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

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Trachusa (Paraanthidium) maai ( Mavromoustakis, 1953 )
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Trachusa (Paraanthidium) maai ( Mavromoustakis, 1953) View in CoL

( Fig. 5 View FIGURE 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 View in CoL , ♀ (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 GoogleMaps , leg. no information on label; Guizhou, Leishan, Taojiang (26º20′N, 108º09′E), 1000 m, 1 ♀, 5.VII.1988, leg. Long-Long YANG GoogleMaps ; Fujian, Jiangle Xian (26º42′N, 117º24′E), 490 m, 1 ♀, 3.VII.1991, leg. Xing-Jian WANG GoogleMaps .

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).

Kasparek, M. (2017) Resin bees of the anthidiine genus Trachusa: identification, taxonomy, distribution and biology of the old world species. Entomofauna, supplement 21, 1 - 151.

Mavromoustakis, G. A. (1953) New and little-known bees of the subfamily Anthidiinae (Apoidea). Part VI. Annals and Magazine for Natural History, 12, Ser., 67, 834 - 840. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00222935308654492.

Mavromoustakis, G. A. (1954) New and little-known bees of the subfamily Anthidiinae (Apoidea). Part VII. Annals and Magazine for Natural History, 12, Ser., 7, 249 - 252. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00222935408651726.

Pasteels, J. J. (1972) Revision des Anthidiinae (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) de la region Indo-Malaise. Bulletin et Annales de la Societe Royale Belge d'Entomologie, 108, 72 - 128.

Wu, Y. R. (2006) Fauna Sinica Insecta Vol. 44. Hymenoptera. Megachilidae. Science Press, Beijing, xvi + 474 pp., 4 pls. [in Chinese]

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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.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

SuperFamily

Apoidea

Family

Megachilidae

Tribe

Anthidiini

Genus

Trachusa