Anthidiellum (Pycnanthidium) carinatum Wu 1962, New Combination
Description
Anthidiellum (Pycnanthidium) carinatum (Wu, 1962), New Combination
(Figs. 7 a–h, female; 8a–h, male)
Paraanthidium carinatum Wu, 1962: 165, ♀♂, Figs. 14–20. Holotype: ♂, Yunnan, Xishuangbanna; Xiaomengyang, 850m, 4.V.1957, Da-Hua LIU, IZCAS (examined); Wu, et al., 1988: 61, ♀♂, Plate 2–23, 24.
Trachusa (Paraanthidium) carinatum (Wu, 1962): Wu, 2006: 181, ♀♂, Fig. 98.
Material examined. Hainan, Qiongzhong Xian (19º02′N, 109º51′E), 400m, 1♀, 22.IV.1960, Chang-Qing LI, 1♀, 18.V.1964, Ding-Xi LIAO; Yunnan, Xishuanbanna, Xiaomengyang (22º05′N, 100º53′E), 850m, 1♂, 4.V.1957, Da-Hua LIU (holotype), 2♂♂, same label information as holotype (paratype), Damenglun (21º56′N, 101º14′E), 700m, 1♀, 10.IV.1957, Qiu-Zheng LIANG (allotype), 650m, 1♀, 4.V.1958, Fu-Ji PU, Menglun (22º00′N, 100º48′E), 600m, 1♂, 21.IV.1994, Huan-Li XU, 1♀, 22.IV.1994, Long-Long YANG, 580m, 1♂, 27.III.1994, Huan- Li XU, Meng’a (21º51′N, 100º55′E), 1050–1080m, 3♂♂, 12.X.1958, Zhi-Xiang CHENG, Jindong Xian (24º23′N, 100º47′E), 1♀, 14.IV.1957, Zen-Jie ZHU, Naban River Watershed National Nature Reserve, Mandian (100°41′E 22º07′N), 1♂, 8.VII.2013, Pia Oremek.
General distribution. China (Hainan, Yunnan).
Remarks. Anthidiellum carinatum is similar to A. smithii (Ritsema), a small-bodied species widely distributed in Southeast Asia. Based on limited available material, A. carinatum appears to differ in: scutum interior to parapsidal line with punctation dense but not contiguous; axilla laterally not reaching tangent of lateral margin of scutum; and clypeus more densely, finely punctate, and posterior margin of gena not as strongly carinate posteriorly. The female specimen collected from Hainan (collected by Chang-Qing Li) has a lateral yellow maculation on T2 (Fig. 7 d), other characters are identical.
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Family
- Megachilidae
- Genus
- Anthidiellum
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Hymenoptera
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Scientific name authorship
- Wu
- Species
- carinatum
- Taxonomic status
- comb. nov.
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Anthidiellum (Pycnanthidium) carinatum (Wu, 1962) sec. Niu, Ascher, Luo, Griswold & Zhu, 2016
References
- Wu, Y. R. (1962) Yunnan organism investigation report? Apoidea II, Megachilidae, Anthidiini. Acta Entomologica Sinica, 11 (Supplement), 161 - 171. [in Chinese, with Russian abstract]
- Wu, Y. R., He, W. & Wang, S. F. (1988) Bee fauna of Yunnan. Yunnan Science & Technology Press, Kunming, 131 pp.
- Wu, Y. R. (2006) Megachilidae in Fauna Sinica, Insecta. Vol. 44. Science Press, Beijing, xvi + 474 pp. [in Chinese]