Bees of the genus Anthidium Fabricius, 1804 (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Megachilidae: Anthidiini) from China Author Niu, Ze-Qing niuzq@ioz.ac.cn Author Yuan, Feng yuanfeng@ioz.ac.cn Author Ascher, John S. dbsajs@nus.edu.sg Author Kasparek, Max asparek@t-online.de Author Orr, Michael C. michael.christopher.orr@gmail.com Author Griswold, Terry terry.griswold@usda.gov Author Zhu, Chao-Dong text Zootaxa 2020 2020-10-22 4867 1 1 67 journal article 9014 10.11646/zootaxa.4867.1.1 d1af16b2-9b8e-45e3-99b4-3caf7d467130 1175-5326 4417065 32B4ABB2-F744-4160-BD6D-DBA3C038209D Anthidium ( Anthidium ) punctatum Latreille, 1809 ( Fig. 23 a–h, female; Fig. 24 a–j, male) Anthidium punctatum Latreille, 1809: 43 & 217: ♀ , ♂ ; Dalla Torre, 1896: 468 ; Banaszak & Romasenko, 1998: 46 , ♀ (key), Fig. V-8, -9, 48, ♂ (key), Fig. V-13; 53. Anthidium minus Nylander, 1848: 266 , ♀ , ♂ ; Proshchalykin et al. , 2017: 19. Anthidium senile Eversmann, 1852: 80 , ♀ , ♂ ; Proshchalykin et al. , 2017: 21. Anthidium greyi Radoszkowski, 1862: 597 , ♂ ; Warncke, 1980: 190 . (as Greyi ) Anthidium albidulum Chevrier, 1872: 495 , ♀ , ♂ . Anthidium nigrinum Morawitz, 1875: 128 , ♀ . Anthidium nitidulum Morawitz, 1893 : ♀ . Anthidium mayeti Pérez, 1895: 21 . (as Mayeti ) Anthidium punctatum var. albofasciatum Friese, 1897: 439 , ♂ ; Rasmussen & Ascher, 2008: 53 . Anthidium punctatum var. fulvipes Friese, 1897: 439 , ♀ , ♂ (Homonym, non Villiers, 1789); Wu, 1985: 140 ; Rasmussen & Ascher, 2008: 52. Anthidium kohlii Friese, 1897: 438 , ♀ , ♂ ; Rasmussen & Ascher, 2008: 62 . Anthidium punctatum var. bequaerti Alfken, 1914: 204 . Anthidium amanusense Dusmet y Alonso, 1915: 4 , ♂ . Anthidium punctatum var. ariasi Dusmet y Alonso, 1915: 306 . (as Ariasi ) Anthidium kohli var. nigritulum Friese, 1917: 55 , ♂ ; Rasmussen & Ascher, 2008: 78 . Anthidium punctatum var. fulvipes Kokujev, 1927: 75 , ♀ . (attributed to Friese) Anthidium baicalense Cockerell, 1928: 351 , ♂ . Anthidium punctatum oreophilum Popov, 1948: 92 . Anthidium punctatum zaidamense Popov, 1948: 93 , ♀ , ♂ . Anthidium ( Anthidium ) punctatum zaidamense Popov, 1948 : Wu, 2006: 155 , ♀ , ♂ (redescription). Anthidium punctatum himalayaensis Wu, 1982: 409 , ♀ , ♂ ; Wu, 1993: 1396 . Anthidium ( Anthidium ) punctatum senile Eversmann, 1852 : Wu, 2006: 154 , ♀ , ♂ (redescription), Fig. 76. Anthidium ( Anthidium ) punctatum himalayaense Wu, 1982 : Wu, 2006: 155 , ♀ , ♂ (redescription), Fig. 77. Anthidium ( Anthidium ) punctatum Latreille, 1809 : Warncke, 1980: 136 , ♀ (key), 145, ♂ (key); 190; Özbek & Zanden, 1993: 197; Rasmont et al. , 1995: 54 ; Wu, 2006: 153 ; Proshchalykin, 2007: 6 ; 2013: 149 (key), Fig. 2 , 152; Ornosa et al. , 2008: 68; Nadimi et al. , 2014: 420 ; Murao et al. , 2015: 9 ; Fateryga et al. , 2020: 326 . Diagnosis: The maculation pattern of this species is variable, but this species can be distinguished from other Anthidium species by the following unique combination of characters: female, apical margin of clypeus coarsely serrate, nearly straight medially ( Fig. 23c ), T6 with shallow median emargination on distal margin ( Fig. 23h ); male, apical process of S8 rectangular, rounded apically ( Fig. 24h ), T7 lateral lobe rounded outwardly, coming to roughly right-angular tip, without adjacent flanges ( Fig. 24e ), S6 medially flat or rounded outward ( Fig. 24f ). Material examined: China , Hebei : Xiaowutai Shan ( 39º54′N , 115º00′E ), 1200 m , 1 ♂ , 28.VII.1964 , leg. Chun- Guang WANG , 1400 m , 1 ♂ , 14.VII.1964 , leg. Bing-Qian LI; China , Inner Mongolia : Hinggan Meng , Jalaid Qi ( 46º42′N , 122º54′E ), 1 ♂ , 24.VII.1983 , leg. Wang CHENG , 1 ♀ , 25.VII.1983 , leg. Zhuang JIN, 1 ♀ , 28.VII.1983 , leg. Long ZHANG ; Inner Mongolia Grassland Ecosystem Research Station , CAS ( 43º38′N , 116º42′E ) , 1200 m , 1 ♂ (on flower of Medicago sativa ), 23.VII.1990 , leg. Long-Long YANG ; Hohhot city, Daqingshang ( 41º05′N , 111º48′E ), 1716 m , 2 ♂ (on flower of Medicago sativa ), 14.VIII.2018 , leg. Qing-Tao WU and Jing-Tin CHEN ; Qahar Youyi Houqi ( 41º24′N , 113º12′E ), 1 ♀ , 8.VIII.1988 , leg. Ba SAN ; China , Heilongjiang : Hengdaohezi ( 44º48′N , 129º00′E ), 1 ♀ , 25.VII.1965 , leg. no information on the label ; China , Gansu : Sunan ( 38º48′N , 99º54′E ), 2250 m , 1 ♀ , 19.VIII.1957 , 1 ♂ , 21.VIII.1957 , leg. Yi-Ran ZHANG ; China , Xinjiang : Fuyun Xian ( 47º00′N , 89º24′E ), 1200 m , 1 ♂ , 14.VII.1960 , leg. Shu-Yong WANG ; Wensu Xian , Pochengzi ( 41º38′N , 80º12′E ), 1936 m , 1 ♀ , 12. VI . 