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Anthidium (Anthidium) septemspinosum Lepeletier 1841

Description

Anthidium (Anthidium) septemspinosum Lepeletier, 1841

(Fig. 25 a–f, female; Fig. 26 a–j, male)

Anthidium septemspinosum Lepeletier, 1841: 359, ♂; Dalla Torre, 1896: 470; Wu, 1993: 1396; Banaszak & Romasenko, 1998: 48, ♀ (key), Fig. VII-9, -10, 51, ♂ (key), Fig. VII-11; 54. (as septem-spinosum)

Anthidium nigripes Eversmann, 1852: 81, ♀, ♂; Proshchalykin et al., 2017: 20. Anthidium nigriceps Smith, 1854: 203, ♀. Anthidium japonicum Smith, 1879: 86, ♀. Anthidium septemspinosum var. flavoguttatum Friese, 1917: 55, ♂; Rasmussen & Ascher, 2008: 50. Anthidium dinurum Cockerell, 1924: 525, ♀, ♂. Synonymized by Zanden (1995). Anthidium (Anthidium) septemspinosum Lepeletier, 1841: Warncke, 1980: 125, ♀ (key), 145, ♂ (key), 198; Özbek & Zanden,

1993: 198; Wu, 2006: 144, ♀ (key), 145, ♂ (key), 148, ♀, ♂ (redescription), Fig.72; Proshchalykin, 2007: 6, 2013: 149

(key), Fig. 3, 152; Ornosa et al., 2008: 68; Tadauchi & Murao, 2014: 285.

Diagnosis: Body size and maculation pattern of this species is variable, but this species can be identified by the following combination of characters: female, T6 strongly concave in profile (Fig. 25f); male, lateral protuberances on T2–T3 covered by distinct yellowish-white tufts (Fig. 26d), apical process of S8 broadly triangular (Fig. 26h), lateral spine of T5 black (Fig. 26a, Fig. 26e).

