Anthidiellum (Clypanthidium) popovii ( Wu, 1962 ) Wu, 1962

Niu, Ze-Qing, Ascher, John S., Luo, A-Rong, Griswold, Terry & Zhu, Chao-Dong, 2016, Revision of the Anthidiellum Cockerell, 1904 of China (Hymenoptera, Apoidea, Megachilidae, Anthidiini), Zootaxa 4127 (2), pp. 327-344 : 332-337

Anthidiellum (Clypanthidium) popovii ( Wu, 1962) , New Combination

( Fig. 6 a–g, female)

Paraanthidium popovii Wu, 1962: 163 , ♀, Fig. 8 . Holotype: ♀, Yunnan, Xishuanbanna, Xiaomengyang, 940m, 4.V.1957, Guang-Ji HONG, IZCAS (examined); Wu, et al., 1988: 63, ♀, Fig. 47.

Trachusa (Paraanthidium) popovii ( Wu, 1962) : Wu, 2006: 179, ♀, Fig. 96.

Material examined. Yunnan, Xishuanbanna, Xiaomengyang (22º04′N, 100º52′E), 940m, 1♀, 4.V.1957, Guang-Ji HONG (holotype).

General distribution. China (Yunnan).

Remarks. This species can be distinguished from all other Anthidiellum known from China by the bicolored veins of the forewing. The unknown male should be recognizable by this character.

Figures

FIGURE 6. Anthidiellum popovi (Wu, 1962), Female. a: Body in lateral view; b: Head in frontal view; c: Mandible in frontal view; d: Mesosoma in dorsal view; e: Metasoma in dorsal view; f: Omaulus in lateral view, showing the straight omaular carina; g: Hind tarsal claw, showing the arolium. Scale bars: a, b, c, d, e, f, 1 mm; g, 0.5 mm.

FIGURE 8. Anthidiellum carinatum (Wu, 1962), Male. a: Body in lateral view; b: Head in frontal view; c: Mandible in frontal view; d: Mesosoma in dorsal view; e: Metasoma in dorsal view; f: Omaulus in lateral view, showing the straight omaular carina; g: S 5 in frontal view, showing the comb of black teeth; h: Genitalia in dorsal view. Scale bars: a, b, c, d, f, g, 1 mm; e, h, 0.5 mm.