1978, 1930 m , 1 ♂ , 13. VI .1978, 1♀ , 4 ♂ , 15. VI .1978, leg. Xue-Zhong ZHANG ; Yiwu Xian ( 42º54′N , 93º35′E ), 1 ♀ , 20.VII.1968 , leg. no information on the label ; Tomort ( 43º06′N , 94º18′E ), 2200 m , 1 ♂ , 4.VIII.1977 , leg. Chang- Jiang LI , 2 ♂ , 4.VIII.1977 , leg. Yin-Heng HAN ; China , Xizang : Jomda Xian ( 31º30′N , 98º12′E ), 3400 m , 1 ♂ , 24.VII.1976 , leg. Xue-Zhong ZHANG . FIGURE 23. Anthidium ( Anthidium ) punctatum Latreille, 1809 . Female. a: Body in lateral view; b: Head in frontal view; c: Clypeus in frontal view; d: Mandible in lateral view; e (e-1): Mesosoma in dorsal view, e-1 showing apical margin of scutellum with little yellow marking apically; f (f-1): Metasoma in dorsal view, f-1 showing metasoma with different pattern of yellow markings; g (g-1): T4–T6 in dorsal view, g-1 showing T4–T5 with different paterrn of yellow markings; h: T6 in dorsal view. Scale bars: 1 mm. FIGURE 24. Anthidium ( Anthidium ) punctatum Latreille, 1809 . Male. a: Body in lateral view; b: Head in frontal view; c (c-1): Mesosoma in frontal view, c-1 showing apical margin of scutellum with little yellow marking apically; d (d-1): Mesosoma in dorsal view, d-1 showing metasoma with different pattern of yellow markings; e: T5–T7 in dorsal view; f: Metasoma in ventral view, showing S6; g: S7 in ventral view; h: S8 in ventral view; i: Genitalia in dorsal view; j: Genitalia in lateral view. Scale bars: 1 mm. Type localities. France : Paris (punctatum), Russia : Leningrad and Finland ( minus ), Russia : Trans-Urals ( nitidulum ), Russia : Siberia ( greyi ), Switzerland : Vaud : Nyon: Begnins [as Begniens] ( albidulum ), Kazakhstan : South Kazakhstan : Kyzyl Kum [desert] ( nigrinum ), North Africa: Barbary Coast ( mayeti ), Russia : Irkutsk : Irtisch ( albofasciatum ), Hungary , Italy : Trentino-Alto Adige : ( fulvipes ), Armenia : Aras River valley (as Araxesthal) ( kohlii ), Algeria : Oran : (Fort) Santa Cruz ( bequaerti ), Turkey : Hatay : Nur (as Amanus) Mountains ( amanusense ), Spain : Melilla : Melilla : Melilla (autonomous territory bordering Morocco ) ( ariasi ), Azerbaijan: Xanlar: Üçbulaq (as Murut) ( nigritulum ), Russia : Irkutsk : Baikal Railway Station ( baicalense ), Kyrgyzstan : ( oreophilum ) | Tajikistan : Sogd : Panjakent (as Pendshakent) ( nitidulum ), Russia : shores of Lake Baikal ( fulvipes ), China : Qinghai : Zaidam ( zaidamense ), China : Xizang : Chagyab ( himalayense ). Distribution: China ( Hebei , Inner Mongolia , Heilongjiang *, Gansu , Qinghai , Xinjiang , Xizang ); Morocco , Algeria , Tunisia , Portugal , Spain , France , Belgium , Netherlands , Luxemburg , Germany , Austria , Liechtenstein , Switzerland , Slovakia , Czechia , Hungary , Norway , Sweden , Denmark , Poland , Latvia , Lithuania , Estonia , Belarus , Ukraine , Finland , Italy , Slovenia , Croatia , Serbia , Nortrh Macedonia, Romania , Bulgaria , Greece , Turkey , Israel , Syria , Azerbaijan , Iran , Kazakhstan ( South Kazakhstan ), Kyrgyzstan , Tajikistan ( Sogd ), Uzbekistan , Turkmenistan , Mongolia , Russia (European part, Urals, Siberia, Far East). Floral association: Lotus corniculatus , Trifolium sp., Dorycnium sp. ( Fabaceae ), Thymus sp. ( Lamiaceae ), Centaurea sp., Cirsium sp. ( Asteraceae ) ( Banaszak & Romasenko, 1998 ); Medicago sativa (Fabaceae) . Remarks: This species is very variable in color, and geographic forms have been recognized as subspecies, including two taxa described from China from Xizang ( himalayense ) and Qinghai ( zaidamense ). As with many other variable anthidiine species (see Kasparek, 2020 ), this species or species complex requires global revision based on study of both morphology and molecular diagnostic characters.