A review of the anthidiine bees (Apoidea, Megachilidae) in Thailand
Author
Nalinrachatakan, Pakorn
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7962-5844
Center of Excellence in Biology and Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
Author
Ascher, John S.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7887-2461
Insect Diversity Lab, Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, 16 Science Drive 4 S 3 Level 4, 117558 Singapore, Singapore
Author
Kasparek, Max
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5604-6791
Moenchhofstr., 16, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
Author
Traiyasut, Prapun
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7114-0890
Program in Biology, Faculty of Science, Ubon Ratchathani Rajabhat University, Ubon Ratchathani 34000, Thailand
Author
Thanoosing, Chawatat
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4228-748X
Center of Excellence in Biology and Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand & Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW 7 5 BD, UK
Author
Warrit, Natapot
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6338-1782
Center of Excellence in Biology and Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
ich108@hotmail.com
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Bathanthidium (Manthidium) binghami (Friese, 1901)
Fig. 5
Anthidium fraternum
Bingham, 1897 (nec
Perez
1895
): 495 (♀). Holotype from Tenasserim, Myanmar, image also examined in NHMUK under https://data.nhm.ac.uk/media/02e0fc5c-8359-4414-89a1-7d0a53aeded3.
Anthidium binghami
Friese, 1901: 224, replacement name for
Anthidium fraternum
Bingham, 1897.
Manthidium binghami
(Friese, 1901):
Pasteels 1969
: 43.
Stelis siamensis
Friese, 1925: 40 (♂). Holotype from "Siam bei Hinlap" [= Nan province, Thailand] (ZMB, examined).
Paraanthidium concavum
Wu, 1962: 164 (♂). Holotype from China, Yunnan, Xishuangbanna (IZCAS: Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, images examined).
Trachusa (Paraanthidium) concavum
(Wu, 1962):
Wu 2006
: 174, ♂ (key), 184, ♂ (redescription), fig. 100a-e.
Bathanthidium (Manthidium) binghami
(Friese, 1901):
Rasmussen and Ascher 2008
: 30;
Niu et al. 2019
: 106, fig. 8A-H;
Sardar et al. 2022
: 78, fig. 6.
Material examined.
(
2♂
).
India
:
1♂
,
West Bengal
,
Buxa Tiger Reserve
,
22 miles
,
East Damanpur
(
26°37.067'N
,
89°33.633'E
),
27 Mar. 2019
,
A. Rameshkumar
(ZSI) as in
Sadar
et al. (2022)
.
Thailand
:
1♂
,
Siam [= Thailand], Hinlap [=
Nan province
,
"Hinlap"
must refer to the area of "Baan Hinlap", or "Huai Hinlap reservoir" as currently named (not in
Chaiyaphum province
) in
Pua district
, Sila lang Subdistrict], Januar [= January],
H. Fruhstorfer
,
Stelis siamensis
,
♂
, 1904,
Friese
det.,
Type
(ZMB).
Records from iNaturalist
(2023).
Thailand: Chiang Mai Province, Chiang Dao District, (
19°24'44.3"N
,
98°55'17.3"E
) observed by
'charlieglasser'
on 23 Mar 2023 (observation id: 160344574 and 160340826).
Distribution.
China (Yunnan), India (Sikkim, West Bengal), Myanmar (Tenasserim), Thailand (Chiang Mai (new record from
iNaturalist 2023
), Nan), Laos (Luang Prabang).
Diagnosis.
Bathanthidium binghami
has a robust, small to medium-sized body with black integument disrupted by striking yellow markings. The species is distinctly separated from its congeners by the combination of the follows: yellow on its mandible, clypeus, and paraocular area that do not exceed beyond the antennal socket plane; narrow yellow stripe laterally on T2-T5, while tending to abut together on the rear segment; yellow stripe on T6 and also T7 in male; rounded omaulus; T6 (also in the smaller male T7) sub-truncate, with distinct median elevation that extends its apical margin (Fig.
5C, F
;
Niu et al. 2019
: fig. 8E).
Remarks.
Bathanthidium
was revised by
Niu et al. (2019)
, where
Stelis siamensis
Friese, 1925, historically collected from Nan, Thailand, was synonymized under
B. binghami
.
Niu et al. (2019)
also thoroughly provided pictures of the female holotype of "
Paraanthidium concavum
" in comparison to other species. Sadar et al. (2022) pointed out the problematic documentation of its distribution (erroneously recorded for India) while confirming that
B. binghami
was found in India. The species displays the unique sub-truncate apical terga in both sexes.
Through personal communication with Mr. Charles H. Glasser, who provided the iNaturalist records, we know that the bee inhabits farmland cultivated by the indigenous people of Lisu tribe.