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 ) cingulatum Latreille, 1809 ( Fig. 3 a–f, female; Fig. 4 a–j, male) Anthidium cingulatum Latreille, 1809: 43 , ♀ , ♂ ; Dalla Torre, 1896: 457 ; Banaszak & Romasenko, 1998: 46 , ♀ (key), Fig. VI-14; 51, ♂ (key), Fig. V-17, -18; 51. Anthidium oraniense Lepeletier, 1841: 361 , ♂ . (as Oraniense ) Anthidium dissectum Eversmann, 1852: 80 , ♂ . Anthidium imitator Smith, 1879: 85 , ♂ . Anthidium rufispinum Costa , 1883: 96 , ♂ . Anthidium manicatum var. undulatofasciatum Friese, 1917: 58 , ♀ ; Rasmussen & Ascher, 2008: 106 . Anthidium ( Anthidium ) cingulatum Latreille, 1809 : Warncke, 1980: 134 ♀ (key), 142, ♂ (key), 199; Özbek & Zanden, 1993: 194 ; Rasmont et al. , 1995: 54 ; Ornosa et al. , 2008: 66 ; Aguib et al. , 2010: 128 ; Murao et al. , 2015: 8 , Fig.8 ; Fateryga et al. , 2020: 325 . FIGURE 1. Anthidium ( Anthidium ) amurense Radoszkowski, 1876 . Female. a: Body in lateral view; b: Head in frontal view; c: Mandible in lateral view; d: Clypeus in frontal view; e: Mesosoma in dorsal view; f: Metasoma in dorsal view; g: Claw in frontal view; h: T4–T6 in frontal view. Scale bars: 1 mm. FIGURE 2. Anthidium ( Anthidium ) amurense Radoszkowski, 1876 . Male. a: Body in lateral view; b: Head in frontal view; c: Mesosoma in dorsal view; d: Metasoma in dorsal view; e: S6 in ventral view; f: T7 in dorsal view; g: S7 in ventral view; h: S8 in ventral view; i: Genitalia in dorsal view; j: Genitalia in lateral view. Scale bars: 1 mm. Diagnosis: The anterior side wavy yellow bands on female metasomal terga are obvious, sometimes these bands are interrupted in middle on T1–T5 ( Fig. 3e ), female clypeus yellow, but with a black large maculation in middle ( Fig. 3c ), propodeal enclosure highly tessellate, punctures shallow and indistinct, posterior lateral margin of axilla and posterior margin of scutellum yellow ( Fig. 3d ); male is similar to Anthidium ( A. ) pseudophilorum sp. nov. , but lateral lobe of T7 longer, recurved and spiniform ( Fig. 4f ), median spine of S7 much shorter than submedian spine ( Fig. 4f ), T2 puncture density lower and size larger in basal half. Material examined: China , Xinjiang : Ürümqi Shi , Shuimogou District , Yilonggelin ( 43º47′N , 87º43′E ), 928 m , 1 ♂ (on flower of Centaurea sp.), 17.VIII.2015 , leg. Ze-Qing NIU ; Tacheng , Yumin Xian , Tasiti ( 43º36′N , 82º30′E ), 1109 m , 9.VIII.2016 , leg. Chao-Dong ZHU and Dan ZHANG ; Altay Shi , Tala ( 47º53′N , 87º55′E ), 930 m , 1 ♀ , 14.VIII.1960 , leg. Shu-Yong WANG . FIGURE 3. Anthidium ( Anthidium ) cingulatum Latreille, 1809 . Female. a: Body in lateral view; b: Head in frontal view; c: Clypeus in frontal view; d: Mesosoma in dorsal view; e: Metasoma in dorsal view; f: T4–T6 in frontal view. Scale bars: 1 mm. FIGURE 4. Anthidium ( Anthidium ) cingulatum Latreille, 1809 . Male. a: Body in lateral view; b: Head in frontal view; c: Clypeus in frontal view; d: Mesosoma in dorsal view; e: Metasoma in dorsal view; f: T5–T7 in dorsal view; g: S6 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 : Occitanie: Hérault: Montpellier ( cingulatum ), Algeria : Oran : Oran ( oraniense ), Russia : Urals ( dissectum ), India : Northern India ( imitator ), Italy : Sardinia : Sardinia ( rufispinum ), Azerbaijan : Xanlar: Üçbulaq [as Murut] ( undulatofasciatum ). Distribution: Widespread in the Palaearctic from North Africa and Portugal to China and Russia . China ( Xinjiang ); Morocco , Algeria , Tunisia , Libya ; Italy , Portugal , Spain , France , Switzerland , Austria , Germany , Czechia , Slovakia , Hungary , Slovenia , Croatia , Serbia , Montenegro , North Macedonia , Greece , Bulgaria , Romania , Ukraine , Turkey , Georgia, Azerbaijan, Cyprus , Iran , Kazakhstan , Kyrgyzstan (Chüy; Ysyk-Köl), Uzbekistan , India (Punjab), Russia (North Caucasus, European part, Urals). Floral association: Leonurus sp., Stachys sp., Salvia sp. ( Lamiaceae ), Lotus sp., Medicago sp., Coronilla sp., Trifolium sp., Onobrychis viciifolia (Fabaceae) , Carduus sp., Centaurea sp., Helianthus sp. ( Asteraceae ) ( Banaszak & Romasenko, 1998 ; Murao et al. , 2015 ).