Material examined: China, Beijing: Olympic Forest Park, South Gate (39º54′N, 116º23′E), 5 ♂, 6 ♀, 1.VII.2015, 1 ♂, 20. VI.2016, leg. Qing-Tao WU; Mentougou District, Baihuashan National Nature Reserve (39º30′N, 115º20′E), 1178 m, 9 ♂, 6 ♀, 5.VIII.2014, leg. Yong WANG; Tsinghua University (40º00′N, 116º19′E), 50 m, 2 ♂, 1 ♀, 3.VII.2006, leg. Hai-Rong HUANG; Xiangshan (39º54′N, 116º12′E), 1 ♂, 12.VII.1957, leg. no information on the label; Dongling Shan (40º00′N, 115º24′E), 1100 m, 1 ♂, 5 ♀, 30.VII.1991, leg. Long-Long YANG; Changping District, Liucun Town, Wangjiayuan Village (40º11′N, 116º04′E), 1 ♂, 5.IX.2015, leg. Feng YUAN; Yanqing, Song- shan (40º24′N, 115º54′E), 1 ♂, 9.VII.1981, leg. Tao-Qian HOU; China, Hebei: Xiaowutai, Yangjiaping (39º59′N, 115º24′E), 820 m, 1 ♂, 1 ♀, 1.VIII.2011, leg. Jian YAO, 3 ♂, 3VIII.2011, leg. Shi-Mei SONG; Xiaowutai, Jinhe- kou (39º57′N, 114º56′E), 1070 m, 5 ♂, 3 ♀, 28.VII.2008, leg. Jian YAO; Wuling Shan (40º24′N, 117º24′E), 1 ♂, VIII.1974, leg. no information on the label; Yangjiaping (39º57′N, 115º24′E), 1 ♀, 24.VII.1937, leg. O. Piel; China, Shanxi: Taigu (37º24′N, 112º30′E), 1 ♀, 2.VII.1957, leg. no information on the label, 1 ♀, 25.VII.1965, leg. no information on the label; China, Inner Mongolia: Qingshuihe Xian (39º54′N, 111º36′E), 1 ♂, 16.VII.1989, leg. Xue- Kui SUN; 1 ♀, 8.VII.1989, 1 ♀, 12.VII.1989, 1 ♂, 15.VII.1989, leg. Huan-Li XU; Bayannur Meng, Urad Zhong- houlianheqi (46º38′N, 123º01′E), 1 ♂, 11.VII.1978, leg. no information on the label; Aohan Qi, Daheishan Nature Reserve (40º21′N, 116º19′E), 500 m, 1 ♂, 6.VIII.2007, leg. Jian YAO; Ih Ju Meng, Ordos, Shilongmiao (39º49′N, 110º25′E), 1 ♂, 25.VIII.2005, leg. Xuan CHEN; Hohhot Shi (40º48′N, 111º42′E), 2 ♂, 31.VIII.1989, leg. Huan-Li XU; China, Heilongjiang: Luobei Xian, Junchuan Farm (47º44′N, 130º45′E), 100 m, 1 ♂, 1 ♀, 14.VIII.2007, leg. Jian YAO; Lamadian (46º42′N, 124º42′E), 1 ♀, 4.VIII.1969, 1 ♀, 7.VIII.1969, leg. no information on the label; China, Jilin: Mt. Changbai Reserve Bureau (42º00′N, 128º06′E), 500 m, 1 ♂, 1 ♀, 25.VII.1986, leg. Xiang-Ling MENG; Baicheng (45º36′N, 122º48′E), 1 ♀, VII.1993, leg. He-Ming CHEN; China, Shaanxi: Ganquan Xian, Qing- quangou (36º14′N, 109º26′E), 1 ♂, 8. VI.1971, leg. Ji-Kun YANG; China, Henan: Shangcheng Xian, Huangbaishan Forest Farm (31º27′N, 113º19′E), 1 ♀, 14.VII.1999, leg. Yong-Shan SHI; China, Shandong: Yantai, Jingouzhai (37º32′N, 121º26′E), 1 ♂, 27.VII.1994, leg. Chun-Mei HUANG; China, Jiangsu: Zhong Shan (33º00′N, 119º22′E), 1 ♂, 10.VII.2001, leg. Yi YANG; Tan-Yang (33º01′N, 119º22′E), 1 ♂, 7.VII.1918, leg. O. Piel; ChinKiang (32º12′N, 119º24′E), 1 ♀, 4.VII.1918, leg. O. Piel; China, Shanhai (31º06′N, 121º18′E), 1 ♀, 25. VI.1935, leg. no informa- tion on the label; China, Zhejiang, Tianmu Shan (30º24′N, 119º30′E), 1 ♂, 11.VII.1936, leg. no information on the label; Hangzhou (30º12′N, 120º06′E), 1 ♂, 14.VII.1928, leg. no information on the label; China, Anhui, Huizhou (label: ANHWEI, Hoei-tchou) (29º42′N, 118º24′E), 1 ♂, colleting time and leg. all no information on the label; China, Jiangxi: Guling (29º30′N, 115º54′E), 1 ♂, 14.VIII.1935, leg. O. Piel; Wuyuan Xian (29º12′N, 117º48′E), 2 ♂, 1. VI.1945, leg. Yu-Tie HONG; China, Guangxi: Gongcheng Xian (24º48′N, 110º48′E), 1 ♂, 1.VIII.1985, leg. Jian-Guo FAN; China, Qinghai: Xibao (35º29′N, 96º12′E), 3 ♀, 24.VII.1950, leg. Ji-Kun YANG; China, Xin- jiang: Burqin Xian (47º42′N, 86º42′E), 480m, 1 ♀, 28.VIII.1960, leg. Shu-Yong WANG; China, Fujian: Fuzhou (26º00′N, 119º18′E), collecting time and leg. all no information on the label; China, Sichuan: Wushan Xian (31º00′N, 109º48′E), 88 m, 2 ♂, 3 ♀, 1.VII.1993, leg. Jian YAO; Mianyang Shi, Fule Shan (31º28′N, 104º46′E), 1 ♂, 1 ♀, 29.VIII.1995, leg. Chun-Mei HUANG; China, Yunnan: Kunming, Xingshe (25º02′N, 102º42′E), 2 ♂, 8.VII.1940, leg. no information on the label; Kiang, 2 ♀, 27. VI.1924, leg. DC Graham (USNM); Suifu to Hongya, 1 ♂, 14 ♀, 15-21. VI.1929, leg. DC Graham (USNM); Szechuan, 2 ♀, collection date absent, leg. DC Graham (USNM); Dong Men Wei, Szechuan, 2 ♀, 18-VIII-1922, leg. DC Graham (USNM); Dong Men Wei, Szechuan, 1 ♀, 23-VIII-1933, leg. DC Graham (USNM); Shin Kai Si, Mt Omei, near Kiating, 1 ♀, 30.VII.191921, leg. DC Graham (USNM); Suifu, Szechuan, 1 ♀, 6 Jun 1924, leg. DC Graham (USNM); between Yachow and Suifu, 3 ♀, 27.VI-4.VII.1930, leg. DC Graham (USNM); Manchuria, Maoershan, 100kmE Harbin on Chinese Eastern Railway, 1 ♀, 15.VIII.1941, leg. VN Alin (CAS), Chao Yang Chili, 4 ♂, 30.VII.1921, leg. A.F. Jacot (USNM).

Type localities. France: Western France (septemspinosum), Russia (nigripes), Ukraine: Polish Ukraine (nigriceps), Japan: Kanagawa: Yokohama (japonicum), Switzerland: Ticino [as Tessin] (flavoguttatum), Russia: Primorsky Territory: Okeanskaja [on the coast near Vladivostok] (dinurum).

Distribution: China (Beijing, Hebei, Shanxi, Inner Mongolia, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Shaanxi, Henan, Shandong, Hunan, Jiangsu, Shanghai, Zhejiang, Anhui, Jiangxi, Guangxi, Qinghai, Xinjiang, Fujian, Sichuan, Yunnan); Spain, France, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Czechia, Hungary, Slovenia, Croatia, Romania, Bulgaria, Greece, Belarus, Ukraine, Turkey, Siberia, Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Japan, South Korea, Russia (European part, Urals, Siberia, Far East).

Floral association: Phlomis tuberosa (Lamiaceae), Centaurea jacea (Asteraceae), Medicago sativa, Melilotus officinalis (Fabaceae), Lythrum salicaria (Lythraceae) (Banaszak & Romasenko, 1998; Wu, 2006).

Notes

Published as part of 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, pp. 1-67 in Zootaxa 4867 (1) on pages 39-41, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4867.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4417065

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