriel; JF Zikán 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 G (no. 42), Brazil: Rio de Janeiro, Itatiaia, 816 m; JF Zikán coll., 17-VII-1941 (in Azalea flowers).
• pyrgo (Schrottky, 1911). Augochlora (Augochlora). Synonym of Oxystoglossa pyrgo Schrottky, 1911; Halictus liotribes Vachal, 1911. Paratype G (no. 41), Brazil: Rio de Janeiro, Itatiaia, 700 m; JF Zikán coll., 20-V-1932 (in Camboata [Myrtaceae] flowers).
• tantilla Moure, 1943. Augochlora (Augochlora). Paratype E (no. 19), Brazil: Rio de Janeiro, Itatiaia, 816 m; JF Zikán coll., 15-VII-1941 (in Azalea flowers).
• thusnelda (Schrottky, 1909). Augochlora (Augochlora). Synonym of Oxystoglossa thusnelda Schrottky, 1909. Paratype G (no. 20), Brazil: Rio de Janeiro, Itatiaia, 700 m; JF Zikán 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: G (no. 39), Brazil: Rio de Janeiro, Itatiaia, 700 m; JF Zikán coll., 15-V-1940 (in Poinsettia flowers); E (no. 40), Brazil: Rio de Janeiro, Itatiaia, 816m; JF Zikán coll., 06-VI-1941 (in Poinsettia flowers).

Genus Augochloropsis Cockerell, 1897

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

Genus Habralictus Moure, 1941

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

Genus Paroxystoglossa Moure, 1940

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

Genus Pereirapis Moure, 1943

• rhizophila Moure, 1943. Pereirapis. Paratypes: G (no. 15), Brazil: Rio de Janeiro, Itatiaia, 700 m; JF Zikán coll., 23-II-1942; E (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 G (no. 03), Brazil: Rio de Janeiro, Itatiaia, 700 m; JF Zikán coll., 13-II-1942.

 

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

To the curator of the Entomological Collection, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Dr Sebastião José 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 Gonçalves for English review.

 

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Supported by FIOCRUZ/FAPERJ.

Received 7 October 1996

Accepted 19 February 1997

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