Anthophora nigricornis Morawitz, 1872

Proshchalykin, M. Yu., Astafurova, Yu. V., Levchenko, T. V., Shlyakhtenok, A. S. & Schwarz, M., 2019, The species-group names of bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea, Apiformes) described from Crimea, North Caucasus, European part of Russia and Ural. Part III. Families Melittidae and Apidae (Except Bombus Latreille and Apis Linnaeus), Far Eastern Entomologist 396, pp. 17-44 : 32

Anthophora nigricornis Morawitz, 1872

Anthophora nigricornis Morawitz, 1872: 45–46 , ♂ (lectotype: ♂, designated here, “ Astrakhan.” [ Russia] // к. Моравица [coll. F. Morawitz] // Anthophora nigricornis Morawitz ,

male [handwritten by F. Morawitz] // Lectotypus, ♂, Anthophora nigricornis Morawitz,

1872, design. Proshchalykin & Astafurova, 2017; ZISP).

CURRENT STATUS. Valid species as Amegilla nigricornis (Morawitz, 1872) (Brooks

1988).

DISTRIBUTION. Russia: North Caucasus, south of European part; North Africa, Azerbaijan, Iran, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Mongolia, China.

REMARK. The species was described from the specimens of both sexes collected in

“ gubern. Astrachan ”. There are three specimens (♀ and 2♂) in ZISP from this locality, which corresponds to the original description of Morawitz. One of this specimens (male) is designated here as a lectotype of Anthophora nigricornis Morawitz ( Fig. 15 ) .

Figures

Figs 1–24. Labels of the lectotypes designated in this paper. 1 – Epeolus luctuosus Evers-