Anthidium (Anthidium) philorum Cockerell, 1910

Niu, Ze-Qing, Yuan, Feng, Ascher, John S., Kasparek, Max, Orr, Michael C., Griswold, Terry & Zhu, Chao-Dong, 2020, Bees of the genus Anthidium Fabricius, 1804 (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Megachilidae: Anthidiini) from China, Zootaxa 4867 (1), pp. 1-67 : 29

Anthidium (Anthidium) philorum Cockerell, 1910

( Fig. 18 a–f, female; Fig. 19 a–j, male)

Anthidium philorum Cockerell, 1910: 242 , ♀.

Anthidium philorum var. abbotti Cockerell, 1911: 249 , ♂.

Anthidium (Anthidium) philorum Cockerell, 1910 : Wu, 2006: 145, ♀ (key), 146, ♂ (key), 159, ♀, ♂ (redescription), Fig. 81; Nadimi et al., 2014: 420.

Diagnosis: This species can be distinguished from other Anthidium species by the following combination of characters: female, T6 with preapical lateral projection ( Fig. 18f ); male, apical process of S8 acute triangular ( Fig. 19h ), T7 lateral lobe acutely pointed with adjacent flanges to exterior ( Fig. 19f ), S6 emarginate medially ( Fig. 19g ).

Material examined: China, Xinjiang: Altun Shan, North Wetland of Jingyu Lake (36º35′N, 89º18′E), 4340 m, 1 ♂, 26.VII.2011, leg. no information on the label ; China, Xizang: Comai Xian, Zhegu (28º34′N, 91º30′E), 4600 m, 2 ♂, 28.VII.1974, leg. Fu-Sheng HUANG ; Gyirong (28º54′N, 85º12′E), 4950 m, 1 ♂, 9.VIII.1975, leg. Xue-Zhong ZHANG , 4100 m, 1 ♀, 13.VII.1975, leg. Fu-Sheng HUANG , 1 ♀, 14.VII.1975, leg. Xue-Zhong ZHANG ; Kangma Xian, Dalong Village (28º30′N, 89º36′E), 4200 m, 2 ♀, 2 ♂, 4.VII.2014, leg. Qing-Tao Wu ; Pulan Xian, Pulan Town, Rengong Village (30º27′N, 81º09′E), 4300m, 1 ♀, 11.VIII.2019, leg. Qing-Tao WU & Dan ZHANG .

Type localities. India: Jammu and Kashmir: Ladakh: Rupshu (abbotti), China: Xizang: Gyangtse ( philorum ) .

Distribution: China (Xinjiang *, Sichuan, Xizang); Iran, India (Jammu and Kashmir).

Floral association: Lotus sp. ( Fabaceae ) ( Nadimi et al., 2014).

Remarks: Wu (2006) recorded this species from Sichuan, China, but we could not locate a voucher specimen from there in this study.

Figures

FIGURE 18. Anthidium (Anthidium) philorum Cockerell, 1910. Female. a: Body in lateral view; b: Head in frontal view; c: Clypeus in frontal view; d: Mesosoma in dorsal view; e: Metasoma in dorsal view; f: T5–T6 in dorsal view. Scale bars: 1 mm.

FIGURE 19. Anthidium (Anthidium) philorum Cockerell, 1910. Male. a: Body in lateral view; b: Head in frontal view; c: Clypeus in frontal view; d: Mesosoma in dorsal view; e: Metasoma in dorsal view; f: T6–T7 in dorsal view; g: S6 in ventral view; h: S8 in ventral view; i: Genitalia in dorsal view; j: Genitalia in lateral view. Scale bars: 1 mm.