Anthidium obscuratum Morawitz, 1875

Ivlev, Konstantin S., Astafurova, Yulia V. & Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu., 2025, The bees of the tribe Anthidiini (Hymenoptera, Megachilidae) described by Ferdinand Morawitz from the collection of Aleksey Fedtschenko, Zootaxa 5715 (1), pp. 174-187 : 181-182

7. Anthidium obscuratum Morawitz, 1875

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Anthidium obscuratum Morawitz, 1875: 120 (key), 127, ♀.

Type locality: Karazuk, vicinity of Shakhimardan ( Uzbekistan).

Published locality: « Karakazuk».

Lectotype: ♀, designated by Warncke 1980: 164, golden circle // КаракаЗУкъ [ Uzbekistan, Karazuk, vicinity of Shakhimardan 39°60′N, 71°50′] // obscuratum Mor. Typ. [handwritten by F. Morawitz] // Lectotypus Anthidium obscuratum Mor. (Warncke, 1978) <red label> // Lectotypus Anthidium obscuratum Morawitz, 1875 , design. Warncke, 1980 <red label> // Zoological Institute St. Petersburg INS_HYM_0002720.

Paralectotype: 1 ♀ [without metasoma], 11. [yellow square with red strip = 11.VII.1871] // КаракаЗУкъ // Anthidium obscuratum Mor. ♀ [handwritten by F. Morawitz] // SYNTYPE <red label> // Москва Зоологический МУЗей МГУ [ ZMMU] // Paralectotype <red label>.

Current status. Pseudoanthidium ( Pseudoanthidium) obscuratum ( Morawitz, 1875) (according to Kasparek 2024: 45).

Remark. Description of male: Morawitz 1893: 48.

Distribution. Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan ( Kasparek 2024).

Figures

FIGURE 6. Anthidium obscuratum Morawitz, 1875. Lectotype, female: a—habitus, lateral view and labels; b—head, frontal view; c—metasoma, dorsal view; d—T5–T6, dorsal view; e—head and mesosoma, dorsal view. Scale bar: 1 mm.