Anthidium (Anthidium) ardens Smith, 1879

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Anthidium (Anthidium) ardens Smith, 1879

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Anthidium ardens Smith, 1879: 85 .

Description. Female. Body length 10.02 mm; black. Head: Black; yellow patch on paraocular area reaching base of antenna, base of mandible, pair of spots on posterior margin of vertex; clypeus with white pubescence, slightly convex, apical margin arched; mandible with seven teeth, dorsal and ventral teeth are the broadest, ventral margin expanded ventrally in apical half; F1 longer than pedicel; inter-ocular distance shorter than inter-antennal distance.

Mesosoma: Yellow transverse line laterally on anterior margin of mesoscutum, lateral margin of axilla, stripe on latero-apical margin of mesoscutellum, anterior and posterior spots with lateral margin longitudinal stripe on tegula, sides of femora and tibiae dorsally with longitudinal patch; inner side of tarsi with pale yellow pubescence; white pubescence on sides of mesosoma, legs; mesoscutellum rounded but incised posteriorly in middle; tarsal claws not cleft.

Metasoma: Series of four yellow spots across T1–T5, lateral ones subquadrate, inner ones much broader than long, on T3–T5 outer spots joined to inner ones by thin transverse yellow line, two yellow spots on T6; T6 apical margin with series of small tubercles, notched apically; scopa on S2–S5 pale, glittering white, on S6 black; white apical sternal fasciae of short plumose hairs beneath scopa absent.

Floral Associations: Tridax procumbens (Asteraceae) .

Flight period: April.

Distribution. Endemic to India.

Material examined. INDIA: Karnataka: Mysore , 1♀, 22.iv.2009, sweep net, Dhanyavathi.

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FIGURE 4. Female Anthidium ardens Smith A) Thorax B) Mandible C) Scopa D) Dorsal view