Pseudoanthidium kunesense, Niu & Luo & Griswold & Zhu, 2021

Niu, Ze-Qing, Luo, A-Rong, Griswold, Terry & Zhu, Chao-Dong, 2021, Review of the bee genus Pseudoanthidium Friese, 1898 (Hymenoptera: Apoidea Megachilidae: Anthidiini) of China with descriptions of three new species, Zootaxa 4996 (1), pp. 133-152 : 150

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4996.1.5
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scientific name	Pseudoanthidium kunesense
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Treatment

Key to Chinese species of Pseudoanthidium View in CoL

(The females of P. tenellum ( Mocsáry, 1880) , P. ludingense ( Wu, 1993) , as well as the males of P. circinatum (Wu, 2004) , P. xinjiangense (Wu, 2004) , P. kunesense , sp. nov. and P. chenggongense , sp. nov. are unknown and not covered by the key)

1 Flagellum 10-segmented ( Figs 4b View FIGURE 4 , 7b View FIGURE 7 , 8b View FIGURE 8 , 10b View FIGURE 10 , 11b View FIGURE 11 ), female................................................... 2

- Flagellum 11-segmented ( Figs 3b View FIGURE 3 , 5b View FIGURE 5 , 9a View FIGURE 9 ), male............................................................ 7

2 Paraocular area maculated up to top of eye ( Figs 4b View FIGURE 4 , 6b View FIGURE 6 , 8b View FIGURE 8 , 10b View FIGURE 10 )............................................... 3

- Paraocular area maculated only up to the level of antennal socket ( Figs 2b View FIGURE 2 , 7b View FIGURE 7 , 11b View FIGURE 11 )................................ 5

3 Clypeus yellow, with two black longitudinal belt-shaped markings ( Figs 8b View FIGURE 8 , 10b View FIGURE 10 ).................................. 4

- Clypeus entirely yellow, without black marking ( Figs 4b View FIGURE 4 , 6b View FIGURE 6 )....................... P. (P.) orientale ( Bingham, 1897) View in CoL

4 Genal area yellow marking not separated from that on vertex ( Fig. 8c View FIGURE 8 ); mandible with six teeth ( Fig. 8d View FIGURE 8 )....................................................................................... P. (P.) yanruae Niu & Zhu View in CoL , sp. nov.

- Genal area yellow marking separated from that on vertex ( Fig. 10c View FIGURE 10 ); mandible with five teeth ( Fig. 10d View FIGURE 10 )...................................................................................... P. (P.) kunesense Niu & Zhu View in CoL , sp. nov.

5 Frons with an oval yellow spot ( Fig. 11b View FIGURE 11 )................................ P. (P.) chenggongense Niu & Zhu View in CoL , sp. nov.

- Frons black, without yellow spot ( Figs. 2b View FIGURE 2 , 7b View FIGURE 7 )............................................................. 6

6 Clypeus yellow except central and apical parts black ( Fig. 7b View FIGURE 7 )........................ P. (P.) xinjiangense (Wu, 2004) View in CoL

- Clypeus yellow, with a round-shaped black marking at center ( Fig. 2b View FIGURE 2 )................... P. (P.) circinatum (Wu, 2004) View in CoL

7 Mandible with 3 teeth ( Fig. 9b View FIGURE 9 ).......................................................................... 8

- Mandible with 4 teeth ( Fig. 3f View FIGURE 3 )................................................... P. (P.) ludingense ( Wu, 1993) View in CoL

8 Paraocular area maculated up to top of eye ( Fig. 9a View FIGURE 9 )......................................................... 9

- Paraocular area maculated only up to the level of antennal socket ( Fig. 1b View FIGURE 1 )............. P. (P.) tenellum ( Mocsáry, 1880) View in CoL

9 Supraclypeal area yellow; shape of S8 as heart of playing cards..................... P. (P.) orientale ( Bingham, 1897) View in CoL

- Supraclypeal area only with a little yellow marking ( Fig. 9a View FIGURE 9 ); S8 sub-trapezoid-shaped ( Fig. 9g View FIGURE 9 ).............................................................................................. P. (P.) yanruae Niu & Zhu View in CoL , sp. nov.