Anthidium (Anthidium) montanum Morawitz, 1865

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 : 23-26

Anthidium (Anthidium) montanum Morawitz, 1865

( Fig. 13 a–f, female; Fig. 14 a–j, male)

Anthidium montanum Morawitz, 1865: 448 , ♀, ♂; Wu, 1985: 140; 1993: 1396; Banaszak & Romasenko, 1998: 46, ♀ (key), Fig.

V-3, Fig. V-4a; 53. Anthidium montanum var. flavomaculatum Friese, 1897: 440 , ♀, ♂; Wu, 2006: 153 (incorrect publication time as 1898); Ras-

mussen & Ascher, 2008: 51. Anthidium (Melanoanthidium) montanum Morawitz, 1865 : Tkalců, 1967: 91. Anthidium montanum pamirensis Alfken, 1931: 843 ; Mavromoustakis, 1965: 407. Anthidium (Anthidium) montanum Morawitz, 1865 : Warncke, 1980: 128, ♀ (key), 143, ♂ (key), 193; Rasmont et al., 1995: 54;

Wu, 2006: 152, ♀, ♂ (redescription), Fig. 75; Ornosa et al., 2008: 67.

Diagnosis: This species is very similar to A. (A.) amurensis Radoszkowski, 1876 and A. (A.) pseudomontanum sp. nov., but this species can be distinguished from them by the following combination of characters: female, metasomal terga black, without yellow maculation or sometimes with very small yellow maculations, ventral scopa reddish ( Fig. 13a ), T2 punctures roughly same size throughout, with a similar number per area, apical margin of clypeus irregularly serrate to bumpy, outline nearly straight medially ( Fig. 13b, 13c ), punctures on supraclypeal area sparse ( Fig. 13c ), T5–T6 covered with yellowish-brown pubescence ( Fig. 13f ); male, median lobe of S6 small, narrow, sub-triangular ( Fig. 14f ), apical process of S8 spiniform ( Fig. 14h ).

Material examined: China, Qinghai: Yushu, Baitang (33º00′N, 97º00′E), 3900 m, 1 ♀, 25.VII.1964 , 4100 m, 1 ♂, 29.VII.1964, leg. Shu-Yong WANG ; China, Xinjiang: Taxkorgan Tajik Zizhixian, Hongqilafu (36º55′N, 75º33′E), 4400–4600 m, 2 ♀, 12.VIII.1989 , 4500 m, 1 ♀, 13.VIII.1989, leg. Xue-Zhong ZHANG ; Zhaosu Xian, Alasan (42º31′N, 80º48′E), 2400 m, 3 ♀, 4 ♂, 22.VII.1978 , 1 ♀, 2 ♂, 31.VII.1978, leg. Yin-Heng HAN, 2450 m, 4 ♀, 3 ♂, 23.VII.1978, leg. Xue-Zhong ZHANG ; China, Sichuan: Dêgê Xian, Maniganggo (31º54′N, 99º12′E), 3900 m, 1 ♀, 8.VII.1983 , 1 ♀, 10.VII.1983, leg. Xue-Zhong ZHANG ; Kangding, Gongga Shan (29º28′N, 101º33′E), 4200 m, 1 ♂, 4.IX.1982, leg. Xue-Zhong ZHANG ; China, Xizang: Gyirong Xian, Zongga (28º54′N, 85º12′E), 1 ♂, 18.VII.1984, leg. Ba PING .

Type localities. Switzerland ( montanum ), Austria: Tyrol and Switzerland: Uri (flavomaculatum), Tajikistan: Ak-Baital Valley (North Pamir), Kigis-ui (W valley), and Balun-kul (W valley) (pamirense) .

Distribution: China (Qinghai, Xinjiang, Sichuan, Xizang); Spain, France, Italy, Lichtenstein, Denmark, Poland, Switzerland, Austria, Germany, Czechia, Hungary, Slovakia, Ukraine, Croatia, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Russia (Crimea).

Floral association: Fabaceae ( Banaszak & Romasenko, 1998) .

Remarks: The yellow maculations on metasomal terga of the male are greatly variable, from all black to only T2 with two small yellow maculations, or T2–T3 with two small yellow maculations, or T4–T5 with two small yellow maculations, or T2–T4 with four and T5–T6 with two small yellow maculations. Furthermore, Wu (2006) identified “ Xinjiang: Taxkorgan Tajik Zizhixian, Hongqilafu (36º55′N, 75º33′E), 4400–4600 m, 2 ♀, 12.VIII.1989, 4500 m, 1 ♀, 13.VIII.1989, leg. Xue-Zhong ZHANG” as the female of the species, but the apical margin of the clypeus is not coarsely serrate, instead straight and smooth, with two distinctly lateral tubercles ( Fig. 20c ), it is instead A. (A.) pseudomontanum Niu & Zhu , sp. nov.

Figures

FIGURE 13. Anthidium (Anthidium) montanum Morawitz, 1865. 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: T4–T6 in dorsal view. Scale bars: 1 mm.

FIGURE 14. Anthidium (Anthidium) montanum Morawitz, 1865. Male. a: Body in lateral view; b: Head in frontal view; c: Mesosoma in dorsal view; d: Metasoma in dorsal view; e: T5–T7 in dorsal view; f: S6 in ventral view; g: S7 in ventral view; h: S8 in ventral view; i: Genitalia in dorsal view; j: Genitalia in lateral view. Scale bars: 1 mm.

FIGURE 20. Anthidium (Anthidium) pseudomontanum Niu & Zhu, sp. nov.. Female. a: Body in lateral view; b: Head in frontal view; c: Clypeus in frontal view; d: Mandible in lateral view; e: Mesosoma in dorsal view; f: Metasoma in dorsal view; g: T5–T6 in dorsal view. Scale bars: 1 mm.