Pseudoanthidium ( Pseudoanthidium ) rhombiferum (Friese, 1917)

Fateryga, Alexander V., Maharramov, Mahir M. & Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu., 2025, A survey of megachilid bees of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan, with description of a new species of Pseudoanthidium Friese, 1898 (Hymenoptera, Megachilidae), ZooKeys 1262, pp. 221-240 : 221-240

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1262.173271
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:89A8C5CC-A05F-420A-955D-B99F86E365E2
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17831651
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scientific name	Pseudoanthidium ( Pseudoanthidium ) rhombiferum (Friese, 1917)
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Material examined.

Azerbaijan. Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic • Julfa, Daridagh-2 , 39°03'58"N, 45°37'35"E, 1100 m, 18–19. V. 2025, 1 ♂, leg. M. Proshchalykin, M. Maharramov [ CAFK] GoogleMaps ; • ibid., 24. V. 2025, 4 ♀, 1 ♂, leg. M. Proshchalykin, M. Maharramov [ 2 ♀, 1 ♂, CAFK; 2 ♀, FSCV] GoogleMaps ; • ibid., 29. V. 2025, 1 ♂, leg. M. Proshchalykin, M. Maharramov [ ZISP] GoogleMaps ; • Ordubad, Bilav , 39°02'43"N, 45°49'07"E, 1050 m, 29. V. 2025, 1 ♀, leg. M. Proshchalykin, M. Maharramov [ ZISP] GoogleMaps .

Distribution.

Azerbaijan, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Israel and Palestine,? Afghanistan,? Turkmenistan.

Remarks.

All examined female specimens from Azerbaijan have completely pale-yellow clypeus and paraocular area, while these parts of the head should be black in P. rhombiferum according to Kasparek (2024). However, both sexes of this species otherwise fit the characters of P. rhombiferum .