Trachusa (Paraanthidium) longicornis ( Friese, 1902 )

Niu, Ze-Qing, Ascher, John S., Orr, Michael C., Griswold, Terry & Zhu, Chao-Dong, 2019, Overview of the bee genus Trachusa Panzer, 1804 (Hymenoptera: Apoidea Megachilidae: Anthidiini) from China with description of three new species, Zootaxa 4646 (2), pp. 251-270 : 255

Trachusa (Paraanthidium) longicornis ( Friese, 1902)

( Fig. 4 : A–E, female; F–J, male)

Megachile steloides Bingham, 1896 (nom. praeocc., nec Anthidium steloides Spinola, 1851 ): 198, ♀, type locality: Sikkim (now India); Bingham, 1897: 490, ♀ (redescription). Anthidium steloides: Friese, 1901: 224 . Protanthidium steloides: Cockerell & Cockerell, 1901: 49 , ♂ (new description). Anthidium longicorne Friese, 1902: 109 , replacement name for Megachile steloides Bingham, 1896 . Paraanthidium steloides: Mavromoustakis, 1948: 420 : ♀ (redescription); 1953: 836, ♀ (redescription). Trachusa (Protanthidium) steloides: Pasteels, 1972: 78 , ♀, ♂ (redescription), Figs 13–16. Paraanthidium longicorne: Wu, 1962: 161 (first record for China); Wu et al., 1988: 64, ♀, ♂ (redescription). Trachusa (Paraanthidium) longicorne: Wu, 2006: 175 , ♀, ♂ (redescription), Fig. 92. Trachusa (Paraanthidium) longicornis: Michener & Grisword, 1994: 324 (comments on replacement name); Kasparek, 2017:

113, ♀, ♂ (redescription).

Material examined: China: Yunnan, Xiaomengyang (22º00′N, 100º54′E), 850 m, 1 ♀, 1 ♂, 4.V.1957, leg. Shu- Yong WANG , 850 m, 9 ♀, 4.V.1957, leg. Qiu-Zhen LIANG , 950 m, 2 ♀, 4.V.1957, leg. Ling-Chao ZANG ; Yunnan, Cheli (23º06′N, 102º10′E), 650 m, 2 ♀, 26.IV.1957, leg. Shu-Yong WANG , idem, 560 m, 7 ♀, 26.IV.1957, leg. Da-Hua LIU ; Yunnan, Xishuangbanna, Meng’a (22º06′N, 100º18′E), 1000 m, 1 ♀, 20.X.1958 ; 4 ♀, 23.X.1958, leg. Zhi-Zi CHENG ; idem, 1050–1080 m, 1 ♀, 20.V.1958, leg. Shu-Yong WANG ; idem, 700 m, 1 ♀, 1. VI .1958, leg. Chun-Pei HONG; Yunnan, Xishuangbanna, Menglun (22º00′N, 100º48′E), 600 m, 1 ♀, 22.IV.1994, leg. Long-Long YANG .

General distribution: India, Nepal, China (Yunnan).

Figures

FIGURE 4. Trachusa (Paraanthidium) longicornis (Friese, 1902), A–E, female, F–J, male. A: Body in lateral view; B: Head in frontal view; C: Mesosoma in dorsal view; D: Metasoma in dorsal view; E: Fore wing in frontal view; F: Body in lateral view; G: Head in frontal view; H: Mesosoma in dorsal view; I: Metasoma in dorsal view; J: Metasoma in ventral view. Scale bars: 1.0 mm.