Anthidium (Anthidium) punctatum Latreille 1809
- Dataset
- Bees of the genus Anthidium Fabricius, 1804 (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Megachilidae: Anthidiini) from China
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Hymenoptera
- family
- Megachilidae
- genus
- Anthidium
- species
- Anthidium punctatum
description
(Fig. 23 a – h, female; Fig. 24 a – j, male)
description
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; O ̈ zbek & 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
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. 23 c), T 6 with shallow median emargination on distal margin (Fig. 23 h); male, apical process of S 8 rectangular, rounded apically (Fig. 24 h), T 7 lateral lobe rounded outwardly, coming to roughly right-angular tip, without adjacent flanges (Fig. 24 e), S 6 medially flat or rounded outward (Fig. 24 f).
discussion
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.
distribution
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).
materials_examined
Material examined: China, Hebei: Xiaowutai Shan (39 º 54 ′ N, 115 º 00 ′ 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 (46 º 42 ′ N, 122 º 54 ′ 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 (43 º 38 ′ N, 116 º 42 ′ E), 1200 m, 1 ♂ (on flower of Medicago sativa), 23. VII. 1990, leg. Long-Long YANG; Hohhot city, Daqingshang (41 º 05 ′ N, 111 º 48 ′ E), 1716 m, 2 ♂ (on flower of Medicago sativa), 14. VIII. 2018, leg. Qing-Tao WU and Jing-Tin CHEN; Qahar Youyi Houqi (41 º 24 ′ N, 113 º 12 ′ E), 1 ♀, 8. VIII. 1988, leg. Ba SAN; China, Heilongjiang: Hengdaohezi (44 º 48 ′ N, 129 º 00 ′ E), 1 ♀, 25. VII. 1965, leg. no information on the label; China, Gansu: Sunan (38 º 48 ′ N, 99 º 54 ′ E), 2250 m, 1 ♀, 19. VIII. 1957, 1 ♂, 21. VIII. 1957, leg. Yi-Ran ZHANG; China, Xinjiang: Fuyun Xian (47 º 00 ′ N, 89 º 24 ′ E), 1200 m, 1 ♂, 14. VII. 1960, leg. Shu-Yong WANG; Wensu Xian, Pochengzi (41 º 38 ′ N, 80 º 12 ′ E), 1936 m, 1 ♀, 12. VI. 1978, 1930 m, 1 ♂, 13. VI. 1978, 1 ♀, 4 ♂, 15. VI. 1978, leg. Xue-Zhong ZHANG; Yiwu Xian (42 º 54 ′ N, 93 º 35 ′ E), 1 ♀, 20. VII. 1968, leg. no information on the label; Tomort (43 º 06 ′ N, 94 º 18 ′ E), 2200 m, 1 ♂, 4. VIII. 1977, leg. Chang- Jiang LI, 2 ♂, 4. VIII. 1977, leg. Yin-Heng HAN; China, Xizang: Jomda Xian (31 º 30 ′ N, 98 º 12 ′ E), 3400 m, 1 ♂, 24. VII. 1976, leg. Xue-Zhong ZHANG. 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).