Pseudoanthidium (Pseudoanthidium) ludingense ( Wu, 1993 )

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 : 138-139

Pseudoanthidium (Pseudoanthidium) ludingense ( Wu, 1993)

( Figs 3a–f )

Anthidiellum ludingensis Wu, 1993: 1400 . Holotype: ♂, China, Sichuan, Luding , 1420 m, 18.IX.1982, leg. Shu-Yong WANG, IZCAS, examined.

Trachusa (Paraanthidium) ludingensis ( Wu, 1993) : Wu, 2006: 184, ♂, fig. 101.

Pseudoanthidium (Pseudoanthidium) ludingense ( Wu, 1993) : Niu et al., 2016: 343.

Diagnosis: The species is only known in the male. Body length 6.5mm ( Fig. 3a ); mandible with 4 teeth ( Figs 3b, 3f ); clypeus, paraocular area (extending to the level of the antennal sockets), mandible (except the teeth), thin line on vertex, pronotum lobe in part, anterior margin of scutum interrupted medially, axillae, and posterior margin of scutellum interrupted medially yellow ( Figs 3b, 3c, 3d ), metasomal terga with interrupted yellow stripes ( Fig. 3e ).

Material examined: Sichuan, Luding Xian, Moxi, Hailuogou (29º36′N, 102º06′E), 1420 m, 1 ♂, 18.IX.1982, Shu-Yong WANG (holotype) .

distribution: China (Sichuan).

Figures

FIGURE 3. Pseudoanthidium (Pseudoanthidium) ludingense (Wu, 1993), male, holotype. a: Body in lateral view; b: Head in frontal view; c: Head in lateral view; d: Mesosoma in dorsal view; e: Metasoma in dorsal view; f: Mandible in lateral view. Scale bar: a, b, c, d, e, 1 mm; f, 0.5 mm.