Trachusa (Paraanthidium) muiri ( Mavromoustakis, 1937 )

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 : 261

Trachusa (Paraanthidium) muiri ( Mavromoustakis, 1937)

( Fig. 6 : A–E, female; Fig. 7 : A–H, male)

Paraanthidium muiri Mavromoustakis, 1937: 155–157 , ♀. Holotype: ♀, “ China: How Lik, 1911, leg. F. Muir” [Dinghushan Biosphere Reserve, Guangdong, China], Natural History Museum, London, UK; Mavromoustakis, 1954: 249, ♂ (new description); Wu, 1962: 162 (list); Wu et al., 1988: 60, ♂ (redescription, misidentification).

Trachusa (Paraanthidium) muiri: Wu, 2006: 176 , ♂ (redescription, misidentification), Fig. 93; Kasparek, 2017: 121, ♀, ♂ (redescription).

Material examined: China: Zhejiang, Hanzhou (30º15′N, 120º13′E), 1 ♀, 7.VII.1980 , leg. no information on label; Guangdong, Shenzhen, Luohu, Fairy Lake Botanical Garden (22º35′N, 114º10′E), 1 ♀, 4 ♂, 6.V.2016, leg. Feng YUAN ; Guangdong, Yangchun, Chuncheng, Panlong (23º09′N, 112º56′E), 1 ♂, 17.IV.2018, leg. Feng YUAN .

General distribution: China (Fujian, Zhejiang *, Guangdong, Yunnan) .

Remarks: Wu (2006) thought the female was unknown, but the female had been described by Mavromoustakis (1937). Wu et al. (1988) and Wu (2006) redescribed the male specimens collected from Yunnan and identified them as the male of T. muiri , but the characters show it is misidentified, it should be Trachusa (Paraanthidium) wuae Niu , sp. nov. As to the locality of Paraanthidium muiri Mavromoustakis, 1937 , Mavromoustakis (1937) only recorded “ China: Kow Lik”, We confirm it is “Dinghushan Biosphere Reserve, Guangdong, China ” (Dr. Max Kasparek, pers. comm.).

Figures

FIGURE 6. Trachusa (Paraanthidium) muiri (Mavromoustakis, 1937), A–E, female.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. Scale bars: 1.0 mm.

FIGURE 7. Trachusa (Paraanthidium) muiri (Mavromoustakis, 1937), A–H, male. A: Body in lateral view; B: Head in frontal view; C: Mesosoma in dorsal view; D: Metasoma in dorsal view, showing the T1–T4; E: Metasoma in dorsal view, showing the T5–T7; F: Genitalia in dorsal view; G: S7 in ventral view; H: S8 in ventral view. Scale bars: A–F, 1.0 mm; G–H: 0.5mm.