Pseudoanthidium puncticolle ( Morawitz, 1888 )

Kasparek, Max, 2024, New species, new synonyms, and resurrected taxa: A review of West and Central Palaearctic members of the genus Pseudoanthidium (Apoidea: Megachilidae), Zootaxa 5541 (1), pp. 1-50 : 21-23

Pseudoanthidium puncticolle ( Morawitz, 1888)

( Figs 11 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 , 24 , 25)

Anthidium puncticolle Morawitz, 1888 .—Female, male. Turkmenistan.

Pseudoanthidium puncticolle Morawitz, 1888 .— Popov (1950).

Pseudoanthidium (Paraanthidiellum) puncticolle ( Morawitz, 1888) .— Pasteels (1969).

Material examined. TURKMENISTAN: 1♀, Kara-Kala [= Garrygala] (38.43°N 56.28°E), 23.v.1952 ( CMK: ms3704).— 1♀, 6km S Kara-Kala (38.38°N 56.30°E), 25.v.1952 ( CMK: ms3705).— 2♀, 1♂, 10 km W Aşgabat [= Aschgabat] (37.96°N 58.20°E), 14.v.1993, J. Halada leg. ( CMK: ms3742-44).— 1♂, Tzarschanga 45 km NE Karlyuk [= Garlyk] (37.69°N 66.83°E), 06.v.1993, K. Deneš leg. ( CMK: ms3745).

Other material (not examined). TURKMENISTAN: 1♀, 1♂, Tschikischljar [= Chikishlyar] (37.57°N 53.90°E) (type locality) ( Morawitz 1888; Friese 1898).— IRAN: Pass E of Neyriz (29.23°N 54.41°E), 18.v.1978, Warncke (1982).— 15 km SE Sarvestan (29.19°N 53.35’E), 17.v.1978 ( Warncke 1982).

Genetic barcode information. No information available.

Diagnosis. The female is characterised by rich yellow and/or orange maculation combined with coarse punctation of terga and a thin, little protruding apical ridge of the yellow or orange clypeus, having three fine tubercles on each side. In contrast, other species either lack a protruding clypeus (as in P. bytinskii ) or have a protruding, thickened apical ridge. The males share the felt-like pubescence on S1–S3 only with P. alpinum and P. microrubrum . While P. puncticolle has a light clypeus and a light paraocular area, the face of P. alpinum is dark.

Description. Female ( Fig. 11a ). 7 mm.— Head: Black with light maculation; upper and lower paraocular area and clypeus yellow or orange ( Fig. 20 ); yellow preoccipital band reaching the lower end of the eye; basal area of clypeus and along a mid-line sparsely punctate; subapical clypeus depressed with very fine/rugulose punctation; apical ridge of clypeus little protruding, light brown, with 4–5 shallow tubercles ( Fig. 11c ); mandible yellow, becoming brown towards the teeth; five black teeth; to1 und to2 the largest, to3 and to4 smaller, to5 larger and stronger; punctation of head moderately dense with punctures mostly 0.5–1.0 puncture diameter apart.— Mesosoma : Scutum black with broad anterior yellow-orange band ( Fig. 11d ); scutum shining; punctation as on head; scutellum and axilla orange; scutellum in profile rounded in the middle and acute-angled laterally; punctures on scutellum and axillae larger than on scutum; pronotal lobe with high lamella; omaulus rounded.— Metasoma: T1–T6 each with a broad orange or yellow lateral band; punctation coarse, with punctures mostly 0.5 puncture diameters apart; broad shining impunctate apical margin; T6 wide-angled triangular in dorsal view, with short grey protruding apex ( Fig. 22 ).— Legs: Trochanters and basal parts of tibiae black; otherwise orange-yellow; hind basitarsi greyish or black on outer face and with short bristles on inner face.— Wings: Slightly brownish infuscated.

Male ( Fig. 11b ). 8 mm.— Head: Face largely covered by long white pubescence; clypeus and lower paraocular area ivory-white ( Fig. 21 ); mandible yellowish with three strong dark teeth.— Mesosoma : Scutum black with coarse punctation ( Fig. 11e ); interstices shining; pronotal lobe dark with high lamella; scutellum shallowly curved upward and depressed in the middle.— Metasoma: T1–T4 each with a lateral yellow spot (increasing in size fromT1 to T3, smaller in T4); T5–T6 black; T7 short, yellow, membranous; S1–S3 with dese, felt-like pubescence; S3 with specialized, undulate and apically hooked hairs; S5 with a light, yellowish comb at the apex of a lateral arm ( Figs 23 , 24 ).— Genitalia: Gonostyli paddle-shaped, not notched apically; penis valves separated from each other, the tips bent towards each other ( Fig. 25 ).

Distribution. Iran, Turkmenistan ( Fig. 27a ).

Figures

FIGURE 11. Pseudoanthidium puncticolle (Morawitz 1888) (a.–e. from Turkmenistan). a. Habitus dorsal, female; b. Habitus dorsal, male; c. Head of the female; d. Dorsal view of the mesosoma, male; e. Sterna of the male with specialized undulated and apically hooked hairs on S3 and combs on S5.

FIGURE 20. Face of the female of Palaearctic species of Pseudoanthidium (continued on the following page).

FIGURE 21. Faces of the male of Palaearctic species of the genus Pseudoanthidium.

FIGURE 22. Apical terga of females of Palaearctic Pseudoanthidium species.

FIGURE 23. Apical terga of males of Palaearctic Pseudoanthidium species.

FIGURE 24. Apical terga of males of Palaearctic Pseudoanthidium species.

FIGURE 25. Male genitalia of selected Palaearctic species of Pseudoanthidium.

FIGURE 27. Distribution of selected species of Pseudoanthidium. a. Pseudoanthidium bytinskii, P. puncticolle, P. syriacum sp. nov., and P. variabile; b. Pseudoanthidium farsiense sp. nov., P. moricei, and P. rhombiferum.