Trachusa (Archianthidium) laticeps ( Morawitz, 1873 )

Kasparek, Max, 2017, The taxonomic identity of Anthidium fasciatellum Friese, 1917 (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthidiini), Journal of Natural History 51 (29 - 30), pp. 1743-1757 : 1755

Trachusa (Archianthidium) laticeps ( Morawitz, 1873)

Anthidium laticeps Morawitz, 1873 . Horae Soc. entomol. Ross. 1873–1874: 121 ( Greece) (male).

Archianthidium laticeps ( Morawitz, 1873) . – van der Zanden (1984).

Trachusa (Archianthidium) laticeps ( Morawitz, 1873) . – Michener & Griswold (1994).

Identification key

1. Lateral yellow stripes on each side of abdominal tergites T1 and T2 widely separated from each other in the middle; mandible with condylar ridge broadly rounded subapically; male without yellow maculation on scutum, scutellum and axillae ............ ................................................................................................................... T. (Archianthidium) laticeps

– Abdominal tergite T2 with an uninterrupted yellow band, broadly attenuated in the middle, lateral band on each side of T1 usually almost reaching the middle or forming a continuous transverse band; condylar ridge of mandible bulging subapically, the apical tooth thereby becoming elevated over the body of mandible; male scutum with a lateral yellow stripe on each side or at least some remnant of yellow maculation near the tegulae ...................... ...................... T. (Archianthidium) fasciatellum