Pseudoanthidium reticulatum ( Mocsáry, 1884 )

Kasparek, Max, 2024, New species, new synonyms, and resurrected taxa: A review of West and Central Palaearctic members of the genus Pseudoanthidium (Apoidea: Megachilidae), Zootaxa 5541 (1), pp. 1-50 : 23

Pseudoanthidium reticulatum ( Mocsáry, 1884)

( Figs 1 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 , 24 , 25)

This species shows a conspicuous variation across its distribution area in the Mediterranean and beyond. A more detailed study will be published separately.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Pseudoanthidium alpinum (Morawitz, 1873). a. Habitus dorsal, female (Greece); b. Habitus dorsal, male (Greece); c. Habitus lateral, female (Romania, holotype of Anthidium serraticeps Friese, 1917, a junior synonym of P. alpinum). d. Apical terga and scopa, female (Kazakhstan). e. Ventral side of the metasoma of the male with felt-like hairs, specialized hairs on S3, and combs on S5 (Spain).

FIGURE 20. Face of the female of Palaearctic species of Pseudoanthidium (continued on the following page).

FIGURE 21. Faces of the male of Palaearctic species of the genus Pseudoanthidium.

FIGURE 22. Apical terga of females of Palaearctic Pseudoanthidium species.

FIGURE 23. Apical terga of males of Palaearctic Pseudoanthidium species.

FIGURE 24. Apical terga of males of Palaearctic Pseudoanthidium species.