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Anthidium pubescens Morawitz, 1872: 59, ♂.
Type locality: Derbent (Russia).
Published locality: “Derbent”.
Lectotype: ♂, designated by Proshchalykin et al. 2017: 21, golden circle // Derbent. [Russia, Dagestan Republic, Derbent, 42°05′N 48°28′E] // pubescens Mor. Typ. [handwritten by F. Morawitz] // Lectotypus ♂ Anthidium pubescens Morawitz, 1872 design. Proshchalykin & Astafurova, 2016 <red label> // Zoological Institute St. Peterburg INS_HYM_0002506.
Paralectotypes: 1 ♂, Derbent // pubescens F. Mor. [handwritten by F. Morawitz]; 1 ♂, Derbent. Caucasus; 1 ♂, Derbent // Anthidium pubescens Mor. [handwritten by F. Morawitz] // к.[оллекциЯ] Ф. Моравица [Collection of F. Morawitz] // Paralectotypus Anthidium pubescens Morawitz, 1872 design. Proshchalykin & Astafurova, 2016 <red label> [identical last two labels on each paralectotype specimen].
Current status. Trachusa (Archianthidium) pubescens (Morawitz, 1872) (transferred to Archianthidium by Pasteels 1969b: 31).
Remarks. Description of female: Mocsáry 1880: 46.
Distribution. Greece, North Macedonia, Hungary, Russia (Crimea, North Caucasus), Lebanon, Israel, Syria, Turkey, Iran, Georgia, Armenia, Turkmenistan (Kasparek 2017a, 2022; Fateryga & Proshchalykin 2024).