Allanthidium Moure

Parizotto, Daniele R., 2009, Taxonomic notes on Neotropical Anthidiini, with description of the male of Chrisanthidium adornatum Urban (Hymenoptera: Megachilinae) *, Zootaxa 2034, pp. 49-55 : 50-51

Allanthidium Moure

Allanthidium was proposed by Moure in 1947 to include a single species, Anthidium rodolfi Ruiz, 1938 . Subsequently, Anthidium saltense Friese, 1908 was added to the genus by Michener (1948).

Toro and Rojas (1970) commented that Allanthidium can be recognized by the omaulus carinate and mandible of the females with five teeth. The males have T7 strongly bilobed. Allanthidium rodolfi is known only from central Chile, and Allanthidium saltense from Chile and Argentina (Mendoza, Salta). A key to Allanthidium is not provided because specimens of A. saltense were not available for study.

Material examined: Allanthidium rodolfi— CHILE: one male ( DZUP), ‘Chile’; one male ( DZUP), ‘Renca\Stgo-Chile’; one female ( DZUP), ‘Pangue\ 15.I.1941 \1.450mts’; one female ( DZUP), ‘EL CANELO- SA\Stgo Chile- 20-XII-44 \T. Ramirez Leg.’; one male ( DZUP), ‘R. Laguna\ 22.XI.46 \2.500mts’; one male ( DZUP), ‘Pajonales\ 24-X-47 \1.000 mts’; one male ( DZUP), ‘El Canato\ Chile \ 26-12-1948 ’; one female ( DZUP), ‘Santiago\ XI-1948 \CHILE’; two males ( DZUP), ‘Santiago\ 16-I-49 ’; one male ( DZUP), ‘Santiago\ XII-1949 ’; one female ( DZUP), ‘La Leonera\850m-P.O’Higgins\ Chile. 28.XII.1954 \Luís Pena’; one male ( DZUP), ‘Piscicultura\R. Blanco – Chile \Novembro 1958\Luíz Peña’; one female ( IMLA), ‘C. D.N.T.R A M I RE Z\ P U DA H U E L. X II- 44 \ ST G O -C H IL E’; on e m a le (I M L A), ‘C H IL E\E l Canelo\Santiago\ XII-52 ’; one male ( IMLA), ‘ CHILE:Santiago\El Canelo\ I-19-1967 \L. Stange’; one female and two males ( IMLA), ‘CHILE-SANTIAGO\Queb. San Ramón\ XII-1974 \Col. L. Peña’.