Taxonomic revision of the Afrotropical species of Pachyanthidium Friese (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae: Anthidiini)
Author
Eardley, Connal
Author
Griswold, Terry
text
Zootaxa
2017
4237
3
401
453
journal article
36376
10.11646/zootaxa.4237.3.1
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1175-5326
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Pachyanthidium
subgenus
Ausanthidium
Pasteels
Ausanthidium
Pasteels, 1969
: 60
. Type species:
Anthidiellum ausense
Mavromoustakis, 1934
, original designation.
Diagnosis.
Differs from all other subgenera by the combination of eyes naked, preoccipital carina absent laterally, and arolia present on all legs. In females the mandible is four-toothed. This monotypic subgenus is endemic to the Afrotropics.