Anthidium (Anthidium) flavotarsum Wu, 1982

Niu, Ze-Qing, Yuan, Feng, Ascher, John S., Kasparek, Max, Orr, Michael C., Griswold, Terry & Zhu, Chao-Dong, 2020, Bees of the genus Anthidium Fabricius, 1804 (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Megachilidae: Anthidiini) from China, Zootaxa 4867 (1), pp. 1-67 : 13-15

Anthidium (Anthidium) flavotarsum Wu, 1982

( Fig. 5 a–f, male, holotype; Fig. 6 a–h, male)

Anthidium flavotarsum Wu, 1982: 410 , ♂.

Anthidium (Anthidium) flavotarsum Wu, 1982 : Wu, 2006: 146, ♂ (key), 162, ♂ (redescription), Fig. 84.

Diagnosis: This species known only from the male. The male lateral lobe of S6 large and extending far beyond rest of apical margin, the median lobe of S6 with two strong projections, these unique characters are shared only with A. (A.) sichuanense Wu, 1993 , but the species can be distinguished from A. (A.) sichuanense by the long and acute lateral lobe of S6 ( Fig. 6h ), and metasomal terga covered with sparse pubescence ( Fig. 6f ).

Material examined: China, Xizang: Jomda Xian (31º30′N, 98º12′E), 1 ♂ (holotype), 26.VII.1976, 1 ♂, 7. VI .1976, 3400 m, leg. Yi-Heng HANG .

Type locality. China: Xizang: Jomda Xian [as Jamda] .

Distribution: China (Xizang).

Floral association: unknown.

Remarks: The holotype specimen was dissected previously; S6–S8, T6–T7 and genitalia of the deposited holotype are missing. The male examined here just has S7–S8, T7, and genitalia missing, so these important characters are only known from Wu (1982, 2006).

Figures

FIGURE 5. Anthidium (Anthidium) flavotarsum Wu, 1982. Male (Holotype). a: Body in lateral view; b: Head in frontal view; c: Clypeus in frontal view; d: Mesosoma in dorsal view; e: Metasoma in dorsal view, showing T1–T3; f: Type label information. Scale bars: 1 mm.

FIGURE 6. Anthidium (Anthidium) flavotarsum Wu, 1982. Male. a: Body in lateral view; b: Head in frontal view; c: Clypeus in frontal view; d: Mandible in lateral view; e: Mesosoma in dorsal view; f: Metasoma in dorsal view; g: T4–T6 in dorsal view; h: S6 in dorsal view. Scale bars: 1 mm.