Bathanthidium (Stenanthidiellum) sibiricum ( Eversmann, 1852 )

Niu, Ze-Qing, Ascher, John S., Griswold, Terry & Zhu, Chao-Dong, 2019, Revision of the bee genus Bathanthidium Mavromoustakis (Hymenoptera: Apoidea Megachilidae: Anthidiini) with description of a new species from China, Zootaxa 4657 (1), pp. 97-116 : 111-115

Bathanthidium (Stenanthidiellum) sibiricum ( Eversmann, 1852)

(Figs see Niu, et al., 2012: Figs 42–54)

Anthidium sibiricum Eversmann, 1852: 85 , ♀. Type locality: “in terris transuralensibus”, not examined; Dalla Torre, 1896: 470; Wu, 1993: 1399. Dianthidium sibiricum ( Eversmann, 1852) : Cockerell, 1924: 526, ♂ (new description). Bathanthidium (Stenanthidiellum) sibiricum ( Eversmann, 1852) : Wu, 2006: 132, ♀, ♂ (redescription), Fig. 65a–c; Proshchalykin, 2004: 7; Proshchalykin, 2007: 6, Niu, et al., 2012: 61, ♀, ♂ (key); Proshchalykin, 2013: 150 ( Fig.11 ), 153.

Material examined: China, Beijing: Shangfangshan (39º54′N, 115º40′E), 1 ♂, 9. VI .1982, leg. Shu-Fang WANG; Hebei: Xiaowutai (39º54′N, 115º00′E), 1 ♀, 12.VIII.1964, leg. Jin-Long MAO ; 2 ♂, 1400 m, 14–16.VII.1964, leg. Yin-Heng HAN; Neimenggu: Bugt (48º48′N, 121º54′E), 1 ♀, 29.VIII.1971, leg. Xue-Zhong ZHANG ; Heilongji- ang: Dailing (47º00′N, 129º00′E), 1 ♀, 11.VII.1963, leg. Jiu-Wei BAI ; Jiling: Changbai Shan (42º00′N, 128º06′E), 5 ♀, 2 ♂, 750 m, 6–11.VII.1987, leg. Jian-Guo FAN ; Erdaobaihe (42º24′N, 128º06′E), 25 ♀, 1 ♂, 4.VII–3.VIII.1981, leg. Yan-Ru WU ; Zhejiang: Tianmu Shan (30º24′N, 119º54′E), 1 ♀, 24.VIII.1936, leg. T.-C. MA, 1 ♀, 19.VIII.1937, 2 ♀, 3–15.IX.1947, leg. no information on label ; Moganshan (30º36′N, 119º48′E), 2 ♀, 22–30.V.1936, leg. O. Piel, 1 ♂, 8.VII.1937, leg. no information on label ; Hubei: Xingshan, Longmenhe (31º19′N, 110º29′E), 1 ♀, 1340 m, 24. VI .1993, Zigui, Jiulingtou (31º20′N, 110º48′E), 1 ♀, 150 m, 13. VI .1993, leg. Run-Zhi HUANG; Sichuan: Barkam (31º54′N, 102º12′E), 1 ♀, 3500 m, 20.VIII.1983, leg. Shu-Yong WANG ; Xizang: Chayu County, Cawarong Township , 5km East of Menga Village (28º20′N, 98º11′E), 1 ♀, 3321 m, 10.IX.2014, leg. Qing-Tao WU .

Floral association: Lespedeza bicolor (Leguminosae) , Melilotus officinalis (Leguminosae) , Brassicaceae gen. et sp., Potentilla chinensis (Rosaceae) .

General distribution: China (Beijing, Hebei, Neimenggu, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Shannxi*, Zhejiang, Hubei *, Guangdong, Sichuan, Yunnan, Xizang *) , South Korea, Russia.

Remarks: Maculation on T1 of male varies, always with a small yellow maculation dorsolaterally, but some individual without maculation or the maculation different in size.

Figures

FIGURE 11. Bathanthidium (Stenanthidiellum) rubopunctatum (Wu, 1993). Female. a: Body in lateral view; b: Head in frontal view; c: Mesosoma in dorsal view; d: Mesosoma in lateral view; e: Metasoma in dorsal view; f: Fovea behind the spiracle in dorsolateral view; g: Claws in frontal view, showing the arolia; h: Type labels. Scale bars: a–e, 1mm, f–g, 0.5mm.