Trachusa (Paraanthidium) maai ( Mavromoustakis, 1953 )

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 : 255

Trachusa (Paraanthidium) maai ( Mavromoustakis, 1953)

( Fig. 5 : A–E, female)

Paraanthidium maai Mavromoustakis, 1953: 834–836 , ♀. Holotype: ♀, “S.E. China: Psingshanpu, 600 m., Changtinghsien (Fukien Province), leg. Tsing-chao Maa” [Changdin Xian, Fujian, China], coll. of G. Mavromoustakis; Mavromoustakis, 1954: 250, ♂ (new description).

Trachusa (Proanthidium) maai: Pasteels, 1972: 82 , ♀ (redescription), Figs 21–24 (assigned to Proanthidium, but listed under Protanthidium); Wu, 2006: 175, ♀ (description); Kasparek, 2017: 118, ♀, ♂ (redescription).

Material examined: China: Guangxi, Longsheng (25º42′N, 110º00′E), 1 ♀, 12.VII.1983 , leg. no information on label; Guizhou, Leishan, Taojiang (26º20′N, 108º09′E), 1000 m, 1 ♀, 5.VII.1988, leg. Long-Long YANG ; Fujian, Jiangle Xian (26º42′N, 117º24′E), 490 m, 1 ♀, 3.VII.1991, leg. Xing-Jian WANG .

General distribution: China (Fujian, Jiangxi, Guangxi, Guizhou) .

Remarks: Wu (2006) only described the female of the species, and thought the male is unknown. However, the male was described by Mavromoustakis (1954) (see also redescription in Kasparek 2017).

Figures

FIGURE 5. Trachusa (Paraanthidium) maai (Mavromoustakis, 1953), A–E, female.A: Body in lateral view; B: Head in frontal view; C: Mesosoma in dorsal view; D: Fore wing in frontal view; E: Metasoma in dorsal view. Scale bars: 1.0 mm.