Anthidulum Michener, 1948

Parizotto, Daniele R. & Urban, Danúncia, 2013, Contribution to the knowledge of the Anthidulum Michener and Ctenanthidium Urban (Hymenoptera, Apidae) with new species from Argentina and Peru, Zootaxa 3609 (3), pp. 311-318 : 311

Anthidulum Michener, 1948

Dianthidium (Anthidulum) Michener 1948: 19 ; type species: Dianthidium currani Schwarz, 1933 , by original designation.

Diagnosis. Anthidulum is characterized by the presence of a short juxtantennal carina; margin of pronotal lobe with a continuous lamina on anterior and lateral edges; omaular carina short; arolia present in the male and reduced in the female; male with seventh tergum bilobed and third sternum somewhat enlarged. The male genitalia have the gonocoxite wider than long and the gonostylus curved in the middle ( Fig. 25 ).

Figures

FIGURES 22 – 26. Apex of metasoma (22 – 24) of male of Ctenanthidium, 22, C. argentinum; 23, C. nigripes; 24, C. versicolor sp. nov. Male genitalia (25 – 26) in dorsal view. 25, Anthidulum mourei; 26, Ctenanthidium gracile. Scale = 0.5 mm (Figs. 22 – 24). Scale = 0.25 mm (Figs. 25 – 26).